New Staff Senators Announced
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 26, 2021) — Voting has concluded in the University of Kentucky Staff Senate elections.
The UK Staff Senate represents the interests of staff at all levels of university operations in order to strengthen relationships across the University of Kentucky and to foster a climate that promotes and empowers all university employees and students to participate in the decision-making process.
Senators-elect will begin their three-year terms as senators July 1. A listing of senators-elect per sector is as follows:
Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration
- Jessie Partin
- Travis Short
- Justin Sumner
- Preston Thomas
- Laurel Wood
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs
- Ginger Anderson
- Misty Dotson Wright
- Jennifer Fore
- Rewa Gardner
- Fadyia Lowe
- Krystle Moore
- Scott Pappas
- Sarah Steen
- Andrea Strassburg
President
- Ann Eads
- Jennifer Hill
- Heather McAtee
- Kevin Puckett
- Amanda Schagane
Provost
- Michael Adams
- Dawn Baker
- James Boxx
- Christopher Carney
- Olivia Ellis
- Andrew Fast
- Jennifer Fransen
- Beth Goins
- Carl Harper
- Andrew Hernandez
- Jordan Hoehler
- Terry Keys
- Jennifer Knuf
- Elizabeth Kostrub
- Julianne Kravetz
- Chris Larmour
- Amy Lombard
- Amy Lorenzo
- Megan Lucy
- Ashley Marcum
- Linda Marshall
- Tiffany Miller
- Daniel Naas
- Kristen Pickett
- Shawn Pryor
- Sandra Shepherd
- Carol Simpson
- Clem Stambaugh
- Mindy Thompson
- Aaron Vaught
- Markeda Yarbrough
To learn more about Staff Senate, including values, goals, priorities and accomplishments, visit the UK Staff Senate website or reach out to a senator in your sector. A full list of active senators, organized by sector, can be found at https://www.uky.edu/staffsenate/senators.
As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.