The Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce’s November 3 Power in Partnership Breakfast will feature a “Salute to Education and Future Workforce.” The featured speaker is Beth Davisson, Senior Vice President with the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. She leads the Kentucky Chamber Foundation. The sponsor is Baptist Health Paducah. 

The breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. at the Julian Carroll Convention Center. Pre-registration is required by Monday, October 31 by 2 p.m. at paducahchamber.org or call 270-443-1746. Power Card holders do not have to pre-register. The cost is $20.  

As part of the Salute to Education, local schools will have displays to feature their programs and accomplishments, and students and faculty representing each school will be in attendance. 

Beth Davisson leads the Kentucky Chamber Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, the state’s largest association advocating on behalf of business. She joined the Chamber in 2017 to begin building the Workforce Center as the Foundation’s only fully dedicated employee. Since then, the Foundation has grown to a team of 15 and continues to expand its support to employers and efforts in building a stronger workforce. 

Davisson is a lifelong resident of Kentucky, earning her undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky and MBA from Sullivan University. She has spent the last 10 plus years advocating for the workforce in Kentucky and the nation’s capital and aligning talent to the strategic plans of business. She was appointed by Governor Andy Beshear to the Executive Committee for the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board’s Executive Committee, leading the state’s education attainment and employer engagement efforts, and is a Talent Pipeline Management Fellow for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.