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CHAIRMAN, FLOYD COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY |
| Dave Matthews, 53, was elected to serve a four year term as Chairman of the Floyd County Republican Party this March. He and his wife Cheryl and their four children, Chris, Andrea, Joshua and Nathanael live in Navilleton, Floyds Knobs. |
| Dave is a native Hoosier...born in Vincennes, IN in 1954, he graduated from Southport High School in Indianapolis in 1972. Dave graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs in 1976 and served in the Air Force for nineteen years before his retirement in 1995. He was a fighter pilot for the Air Force, flying F-111s, T-38s and Tornados during an exchange tour with the Royal Air Force in England. | 
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| Dave received his Masters Degree in Aeronautical Sciences from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in 1985. He had numerous assignments during his Air Force Career as Flight Commander, Executive Officer to the Wing Commander at Cannon Air Force Base, Flight Examiner, RAF Strike Command Exchange Staff Officer and ended his career as a Lieutenant Colonel and Operations Officer for a T-38 Squadron in Texas. |
| Dave started working for United Parcel Service in Louisville in 1995 after his retirement from the Air Force.
He is currently a Captain on the Airbus A-300. He spent all of 2006 as a Captain on the MD-11 and flew around the world several times. Dave also served two terms for eight years as a councilman on the Greenville Town Council. He was its President for two years. He was very instrumental in resolving important issues such as zoning, fire protection contracts, water utility issues and ordinance revisions. Dave also serves as an elder at his church, Cornerstone Community Church in Floyds Knobs and enjoys playing his trombone with his three sons each Sunday. He is on the Board of Directors for a regional minister's group, the Bethel Ministerial Association and preaches frequently. After completing his term as councilman for Greenville, Dave was elected as the Chairman of our party in March and serves in that function now. Asked for a quote of his feelings about the party, Dave commented, "We're very fortunate to have so many enthusiastic, energetic volunteers in the party and I know that with their help, we'll see the Party be better than it has ever been." |
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Recent articles in the media about Dave March 7, 2007 New Albany Tribune article announcing Dave's election as Chairman. |