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Dr. Rodney Andrews is Director of the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER). Prior to that appointment, he was Associate Director of CAER, responsible for the Carbon Materials group. He has worked on coal conversion processes for the development of advanced materials for 12 years. His research interests include production of pitches and heavy aromatics from coal and other fossil resources, biomass utilization for fuels and chemicals, carbon fiber and composites, activated carbon materials, pitch chemistry and characterization, and energy storage. Dr. Andrews has directed several multi-university and industry-academy collaborative projects. He is currently a member of the Executive Committee for the Dapartment of Energy Consortium on Premium Carbon Products from Coal and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the journal Carbon. Dr. Andrews received his Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Michigan State University and his PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Kentucky. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Kentucky.
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Dr. Fitzgerald B. Bramwell joined the faculty at the University of Kentucky in 1995 as a professor of chemistry and as the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies. Through July 1, 2001, he served as the principal administrator for research and for the graduate school at the University of Kentucky. Prior to that appointment he was Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, where he joined the faculty as an assistant professor of chemistry in 1971. He was promoted to professor of chemistry in 1980. From 1995 through June of 2001, he served as a Trustee for the Southeastern Universities Research Association, as a member of the Executive Committee for the Council of Research Policy and Graduate Education of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, and on the Board of Directors of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities. He served on the Board of Advisors for Chemical Innovation, an American Chemical Society technology journal, and has chaired review panels for the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the American Chemical Society. He was honored for his career achievements as a research scientist in 2003 in African Americans in Science and Invention and in 1996 in Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century. Phillips Academy honored him in 2000 with the Claude M. Feuss Award for distinguished public service. Currently he serves as the Inorganic Chemistry Editorial Review Board Chair for the American Institute of Chemists. In October 2005, he founded Empire Science Resources, LLC, a member-managed company that provides scientific and technological expertise in a number of areas germane to higher education.
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Michael T. Childress is the executive director of the Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center, a state government agency created by the General Assembly in 1992 to bring a future-oriented perspective to decisionmaking in the Commonwealth. The work of the Center includes research, policy analysis, communications with all branches of government, and public outreach. Mr. Childress received his B.A. from the University of Kentucky in 1984 and an M.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1986—both in political science. From 1988 to 1993, he was an analyst at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California. While at RAND, he authored numerous studies on topics ranging from demographic trends in the third world to the implications of declining budgets for the U.S. Army. In August of 1993, he became the first executive director of the Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center. Mr. Childress oversees the Center's numerous research activities and has authored reports on the future of tobacco, entrepreneurism, child care, technology use, electronic commerce, state and local taxation, immigration, health, and transportation.
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Dr. Lois B. DeFleur, fifth president of Binghamton University, is an eminent sociologist and an authority on juvenile delinquency in Latin America and the field of deviant behavior. Dr. DeFleur also has broad administrative experience having served as the dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Washington State University and provost at the University of Missouri-Columbia. As Binghamton’s president, Dr. DeFleur administers a doctoral, research university with more than 14,500 undergraduate and graduate students in six schools, including the liberal arts programs in Harpur College. In recognition of her leadership in international education, Dr. DeFleur received in 2007 both the NASULGC Michael P. Malone International Leadership Award and the McGraw Prize in Education. Dr. DeFleur has been a community, state, and national leader serving on a number of for-profit and non-profit boards and committees. She has chaired the board of directors of both the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges and the American Council on Education. Dr. DeFleur was recently honored by the regional Council of the Girl Scouts as a Woman of Distinction and received the Civic Leadership Award from the Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce.
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Delquan Dorsey, Sr. is the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Minority Empowerment and currently serves on the Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center’s Board of Directors. Mr. Dorsey is the former Director of Network Organizing for Making Connections in Louisville, a previous Policy Advisor for former Jefferson County Commissioner Darryl T. Owens, and the Assistant State Coordinator for the NAACP Voter Empowerment Program. He provides leadership to the African-American community and worships at the Bates Memorial Baptist Church. Some of Mr. Dorsey’s involvement includes the Board of Directors of Kentuckiana Minority Business Council and as a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Mr. Dorsey has a BS degree in Business Administration from Central State University, Wilberforce, OH. He is married to Shealonda Dorsey and they have 2 sons Delquan, Jr. and Destin and reside in Louisville.
