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