2025 Board of Directors
Executive Committee:
Susan Ybarzabal, Board Chair
Paducah Bank
Kenny Boyd, Chair-elect
Baptist Health Paducah
Todd Buchanan, Vice Chair
GEO Consultants
Williams, Williams & Lentz
Katie Englert, Immediate Past Chair
Compass Counseling/Chicken Salad Chick
Whitney Denson, Business Advocacy Chair
McMurry & Livingston
Jessica Newman, Membership & Marketing Chair
Advantage Insurance
Dr. Donald Shively, Education & Workforce Chair
Paducah Public Schools
Paducah Public Schools
Ines Rivas-Hutchins, Small Business Chair
INTEC Group
Sandra Wilson, President/CEO
Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce
Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce
Additional Board Members:
Johnny Blazina
West KY Media Group
Tammy Courtney
Swift & Staley
Lonnie Crowdus
Crowdus Maintenance & Cleaning
Rick Goins
Mercy Health
John Hodges
Paducah-McCracken Joint Sewer Agency
Kevin Kauffeld
Independence Bank
Lisa Lauck
Lauck Marketing Agency
Kevin McEwan
Paducah & Louisville Railway
Chris Miller
Computer Services, Inc.
Jason Nyberg
Marquette Transportation
Kevin Peck
PFGW Architects
Jeff Pierce
Atomic City Family Fun Center
Rachel Rayburn
Ingram Barge Co.
Myrna Redfield
Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership
Dennis Rouleau
Barkley Regional Airport
Jody Stivers
Risk Strategies/HollandStivers
Mark Workman
Bacon Farmer Workman Engineering
Ex Officio Directors:
Judge Executive Craig Clymer
McCracken County Fiscal Court
Mayor George Bray
City of Paducah
McCracken County Fiscal Court
Mayor George Bray
City of Paducah
Josh Hunt
McCracken County Schools
Dr. Donald Shively
Paducah Independent Schools
Karami Underwood
Murray State University Paducah Campus
Dr. Anton Reece
West Kentucky Community & Technical College
Bruce Wilcox
Greater Paducah Economic Development
Cory Hicks
The Leadership Center
J.W. Cleary
Paducah-McCracken Co. NAACP
Alyssa Phares
Paducah Convention & Visitors Bureau
Betsy Burkeen
United Way of Western Kentucky
Dr. Charles Lu
UK College of Engineering
Steve Christmas
Leadership Paducah Alumni Association
Ellie Brower
Paducah Young Professionals
