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:
Deborah Clayton
Commissioner
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
Dr. John Yopp
Associate Provost, Partnership Institute for Math and Science Education Reform
University of Kentucky