New UK Staff Senators Announced
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 26, 2020) — Voting has concluded in the University of Kentucky Staff Senate elections.
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
- Mandi Banahan
- Robert Cole
- Dean Holt
- Ben Rice
- Ron Simpson Jr.
- Nancy D. Taylor
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs
- Nike Akers
- Kim Charles
- Sierra Cole
- Kevin Duncan
- Katelyn Finley
- Sandy Frey
- Amanda Hancock
- Sierha Hardin
- Amanda Hornsby
- Heather McCoy
- Candace Owens
- Aaron Peffer
- Angel Stepp
- Halley White
Provost
- Beth Austin
- Melissa Barger
- Candace Bramley-Hardesty
- Drew Brown
- Travis Buchanan
- Rachel Combs
- John Cruz
- Dale Davis
- Diana Doggett
- Jesse Farley
- Jon Gent
- Kristen Grubb
- Chris Gurtcheff
- Kelly Hahn
- Laura Hall
- Ginni Haynes
- Claire Heaney
- Mary Henderson
- Drew Lane
- Troy Martin
- Andrea McCubbin
- Suzanne McGinnis
- Susan Meredith
- Robert Perry Jr.
- Covetta Ramey
- Stephen Reed
- Becca Roark
- Shavonna Jo Ross
- Megan Sizemore
- Tymory Stanton
- Ryan Story
- Josh Taylor
- Hannah Trusty
- Johnna Wilford
- Elijah Wilson
- Pam Woods
President
- Alex Dixon
- Vernida Emerson
- