Vol 16/Issue 8
greater owensboro chamber of commerce
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CHAMBER MATTERS 2018 Shaw to speak at Aug. 2 Rooster Booster Tanner Publishing Co. will sponsor Rooster Booster this Thursday, August 2 at 7:30 a.m. at the Owensboro Convention Center. Reservations for Rooster Booster can be made online at chamber.owensboro. com or by calling the Chamber of fice (270)9261860. The breakfast will feature guest speaker Renee Shaw. Renee Shaw is a native of Portland, Tennessee. She RENEE SHAW graduated fr om Western Kentucky University in 1994 with baccalaureate degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Government, and a Masters of Arts in Corporate Communications in 1996. In 1997, she began her career at KET as a reporter and associate producer. In the fall of 2005, she launched the first statewide minority affairs program on KET Connections with Renee Shaw. Renee is producer/ managing editor and host of KET’s Legislative Update; co-hosts election night coverage, produced KET’s longest running public affairs programs “Comment on Kentucky” for more than a decade, and produces numerous other issue-centered programs at KET. As multi-media producer, Renee has enterprised reports for the PBS NewsHour and Public News Service. A former adjunct media writing pro-
fessor at Georgetown College, Renee traveled to Cambodia to help train emerging journalists in best practices as part of an international journalism exchange program at Western Kentucky University. In 2017, Renee was promoted as Public Affairs Managing Producer to oversee KET’s political and public policy coverage and content and to take on the role as moderator of the weekly series Kentucky Tonight.
Active in several community/ professional organizations, Renee is a 2007 graduate and member of Leadership Kentucky; former officer of the executive committee of the Kentucky Historical Society; former board member of the Lexington Bluegrass Ar ea Minority Business Expo; a steering committee member of the University of Kentucky Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues; and member of the Frankfort-
Lexington Chapter of The Links, Incorporated. Renee travels across the state moderating public issues forums and speaking about diversity, media, public policy and state legislative matters. She has received numerous awards and honors for her work at KET, most recently earning a Media Award from Mental Health America for shepherding the agency’s efforts in addressing opioid addiction. In addition, she was inducted in the 2017 Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame.
HAYDEN FARMS OPENS EDUCATION CENTER The Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce understands the importance for lifting the profile of the agricultural contribution to our regional economy. Not only does the Chamber have an Agriculture Committee that works to present events such as the longstanding annual Farm City Breakfast meant to bring both the business and agricultural communities together to celebrate success and crossover, but they also plan agribusiness tours across the community and help to share the story of agriculture leading our community through innovation. Hayden Farms is a perfect example of this. Long supporters of the Chamber, the Hayden family cut ribbon on July 26 to celebrate their new Poultry Education Center in Whitesville. The partnerships and support among Chamber members was evident as steak-holders in various sectors across the region joined at the ribbon cutting to celebrate. The farm’s manager, Daniel Hayden, a Chamber 40 Under 40 Honoree is known as a trailblazer in the area’s agriculture community. The goal for the center is to provide insight on how the animals are raised by hosting groups that would benefit from having the educational farm experience.
2018 Chamber Golf Classic
LEADERSHIP OWENSBORO
CLASS OF 2019
Leadership Owensboro has been a program of the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce since 1982. The purpose of the annual class is to focus on educating and engaging individuals to reach their potential as leaders and expand their knowledge of the community while developing skills to improve it. Applications for the Class of 2019 can be found online (http:// chamber.owensboro.com/leadershipowensboro/) and must be hand delivered to the Chamber by this Thursday, August 2.
The Chamber’s annual Golf Classic, presented by Owensboro Health is Friday, August 31 at The Pearl Club at the Summit. Special thanks to the 144 golfers and over 50 sponsors that will spend the day at the course competing, networking and enjoying the fun atmosphere at one of Owensboro’s premiere events!
For more information, please contact Jessica Kirk, Executive Director of Leadership Owensboro, at (270) 926-1860.