Board of Directors
2019-2020 OFFICERS AND VICE CHAIRS
Chairman
Christine Keck
Vectren – A CenterPoint Energy Company
Chairman Elect
Curt Begle
Berry Global
Secretary
Beth McFadin Higgins
McFadin Higgins & Folz
Treasurer
Keith Messmer
BKD, LLP
Immediate Past Chairman
Jim Sandgren
Old National Bank
Vice Chair, Advocacy & Public Policy
Luke Yaeger
Commerce Bank
Vice Chair, Quality of Place
Jeff Justice
Hafer PSC
Vice Chair,
Workforce Development
To Be Determined
Vice Chair, Small Business & Entrepreneurship
John Lamb
German American Bank
Vice Chair, Membership Engagement
& Operational Excellence
Lisa Slade
Slade Print
Vice Chair, Branding Awareness
Pete Paradossi
Evansville Regional Business Committee
President & CEO
Tara Barney
Southwest Indiana Chamber
Vice-President & CFO
Ellen Knapp
Southwest Indiana Chamber
Board of Directors
David Anderson
Warrick Co. Chamber of Commerce
Steve Bennett
CSB State Bank
Jean Blanton
Ziemer, Stayman, Weitzel & Shoulders
John Briscoe
FC Tucker Emge Realtors
Kathy Briscoe
FC Tucker Emge Realtors
Kyla Dowell
Ivy Tech Community College
Kari Fluegel
Alcoa – Warrick Operations
David Freeman
BKD, LLP
Nate Hahn
Evansville Regional Airport
M. Michelle Hudson
Shrode Agency, Inc.
Chris Jackson
Woodward Commercial Realty, Inc.
Guy Jackson
BWX Technologies
W. Kerry Jackson
Shoe Carnival, Inc.
Tony Krampe
Henderson Co. Chamber of Commerce
Old National Bank
Darin Lander
Old National Bank
Luke Leder
Valero Renewables – Mt. Vernon
Brandon McClish
Purple Aces Sports Properties – UE
Niall McConville
SABIC
Shawn McCoy
Deaconess Health System
Jake McGennis
Curran Miller Auction Realty, Inc.
Jim McMurray
Atlas World Group, Inc.
Stacey McNeill
Tropicana Evansville
Keith M. Messmer
BKD, LLP
Kelly Mitchell
Warrick Co. Chamber of Commerce
SIRS
George L. Morgan
CountryMark Energy Resources, LLC
Brad Muehlbauer
Koch Air, LLC
Pepper Mulherin
AT&T
Michael O’Daniel
D-Patrick, Inc.
Dan Parod
St. Vincent Evansville
Bernard Peter
Warrick Co. Chamber of Commerce
Paula Pinkstaff
Toyota Indiana
Johnathan Pope
YMCA of Southwestern Indiana
Jennifer Raibley
Fifth Third Bank
Ellen Redding
Henderson Co. Chamber of Commerce
Greg Risch
Accuride Corporation
Phillip Roberts
Baird Private Wealth Management
Dr. Ronald Rochon
University of Southern Indiana
Bill Schirmer
Evansville Teachers Federal Credit Union
G. Michael Schopmeyer
Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP
Laura Scott
Farmer Scott Ozete Robinson & Schmitt LLP
Dr. David Smith
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
Cindy Staples
AstraZeneca
Scott Thomas
Skanska
Dr. Matt Thompson
MSD of Mt. Vernon
Amber Thorn
Warehouse Services, Inc.
Patty Vanoven
Gibson Co. Chamber of Commerce
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