Camas-Washougal Chamber of Commerce names Ken Cline, branch manager of Riverview Bank in Camas, as 2025 Businessperson of the Year & Stephanie O’Dell as 2025 Citizen of the Year
CAMAS – On May 6, the Camas-Washougal Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Riverview Bank named the 2025 Businessperson of the Year as Ken Cline, Branch Manager of Riverview Bank in Camas, and named the 2025 Citizen of the Year as Stephanie O’Dell.
On Tuesday, June 3 the CW Chamber will host the annual award banquet at Orchard Hills Golf Course, 605 39th St. Washougal, WA 98671. This event is open to the public. Email [email protected] to reserve your seat. You can also call to reserve your ticket, (360) 834-2472, or go to the chamber website and register online, www.cwchamber.com. The social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m. with dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m. The cost to attend is $40 per person.
Also honored at the annual awards banquet will be CW Chamber College Scholarship winners, Miles Brown, from Washougal High School, and Taylor Baker from Hayes Freedom High School, as well as Teachers of the Year, Charlotte Waters, Camas High School science teacher, and Brent Mansell, Washougal High School woods and construction teacher.
2025 Businessperson of the Year: Ken Cline
Ken goes above and beyond in providing excellent service to the customers at Riverview Bank. In addition to his exemplary service at the bank, Ken is actively involved in many community events. He started a wildly popular networking group called CW Local Connections 30 years ago and it is still going strong today.
Ken has also been active with the Boy Scouts of America and makes sure that the General Federation of Women are taken care of during the Camas Days parade!
2025 Citizen of the Year: Stephanie O’Dell
Stephanie embodies “Service Above Self,” always putting the community first. She is currently serving as the president of the Camas Lions. You will not find a service event where Stephanie isn’t present and contributing. Whether it’s community clean-up, tree planting, paper shredding, Walk and Knock, visiting local schools for vision screening, volunteering at the food bank, volunteering at the community center, or just being her fabulous self. Our community is better with Stephanie in it.
Information provided by Camas-Washougal Chamber of Commerce.
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