Meet Our Board of Directors
We are fortunate to have a dedicated Board of Directors comprised of community leaders. Our board is passionate about Lifeline Recovery Center because many of them have witnessed firsthand the toll addiction can take on family, friends, and the entire community.
Steve Powless, Board Chair
Board member since 2020
Steve currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Computer Services, Inc. (CSI), a Fintech company that serves financial institutions and corporate customers across the nation. Steve has been involved in numerous civic initiatives and organizations both locally and statewide, including Murray State University, WKCTC, Greater Paducah Economic Development Council, Paducah Library, Rotary Club, Kentucky Connect, and CEO’s Roundtable Group. Steve is a past president and director for the Association for Financial Technology (AFT), a graduate of Leadership Paducah, Leadership Kentucky and Murray State University, where he received the Distinguished Alumni award in 2014. Steve is the former chairman of the Baptist Health Paducah Administrative Board of Directors, where he currently serves as a director.
Ashley Miller, Executive Director
Ashley first came to Lifeline as a client in 2013. After graduating, she began as a volunteer and then became an employee in 2015. She was promoted to Executive Director in 2020. Her personal experience with addiction has developed into a calling to help others. Ashley led Lifeline through its first and subsequence state license and national accreditations, resulting in two-three year accreditations with ASAM and CARF. She is a student at West Kentucky Community and Technical College.
Dr. Jeffrey Taylor, Treasurer
Board member since 2016
Jeff, an eye specialist physician, moved to Paducah in 2005 to join The Ophthalmology Group. He learned about Lifeline through the Emmaus Walk; as he served on several teams, he saw how God transformed the lives of men with addiction and wanted to become involved in Lifeline. He and wife Heather have two daughters.
David Bailey
Board member since 2022
Bailey is a partner at Williams, Williams & Lentz, primarily responsible for audit and consulting of corporate and not for profit entities. He previously served as vice president and chief financial officer for Trees n Trends Inc. in Paducah and as an audit senior manager with KPMG Peat Marwick in Nashville and Houston.
Rev. Dr. Bernice Belt, BS, MS, CCC, ThD, PhD.
Board member since 2016
Bernice is an ordained Baptist minister and nearing completion of seminary preparation for Cumberland Presbyterian ministry. She is a member of Highland Cumberland Presbyterian. She is a Duchess of Paducah, graduate of Paducah Police Academy Class #1, McCracken County elections officer, graduate of Leadership Paducah, NAACP lifetime member and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. local Beta Omega Omega chapter. She and husband Harold, retired from the U.S. Army, have four children, 11 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. She is a victor over spouse abuse, sexual harassment, and a rare cancer.
Carla Berry
Board member since 2023
Berry is a senior vice president of Paducah Bank, semi-retired after 45 years in the industry. She chairs the board of directors for The Continue Care Hospital LTACH at Baptist Health Paducah; and the economic development committee of Paducah Main Street, where she serves on the board. She is the past president of the Charity League of Paducah, the Dream Factory and the local chapters of the American Cancer Society and American Heart Association. She was a founder of the Paducah River City Business and Professional Women’s Club and named BPW Woman of the Year in 2000.
Casey Brantley, MD
Board member since 2023
Casey Brantley, MD, has been an emergency physician since 2011 at Mercy Health Paducah, where he serves as assist medical director. He has served on boards for the United Way and Hope for Orphans USA, as well as a church cabinet member and middle-school Sunday school teacher at Heartland Church.
Tony Copeland
Board member since 2023
Tony Copeland is senior maintenance and stores supervisor/planner at Arkema Inc. in Calvert City, where he has served 27 years. A Paducah resident, he serves on the administrative and foundation boards of Baptist Health Paducah. He also serves on boards of several other organizations, including Independence Bank Paducah Area, Community Scholarship Program, Rolling Hills Country Club and the McCracken County Community Career Endowment Inc. Copeland recently completed eight years as a member of the board of directors for the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., where he serves as the keeper of records and seals. He studied marketing at Western Kentucky University and business at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
Missy Eckenberg
Board member since 2021
Missy Eckenberg has undergraduate and graduate degrees in nursing from Murray State University. She has worked in neurosurgery and oncology. Former positions include Regional Coordinator for the Kentucky Cancer Program, Director of the Lourdes Hospital Foundation, and Director of Development for St. Thomas More Church. She currently works in property development. Missy is a past president of the Rotary Club of Paducah and Rotary District Governor 2017-18. A volunteer for many organizations, she served on the Community Scholarship Program board and the Chamber Business Advocacy Committee. She is married to Stan Eckenberg, CSI retiree, and has two daughters, Erin, a Paducah business owner, and Sarah, a director at Catholic Charities USA in Washington, D.C.
Terry Haas
Board Member since 2022
A graduate of St. Louis University with a bachelor’s degree in finance and marketing and of the University of Notre Dame with an MBA in finance, Terry Haas is the chief executive officer of Turn Key Risk Solutions. He spent 26 years of executive leadership in the pharmaceutical distribution industry, including chief executive officer of The Harvard Drug Group; and president, executive vice president, and chief integration officer of AmerisourceBergen Corp. He serves on the board of directors for Computer Services Inc.
Robert L. Hill
Board member since 2017
Robert has an extensive entrepreneurial background that began with a catalog store chain for the Lowell Supply Company in Bloomington, Ill. He opened six catalog stores in eight years, with sales nearing $20 million each year. He left Lowell to open his own catalog store, Hillmark Jewelers and Distributors, in downtown Paducah. After closing Hillmark in 1991, he operated a jewelry store and KWHS, a national liquidation company, for 10 years before retiring. Robert served as president of the Paducah Merchants Association for five years. Lifeline’s work is important to him because a lifelong struggle with drugs and alcohol claimed the life of his daughter.
Ken Hunt
Board member since 2020
Ken, owner and president of A&K Construction in Paducah, is active in several community organizations – past president of Associated General Contractors of western Kentucky, past chairman of Greater Paducah Economic Development Council, past member of the St. Mary School Board and a current member of the FNB board. He and A&K host an annual golf tournament to benefit Sunrise Children’s Ministry, raising more than $500,000 to help abused and neglected children. He and wife Beth have three children and two grandchildren. He enjoys golf, running and travel.
Bonnie Schrock
Board member since 2022
Schrock recently retired as vice president and chief operating officer of Baptist Health Paducah, after a 30-year stint with executive responsibilities for marketing, patient services and human resources. She previously worked as news anchor and medical reporter at WPSD NewsChannel 6 from 1983 to 1992, except in 1986 when she served as physician liaison at Charter Hospital, conducting seminars for work sites on alcohol and chemical dependency.
Todd Trimble
Board member since 2020
Todd, owner of The Golf Complex in Paducah, earned a business degree from Morehead State University in 1988. He then earned his PGA status in Oak Ridge, Tenn., before beginning a 12-year career as the PGA professional at the Country Club of Paducah. He and business partner Barry Kight built the Golf Complex in 2003, now employing five professionals and including a Club Car dealership. A Pikeville native, he is a Sunday School teacher at Heartland Church.