Meet the Board

Sarrah Gigous
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Executive Director since 2010

Has Served as Past/Present Committee Chair for the Following Committees:

Champ Clark Heritage Festival: 2018-Present

Honorable Awards Received:

10 Year Service Award: 2019

Karen Arico
PRESIDENT

Retired Elementary School Principal and Paralegal

Chamber Member Since 2018

Chamber Board Member Since 2019

Has Served as Past/Present Committee Chair for the Following Committees:

By-Law & Policy: 2019 - Present

Special Events: 2019 - Present

Honorable Awards Received:

Outstanding Board Member of the Year: 2020

Christine Rutherford
VICE PRESIDENT

Assistant Vice President - Peoples Bank & Trust

Current Vice President

Chamber Member Since 2005

Chamber Board Member Since 2005

Has Served as Past/Present Committee Chair for the Following Committees:

Scholarship & Grant: 2015 - Present

Elizabeth Kingsley
TREASURER

Assistant Vice President - Community State Bank of Missouri Downtown Branch

Chamber Member Since 1995

Chamber Board Member Since 2005

Has Served as Past/Present Committee Chair for the Following Committees:

Holly Jolly Festival: 2017

 

 

Ruth Heffner
SECRETARY

CISR Commercial Account Manager - Trust GDC

Chamber Member Since 2009

Chamber Board Member Since 2011

 

Jeff VanHorn
BOARD MEMBER

Pike County Memorial Hospital

Current Board Member; Term through January 2023

Tamara Scherder
BOARD MEMBER

Ameriprise Financial Services LLC

Current Board Member; Term through January 2023

Chamber Member Since 2021

Chamber Board Member Since 2022

Cole Branstetter
BOARD MEMBER

Pastor - Bowling Green Church of Nazarene

Current Chamber Board Member; Term through 2022

Chamber Member Since 2019

Chamber Board Member Since 2020

Kyle Scherder
BOARD MEMBER

Branch Manager/ Assistant Vice President - Community State Bank New Branch

Current Chamber Board Member; Term through 2022

Chamber Member Since 2005

Chamber Board Member Since 2020

Ryan Bibb
BOARD MEMBER

Owner Bibb-Veach Funeral Homes & Collier Funeral Homes LLC

Current Chamber Board Member; Term through 2022

Chamber Member Since 2005

Chamber Board Member Since 2021

Honorable Awards Received:

Citizen of the Year: 2019

Lori Fuerst
BOARD MEMBER

Pike County Public Administrator

Current Chamber Board Member; Term through 2022

Chamber Member Since 2021

Chamber Board Member Since 2021

Mark Stottler
BOARD MEMBER

POAGE FORD

Current Chamber Board Member; Term through 2022

 

Thank You to those who have previously served on the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors:

Lindy Ankelman, Holly Delgman, Marianne Everhart, Elisha Koenig, Ann Tran, Kala Luebrecht, Fred Carlson, Ethan Colbert, Jerry Hickerson, Brent Engel, Sue Moore, Tom Thompson, Marie Korte, Karen Kieffer, Chad Perkins, Bo Stinnet, Jack Jones, Terry Cook, Ginger Berry, Marc Eveland, Michael Knight, Daren Powell, Marc Eveland, Travis St-Aubyn, Barb Fuerst,  Teresa West, Carolyn Wisecarver, Shannon Walker, Rachel Buhr, Darren Powell, Michael Knight, Becky Winscher, Tara Massman, Dave Oney, DeWayne Francis , Nathan Lilley, Robert Gilbreath, Donna Cann, Taylor Lewis, Heidi McCollum, and Collette Briggs Keith.