Toby Teeter

President, Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce

Toby is the President of the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce. Previously, Toby was the founder of LocalRaces.com and co-founder of Mr. Bigg, an Amazon Marketplace agency and brand accelerator. Prior to that Toby was President, General Counsel, and Co-Founder of ValidClick, an online ad network based in Kansas City. After ValidClick was acquired by Inuvo, he served as Inuvo's VP of Strategic Partnerships and Corporate Counsel, heading mergers and acquisitions. Prior to ValidClick, he was a business development manager and corporate attorney at Adknowledge, an online behavioral marketing pioneer based in Kansas City. The balance of his career included stints as a lobbyist, litigation attorney, and as a White House intern. He earned a B.S. in Insurance & Risk Management from Missouri State University and a J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law.