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John Faulkner is the Community Relations Manager at the Muhammad Ali Center. He is responsible for outreach programming with a focus on the performing and visual arts, as well as instituting initiatives that improve the quality of life in Louisville. Concurrently he serves as a motivational speaker and lecturer on a variety of topics such as diversity, history, culture, and the life and times of Muhammad Ali.
Prior to his current position he implemented developmental techniques to encourage beneficial behavioral modification at Los Angeles-based “New Start” as a Domestic Violence and Drug Intervention Facilitator. Mr. Faulkner also spent several years as an elementary school teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Currently Mr. Faulkner also serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the West Louisville Performing Arts Academy and also serves on Greater Louisville Inc.’s Capital Projects and Civic Amenities Issue Advisory Committee.
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Dr. Merl Hackbart is Provost’s Distinguished Service Professor of Finance and Public Administration and Associate Dean of the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky. His research interests include public budgeting and financial management. He previously served on the Kentucky Council for Postsecondary Education and the Kentucky Consensus Revenue Forecasting Group. He has also served twice as State Budget Director for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
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Edward J. Holmes has extensive land use, neighborhood, and community development planning experience in the areas of comprehensive planning, zoning and public hearing processes, land use and siting issues, and permitting. He also has extensive experience with both public and private sector clients/projects. He currently leads several planning, engineering, and design-based efforts. Prior to creating EHI Consultants, he was Vice President of Cincinnati Bell Telephone where he was responsible for the business development and regulatory group. Prior to Cincinnati Bell, Mr. Holmes served as Vice Chairman of the Kentucky Public Service Commission from 1995-2003, where he was involved at the state and national levels on electric restructuring and natural gas issues. He served as Chair of the Committee on Gas for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). He was a member of the Gas Technology Institute (GTI) Advisory Council, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) working group on pipeline siting, and the Keystone Group-Final Report on Natural Gas Infrastructure. He has testified before congress and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on several regulatory, siting and funding issues. From 1976-1992, he was Director of Planning for the Bluegrass Area Development District.
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Eleanor Jordan was appointed as the Executive Director of the Kentucky Commission on Women by Governor Stephen L. Beshear in January, 2008. She is the first African American to hold the post, which requires her to consult with and advise the governor and his cabinet on matters pertaining to and of interest to women, to conduct programs, studies, etc. in order to educate the public on the status of women, and to recommend strategies for improvement.
Her past executive branch experience includes serving as Ombudsman for the Cabinet for Families and Children under the administration of Governor Paul Patton, and as Principal Assistant to Attorney General Greg Stumbo.
In 1996, she was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives from the 42nd Legislative District in Louisville, making her the only African-American female in the 138-member body.
She has been recognized with numerous honors, including the Stand Up for Children Award from Jefferson County Public Schools, the Dr. David Gunn Award, the Louis Coleman Torch Award, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award and the Brenan-Hayly Public Service Award, both from the University of Louisville.
She was named Public Advocate of the Year by the Dept. of Public Advocacy, Women’s Advocate of the Year by the University of Kentucky, and the Public Policy Advocate of 2009 by the National Association of Women Business Owners.
This year, Eleanor was voted the Most Admired Woman in Kentucky Politics by Today’s Woman Magazine readers.
She has appeared in Black Journal and MS magazines, and has been profiled on the BBC, Oxygen, and MTV channels, as well as in the following books: Kentucky Women by Eugenia Potter and Politics, Religion and Death by Carl Wedekind.
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Robert L. King became the third president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education January 16, 2009. He previously served as president and CEO of the Arizona Community Foundation, a statewide charitable foundation with a strong focus on education, economic development, and scientific research. Mr. King is the former chancellor of the State University of New York, one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the world.Mr. King is very active in community service and has volunteered and served on numerous boards and organizations. He also has served on the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars; the Education Committee of the U.S. National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); an advisor to the Middle State Commission on Higher Education regarding reauthorization of the Higher Education Act in Congress; the board of directors of the National Soccer Hall of Fame; and the board of trustees of A.T. Still University, a specialized university dedicated to training people for the health care professions, in Kirksville, Missouri, and Mesa, Arizona.
Mr. King received a bachelor of arts degree in 1968 from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and a juris doctor in 1971 from the Vanderbilt University School of Law. He is married to Karen, his wife of 32 years, and they have four grown children.
