The 750-member Englewood-Cape Haze Area Chamber of Commerce (www.englewoodchamber.com) has named Jon Bednerik as its executive director.

Bednerik had been serving as interim executive director since June.

He most recently served as executive officer of the Charlotte-DeSoto Building Industry Association from 2005 to 2007 and was executive director of the Florida Pool and Spa Association, headquartered in Sarasota, for nearly 10 years.

He has been a Washington, D.C. lobbyist for several trade and professional groups and is a past president of the Florida Society of Association Executives.