​Paula Kallio

Paula was born and raised in Barberton. She graduated from Barberton High School and moved to Florida where she was a Manager at Innsbrook Resort. She owned an Inter Design business and retired as CFO from Broker Education. Presently, Paula is on the Barberton Zoning Board, Chairman of Barberton Salvation Army Advisory Council, Summit County Salvation Army Board, Summit County Healthy Communities Committee, Barberton YMCA Reverse Raffle committee and the Board of the South Summit County Chamber of Commerce.

Kevin Murphy

Kevin joined the Akron Area YMCA in 2001 and has been at the Lake Anna YMCA since 2006. In Kevin's current role as Business Manager, he helps to oversee the financial and human resources functions of the YMCA branch as well as leads the child care programming that is offered. In 2017 Kevin was selected as an Emerging Leader in the Akron Area YMCA and is also an active volunteer leader with the American Red Cross of Summit, Portage and Medina Counties.
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​Mary Huggins

Mary is an independent contractor for MY4HUGS, LLC. Currently employed as a full time Nanny for a family of 6, she continues to serve her community by volunteering on non profit boards and is an active participant in fund raising events for great causes.  Her years of service in the event industry allows her to share her knowledge and experience with organizations that thrive on volunteerism. She looks forward to working as the fundraiser chair on the South Summit Chamber board.

Joseph Pekar

Joseph is from the Portage Lakes and graduated from Green and The University of Akron. He currently lives in North Canton/Greentown with his wife, 3 boys, and their 4 rescue dogs. They spend a lot of time in North Canton as well as New
Franklin where his boys attend school. They take pride in the communities where them and their children live and love giving back to those areas and working with local businesses. He has been with Fred Martin Superstore since 2014. Joseph started in Retail Sales and in 2016 took on the challenge of starting a Commercial Sales Division for Trucks and Vans with Ram Commercial. Previously he was in real estate serving on various local and state boards
and committees. Joe understands the importance of Networking and being involved in your local community where you live as well as work. He looks forward to helping this Chamber grow and meeting new people.