Past Board Presidents & Chairs
Thanks to the men and women listed below, they have served the Chamber of Commerce as Chamber Chair/President for at least one term and countless months or years serving on the Board of Directors. Without these leaders we would not be where we are today.
Name | Term Served | Business |
Raymond Yost | 1943-44 | Yost 5 and 10 |
W.T. Newton | 1944-45 | Newton Lumber |
William R. Griffin | 1945-46 | Mayor of Cullman |
Elbert Ponder | 1946-47 | Ponder Department Store |
Dr. Charles Bishop | 1947-48 | Super Druges |
Rev. Robert Sapp | 1948-49 | Bob Sapp Store |
Robert A. Young | 1949-50 | C. Arnold & Son |
Andrew Hodge | 1950 February - April | Brown Service Insurance Company |
George Stiefelmeyer | 1950-51 | Stiefelmeyer Department Store |
Rev. Julian McPhillips | 1951-52 | King Pharr |
Russell S. Smith | 1952-53 | Smith & Grey Insurance |
Roy Drinkard | 1953-54 | Drinkard Chevrolet |
Dr. Lowell Clemmons | 1954-55 | Physician |
Hugh Brindley | 1955-56 | Brindley Grocery |
J.W. Arnold | 1956-57 | C. Arnold & Son |
Dr. Frank Stitt | 1957-58 | Physician |
G.W. Ponder, Jr. | 1958-59 | Ponder Warehouse |
Dr. Lowell Clemmons | 1959 February - July | Physician |
Leonard Lumsden | 1959-60 | Lumsden Oil Company |
Claud Wood | 1960-61 | Cullman Electric Cooperative |
G. F. Anderson | 1961-62 | Anderson Motel Larkwood |
Elbert Ponder | 1962-63 | Subdivision/ Lanson Industries |
O.M. Willoughby | 1963-64 | Willoughby Construction |
Bert R. Morgan | 1964-65 | Morgan Oil Company |
Charles Cook | 1965-66 | Cullman Savings & Loan |
Charles Cook | 1966-67 | Cullman Savings & Loan |
Dr. J.L. Below | 1967-68 | Chiropractor |
Austin Dean | 1968-69 | Dean Oil Company |
Bob Bryan | 1969-70 | The Cullman Times |
Ed Oswald | 1970-71 | Americold |
Bob Fields | 1971-72 | Central Bank |
Ray Buchmann | 1972-73 | Buchmann Tire |
Wallace Krout | 1973-74 | Central Bank |
Ed Harbison | 1974-75 | Valiant Insurance |
Johnny Fricke, Jr. | 1975-76 | Ware, Howell & Fricke |
Carl Stiefelmeyer, Sr. | 1976-77 | Stiefelmeyer Department Store |
Ray Buchmann | 1977-78 | Buchmann Tire |
John J. Millins | 1978-79 | Central Bank |
Elliot Free | 1979-80 | Knight-Free Insurance |
Dr. James Bailey | 1980-81 | Wallace State Community College |
Hubert Richter | 1981-82 | O.F. Richter & Sons |
Hayden R. Battles | 1982-83 | Attorney-at-Law |
Don Morgan | 1982-84 | Morgan Oil Company |
Peggy Smith | 1984-85 | Cullman City Economic Development |
Ed Harbison | 1985-86 | Valiant Insurance |
Wallace Krout | 1986-87 | Krout Insurance |
Barry McGriff | 1987-88 | McGriff Industries |
Robin Cummings | 1988-89 | Peoples Bank of Alabama |
Tommy Howard | 1989-90 | Howard Oil Company |
Don David | 1990-91 | South Trust Bank |
Chester Freeman | 1991-92 | Individual |
Clark Branch, Jr. | 1992-93 | McGriff Industries |
Dr. Jerry D. Galin | 1993-94 | Wallace State Community College |
Larry Holt | 1994-95 | First Alabama Bank |
Dr. Thomas Hancock, Jr. | 1995-96 | Cullman Area Vocational Center |
June Holland | 1996-97 | Buettner Brothers Lumber Company |
Steve Glasscock | 1997-98 | Merchants Bank of Alabama |
Dr. Phil Freeman | 1998-99 | Cullman Internal Medicine |
Mike Duke | 1999-00 | EvaBank |
George Pennington | 2000-01 | Cullman Products |
Steve Singleton | 2001-02 | Bryan Business Solutions |
Sonya Hembree | 2002-03 | Sonya Hembree Agency |
Susan Copeland | 2003-04 | Cullman Regional Medical Center |
Paul Bussman, DMD | 2004-05 | Bussman Family Dentistry |
Cheryl Conover | 2005-06 | The Final Touch |
Ed Darling | 2006-07 | The Cullman Times |
Laurie Ewing | 2007-08 | Wachovia Bank |
Steve Murphree, DVM | 2008-09 | Cullman Veterinary Hospital |
Dr. Vicki Hawsey | 2009-10 | Wallace State Community College |
Mickey Parrish | 2010-11 | State Farm and Financial Services |
Rickey Kreps | 2011-12 | Office Equipment Company, Inc. |
Charlie NeSmith | 2012-13 | Merchants Bank of Alabama |
Melissa Cartee | 2013-14 | Cullman Electric Cooperative |
Jim Weidner | 2014 March - May | Cullman Regional Medical Center |
Jason Grimmett | 2014-16 | Drinkard Development |
Sammie Danford | 2016-17 | United Way of Cullman County |
Jason Spann | 2017-18 | American Proteins, Inc. |
Susan Copeland | 2018-19 | Wallace State Community College |
Dr. T.J. Franey | 2019 March - May | Cullman County Schools |
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