Coast Young Professionals announces 2025 Board and Chair, Gardner Hewes

Coast Young Professionals is pleased to announce that Gardner Hewes has been appointed as the 2025 Chair of Coast Young Professionals.

William Gardner Hewes IV is a Relationship Manager at Cadence Bank. Gardner has been an active member of Coast Young Professionals since 2018.
 
He graduated from The University of Southern Mississippi with a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Business Administration. Gardner serves his alma mater as a member of the Southern Miss Alumni Association and the Sigma Phi Epsilon alumni board.

Gardner is a graduate of Leadership Gulf Coast and past president of Gulfport’s Century Club. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Harrison County, and he’s an active parishioner of St. James Catholic Church. 
 
Gardner is a Gulfport native where he currently resides with his wife, Melissa, and their daughter, Margaret.  

2025 Coast Young Professionals Board of Directors