WLC Wellco Enterprises

Wellco Enterprises, Inc. (AMEX:WLC) today announced at a Board of Directors meeting on August 22, 2006, R. David Kemper was appointed as a Director and member of the Audit Committee of the Company by the Board of Directors. Mr. Kemper is 41 years of age. Mr. Kemper is the President and a shareholder of KemperStrategy, Inc. KemperStrategy, Inc. provides growth solutions for entrepreneurial organizations. These growth solutions include identifying revenue opportunities and competitive threats, improving internal operations, planning and implementing sales and marketing strategies, and creating systems to make revenue growth sustainable. Mr. Kemper has achieved the certification of Professional Certified Marketer by the American Marketing Association. He has more than 17 years of sales and marketing and management experience in both international and domestic markets, and businesses ranging from startups to $200 million in revenue. Mr. Kemper earned a Masters in Business Administration in 2002 from Western Carolina University and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering in 1989 from North Carolina State University. Mr. Kemper presently serves as a Director of Chemtronix, Inc., Waynesville, NC.