Kelly Sullivan Holland | Board of Trustees

hollandky@windstream.net

(859) 272-2424

3709 Wembley Lane, Lexington, KY 40515

Offices/Positions Held on the Board:

Secretary, Board of Trustees, 2015-present; Member, Executive Committee; Member, University Athletics Committee (2017); Member, Academic and Student Affairs Committee; Member, Human Resources and University Relations Committee; Member, Finance Committee.

Term:

July 29, 2012 to June 30, 2018

Ms. Kelly Sullivan Holland, a native of Danville, earned two degrees from the University of Kentucky - Bachelor of Arts in 1993, and a Master of Science degree in 1998. While attending UK, she was an Otis Singletary Senior Award recipient, Phi Beta Kappa, and Homecoming Queen. Holland served as President of Chi Omega sorority and Secretary of Omicron Delta Kappa.

After graduation, Holland represented UK as the Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions where she promoted higher education, managed recruitment initiatives, and led the University in attracting the best and brightest students.

Holland is the first alumna to be honored with both the Joseph Burch Young Alumni Award (2004) and the UK Alumni Association's Distinguished Service Award (2010). A Life Member, she began her work with the Alumni Association as an involved young alumna, serving as President of Fayette County Young Alumni, and later as President of the Fayette County UK Alumni Club. Her service continued with the Alumni Association Board of Directors for the following 7 years.

She’s a volunteer Trustee of the Central Kentucky American Heart Association, and received the Franklin Moosnick Volunteer Service Award (2002). An inductee into UK's Greek Alumni Hall of Fame in 2005, she continues as advisor for UK's Chi Omega chapter, and she serves on several University committees.

For 16 years Holland has been employed by Merck & Co. Inc., where she has been awarded the prestigious Vice President's Club “Hall of Fame” distinction for sustained sales excellence. Currently, she serves in an account executive role as Associate Director of National Pharmacy Accounts and is a Lead Executive Customer Representative.

Holland and her husband, Darin Holland (University of Kentucky Arts & Sciences ’93), and son Jacob enjoy traveling together and cheering on the Cats.