40 Under 40: Tracey Glenn, chamber vice president

Tracey Glenn

AGE: 38

FAMILY: Husband Jeff; sons Zac and Josh.

EMPLOYER: Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce

POSITION: Vice president, organizational and leadership development

COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT:

President of Clippard Elementary PTO; president-elect of the Cape Girardeau Rotary Club; co-chair of Tour of Missouri Local Organizing Committee; chairperson of Rotary Soap Box Derby; Board member of Cape County Republican Women's Club; past president of Tri-State Advertising & Marketing Professionals; past member of Old Town Cape Promotions Committee; 2005 graduate of Leadership Missouri; 1998 graduate of Leadership Cape Girardeau, which she has been involved with for 11 years. Tracey is a member of the Leadership Missouri Alumni Association and the Chamber of Commerce Executives of Missouri

She has received the 2007 Young Alumni Merit Award from Southeast Missouri State University and was the 2005 Rotarian of the Year for the Cape Girardeau Rotary Club. In both 2003 and 2004, she received the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce Go-Getter of the Year Award. And in 1995, she received a silver ADDY award.

HER TYPICAL DAY:

My day varies. Sometimes I'm at my desk planning functions. Others days, I am at a ribbon-cutting or ground-breaking for new businesses. I also host committee meetings. I recruit new members for the chamber, create the chamber newsletter and I run the Leadership Cape program, to name some of the duties that make up my days.

MOST SATISFYING PART OF HER JOB:

Interacting with members and feeling that I have an impact through the chamber on their organizations' successes. I also like to see actual examples of businesses that are successful due to the work we do at the chamber.

HER FAVORITE SONG FROM THE '80s:

"Sweet Child o' Mine" by Guns N' Roses.

HER BIGGEST FIRST-DAY BLOOPER:

The first time I hosted a TV show my guest was not a talker. He did not talk much or elaborate on what I asked. I ran out of material so I went to break early. I had to expand the next two segments.