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President of Georgetown Toyota plant will chair Kentucky Chamber board of directors

Wil James Jr. will begin term in October

FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 25, 2014) — During its Annual Meeting on July 21, the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce announced that Wil James, Jr., president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Kentucky, will chair the board of directors when the term of Planter’s Bank president/CEO Elizabeth McCoy of Hopkinsville ends on Oct. 1.

Wil James, president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, will chair the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce board of directors when the term of Planter’s Bank president/CEO Elizabeth McCoy of Hopkinsville ends on Oct. 1. James is shown here at the Kentucky Chamber’s Business Summit and Annual Meeting earlier this week. (Photo by Tim Webb)
Wil James, president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, will chair the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce board of directors when the term of Planter’s Bank president/CEO Elizabeth McCoy of Hopkinsville ends on Oct. 1. James is shown here at the Kentucky Chamber’s Business Summit and Annual Meeting earlier this week. (Photo by Tim Webb)

Kevin Canafax, vice president of public affairs for Fidelity Investments — Midwest Region, has been named chair-elect for 2015.

In July 2010, James became the seventh president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. James is the first African-American to serve as president of Toyota’s Georgetown plant.

James holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Old Dominion University and in 2013 was awarded an honorary doctorate in engineering from the University of Kentucky.

Canafax leads public affairs teams responsible for public policy, government relations and community relations initiatives for Fidelity’s sites in Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky and Jacksonville, Florida. He joined Fidelity in 1994 as a director in regional communications and public affairs. He has a degree in broadcast management arts from Southern Ohio College in 1985 and a Master of Science degree in business administration from Xavier University in 2000. He is also a graduate of the Leadership Cincinnati and Leadership Kentucky programs.