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Dan Lacy

Dan Lacy

Dan Lacy has forged a remarkable career in corporate and community relations.

Dan Lacy joined the PR Department of Ashland Inc. in 1975. His vision and capacity for managing critical issues won him the Vice Presidency of Corporate Communications in 1986. Twelve years later, he became Vice President of Corporate Affairs and was tapped for Ashland's Executive Committee. Today, he's responsible for corporate philanthropy, employee/shareholder communications, event coordination plus community and media relations.

Chair-elect of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce (in 2001), his personal and professional reputations reach deeply into prestigious quarters. He serves The Conference Board's Communications Council, the Business Roundtable's Education Task Force and the American Petroleum Institute's

General Committee of Communications. Instrumental in helping bring the First Amendment Center to UK, Dan may best be known for his involvement in Ashland's unprecedented support for education throughout the Commonwealth. He is a board member and past Chairman of the Kentucky Advocates for Higher Education and is on the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence.

His significant role in Ashland's 1988 response to a major diesel fuel spill into the Monongahela River resulted in a Crisis Manager of the Year Award and two Harvard case studies. Hundreds of audiences have benefited from his public relations and crisis/emergency management lectures.

A Morehead State University graduate and member of its Alumni Hall of Fame, Dan's professional contributions while living in Huntington sparked numerous advancements in West Virginia economic development, healthcare, and transportation. For these and other achievements, UK in proud to honor a most deserving individual whose outreach has brought notable credit to himself and one of America's great corporations.

Links:
Ashland Inc.
www.ashland.com