“I enjoy people, and I entertain a lot. Food and wine should be shared with everybody. Bring out the good stuff, don’t hold back! The good stuff should always be shared with those you love.”  — Carmela Porter. Maybe it’s her Italian heritage, or warm smile and ready laugh, but when petite Carmela Porter walks into a room she brings a big enthusiasm for life that draws people in, both personally and professionally. Whether she is wearing the hat of wife, mother or professional mediator, Porter loves to make people feel welcome. 

“I enjoy people, and I entertain a lot,” said Porter. “Food and wine should be shared with everybody. Bring out the good stuff, don’t hold back! The good stuff should always be shared with those you love.”  Carmela and her husband, Dr. Henry Porter with Emerald Coast Neurology, are known among friends and family for their dinner parties, hosted at their beautiful and cheerful home in North Pensacola. Their only daughter, the “love of their lives,” Alex, lives in South Florida. When they’re not visiting with her or working, they love to entertain with good music, and Italian, home-cooked meals, as well as fine cheeses and wines, from their own collection.