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The Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce concerns itself with more than business — it focuses on growth, development and prosperity in our community. The following pages highlight just a few of our members who embody the spirit of our mission.

Andrea Denise Bolden

Andrea Denise Bolden joined the Kentucky Wesleyan College campus community as the coordinator of equity and inclusion in January 2021. In this role, she works with the Student Affairs team to oversee and facilitate programming and processes related to diversity, inclusion and equity in order to help all KWC community members feel a sense of belonging and support on campus. She also serves as the Title IX coordinator.

Her professional experiences have been rooted in early childhood education, student affairs and higher education, the foster care and behavioral health sector, as well as some nonprofit work. Her goals as coordinator of equity and inclusion include working to create more campus-wide education on sexual assault prevention and creating and implementing a black male initiative to increase retention and a sense of belonging for men of color at KWC.

Hollison Technologies

Years ago, Hollison Technologies CEO Kevin Humphrey had a vision of protecting people’s food supply from harmful pathogens, so he built a food sampler in his garage and invented a process that was the world’s first sampling system for food manufacturers to get a thorough sample when testing for contamination in dry food products. Major manufacturers who produce grain or dry food products can use Hollison’s process to test for Salmonella and other contaminants.

“The team at Hollison is very innovative, and we are developing new probiotics products for both humans and pets,” Humphrey said. He said process automation has become a big part of what they do locally. “Our team in the systems integration group is continually enhancing our robotics and automated inspection services,” he said. “Hollison now provides design, sourcing, installation and service for robotics and other systems automation.” Humphrey said they want to be a part of the success Owensboro and Daviess County are primed to see over the next several years. Humphrey said there are high-character, skilled people in Owensboro and Daviess County who want to be part of a success story. “All great companies start with great people, so if I’m asked by a prospective new company ‘why Owensboro and Daviess County, Ky.,’ my first response will be the people,” he said.

Owensboro Health Family Residency

The Owensboro Health / University of Louisville Family Medicine Residency clinic and headquarters are at the East Parrish Campus, which is a 10-minute commute to Owensboro Health Regional Hospital, where most of the clinical rotations happen. Opened in 2013, the flagship facility is licensed for 477 beds and is nationally recognized for its design, architecture and engineering. Residents undertake a robust curriculum of classroom studies and clinical rotations, working alongside expert instructors and physicians from a variety of specialties. Owensboro Health Medical Group physicians enthusiastically support this effort and are actively involved with resident training. Residents are trained to deliver compassionate, multidisciplinary team care utilizing NCQA recognized PatientCentered Medical Home (PCMH) model. On average each year, the facility has 16,000 inpatient admissions, delivers 2,000 babies and provides the region’s only Level III NICU. Owensboro Health physicians perform nearly 24,000 surgical procedures. Physicians and staff have 70,000 Emergency Department visits and more than a million outpatient visits annually.

Kentucky Bioprocessing

Kentucky Bioprocessing has a vision to become a world leader in plant-based biologics and is working to pave the

Western Academy

The goal of Western Academy at the H.L. Neblett Center is to encourage, empower and educate its young male students of AfricanAmerican descent to excel and create a positive footprint, not just in Owensboro, but also on a larger scale. Led by director Olga McKissic, the academy works to close the academic achievement gap that exists in school districts for AfricanAmerican male students.

Scholars, as students at the academy are called, will work to develop Bulldog characteristics, likened to their mascot, throughout their time at the institution, which include determination, stamina, perseverance and kindness. Scholars are also expected to follow the Well Principles. The Well Principles, McKicssic said, encourage scholars to be well-behaved, well-mannered, well-dressed, well-spoken, well-read and welltraveled, as the institution cites those principles as the keys for scholars to be well-balanced in life.

The Western Academy also plans annual educational trips for scholars in an effort to expose them to the world and help them obtain cultural experience and prepare them for college and a career. It also hosts Saturday Sessions for scholars, which include two hours of project-based curriculum focused on math, science, robotics, and STEM, and a “power story” presented by an African-American male to share his success.

The institution also assists its scholars with college scholarships and places a strong emphasis on parent commitment and involvement in the process of preparing scholars for life outside of the Western Academy.

way by using its plant-based platform and innovative technologies. KBP began operations in Owensboro in 2006.

The facility has a strong history of using its plant-based manufacturing technology to respond to international infectious disease outbreaks and received international media attention for its role manufacturing an Ebola treatment called ZMapp alongside California-based Mapp Biopharmaceuticals, and for its partnership with the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. KBP uses a plant-based production process for its vaccines and other biologics. KBP is working to evaluate impacts and potential benefits of this approach on vaccine developments.

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