OUR CHAIR PERSONS

1st Chairman
1963-1964
2nd Chairman
1964-1965
3rd Chairman
1965-1966
4th Chairman
1966-1967
5th Chairman
1967-1968
6th Chairman
1968-1969
Chester R. Cooper
7th Chairman
1969-1970
8th Chairman
1970-1971
Unidentified*
9th Chairman
1971-1972
10th Chairman
1972-1973
11th Chairman
1973-1975
12th Chairman
1975-1976
13th Chairman
1976-1977
14th Chairman
1977-1978
15th Chairman
1978-1979
Don J. Brewer
16th Chairman
1979-1980
17th Chairman
1980-1981
Florence Steck
18th Chairman
1981-1982
William G. Mulvey
19th Chairman
1982-1983
20th Chairman
1983-1984
21th Chairman
1984-1985
22nd Chairman
1985-1986
Art Moore
23rd Chairman
1986-1987
24th Chairman
1987-1988
25th Chairman
1988-1989
George Pleasants
26th Chairman
1989-1990
27th Chairman
1990-1991
Larry Wexler
28th Chairman
1991-1992
29th Chairman
1992-1994
30th Chairman
1994-1996
31st Chairman
1996-1997
32nd Chairman
1997-1999
33rd Chairman
1999-2001
34th Chairman
2001-2004
35th Chairman
2004-2006
36th Chairman
2006-2007
37th Chairman
2007-2010
38th Chairman
2010
39th Chairman 2010-2014
40th Chairman 2014
41st Chairman
2014-2017
42nd Chairman 2017-2022 Bill Gellhaus
43nd Chairman 2022-2025 Leigh Richards

Note: During our first year in operation (1962-1963), we had no Chairman of the Board. In 1996, the Board of Governors was renamed the Board of Directors.

* Also note that Tom Moorehead died in office as President in 1970. He had only a short time remaining in that term. We have no records who filled in as president during the remainder of that term. Tom was scheduled to become Chairman of the Board at the end of his presidency. Since he passed away, that, of course, did not happen. We do not know at this time who was our chairman during the 1970-1971 term.

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