Tara Murphree
TARA MURPHREE
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Tara Murphree has spent recent years at the helm of the Blount County-Oneonta Agri-Business Center as its secretary. With the sale of the Center to the County, Tara will transition to work for the Oneonta Business Association as its volunteer Director of Member Services. She is no stranger to the OBA. Tara first became involved when she volunteered her artistic services to paint the "Angels in Oneonta" mural on the Malone property on Railroad Boulevard. She was elected to the OBA's board in 2018 and has proven herself to be the most reliable, devoted, passionate, and valued volunteer. In fact, Tara received the OBA's Volunteer of the Year in 2019. In December 2019, she dutifully served as the Site Manager for the annual Christmas tree display, troubleshooting issues with rain, power, and fallen trees for weeks. Tara also served as assistant to Bill Hendrickson, chairman of the OBA's "Paint the Town" multi-phased project and created a reproduction of the historical Little Joe's Restaurant sign in the OBA Art Walk. Tara is married to her best friend, Clay Murphree; they have a son named River Jude, who is a student at Oneonta Elementary School.
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Kym Payne
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Director of Development & Outreach
kym@oneontabusinessassociation.com  KYM PAYNE
Kym Payne graduated summa cum laude with her master’s degree in public administration and an undergraduate degree in Honors Political Science where she also minored in Peace, Justice, and Ecology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. While at UAB, Kym also earned a certificate in nonprofit management. Her academic training includes administrative law, economic development, grants administration, public and nonprofit budgeting, human resources management, comparative politics, constitutional law, and more. Her specialized research intersects neuroscience and public policy. This research has earned two awards and has been presented at academic conferences nationwide. Kym is the Program Manager of “Bellas” at the Neely School of Music and Arts. The Bellas is an organization that cultivates life skills to girls around Blount County. She is beginning her sixth year of this program that she founded exclusively for the Neely School of Music and Arts. She stays active in the community and involves the Bella’s in as many community service opportunities as possible. Kym is the producer, choreographer, and emcee of Miss United States. She began her career as a pageant producer and choreographer in 2003 where she worked In Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, and Georgia. Kym makes her home in Oneonta and is the mother of five children: Dawson, Macy, Zac, Jeremiah, and Ryver.
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