Champions Board

Board members are selected to give the project a balance of desirable expertise and regional representation, including industry representatives, informal learning educators, gender equity experts, science and mathematics education representatives, and educational policy experts. The Board meets twice per year at a central site. The following is a partial list of the Board members to date:

• Dr. Diane Bazell
  Assistant to the Vice President, Academic Affairs
  Council on Postsecondary Education
• Ruth A. Billings
  Director of Operations
  Kentucky Association of Manufacturers
• Deborah Clayton
  Commissioner
  Kentucky Department of Commercialization and Innovation
• Dr. Nancy Cox
  Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture
  University of Kentucky
• Dr. William Drake
  President
  Midway College
• Emily Edgington
  Senior Project Manager
  Messer Construction
• Dr. Dale Elifrits
  Professor of Geology
  Northern Kentucky University
• Dr. Jimmy Henning
  Associate Dean for Extension and Associate Director for the Cooperative Extension Service
  College of Agriculture
  University of Kentucky
• Eleanor Jordan
  Executive Director
  Kentucky Commission on Women
• Joanne Lang
  Executive Vice President
  Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation
• Yvonne Lovell
  Project Director
  Gear-Up Kentucky, Council on Postsecondary Education
• Sylvia Lovely
  Executive Director
  Kentucky League of Cities
• Crit Luallen
  Kentucky State Auditor
• Deborah MacKay
  Vice President, Research and Development, Consumer Printer Division
  Lexmark International, Inc.
• Helen Mountjoy
  Secretary
  Kentucky Education Cabinet
• Adina O’Hara
  Senior Associate, Academic Affairs
  Council on Postsecondary Education
• Diana Ratliff
  President
  Leadership Kentucky
• Dr. Mary Sias
  President
  Kentucky State University
• Dr. Jennifer Swanberg
  Institute for Workplace Innovation
  University of Kentucky
• Pamela Trautner
  Executive Director
  Lexington Partnership for Workforce Development
• Kathy Quinn
  Director of Education
  KET
• Susan Westrom
  Representative
  District 79
• Dr. John Yopp
  Associate Provost, Partnership Institute for Math and Science Education Reform
  University of Kentucky