Katie Englert, owner of Compass Counseling and Chicken Salad Chick, has been elected to serve as the 2024 Chair of the Board for the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce. Brent Housman, Baird, who was Chair in 2023, will serve as Immediate Past Chair. Susan Ybarzabal, CFSB, has been elected as Chair-elect.       

In addition to Englert, Housman, Ybarzabal, other members of the Chamber’s 2024 Executive Committee include: Kenny Boyd, Baptist Health Paducah, Vice Chair; Whitney Denson, McMurry & Livingston, Vice Chair of Business Advocacy; Jessica Newman, Advantage Insurance Services, Vice Chair of Membership and Marketing; Terri Lundberg, Midway Management, Vice Chair of Education and Workforce; Jessica Housman, Housman Partners, Vice Chair of Small Business; Mike Karnes, Williams, Williams & Lentz, Treasurer; and Sandra Wilson, President/CEO, Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce.

New Board members joining in 2024 are: Boyd; Todd Buchanan, GEO Consultants; Greg Grissom, Greater Paducah Economic Development Board Chair; Ashley Johnson, Paducah Bank; Kevin McEwan, Paducah & Louisville Railway; and Myrna Redfield, Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership.

Continuing Board members are: Tammy Courtney, Swift & Staley; Lonnie Crowdus, Crowdus Maintenance & Cleaning; Bob Ezell, Computer Services, Inc.; Barry Hatcher, Kemper CPA Group; Kevin Kauffeld, Independence Bank; Jeff Pierce, Atomic City Family Fun Center; Rachel Rayburn, Ingram Barge; Ines Rivas-Hutchins, INTEC Group; Dennis Rouleau, Barkley Regional Airport; Jody Stivers, Risk Strategies/HollandStivers; Mark Workman, BFW Engineering; and Mike Yungmann, Mercy Health Lourdes.

Ex-officio Board members are: Paducah Mayor George Bray; McCracken County Judge Executive Craig Clymer; Bruce Wilcox, Greater Paducah Economic Development; Dr. Donald Shively, Paducah Independent Schools; Josh Hunt, McCracken County Schools; Dr. Anton Reece, West Kentucky Community and Technical College; Karami Underwood, Murray State University – Paducah campus; Bradley Shoulta, Leadership Paducah Alumni Association; Jason Straub, Paducah Young Professionals; Cory Hicks, Paducah Chamber Leadership Center; J.W. Cleary, Paducah-McCracken County NAACP; Mary Hammond, Paducah Convention and Visitors Bureau; Betsy Burkeen, United Way of Western Kentucky; and Dr. Charles Lu, UK College of Engineering – Paducah campus.