The Lamesa Area Chamber of Commerce’s nine board members have hired the Chamber’s next president.Ashley Tidwell, who moved to Lamesa late last fall and has been working at the Chamber for the past month, accepted the job Monday.She begins her new duties this coming Tuesday.“She’s right out of college. She has her degree in communications and marketing from Texas A&M,” said Chamber Board President Josh Freitag.“She came to us with a plan of goals she wants to accomplish in 90 days that lined up with what we were hoping for.”Tidwell replaces Karen Mize, who spent seven years as the organization’s ...