UK Staff Elect David Melanson to Board of Trustees

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 6, 2016) — David Melanson has been elected to serve the 2016-2019 term as the staff representative to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees. This will be Melanson’s inaugural year as a member of the Board of Trustees, following Sheila Brothers' two terms as the staff representative.

Melanson has worked at the university since 2004. He began his UK career in the Office of University Relations, serving as speechwriter for former UK President Lee T. Todd Jr. Melanson then worked as director of alumni and external relations for the UK College of Pharmacy for five years, before accepting a position as assistant director for external affairs and development at the UK Center for Applied Energy Research in December 2015.

He has remained engaged with the university throughout his 12-year UK career. He has been elected to two separate terms on the UK Staff Senate, having served as a committee chair. Melanson has also served on UK’s Ethics Committee, UK Appreciation Day Commission, College of Pharmacy’s Honors and Awards Committee, UK HealthCare’s External Affairs Collaboration Council, and a variety of other boards and commissions across campus.  

“I appreciate this opportunity to serve as a voice for my fellow staff members on the UK Board of Trustees,” Melanson said. “UK’s education, research and outreach are essential to improving lives and opportunities in all 120 Kentucky counties, and I look forward to working alongside my fellow trustees to continue the profound and life-changing progress that is taking place at the university.”

Melanson is a native of New Hampshire and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire. He moved to Kentucky in 1999 to work as a reporter at the Advocate-Messenger newspaper in Danville. Melanson worked for Optimist International in St. Louis, Missouri, for three years, before he and his wife, Sarah, moved back to Central Kentucky. He and Sarah are parents of three children. 

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