PEKIN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Board of Directors
Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
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 3:00pm. 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 4:00pm. 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.
Officers Elected Term 2025-2026
Todd Benton
ALTO Ingredients
Tony Howard
Carle Health
Tiffany White
The Dirksen Congressional Center
Dr. Danielle Owens
Pekin Community High School
Directors Elected Term 2023-2026
Baylee Gambetti
Joe Franklin
Ryan Cakora
Directors Elected Term 2024-2027
Chris Deverman
Dennis Short
Directors Elected Term 2025-2028
Mike Shrier
Laurie Gruse
Jennifer Zammuto
Past Presidents
1916 – 1917 William. E. Schurman
1917 – 1919 James M. Rahn
1919 – 1921 Franklin L. Velde
1921 – 1922 William J. Reardon
1922 – 1923 James M. Rahn
1923 – 1924 Elmore G. Heisel
1924 – 1925 Franklin L. Velde
1925 – 1926 James J. Crosby
1926 – 1928 Willis M. Beardsley
1928 – 1929 Louis A. Birkenbusch
1929 – 1931 Arthur E. Severe
1931 – 1932 Paul H. Massey
1932 – 1933 Henry B. Koch
1933 – 1935 George B. Stolley
1935 – 1937 Irving M. Weimer
1937 – 1938 E.M. Marshall
1939 – 1939 Charles V. Frings
1939 – 1940 Robert E. Bryan
1940 – 1941 Albert LaFrenz
1941 – 1943 A.B. Foster
1943 – 1944 George D. Holiman
1944 – 1945 Leslie L. Jones
1945 – 1946 Arthur L. Grob
1946 – 1947 E. Oscar Winkel
1947 – 1948 Eugene P. Maurer
1948 – 1949 Karl E. Stoll / E.E. Lawson
1949 – 1950 Dr. D.W. Turner
1950 – 1951 Harlow R. Summers
1951 – 1953 John C. Kriegsman
1953 – 1954 Morton Bowman
1954 – 1955 A.V. Martens
1955 – 1956 Orville Deppert
1956 – 1957 Thomas H. Harris
1957 – 1958 R.H. “Bud” More
1958 – 1960 Robert Culshaw
1960 – 1962 E.M. Kumpf
1962 – 1963 A.R. Sutton
1963 – 1966 John E. Monge
1966 – 1968 W. Dean McNaughton
1968 – 1970 Charles E. Gagnier
1970 – 1972 Melvin V. Burling
1972 – 1975 Ralph T. Brower
1975 – 1977 Charles F. Wolfe
1977 – 1979 A. Dean Willock
1979 – 1980 Richard Hayes
1980 – 1981 James Johnston
1981 – 1982 Paul Koch
1982 – 1983 Merrill Parsons
1983 – 1984 Larry Wichman
1984 – 1985 Louis Steger
1985 – 1986 Ronald Claussen
1986 – 1987 R. David Tebben
1987 – 1988 Charles H. “Chic” Renner
1988 – 1989 James E. Warning
1989 – 1990 Patrick E. Oberle
1990 – 1991 Dr. Virgil Petty
1991 – 1992 E. Baird Woolsey
1992 – 1993 Carol A. Shields
1993 – 1994 Bill Schade
1994 – 1995 Andrew Sparks
1995 – 1996 A. Richard Kriegsman
1996 – 1997 Robert Moore
1997 – 1998 William T. Fleming
1998 – 1999 Thomas Tesar
1999 – 2000 Perry Soldwedel
2000 – 2001 Vince Udry
2001 – 2002 Patrick Taphorn
2002 – 2003 Cindy Galyean
2003 – 2004 Ron Miller
2004 – 2005 D. Neal “Buster” Hanley II
2005 – 2006 Margaret “Marggie” Seelye
2006 – 2007 Glen Rittenhouse
2007 – 2008 Peggy Collins
2008 – 2009 Dr. Timm Schwartz
2009 – 2010 Mike Vonderheide
2010 – 2011 Althea Geiser
2011 – 2012 Charles “Skip” Schermerhorn
2012 – 2013 Drew Leman
2013 – 2014 Tom Hornstein
2014 – 2015 Aindrea Balagna
2015 – 2016 Gregg Ratliff
2016 – 2017 John Franks, III
2017 – 2018 Becky Saban
2018 – 2019 Scott Kriegsman
2019 – 2020 Dan Pfeifer
2020-2021 Dennis Short
2021-2022 Baylee Gambetti
2022-2023 Chris Deverman
2023-2024 Laurie Gruse
