Kentucky Association of Manufacturers - Board       
 

The KAM Board of Directors is made up of top-level executives and managers of Kentucky operations for member companies drawn from all areas of Kentucky. The Board exercises oversight to see that KAM programs and services meet significant needs of the membership and are consistent with the tax-exempt purposes of the association. Directors are elected for four-year terms.

Initiatives
An Executive Committee, consisting of the elected chair and vice chairs, the president of KAM, the elected secretary and treasurer, and the past two chairs still active with their member companies, may act when necessary, between meetings of the board of directors upon call by the chair or president. The Executive Committee oversees the fiscal affairs of the association and serves as a consulting group to the staff on operations and procedures.

Chair
Warren Markwell, Vice President/General Manager Emerson Power Transmission, Maysville

Senior Vice Chair
Keith Gannon, CEO, Boneal Inc., Means

Vice Chair
Larry Heard, Vice President, General Manager, Ayrshire Electronics, Harrodsburg

Treasurer
Barclay B. McCoy, President
McCoy & McCoy Labs, Madisonville

Area 1 – Western

Robert J. Baker, President
Campbell Tobacco Rehandling, Mayfield

James Leonard, Env. Comp. Director
ISP Chemicals, Calvert City

Steve A. Loyal, VP, GovernmentRelations
Atmos Energy Company, Owensboro

Sandra S. Wilson, Pub. Affairs Mgr. NewPage Corporation, Wickliffe

Diane Snow, Manager of Health & Safety
USEC, Inc., Paducah

Barclay McCoy,President McCoy & McCoy Labs Madisonville

Area 2 – Central

Carroll Knicely, Jr., Assistant General Manager
Human Resources & Administration
ACK Controls Inc., Glasgow

Richard N. Whitaker, Vice President
Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Bowling Green

C. Tom Wilkerson, Plant Manager
Arch Chemicals, Brandenburg

Area 3 – Louisville

Harry Hayes, Director, Small Groups
Anthem Blue Cross-Blue Shield

Jill A. Jones, CFO
Brown-Forman Corporation

John Rainey, Regional Director, Government Affairs
Altria Corporate Services

George R. Siemens, Jr., Vice President, External Affairs
E. ON US

Roger L. Simpson, Executive Vice President
Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance

Douglas P. Wichmann, GM-AP Manufacturing
GE Consumer & Industrial Products

David A. Hall, Resident Vice President
CSX Corporation

Ray Zavada,President
Innovative Productivity, Inc.
 
Secretary
C. Tom Wilkerson, Plant Manager Arch Chemicals

Past Chair
Sandra S. Wilson, Public Affairs Manager
NewPage Corporation, Wickliffe

President
Greg Higdon, President & CEO, Kentucky Association of Manufacturers, Frankfort

Area 4 – Northern

Dennis B. Griffin, Chairman
Griffin Industries Inc., Cold Spring

Sheila R. Hammons, Director of Finance
Kenton County Airport Board, Covington

Mitch Skaggs, Director Worldwide Operations
Ashland Inc, Covington

Carl H. Wicklund, Operations/Plant Manager
Wagstaff, Inc., Hebron

Area 5 – Bluegrass

Martin R. Essig, VP Admin., Engr. & Quality
Archie Forge USA, Inc., Georgetown

Pete Gritton, Interim President & CEO Kentucky Association of Manufacturers, Frankfort

Herbert A. Krase, Vice President
Toyotetsu America Inc., Somerset

Bernie Polzin, President & COO
CMC/CLA, Paris

Bob Spence, Plant Manager
Square D, Lexington

Michael D. Summers, Executive Vice President Trim Masters, Inc. Harrodsburg

Area 6 – Eastern

Linda Callahan-Brown, Govt. Affairs Manager
Marathon Petrolum Products, Catlettsburg

Dr. Keith Gannon, CEO
Boneal, Inc. Means

Larry Heard, Vice President, General Manager Ayshire Electronics Williamsburg

Warren Markwell, VP & General Manager Emerson Power Transmission Maysville

Timothy C. Mosher, President and COO Kentucky Power Ashland