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Esther R. López is the Director of United Food and Commercial Workers Civil Rights and Community Action Department. Her experience in the labor movement is extensive and diverse and includes legislation, politics, and worker and community organizing. Ms. López has served in cabinet-level positions in former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich's administration, and was principal liaison to the state's unions. She formerly supervised the Illinois Office of New Americans Immigrant Policy and Advocacy where she developed community outreach strategies and managed the agency's monitoring of national immigration reform and the development of policies and strategies to facilitate the integration of new immigrants to their communities. Ms. López was also on the national staff of the AFL-CIO and was the lead organizer for the major national "Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride" campaign. As Assistant Dean of Student Services at Richard J. Daley College, Ms. López directed several college preparatory programs for high school students, including the Upward Bound Program and the Hispanic Bilingual Engineering Program. She also served as Director of the Latino Youth Alternative High School, representing the predominantly Latino communities of Pilsen and Little Village.
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Phyllis A. Maclin is chair of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education's Committee on Equal Opportunities. She is vice president of Paducah Housing Services Inc., and is currently pursuing her MBA at Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, Utah. She has several years experience in public relations, marketing, training, and sales management. She is a public school volunteer and former member of the Paducah Urban Renewal board and Paducah Independent School board. Ms. Maclin holds a bachelor's degree in communications from Western Kentucky University. She was appointed as a Council member in 2005 and will serve until December 31, 2009.
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Dr. Michael B. McCall is the founding President and CEO of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), which operates a seamless complex system of 16 colleges with over 67 campuses. Since December, 1998, he has stewarded the merging of 28 community and technical colleges into 16 accredited comprehensive community and technical colleges serving over 92,000 students with more than 2,765 new programs, diplomas, options, and certificates. Under Dr. McCall’s leadership, KCTCS has become the largest provider of postsecondary education and workforce training in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, with 4,850 businesses served in 2007 via his workforce initiatives.
To meet the unmet need of pursuing higher education in an online, anywhere, anyplace, and anytime environment, KCTCS launched Dr. McCall’s virtual learning initiative entitled KCTCS Online that is completely learner-centered and will allow adults to pursue higher education 24/7, 365 days a year. Other KCTCS accomplishments include the North American Racing Academy (first college-affiliated horse racing academy in the United States), Kentucky Coal Academy, Kentucky Fire Commission, and the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services.
Dr. McCall has served for over 39 years in community and technical colleges, and has been recognized for his advanced collaborative partnerships, economic development, and innovative use of technology. On April 17, 2009, he was the recipient of Phi Theta Kappa’s prestigious State Community College Director Award of Distinction.
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Brent McKim received his Bachelor’s of Science degree in chemistry with “Highest Distinction” from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1985. He received his Masters of Arts for Teachers degree from Indiana University, Bloomington in 1987. He was recognized as an outstanding future educator during his student teaching experience in 1987. Mr. McKim was recognized as his school district’s “Outstanding First Year Teacher” in 1988 and was a state finalist for this distinction.
Brent is a math and science teacher whose most recent teaching experience was at duPont Manual High School as a physics teacher. Currently, Mr. McKim is on full-time leave from Manual High School, serving in his third term as the President of the Jefferson County Teachers Association, being elected by the 5,500 members of the association. Prior to his election as JCTA president, Mr. McKim served in a variety of roles with the Association, some of which included serving on the Board of Directors and serving as a member of the Association negotiations team. He is also an active member of the 3.2 million-member National Education Association, where he is a member of the NEA Committee on Legislation and a past chairperson of NEA’s 170-member national Resolutions Committee.
Mr. McKim has served as an education employee representative on both the 2005 Blue Ribbon Panel on Public Employee Health Insurance and the 2007 Blue Ribbon Panel on Public Employee Retirement issues.
Mr. McKim lives in Louisville and has one daughter, Kelsey, who attends JCPS Manual High School.
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Representative Reginald Meeks has represented the 42nd House District (Jefferson County) since 2001 and currently serves as Chair of the Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center’s Board of Directors. He is the Associate Director of Development at the University of Louisville and Adjunct Professor at McKendree College. Representative Meeks received his B.A. from Wabash College and his J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law. He also has pending a Ph.D. from the University of Louisville. Representative Meeks is a member of the National Conference of State Legislatures; National Black Caucus of State Legislators; Kentucky Association of Blacks in Higher Education; Leadership Kentucky, Charter Class Member; Honorary Member, Sunshine Seniors; Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels; National Association of Black Scuba Divers; Kentucky Association of Black Scuba Divers, Founding Member; Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission; and Kentucky Polar Bear Club. In addition, Representative Meeks has been named to Who's Who Among Emerging Leaders In America; Outstanding Young Men of America; Who's Who Among Black Americans; and Who's Who in the South. He has also received the Y.M.C.A. Adult Achiever Award and been named by Ebony Magazine one of their Fifty Young Future Leaders; and by Louisville Magazine one of their People to Watch.
