Rebecca Baird is the Manager of the Ohio County Food Pantry (OCFP) where she began volunteering in 2010, becoming Manager in 2017.  During her time at OCFP, the pantry has undergone major construction of the entire facility including a new 4000 sq.ft. building, a new 30×30’ freezer/cooler, an entire new level floor, new HVAC, and other needed upgrades.  OCFP is staffed completely by volunteers with no paid staff, serving an average of 700 families per month, distributing approximately 200 CSFP senior commodities each month, and over 200 food backpacks to school children weekly during the school year.  This work is completed by more than 75 monthly volunteers, who receive and distribute approximately 80,000 pounds of food per month. 

In 2023, Rebecca retired from the Green River District Health Department where she was the Human Resources Manager.  She now works part-time at the Ohio County Public Library, fulfilling her childhood dream of being a librarian.  She is a lifelong native of Ohio County where she lives with her husband, and she has four children and two grandchildren.  

Business and Coaching Firm Executive: Before becoming a business coach and consultant six years ago, I worked as a CEO for 20 years, managing budgets up to 25 million dollars and 50-member multi-disciplinary teams—increased bottom line profits by 25% through increasing sales, reducing costs and empowering team members.  

Business Turn Around Specialist: My career developed as a turnaround specialist for companies and organizations, driving an increase in revenue, empowering teams, managing, and reducing costs while creating standard operating procedures for continued growth. In 1998, I started working to improve profits with my first organization, where customer satisfaction drastically improved to receive a 95% excellent rating, resulting in 300% growth while decreasing costs by 25% and realizing the first-ever positive cash flow. In 2002, I grew revenue by 20%, reduced costs by 15%, and increased cash flow within the first year. In 2018, with my guidance, an organization increased revenue by developing policies and procedures that reduced confusion and increased organizational effectiveness, resulting in a 10% decrease in cost and a 20% cash flow increase.

Executive Trainer and Facilitator:  Became one of twenty nationally certified trainers representing 2,100 organizations in the US and an international facilitator for communication styles and leadership development for organizations located in Mexico and Asia. Held training for Executives to guide them in improving their organizations through listening to their needs, desires and goals thus increasing revenue, managing expenses while improving processes and systems. I have trained more than 300 executives throughout the Southeast in Board Leadership, Communicating for Clarity, Strategic Planning, Leaders’ Habits, Attributes of High Performing Teams, and many others.   

Empowering Team Members: Decreased turnover rates by 90% by working with company leaders and CEOs to guide them in developing a process to recruit, retain, ensure accountability, and empower their team members, saving the company thousands of dollars annually. 

Father and Outdoor Enthusiast: Father of two adult children, Rachel and Matthew. They are living their best lives. We enjoy spending time together, laughing, and enjoying each other’s company. Enjoy reading, camping, caving, kayaking, and spending time in nature.   

Retired from 30 yr. career with Unilever.  North American Board Member & Head of Supply Chain, for US, Canada, Caribbean. 

Supported $10 billion annual sales business, including brands such as Dove, Degree, Axe, Vaseline, Hellmann’s, Ragu and Ben & Jerry’s. 

Responsible for 40 factories, 5 Distribution Centers, generated $200 million in Supply Chain savings each year.  Supply Chain Department responsibilities included: Planning, Manufacturing, Engineering, Logistics (warehousing & transportation), Quality, Safety, Environment, and Board level Crisis Management.  Team included 12 Directors, 200 Managers and 10,000 employees.  Managed shipments of 385,000 trucks of finished product per year, and 500,000+ truckloads of inbound raw materials. 

Initiated Unilever ‘s 10-year journey to Gartner # 1 Global Supply Chain rankings. Unilever’s Supply Chain ranked # 1 globally across all industry sectors from 2016-2020, followed by McDonalds, Amazon, and Intel. 

Created and principal leader in “Top to Top” collaboration between Unilever and Walmart executives.  Hosted Walmart Executive Team at Unilever personal care factory to demonstrate Continuous Improvement, leading to synergies between two multi-billion revenue companies.  

Plant Manager at Ragu (Unilever), Owensboro, KY for 5 years. 

Currently serve on Boards for several startup companies in the food industry. 

Volunteer in Owensboro, focused on Food Insecurity.  Started as United Way volunteer, now leading Green River Community Food Warehouse. 

Settle United Methodist Church: past Lay Leader and Vision Team leader; Mission Team, Sunday School teacher. 

Education: MBA – Rochester Institute of Technology.   BS Biology – State University of NY at Buffalo.

Jerry Morris retired as President & CEO of Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline in Owensboro in 2017 after 39 years in the natural gas transmission industry with Texas Gas Transmission and Southern Star. Over the years, he held various senior management and officer level positions in Rates and Regulatory, Strategic Planning and Business Development. While at Southern Star, he served in national leadership positions on the board of Directors of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America and the Southern Gas Association and was a member of the American Gas Association and the Missouri Energy Development Association. He moved to Owensboro in 1977 and considers it his home.

In the Owensboro and civic community, Jerry has served in various capacities with United Way of the Ohio Valley, RiverPark Center Board of Directors (including terms as Secretary, Vice-Chair and Chairman), Daviess County Public Schools Foundation Board, member of the Owensboro Bring Back Baseball Committee, member of the Mayor’s Cultural Organizations Review Panel, member of Owensboro Community Foundation Board, member of Owensboro Muscular Dystrophy Association Executive Committee, Junior Achievement Advisor, Chair of the Texas Gas Consolidated Charities Fund, member of the Grass Roots Association Supporting Progress (GRASP), Co-Chair of the Owensboro Civic Index Committee (All-America Cities Competition), member of the Murray State Alumni Board of Governors, and Chair of the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Business and Public Affairs at Murray State.

Jerry graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, majoring in Accounting, in May 1977 from Murray State University. He later obtained a Master’s Degree in Business Administration in 1985. He is married to the former Koko Fischer and they are the proud parents of two adult daughters, Lacey and Rachel.

Andrea Robinson has been the Executive Director of OASIS for the last five years, one of 15 programs across Kentucky that helps victims of Intimate Partner Violence. OASIS has served the Green River Area Development District since 1981. Andrea led the work of recently relocating the shelter, and she continues to innovate and guide the critical work of assisting victims of intimate partner violence in all seven GRADD counties. Andrea also serves as Board President of the ZeroV, formally known as Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence. She spends many hours annually lobbying and advocating for policy and systems change to benefit families in the Commonwealth. For the past four years, Andrea has worked as an Adjunct Professor at Western Kentucky University teaching for the Criminology and Sociology Departments. She originally moved to Owensboro in 2017 to accept a position as Regional Director for a non-profit foster care agency. During that time, she trained and certified families to be foster homes in Kentucky.

Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Andrea brings experiences from her work in law enforcement with the Denver Police Department as a dispatcher; a crisis intervention lead from her time in child welfare; and many years working at Denver Community Corrections focusing on pretrial intervention and bond reform. During her time with Community Corrections, she worked with violent offenders accused of child abuse and neglect, child sexual assault, and domestic violence.

Andrea has served on the Board of Directors of the H.L. Neblett Community Center for over four years and currently serves as the Board President. She previously served as a board member for the Owensboro Human Relations Commission. During her time in Denver, Andrea served on boards including the Urban League of Metropolitan Denver, The Greater Denver Interfaith Alliance, and many more.

Andrea earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Services and a Master of Science Degree in Criminology. She has two daughters and resides in Owensboro.