The Public Affairs Office at Hurlburt Field today announced the new Team Hurlburt Honorary Commanders for 2019-2020, including two representatives from The Greater Navarre Area Chamber of Commerce.
Navarre Area Board of Realtors Executive Angela Campbell, co-chairman of The Greater Navarre Area Chamber of Commerce’s Military Affairs Council, will be assigned to 1st SOG.
Sarah Peavy, a Greater Navarre Area Chamber of Commerce board member and marketing director for Emerald Coast Harley Davidson, will be assigned to 24th SOW.
“We are thrilled to have two of our Chamber Member’s chosen to be Honorary Commanders at Hurlburt Field,” said Chamber CEO TJ Goulet. “The Greater Navarre Area Chamber of Commerce’s Military Affairs Council does great work supporting the many military men and women and their families that live in Navarre, and we are fully committed to supporting the Military Mission at all our area bases.”
Other newly announced commanders include:
- 1 SOW: Kellie Jo Kilberg, President and CEO, Kilberg & Associates; Director of Communications, Marketing & Strategic Initiatives, Randy Wise Homes
- 1 SOW/CCC: Melanie Moore, Education Director/Community Outreach, Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation
- 1 SOMDG: Trisha Dall, Environmental Health Section Chief, Okaloosa County Health Department
- 1 SOMSG: Robert Bage, Fort Walton Beach Police Chief
- 1 SOG: Angela Campbell, Executive Director, Navarre Area Board of Directors
- 1 SOMXG: Rev. Clelia Garrity, LCSW, Associate for Community Engagement and Pastoral Care, St. Simon’s on the Sound Episcopal Church
- 505 CCW: Paul Lux, Okaloosa County Supervisor of Election
- 505 TRG: Cindy Frakes, Realtor/First Vice President, ERA American Real Estate
- 492 SOW: Charlie Nix, Captain/East District Commander, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
- 492 SOW/CCC: Magda Cooper, Co-Founder/COO for BOTE, LLC
- 492 SOTRG/CC: Sandy Lutyens, Chief Financial Officer, Air Force Enlisted Village
- 492 SOG/CC: Cathy Alley, Realtor, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services; Niceville City Council
The Team Hurlburt Honorary Commander Program is an executive-level program intended to educate influential community members in order to foster public support for the base, and it also serves as a forum in which the Hurlburt commanders can solicit advice and support from our civic leaders on matters affecting military and civilian communities, per Hurlburt Field.
Honorary commanders serve a one-year term, which includes tours of each of the units represented in the program, as well as on-base functions and special events, such as awards ceremonies, changes of command and holiday events.
At the end of the year, the goal is to have forged mutually beneficial relationships between the base and influential leaders in the community who will continue to serve as our ambassadors as well as our eyes and ears in the community, and be open and willing to discuss issues of mutual importance in the years to come.
