Bruce Wilcox, President of Henry A. Petter Supply Company, LLC, has been elected to serve as the 2016 Chair of the Board for the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce. Bryan Carner, US Bank, who served as Chair in 2015 will serve as Immediate Past Chair. Tammy Zimmerman, Payment Plus, has been elected as Chair-elect.       

Wilcox’s term began on January 1 but the gavel will officially be passed from Carner to him at the Chamber’s Annual Meeting and Business Celebration sponsored by Lourdes and CSI on January 29 at the Julian Carroll Convention Center.   

Other members of the Chamber’s 2016 Executive Committee include:  Leon Owens, Swift & Staley, Vice Chair; Sheila Barger, Marquette Transportation, Treasurer; Cory Hicks, Fluor, Vice Chair of Business Advocacy; Jim Dudley, KeeFORCE, Vice Chair of Membership and Marketing; Cindy Ragland, KY Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Vice Chair of Education and Workforce; and Sandra Wilson, President.

New Board members are: Kim Aaron, Kemper CPA Group; Chad Beyer, i5 design group; Mike Lawson, M P Lawson Construction; and Sonny Smith, McMurry & Livingston, PLLC.

Continuing Board members are: Tony Copeland, Arkema; Stan Eckenberg, CSI and representing Paducah Economic Development; Danny Evitts, Independence Bank; Mardie Herndon, Paducah Bank; Daniel Jones, Strawberry Hills Pharmacy; Mike Karnes, Williams, Williams and Lentz; David Kelly, Keuler Kelly Hutchins & Blankenship, PLLC; Dona Rains, Baptist Health Paducah; Craig Rice, Atmos; Bill Robertson, Paducah Water; David Simon, CSI; and Greg Thompson, The Orthopaedic Institute. 

Ex-officio Board members are:  McCracken County Judge Executive Bob Leeper; Paducah Mayor Gayle Kaler; Matt Snow, Leadership Paducah Foundation; Quin Sutton, McCracken County Schools; Donald Shively, Paducah Independent Schools; Dr. Barbara Veazey, West Kentucky Community Technical College; Dr. Brian Van Horn, Murray State University; and Scott Darnell, Paducah Economic Development.