Kenny Rambo
Chair – Heartland Communications Consultants, Inc.
Kenneth B. Rambo joined the HCC team in 2007. Kenny’s career began at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., where he played an integral role in the set-up, public relations and opening of a supercenter in southern Kentucky. He later joined the commercial real estate firm, Office Suites PLUS, balancing responsibilities that included marketing, property management, human resources, training, information technology and more — first in Knoxville, Tenn., and then Atlanta, Ga. In 2003, Kenny returned to Elizabethtown as vice president of a young Web development firm. Under his leadership, the firm grew to serve more than 400 clients in several states.
Kenny completed his BS degree in marketing, graduating Magna Cum Laude from Western Kentucky University.
Brian Kerr
Chair-Elect – Kerr Office Group
Brian Kerr is a Hardin County native and resides in Elizabethtown. He graduated from Campbellsville University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration and Computer Information Systems. Brian began his career with First Citizens Bank in 1988 as their first co-op student. He was the General Manager of Bean Publishing Company for 7 years when he purchased the local office supply business and a competing dealer, T & W Office Products in 2006 to form his company Kerr Office Group.
Brian is very active in the community and currently serves on the Elizabethtown Police Foundation, Elizabethtown Educational Foundation, Helping Hand of Hope, Central Kentucky Community Foundation, Vice Chair of United Way of Central Kentucky, UW Community Investment Team, Morningside Elementary Site Base Council and Vice Chair/Treasurer of Independent Stationers, Inc. Brian has also served in past leadership roles as Lincoln Heritage Boy Scouts Finance Chair, 2008 Friends of Scouting Chair, Hardin County Heritage Council Chair, 2011 UW Leadership Chair, Junior Achievement Chair and was a member of the 1999 class of Leadership Elizabethtown.
Brian has been honored as the 2008 Small Business Person of the year by the Hardin County Chamber of Commerce. Brian is also a member and Deacon at Severns Valley Baptist Church where he teaches an 8th grade boys Bible study group. Brian and his wife Tabitha have four children Chase, Ashley, Will and Guy (twins).
Philip Tabb
Treasurer – Hodges Auction Company
Elizabethtown native Philip Tabb has been an auction and real estate professional for more than 15 years. He works with Hodges Auction Company, which as served the Hardin County area since 1937, and Gold Star Realty, the area’s largest independent real estate company.
Philip began his career after earning a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Kentucky.
A Central Hardin High School graduate, he displays immense support for the Hardin County business community and is a very involved member of the Chamber. Known to be the first to arrive and the last to leave the many events that celebrate and support fellow chamber members, Philip served as a chamber ambassador from 2005-2015. During that time, he served three terms as ambassador president and was awarded a 2015 Chamber Champion Award. He also is a 2002 graduate of the Leadership Elizabethtown Program.
Philip lives in Elizabethtown with his wife, Christine, and their two boys, Paxton and Trent.
John Wright
Immediate Past Chair – Hardin County Schools
John Wright has been the Public Relations Director for Hardin County Schools since 2010. Upon graduation from Western Kentucky University, he spent four years in the University Relations office coordinating media activities and helping with campus events.
The Bullitt Central High School graduate and Lebanon Junction native, returned to his roots in 2000 to work for Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation’s Elizabethtown radio stations. After a six-year stint in sales and management while handling some on-air duties there, Wright became the Marketing Director for Kerr Office Group and eventually became Director of Sales and Marketing.
John is active in the community. He has served as Chair of the Hardin County Chamber of Commerce Leadership, Education and Workforce Development Council, Chair of the Helping Hand of Hope Board of Directors, First Vice President of the Radcliff Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, President of the Radcliff Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Past Chair of the Elizabethtown Heritage Council Board of Directors, Past Chair of the LaRue County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Past President of the Western Kentucky University Heartland Alumni Chapter. He was 2005 WKU Young Alumnus of the Year and is a former member of the Elizabethtown Rotary Club. He is currently a member of the Kentucky School Public Relations Association and the National School Public Relations Association.
He and his wife, Kristi Blair Wright, are members of Immanuel Baptist Church in Elizabethtown. They have three active daughters whom they love dearly.
Chris Carter
Board CPA – Stiles Carter & Associates
Chris Carter is a Certified Public Accountant and the Managing Partner at Stiles, Carter & Associates, CPAs, PSC. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor’s of Science in Accounting. Chris has been involved with several professional committees within the Kentucky Society of CPAs and has also been involved with several local nonprofit organizations. He is a Hardin County native and resides in Elizabethtown with his wife, Cindy, and daughters, Annastin Grace and Kennedy Jade.
R. Terry Bennett
Board Attorney – Skeeters, Bennett, Wilson & Humphrey
R. Terry Bennett was born in 1945 and raised in Radcliff, Kentucky. He attended Hardin County public schools. Terry attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia for his Undergraduate Degree in Government and received his Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from the Wake Forest University School of Law in Winston Salem, North Carolina, in 1970. Terry was admitted to The North Carolina State Bar in 1970, and The Kentucky Bar in 1974. He is a Partner in the Law Firm of Skeeters, Bennett, Wilson and Humphrey, in Radcliff, Kentucky.
Terry entered military service as a JAG Corps attorney and served in Korea before returning to civilian life and his home of Hardin County, Kentucky. Terry has been active in his community over the years serving as President of the Radcliff Chamber of Commerce, Hardin County Board of Education, Hardin County Bar Association, Radcliff Jaycees, Heartland Community Foundation and North Central Education Foundation. In his professional life, Terry sits on the Board of Directors of such organizations as First Citizens Bank, Central Kentucky Community Foundation, AUSA Core Committee, and Chairman of Farmers Capital Bank Corporation, a bank-holding corporation in Frankfort, Kentucky, and he has acted as City Attorney for the City of Radcliff, Kentucky.
He is a past member of the Wake Forest University School of Law Board of Visitors and Advisory Board, Health Clinic of Hardin-LaRue County, Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) House of Delegates, KBA Trial Commissioner, KBA Inquiry Commission and Secretary and Founding Member of the Radcliff Rotary Club.
Terry is married to Kay Bennett and they have two children, Brian and Tiffany, and three grandchildren. Terry is an active member of Valley View Baptist Church in Vine Grove, Kentucky.
Josh Hubbard
Josh Hubbard resides in Elizabethtown with his wife Kat and their three children Jake, Ella Kate, and Caroline. Josh graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with double major in marketing and management. He also was on the dean’s list and graduated magna cum laude.
Josh began his career with the West Point Bank in 2006, and has been the President of West Point Bank since 2008. Josh is very active in the community that he calls home. He sits on various boards throughout Hardin County, including the Hardin County Chamber of Commerce Board, the Lincoln Trail Home Builders Association Board, and the Elizabethtown Education Foundation Board. Josh is on the public policy council of the Hardin County Chamber of Commerce and is also an alumni of Leadership Hardin County.
Josh is very active in Grace Heartland Church where he is a member of the Board of Elders. He also teaches youth on Sunday mornings and leads a small group at the church. Josh has coached various youth sports for many years and has volunteered in other areas of youth sports leagues throughout Hardin County.