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Secretary Jonathan Miller was appointed by Governor Steve Beshear in December 2007 to serve as Kentucky’s Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet.
As the state’s Chief Financial Officer, Secretary Miller oversees the agency that operates as the hub of state government, and serves on dozens of state boards, covering policy matters which range from higher education to environmental protection, from affordable housing to the 2010 World Equestrian Games. Currently, Sec. Miller chairs the Kentucky Public Pension Working Group, which is developing plans to help improve fund investments, provide sufficient long-term state funding for the pension plans, and ensure quality, affordable, and sustainable health care benefits for teachers and state employees. Prior to his appointment to the Beshear Cabinet, he served for eight years as Kentucky’s State Treasurer, having been elected statewide in 1999 and re-elected in 2003. Before serving in state government, Sec. Miller was an aide to former Vice President Al Gore, Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of Energy, Legislative Director for Tennessee Congressman Jim Cooper, and an attorney in private practice for Latham & Watkins in Washington, DC, and Miller, Griffin & Marks, in Lexington.
Sec. Miller is the author of a critically-acclaimed book on the role of faith in public policy, The Compassionate Community: Ten Values to Unite America, published nationally in 2006 by Palgrave MacMillan, a division of St. Martin’s Press.
Sec. Miller is a native of Lexington and graduated with high honors from both Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He currently resides in Lexington with his wife Lisa, and their daughters, Emily and Abigail.
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Adolfo (Ben) Ruiz resides in Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife Sonia, working together with her as partners in Adhawks Advertising & Public Relations, Inc., for which Mr. Ruiz also serves as Creative Director and CEO. Mr. Ruiz has received a Clio for creative work he did for General Electric, as well as numerous other local and regional awards for creative advertising work done for clients, which include the following: the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Special Needs Adoption Program; Clark Memorial Hospital; Lakeview Rehabilitation Hospital; the Lincoln Foundation; Louisville Urban League; the Presbyterian Theological Seminary; the Lupus Foundation; the Arthritis Foundation; the American Diabetes Association; Junior Achievement; and the American Jr. Red Cross. More recently, Mr. Ruiz has served on various Hispanic organizations’ boards: The Louisville Hispanic Latino Coalition; GLI’s Hispanic Latino Business Council; Americana Community Center; and Adelante Hispanic Achievers.
In 1994, Mr. and Mrs. Ruiz were both appointed Kentucky Colonels by Governor Brereton Jones in recognition for their commitment to community work.
Born in Mexico City, Mr. Ruiz is an advertising professional who has taken various art, English, and marketing courses at the Chicago Institute of Art, New York University,
Art Center College of Los Angeles, Jefferson Community College, and Texas Academy of Art. Mr. Ruiz has recently taught Graphic Design as part of Adjunct Faculty for Brown Mackie College.
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Renee Shaw is a native of Portland, Tennessee. She graduated from Western Kentucky University in 1994 with baccalaureate degrees in Broadcasting and Political Science, and a Masters of Arts in Corporate Communications in 1996. She worked for several years as a reporter and associate producer with Western’s Public Broadcasting Service: WKYU-TV and WKYU-FM. She earned state and national awards for her radio reporting.
In 1997, she began her career at KET as a reporter and associate producer. In the fall of 2005, she launched the first statewide minority affairs program on KET, Connections with Renee Shaw. As one of KET’s public affairs program producers, Ms. Shaw is producer, managing editor, and host of KET’s legislative coverage, and produces numerous other public affairs programs at KET.
Active in several community/professional organizations, Ms. Shaw is a community advisory member for the Bluegrass Community and Technical College Office of Multicultural Affairs; serves on the board of directors for the Lexington Bluegrass Area Minority Business Expo; a member and public relations chair of the Frankfort-Lexington Chapter of The Links, Incorporated; communications/public relations chair for First Baptist Church Bracktown in Lexington; a 2007 graduate and member of Leadership Kentucky; executive committee board member for the Kentucky Historical Society; and a Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest Trustee. Ms. Shaw travels across the state moderating public issues forums and speaking about diversity, media, and state legislative matters.
