Chamber Staff

Sarah Tackett proudly serves as the Executive Director and CEO of the Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce.  She has lived in Defiance since 1990 and is a native of Van Wert, OH. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration, both from Bowling Green State University.  She is a former Miss Ohio and competed in the national Miss America Pageant. 

Sarah currently serves as a Board member for Defiance County Economic Development, the Defiance Rotary Club, and the Defiance Development and Visitors Bureau, and is a former board member of the United Way of Defiance County.  Sarah is active in her church and leads the planning committee for the Defiance Community Day of Prayer.

Her career includes sixteen years in higher education – eleven of those locally at Defiance College, three years in banking, and eight years in healthcare and philanthropy.  She and husband Jeff travel and sing with their music ministry, and they have four children, one daughter in law, and one darling grandson.