Leadership
The Columbia Chamber of Commerce is lead by volunteers serving on the Board of Directors, Committee Chairs and the Board of Advisors.
Executive Committee
- Chair – Matt Garrett, KOMU 8 & Mid Missouri’s CW
- Chair-Elect – Matt Moore, Shelter insurance Companies
- Past Chair –Susan Hart, Huebert Builders, Inc.
- Treasurer & Finance & Administration Division Chair – Kathleen Bruegenhemke, Hawthorn Bank
- Women’s Network Division – Krista Kippenberger, Focus on Health Chiropractic
- Caleb Colbert, The Law Firm of Haden & Colbert
- Mike Grellner, Plaza Commercial Realty
- Matt McCormick, Columbia Chamber of Commerce
- Ann Merrifield, Columbia College
Ex-Officio Members
- Dan Atwill, Presiding Commissioner, Boone County
- Stacey Button, President, REDI
- Dr. Scott Dalrymple, President, Columbia College
- Dr. Alexander Cartwright, Chancellor, University of Missouri
- John Glascock, City Manager, City of Columbia
- Dr. Jeff Lashley, President, Moberly Area Community College
- Dr. Dianne Lynch, President, Stephens College
- Matt McCormick, Chamber President
- Dr. Peter Stiepleman, Superintendent, Columbia Public Schools
- Brian Treece, Mayor, City of Columbia
- Gene Gerke, Centennial Investors
- Steve Guthrie, Centennial Investors
Board Members
- Michele Batye, Dave Griggs Flooring America
- Keegan Thompson, Simon Oswald Architecture
- Kerrie Bloss, Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbia
- Kathleen Bruegenhemke, Hawthorn Bank
- Jim Burkhardt, 3M
- Caleb Colbert, The Law Firm of Haden & Colbert
- Jonathan Curtright, MU Health Care
- Shelly DeVore, Columbia Insurance Group
- Matt Garrett, KOMU 8 & Mid Missouri’s CW
- Justin Gay, Emery Sapp and Sons, Inc.
- Mike Grellner, Plaza Commercial Realty
- Danny Hammack, Columbia Honda
- Susan Hart, Huebert Builders, Inc.
- Jennifer Hedrick, Simon Oswald Architecture
- Joe Henderson, Central Bank of Boone County
- Shatenita Horton, Providence Bank
- Tyson Hunt, Logboat Brewing Company
- Cheryl Hornsby, Simmons Bank
- Krista Kippenberger, Focus on Health Chiropractic
- Nikki McGruder, Inclusive Impact Institute
- Ann Merrifield, Columbia College
- Matt Moore, Shelter Insurance Companies
- Marty Oetting, University of Missouri
- Erica Pefferman, The Business Times Company
- Matt Pritchard, AT&T
- Stacye Smith, Shelter Insurance Companies
