Ambassadors
Alicia Farman
Michelle Borders
Michelle and her husband Kevin have been married since 1992 and have owned Naples Networks Services since 2004. They provide IT consulting, maintenance & VOIP Phones to small and medium companies in and around Collier County. Naples Network Services was voted best in business by Gulfshore Business readers in 2019 2022 and 2023 2024 and was Naples Chamber’s Business of the month in September of 2021. Michelle was Ambassador of the year in 2019, has chaired their Small Business Council since 2019 and was awarded The Chairman's Award in 2023.
Tim Philbrick
Tim Philbrick is the Community Engagement Manager for the Avow Foundation in Naples. With over 30 years of valuable business experience, including small business ownership and management roles at Cannon USA, Xerox, and Accustaff, Tim brings a wealth of knowledge to his role.
In his free time, you might catch Tim on the basketball courts, where he has been officiating for over 35 years, or out on the water enjoying some fishing under the Florida sunshine. Tim is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan and Florida Gulf Coast University. He shares his life with his lovely wife Jamie and their three children, not to mention their adorable granduaghter.
Denise Serdahl
Denise is originally from Brooklyn, NY and moved here 20 years ago. She started working as a temp for Spherion Staffing in 2014 and then became their Staffing Coordinator soon thereafter and was promoted to Area Manager for the Naples office in 2017. She was Employee of the Year for 2021 and also won Office of the Year for 4 years. She loves helping people find their dream job.
Denise is very involved in helping veterans and has been an Auxiliary member for the American Legion Post 303 in Bonita Springs. She is currently the President of the Auxiliary and volunteers her spare time there whenever she can. Before becoming Auxiliary President, she was 1st Vice President as well as Chaplain. She also holds the Chair for Children & Youth as well as Membership. She also is a lifetime member of the VFW in Bonita Springs. Helping people is one of her passions and with her dad being a veteran she has a special place in her heart for these clubs.
She has been a volunteer ambassador for the last 7 years for the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce and has been a member of Naples Area Professional League of Executive Services since 2020.
She has 2 amazing boys, Dylan 14 years old and Kayden 12 years old that warm her heart and she loves spending time with them.
Savanna Stanley-Taft
Payroll Expert/Small Business Consultant supporting Accountants & Business Owners in SWFL and nationwide