| (HERMANN,
Mo.) - Members of the Missouri Tourism Commission elected Lt. Gov.
Peter Kinder as their vice chair during a June 29 meeting in Hermann.
Kinder has served on the commission since he took office as Missouri's
48th lieutenant governor in January. The Missouri Tourism Commission
determines matters relating to tourism policies for the state and
oversees the administration of the Division of Tourism.
"I am pleased to serve on the Tourism Commission and am
thankful for the opportunity to serve as vice chair. The tourism
industry is vital to our state and I look forward to continuing
the work to make Missouri a prime tourism destination," said
Kinder.
Kinder has a background in the tourism industry, having worked
as an attorney and real estate representative for Drury Industries,
a hotel chain.
Raeanne Presley of Branson, a co-owner of Presley's Country Jubilee,
serves as the chair of the Tourism Commission. The position of
vice chair has been vacant since the term of former Commissioner
Consuelo Washington of St. Louis ended earlier this year.
By statute, the commission consists of 10 members: the lieutenant
governor; two members of the Senate of different political parties
appointed by the president pro tem of the Senate; two members
of the House of Representatives of different political parties
appointed by the speaker of the House; and five individuals appointed
by the governor, with no more than three of those appointees being
of the same political party. The commission elects its chair and
vice chair.
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