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Dr. Mary Evans Sias, selected as the 13th president of Kentucky State University in 2004, has focused on creating an environment of accountability, transparent communications, and collegial decision making since her arrival. She has a strong concern for and demonstrated commitment to students and to building stronger relationships with the broader community. Under her leadership, new graduate programs are being added, there has been a focus on KSU’s Land Grant status, and significant improvements in technology are taking place on campus to prepare students to meet the global challenges facing them. In addition, fund-development efforts of the university have improved substantially.
Prior to coming to Kentucky, Dr. Sias served nine years as senior vice president for student affairs and external relations at the University of Texas at Dallas, where she was also an associate professor of sociology. She also served as Chief Executive Officer of the YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas for 14 years.
Throughout her professional career, volunteerism has been an integral part of her life, and she has received numerous awards for her community efforts, including the She Knows Where She’s Going Award, given by Girls Clubs Inc. Since coming to Frankfort, Dr. Sias has joined the Board of Directors of the Frankfort Chamber of Commerce, the YMCA Board, Leadership Kentucky, and the University of Kentucky Museum of Art Board.
A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Dr. Sias earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Tougaloo College, where she graduated summa cum laude. She was awarded a Ford Foundation doctoral fellowship and pursued her master’s and doctorate in sociology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She also received a master's in business administration from Abilene Christian College.
Dr. Sias is married to Shadrach Sias, and they have one daughter, Adrienne Sias.
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Sally Sugg was named as associate commissioner of the Office of Leadership and School Improvement (OLSI) for the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) in August of 2008.
She currently oversees the work of OLSI, including three divisions: Leadership and Instructional Support; Scholastic Assistance; and Educator Quality and Diversity. OLSI houses the Highly Skilled Educator program, school-based decisionmaking resources, and educator recruitment programs.
Prior to her employment at KDE, Ms. Sugg was the Assistant Superintendent for Student Achievement in Shelby County. Among her responsibilities were district planning, professional development, the federal Title II and Title V programs, school-based decisionmaking, and assessment and accountability.
From 2004 to 2007, Ms. Sugg served as a Highly Skilled Educator for KDE, assisting low-performing schools and districts in Kentucky. She also served nine years as a school principal in McCracken and Henderson Counties and thirteen years as a teacher in Henderson County and Sikeston, Missouri.
Ms. Sugg earned a bachelor’s degree from Murray State University, a master’s degree and Rank I from Western Kentucky University, and a superintendent endorsement from Eastern Kentucky University. She is currently enrolled in the Doctoral Program Cadre at EKU.
She holds endorsements for elementary and secondary principalship (K-12) and supervisor of instruction (elementary & secondary), is a Kentucky Association of School Councils-endorsed SBDM Trainer, and holds Kentucky teaching certificates in English/language arts and history.
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David Tandy was unanimously elected President of the Metro Council on January 8th, 2009. It was the first time since the first year of merged government that a president was elected unanimously. President Tandy deeply appreciates the support of his colleagues and the residents of the Fourth Metro Council District. Mr. Tandy began his service as Councilman on April 14th, 2005, following the passing of Councilman Willie Bright. He was re-elected in November of 2008 and has dedicated his public service to a renewed hope, dedication, and vision for the people of the Fourth District and the entire community.
Professionally, Councilman Tandy serves as an attorney for the firm of Stoll-Keenon-Ogden, which draws its strength from the history of two prominent Kentucky law firms: Stoll, Keenon & Park, LLP and Ogden Newell & Welch PLLC. The firms merged in early 2006 to form a comprehensive, statewide law firm with offices in Louisville, Lexington, Frankfort, and Henderson.
Previously, he served as the Government Relations Director for the American Cancer Society, Mid-South Division, Inc. and has practiced law with the firms of Sheffer-Hutchinson-Kinney and Woodward, Hobson, & Fulton in Kentucky; Ortale, Kelley, Herbert, & Crawford in Nashville, Tennessee; and worked in the Washington D.C. Office of former United States Senator Wendell H. Ford.
Councilman Tandy’s community involvement includes having served as an Executive Board Member of the Louisville Branch NAACP Executive Committee and the State YMCA of Kentucky-Youth Association. In addition he is a former Board Member of the Louisville Metro Police Merit Review Board and the Louisville Metro Parks Advisory Commission. Councilman Tandy also served as the first President of the Louisville Urban League Young Professionals Organization.
