Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce

Chamber Committees
Board of Directors / Executive Committee

The Chamber's leadership comes from a Board of Directors, elected by the membership. The Board meets on the second Wednesday of each month, at 5:30pm. Objectives of the Board shall be in accordance with the purpose, as stated in the by-laws, and the Board shall set the policy and direction for the Chamber.
The Executive Committee is comprised of the officers of the Board of Directors, and meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 11:30am at the Chamber office. All officers are directly accountable to the Board of Directors. Objectives of the officers shall be in accordance with the purpose, as stated in the by-laws, and the responsibility of seeing that the organization runs properly and remains financially sound.

Directors elected April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2009:

Rusty Dunn, Caterpillar
Drew Leman, Monge Property Management
Debbie Simon, Methodist Medical Center
Barb Strand, Tazewell County Children's Advocacy Center
Randy West, Illinois American Water Company

Directors elected April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2010:

Charlie Hanley, Preston Hanley Funeral Homes
Roxanne Heiser, Aventine Renewable Energy, Inc.
Tom Hornstein, Excalibur Seasoning Company
Gregg Ratliff, Pekin Daily Times
Kay Sutton, Illinois Central College

Directors elected April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2011:

Aindrea Balagna, Wolf/Tesar & Company
Dave Calhoun, Let It Shine
Jim Kouri, Kouri's Pub
Mary Ann Ladendorf, Coldwell Banker Devonshire Realty
Scott Lange, Pekin Union Mission

Ex-Officio Board Members:

Dave Tebben, Mayor, City of Pekin

Officers elected April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008:

President: Dr. Timm Schwartz, DDS, Schwartz & Miller Family Dentistry
President Elect: Mike Vonderheide, Vonderheide Floor Coverings
Vice President: Althea Geiser, B'Ribboned, Etc.
Treasurer: Skip Schermerhorn, Herget Bank
Past President: Peggy Collins, Pekin Insurance
The Board and Executive Committee are responsible for the following strategies from the Chamber's strategic plan:


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	Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce 402 Court Street, PO Box 636 Pekin, IL 61554 (309) 346-2106 fax 346-2104 email