Join us for our 74th Coffee with the Commissioner Online this Wednesday!

 Join us this coming Wednesday morning for our virtual 74th Coffee with the Commissioner event. The live stream will take place from 6:30-7:30 a.m. To join the meeting, visit our  Facebook page here: www.facebook.com/CommissionerBergosh/. 

Attendees will include Interim County Administrator Wes Moreno and Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore. Moreno will give an update on county business and Gilmore will discuss public safety matters. Escambia County Finance Director Stephan Hall joins Commissioner Bergosh, Moreno and Gilmore as this month's featured guest. Hall will lead a discussion on the 2022-2023 budget with topics centered around the budgeting process, county revenue sources, mandated expenses and community partners. 
  
Residents are encouraged to send virtual questions and comments they would like to discuss with District 1 Commissioner Bergosh during the event through Facebook.

For more information, contact District 1 at 850-595-4910

45th Coffee With The Commissioner This Wednesday Morning

We will be having our 45th Coffee with the Commissioner live event this Wednesday morning from 6:30-7:30.

We will be talking about the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, it's impacts on the local community and on local groups that engage in diplomatic/student exchange programs and international travel to America. Our guests this week will be County Administrator Janice Gilley, Community Health Northwest Executive Director Chandra Smiley, Gulf Coast Diplomacy Director Jena Melancon, and from the U.S. State Department we will have Anne Grimes, Director of the Office of International Visitors.






About Anne Grimes:

Anne Grimes has been a U.S. Foreign Service Officer for 30 years and is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service.  Her previous postings have included Antananarivo, Madagascar; Surabaya, Indonesia; Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Washington, D.C.; Jakarta, Indonesia; Mumbai, India; and Beijing, China.  She speaks French, Indonesian and Mandarin.  She joined the Office of International Visitors as Office Director in September 2018.  

About Jena Melancon:

Jena Melançon  is the Founder and Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Diplomacy Council, a local organization promoting mutual understanding.  She facilitates the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange, the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), along with other professional and student exchanges supporting U.S. foreign policy goals. She established the Council’s Youth Diplomats Program in 2017 and is happily educating local students about international issues. 

Prior to founding the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council in 2008, she worked as the Program Director at the New Orleans Citizen Diplomacy Council. She volunteers on the City of Pensacola’s International Relations Advisory Board, is on the board of Ever’man’s, and has mobilized community support in northwest Florida for 18 U.S. Department of State youth exchanges and for more than 2,500 professional exchange participants. 

  

Anne is a graduate of Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA, with a double major in History and French.  Her home town is Kennett Square, PA.

To join the event live Wednesday morning, simply go to https://www.facebook.com/CommissionerBergosh/

"See You" online this Wednesday!