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
• Deborah Clayton
  Commissioner
  Kentucky Department of Commercialization and Innovation
• Dr. Nancy Cox
  Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture
  University of Kentucky
• Emily Edgington
  Senior Project Manager
  Messer Construction
• Jimmy Henning
  Associate Dean for Extension
  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
• Sylvia Lovely
  Executive Director
  Kentucky League of Cities
• Yvonne Lovell
  Project Director
  Gear-Up Kentucky, Council on Postsecondary Education
• Crit Luallen
  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
• 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