Meet the Board
President: Lance Penn; Director, Kennett Career & Technology Center
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Vice President: Haley Fincher; Kennett Campus Co-Director, Three Rivers College​
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Treasurer: Leigha Ward; Vice President of Finance, Mid-Valley Irrigation
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Executive Committee Member: Nikki Rhew; Head Pharmacy Tech, Harris Pharmacy
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Executive Committee Member: Max Mobley; Vice President, Senath State Bank
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Elections: Chamber of Commerce board members are elected to three-year terms, serving on a rotating basis. Board officers are elected by board members to one-year terms.
2025 Board of Directors
Year 3
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Valerie McRill, Executive Director, Kennett Housing Authority
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Nikki Rhew, Head Pharmacy Tech. Harris Pharmacy
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Jamie Chitester, CEO, Kennett Board of Public Works
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Lance Penn, Director, Kennett Career & Technology Center
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Tina Privett, Broker/Owner, American Elite Realty
Year 2
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Haley Fincher, Kennett Campus Co-Director, Three Rivers College
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John Patton, Vice President, Kennett Trust Bank
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Bud Hilburn, Salesman, Baker Implement Co.
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Max Mobley, Junior Vice President, Senath State Bank
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Ashlee Collins, Palliative Care Program Branch Manager, VNA of Southeast Missouri
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Year 1
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Carol Goodman, Quality Improvement Officer, FCC Behavioral Health
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Mashella Braden, Loan Officer, First State Community Bank
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Justin Tate, Plant Manager, Cim-Tek Filtration
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Dustin Ferguson, Community Bank Manager, Southern Bank
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Leigha Ward, Vice President of Finance, Mid-Valley Irrigation
Committees
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Golf Outing/Fundraising:
Marty Johnson
Michelle Tolbert
Danny Ray
David Lynn
Dustin Pritchett
Toni Holcomb
Cathy Kelley
Katie Penn
William Mowrer
Tourism:
Gary Figgins
Melissa Combs
Leadership:
Gary Figgins
Kenny Wilson
Nominating:
Appointed annually by Board President
Past Board Presidents
1946 Charles B. Baker
1947 R. IRL Jones
1948 Hal H. McHaney
1949 John M. Dalton
1950 Elbert L. Ford
1951 T.M. McCaul
1952 Flake L. McHaney
1953 Jim Farmer
1954 T.E. Miles
1955 Jack Stapleton, Jr.
1956 J.D. Faulkner
1957 Bill Walsh
1958 Charles Atkins
1959 T.A. Brown
1960 M.S. Ward
1961 George McDowell
1962 Welton O. Oakes
1963 Jack McDaniel
1964 J.R. Early, Jr.
1965 C. Paul Story
1966 John McClain
1967 Joe Ford, Jr.
1968 Lucien Fowler
1969 Chester Pearman
1970 Bill Hook
1971 J.C. Skaggs
1972 Glen Brogden
1973 Dwayne Blake
1974 Lew Hamilton
1975 Charles B. Brown
1976 Mike Kelley
1977 Jerry Paul Combs
1978 J.C. Skaggs
1979 Gerald Granger
1980 Tom K. Streigel
1981 Charles Hyde
1982 Larry Jones
1983 A.M. (Dolph) Riggs
1984 Don Jones
1985 Sol Astrachan
1986 Michael Bell
1987 Michael Mowrer
1988 Bob Holder
1989 Reggie Cunningham
1990 Bill Brigance
1991 Gerry Gamble
1992 Larry Stanton
1993 John Hall Dalton
1994 Doyle Privett
1995 Keith Mitchell
1996 Brad Carter
1997 Bud Hunt
1998 Larry Swindle
1999 Bill Palmer
2000 Jeff Lack
2001 Paul T. Combs
2002 Bob Hancock
2003 Matt Shetley
2004 Charlie Brown
2005 Randy Morgan
2006 Johnny Dalton
2007 Darren Harris
2008 Freddie Graham
2009 Joe Stillman
2010 Dr. Lanny Geary
2011 Randi Allgood
2012 Lisa Johnson
2013 Jason Scherer
2014 Moses Porterfield
2015 Matt Cohn
2016 Gary Figgins
2017 Marty Johnson
2018 Dustin Pritchett
2019 Jill Mobley
2020 Eric Wallace
2021 Noble Shaver
2022 Jeff Dorris
2023 Jill Rickman
2024 Tracy Ellis
2025 Jamie Chitester