At the January Chamber Board Meeting and Retreat, the Smithville-DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce Board elected their 2015 Executive Officers. Jeff Crips of Regions Bank is the 2015 Chamber President. Shan Burklow of DeKalb Community Hospital is the new Vice-President. Jane Brown of Middle Tennessee Natural Gas is the Chamber Treasurer. Joan Barrett of Premier Realty at Center Hill Lake will continue to serve as the Chamber Board Secretary. Julia Cantrell Vanderpool of Cumberland Insurance will serve as the Past President.

Five new Chamber Board Members have begun their 3-year term – Kathy Hendrixson, Justin Potter Library; Reed Vanderpool, Smithville Review; Shan Burklow, DeKalb Community Hospital and Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree & Crafts Festival; Gail Gentry, Appalachian Center for Craft; and Shannon Adkins, Calum Farms Décor. Beginning a two-year term, Jane Brown of Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, will finish out a former board member’s term.

Other Chamber Board Members serving in 2015 include Sue Conley, DeKalb Community Hospital; Raul Ramirez, Federal Mogul; Sherry Harris, D&S Specialtees; Stein Prichard, Prichard Foods; Dwayne Cornelius, DeKalb Depot; Jason Murphy, Optimus Pest Solutions; Elaine Swicker, Smithville Computer Repair.