| A graduate of Russellville High School, Kiel started his company - Kiel Equipment - while working toward his Management and Marketing degree at the University of North Alabama. What began as a local business 22 years ago now serves customers across Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, selling and leasing mowers, tractors, and other heavy duty equipment.
Kiel is a founding member of the Franklin County Broadband Taskforce, and has served on the SACS Accreditation and the Federal Monitoring Committees for the Franklin County school system. He is known for being a community activist, and for his financial generosity to the sports teams, school events, dance squads, and charities in the Franklin County area. Kiel has also served as a Youth league basketball coach and PA announcer for Tharptown High School football games.
Kiel and his wife Melissa have three daughters- Sarah Kate, Audrey Claire, and Lydia Grace. The children attend Tharptown School. Melissa, a teacher at Tharptown, was named Franklin County Chamber of Commerce Teacher of the Year for 2016. The family is actively involved at Tharptown Baptist Church, where Kiel has served as the music director for 20 years. |