His political experience includes currently serving as the Treasurer for the Kentucky Democratic Party, where in 2000 he became the youngest person and only the second African American ever to serve his party as a state official.
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Tierra Kavanaugh Turner, CEO, a native of Danville, Kentucky, is a graduate from the University of Louisville.
Throughout her career, Ms. Turner has held various management positions from several major corporations, including BellSouth Mobility, now known as AT&T, and American Express. She also represented BellSouth Corporation as a Loaned Executive to the Metro United Way. She is the founder and previous owner of Executive Courier Express LLC, a small package express delivery business.
In March, 2004, Governor Ernie Fletcher appointed Ms. Turner to serve as the first Executive Director for the newly created Governor’s Office of Minority Empowerment. The Office serves in an advisory capacity to the Governor, the General Assembly, the Kentucky Congressional Delegation, and other appropriate government officials. In addition, she had the responsibility of researching and participating in the development of policies affecting Kentucky’s minority community in the specific areas of economic development, education, healthcare, housing, government services, and criminal justice matters.
In 2008, Ms. Turner was appointed by Governor Steven L. Beshear as a member of the Judicial Nominating Committee, 30th Judicial Circuit and District.
Tierra carried on her passion for entrepreneurship in 2006 by founding TKT & Associates, Inc., the leader in the creation and management of supplier diversity programs for government agencies, major construction projects, corporations, and business associations and organizations. TKT & Associates, Inc. provides clients over 100 combined years of expertise in small, disadvantaged, minority, and women-owned business growth development.
In her commitment to the importance of minority entrepreneurship, Ms. Turner serves as a board member of the Tri-State Minority Supplier Diversity Council (formerly Kentuckiana Minority Business Council), which certifies minority businesses throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Through her involvement with the Council, Ms. Turner works to improve minority business awareness and procurement opportunities between majority corporations and minority businesses.
Additionally, Ms. Turner currently serves on the board of Greater Louisville Inc. (GLI) as an Executive Committee member and serves as the Chair of GLI's Public Policy Committee. She is also the Chair of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Committee, a Board Advisory member of the Ohio River Valley Women’s Business Council, and Citizens Union Bank’s Louisville Advisory Council. Ms. Turnerr is also a member of the Board of Directors at the Norton Healthcare Foundation.
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Eugene Antonio Woods, FACHE, MBA, MHA, is a Senior Vice President with Catholic Health Initiatives, and Chief Executive Officer of the Saint Joseph Health System. In this role, he leads one of the largest systems in the state and is currently overseeing major growth and expansion initiatives that include the construction of two replacement hospitals and a dedicated women’s facility. Previously, Mr. Woods served as CEO of Saint Joseph HealthCare. In that position, he led the organization to numerous prestigious recognitions, including the inaugural Kentucky Hospital Association Quality Award; the Kentucky Center for Performance Excellence Award (based on Malcolm Baldridge Criteria); the American Hospital Association NOVA recognition for community service; the Joint Commission Codman Award; JD Power Service Excellence Hospital for four years running; three Solucient Top 100 Hospital recognitions; and one of the top 25 Best Places to Work in Kentucky for large employers (2006, 2007, and 2008). Prior to arriving in Lexington, Mr. Woods was the Chief Operating Officer of the Washington Hospital Center, one of the busiest hospitals in the country. Mr. Woods has been very involved in professional associations, serving as past President of the Washington Metropolitan Chapter of the National Association of Health Services Executives, Regent-at-Large for the American College of Heathcare Executives, and recently completed his term as the ACHE Regent for Kentucky for which he was recognized with a Service Award in 2009. He also serves on numerous community Boards, including the Chamber of Commerce, Bluegrass Community Foundation, and the Fifth Third branch in Lexington. Additionally, he was appointed by Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry to serve on the Lyric Restoration Committee charged with rebuilding one of Kentucky's premier African-American theaters. Mr. Woods graduated from Pennsylvania State University, where he received dual master’s degrees in health administration and business. In 2001, Modern Healthcare selected him as one of the industry’s “Up and Comers”, and he was named as one of the "Star” Executives in the Class of 2001 in the “Up and Comer” 20-year anniversary yearbook. In 2006 and 2008, Modern Healthcare also named him as one of the top 25 minority executives in the nation. In 2007, the Medical News’ MediStar organization presented him with their inaugural Healthcare Leadership award for the tri-state area of Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana.
In his spare time he is a musician/songwriter and enjoys the martial arts. He is married to Ramona and has two boys.
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