Chair

Warren Markwell, Retired
Emerson Industrial Automation
Power Transmission Solutions
Maysville

Vice Chair

David Hall, Resident Vice President
CSX Transportation
Louisville

President

Greg Higdon, President & CEO
Kentucky Association of Manufacturers
Frankfort

Immediate Past Chair

Pete Gritton, President
Gritton & Associates
Georgetown

Past Chair

Sandra S. Wilson, Public Affairs Manager
NewPage Corporation
Wickliffe

Thomas Hearn, Mgr. of Eng./Major Projects
Marathon Petroleum Company, LP
Catlettsburg

Jerry Morton, VP Global Operations
Emerson Industrial Automation
Power Transmission Solutions
Maysville

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

Robert J. Baker, President
Campbell Tobacco Rehandling, Mayfield

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

Stephen H. Loyal, VP Government Affairs
Atmos Energy Company, Owensboro

J. Michael Baumgardner, Vice President
McCoy & McCoy Labs, Madisonville

Diane Snow, Environmental, Safety and Health Manager
USEC, Inc., Paducah

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

Carroll Knicely, Jr., Director and General Manager
ACK Controls Inc., Glasgow

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

William R. Fisher, Jr., Plant Manager
DuPont Louisville Works

Lawrence Ford, Director of Government Relations
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield

David A. Hall, Resident Vice President
CSX Corporation

Jill A. Jones, SVP, Managing Director, Global Production
Brown-Forman Corporation

Gregory Kosse, General Counsel
Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance

John Rainey, Director of Government Affairs
Altria Corporate Services

Jerome L. Lentz, Chief Finacial Officer
Challenger Lifts, Inc.

John Malloy, VP, Energy Delivery-Retail Business
LG&E-KU

Douglas P. Wichmann, Dishwasher Plant Manager
GE Consumer & Industrial Products

Douglas E. Irvin, Vice President, Environmental Affairs
Griffin Industries & Bakery Feeds
Cold Spring

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

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

Jerrod Etienne, Sales/Product Engineering Mgr.
Central Motor Wheel of America, Paris

Pete Gritton, President
Gritton & Associates, Georgetown

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

Herbert A. Krase, VP, Administration
Toyotetsu America Inc., Somerset

Jeff Moore, VP of Manufacturing
Toyota Manufacturing Kentucky, Inc.
Georgetown

Mitchell Skaggs, Director of Worldwide Operations
Ashland Inc., Lexington

Bob Spence, Plant Manager
Square D Company, Lexington

Duane Danis, Director, Purchasing, Materials and Cost
Boneal, Inc., Means

Thomas Hearn, Mgr. of Eng./Major Projects
Marathon Petroleum Company, LP
Catlettsburg

Warren Markwell, Retired
Emerson Industrial Automation
Power Transmission Solutions
Maysville

Gregory G. Pauley, President and COO
AEP/Kentucky Power, Ashland