Kris Shanks

Wealth Management Services Coordinator & Wellness Coordinator for Blythe, White & Associates • Associates Degree in Office Administration, Paducah Community College • Paducah McCracken County Habitat for Humanity, Vice President • Serves on the Needle Art’sMinistry • Former Adjutant and Vice Commandant of the C.B. Cates Detachment of the Marine Corps League • Served 2 years in the US Marine Corps • Outstanding Achievement Award for Economics and Office Administration • Nominated as Who’s Who in American Junior Colleges • President of Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society

Mary Thorsby

CEO of iList Media • Business Degree with a Minor in Journalism, Stephens College • Creator and co-Founder of iList Paducah • Writes a blog column for The Paducah Sun • Internet column for Sun’s Four River Business Journal • Freelance Writer • Currently serves on the Human Rights Commission • Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce • Paducah Renaissance Alliance • Event Planner • Project Manager for companies such as Amgen, Genentech, Levi Straus Hewlett Packard and Apple to name a few • Re-founding member of Women in Communications in San Francisco CA


Ashley G. Johnson
Treasury Management Partner for US Bank Corp serving Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois • B.S. Agriculture with Business Economics Emphasis, Murray State
University • President Western Kentucky Development Network Chapter for US Bank • US Bank Five Star Volunteer Award 2007 and 2008 • United Way Campaign Co-Chair 2008 • Easter Seals West Kentucky Volunteer • Member Charity League Of Paducah • Paducah Chamber of Commerce Diplomats Club • First Baptist Church Sunday School Teacher • Alpha Sigma Alpha Social Sorority, President 1999-2000

Debbie Wattier

Development and Public Relations Director for Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center • Bachelor of Arts, Journalism; Baylor University • Master of Science, Journalism; Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism • Rotary Club of Paducah, Board of Directors • Rotary District Selection Committee for Ambassadorial Scholarships, Member • Regional Stewardship Advisory Council for Murray State University • Women’s Ministry, Lone Oak First Baptist Church • United Way Paducah-McCracken County, Past Board of Director • United Way Volunteer of the Year • Public Relations Society of America, Past Member • Business & Professional Women, Past Member


Karen Harris Story

AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer for Bellewood Presbyterian Home for Children • MBA, The Massey School at Belmont University • Bachelor of Science, Vanderbilt University • Candidate for Juris Doctorate 2010, Barkley School of Law • Angel Food Ministry, Broadway United Methodist Church • Market House Theatre, Past Board Member • McCracken County Republican Women • Mc- Cracken County Executive Committee of the Republican Party • Kalosophic Club member • St. Nicholas Family Clinic, 2008 Event Planning Committee • Vanderbilt University Alumni Association • Zonta of Paducah, member


Elizabeth Clymer

Attorney with Whitlow, Roberts, Houston & Straub, PLLC • Bachelor of Arts, with a major in Psychology and minor in Legal Studies; Murray State University • Juris-prudence Doctorate, Cum Laude; Southern Illinois University • Nominated for the Outstanding Pre-Law Student in 2004 • SIU Law Journal, served as Articles Editor and writer • Paducah-McCracken Senior Citizens Center, Board of Directors • Merryman House Domestic Crisis Center, Board of Directors


Sarah Bynum

Marketing Director, Federal Materials Company • Bachelor of Arts, University of Mississippi • 2008 Salute to Women Award, recipient form the Kentucky Federation
of Republican Women • BPW Young Careerist, First Runner Up 2008, BPW Kentucky • Duchess of Paducah Who’s Who Among American Universities and Colleges, 2005 • Child Watch Children’s Advocacy Center, Board of Directors, Public Relations and Fundraising Committees • Diplomats Club, Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce • Market House Theatre, Board of Directors • McCracken County Republican Women, Vice President • City of Paducah, Vice Chair, Board of Adjustment • Leadership Paducah Class 22, member


Stacey Blankenship

Attorney/Partner with Denton & Keuler, LLP • Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude Murray State University • Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude Southern Illinois University • Served as McCracken County Asst Commonwealth’s Attorney • Kentucky Bar Association, Member • McCracken County Bar Association, Member • Kentucky Bar Foundation, Member • Kentucky Defense Counsel Association, Member • West Kentucky Women’s Bar Association, Vice President 2002-2003 • Honored as a Life Fellow by Kentucky State Bar Foundation for “Outstanding Commitment to public Service and Improvement of Legal Profession” 2008 • Graduate Leadership Paducah Class of 2002


Karin Thomas

Executive Director, Hope Unlimited Family Care Center • Bachelor of Arts, Westminster University • Performing Arts Degree, Academy of Vocal Arts • Care-Net, Member • National Institute Family Life Advocates, Member Karin was to become a professional musician and then God took hold and planted a vision in her heart for Hope Unlimited.


As published in the Paducah Sun, October 19, 2008