Making their pitch: Chamber director candidates meet, greet members.

  • Jeffrey Hunt, a candidate for the Lake City-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce executive director, listens during a meet-and-greet Thursday. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
    Jeffrey Hunt, a candidate for the Lake City-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce executive director, listens during a meet-and-greet Thursday. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
  • Lake City Police Department Chief Argatha Gilmore (left) talks with Tish Sheesley, a candidate for the executive director of the Lake City-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, on Friday. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
    Lake City Police Department Chief Argatha Gilmore (left) talks with Tish Sheesley, a candidate for the executive director of the Lake City-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, on Friday. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

    One is a native Floridian and the other is a veteran Chamber director whose career has spanned from Michigan to North Carolina to New York.

    Both candidates vying to be the Lake City-Columbia County Cha…