Man and Woman of the Year 2020

1919 John E. Mundell 1923 W.W. Rox

1924 M.H. Morrison 1925 R.L. Price

1926 B. Reagan

1927 S.R. Weaver

1928 Shine Philips

1929 Edwin A. Kelly 1930 Dr. E.O. Ellington 1931 Joe Edwards

1932 T.W. Ashley

1933 Wendell Bedichek 1934 D.W. Webber 1935 George White 1936 G.C. Dunham 1937 R.F. Schermerhorn 1938 Dr. P.W. Malone 1939 Calvin Boykin 1940 Ted O. Grobel 1941 R.W. Whipkey 1942 B.L. Lefever 1943 Willard Sullivan 1944 A.S. Darby

1945 R.T. Piner

1946 Joe Pickle

1947 K.H. Mcgibbon 1948 Elmo Wasson 1949 Douglas Orme 1950 Adolf Swartz

1951 Dr. M.H. Bennett 1952 Truman Jones 1953 Dr. R.B.G. Cowper 1954 Champ Rainwater 1955 Marvin Miller

1956 Ira L. Thurman 1957 Jimmie Beale

1958 Dr. J.E. Hogan 1959 Clyde Mcmahon Sr. 1960 Cliff Fisher

1961 Horace Garrett 1962 Roy B. Reeder 1963 Dr. Carl Marcum 1964 John L. Taylor 1965 Ike Robb

1966 John A. Currie 1967 Dr. Lee Rogers 1968 Dr. M.W. Talbort Jr. 1969 M.R. Koger

1970 Paul Meek

1971 Paul Meek

1972 R.H. Weaver

1973 George Mcalister 1974 Ralph Mclaughlin 1975 Ken Perry

1976 J.D. Nelson

1977 Roger D. Brown 1978 Ray Don Williams 1979 Johnnie Lou Avery 1980 Jimmy Taylor

1981 Winston Wrinkle 1982 Sidney T. Clark 1983 Bill E. Read

1984 Paul L. Shaffer 1985 Granville Hahn 1986 John Arrick 1987 Troy Fraser 1988 Clyde Mcmahon Jr.

1989 Hooper Sanders 1990 Don Reynolds 1991 Steve Fraser 1992 James Welch 1993 Ben Bancroft 1994 Jeff Morris 1995 Jim Weaver 1996 Frances Wheat 1997 Curt Millins 1998 Ray Kennedy 1999 Chuck Williams 2000 Jim Purcell 2001 John Freeman 2002 Cheryl Sparks 2003 Terry Mcdaniel 2004 John Weeks 2005 Joe Concienne 2006 Virginia Belew 2007 Lee George 2008 Lynda Elrod 2009 Steve Herren 2010 David Justice 2011 Terri Johansen 2012 Jan Foresyth 2013 Jim Clements 2014 Bruce Schooler 2015 Amy Jacobs 2016 Adrian Calvio

2017 Andrea Barr 2018 Manny Negron 2019 Randy Johnson 2020 Mark Richardson 2021 Kristy Tyra

Ex - Officio

Shannon Thomason - City of Big Spring

Jason Cave- West Texas VA

Jay Mcwilliams - Big Spring ISD

Randy Johnson - Forsan ISD

Board Members for 2021

Greg Henry, Marisha Beck, Sally Grant, Michelle Hamlin, David Pappajohn, Mitzi Knight, Garrett Gunn, Chance Nichols, Stormy Bradley and Clint Fox.

Dr. Cheryl Sparks - Howard College

Brad Cox - Coahoma ISD

Kathryn Wiseman - Howard County

Mark Willis - Big Spring Economic Development Corporation

HERALD file photo Outgoing Chamber President Mark Richardson is pictured at last year’s event presenting Randy Johnson with an award in recognition of his service as Chamber President the previous year.

The 2020 Chamber of Commerce Man and Woman of the Year were presented with their awards at private ceremonies earlier this month. Family members were present for the special recognition. This year’s Man of the Year is former Howard County Judge Mark Barr and Woman of the Year is long time resident Joan Beil. Each has been serving the community of Howard County for many years and helping promote positive change for the community.

HERALD photos/amanda Duforat

Hayley Hererra Cultural/ Tourism Development

Mark Richardson Past President

Mark Morgan Treasurer

Kristy Tyra President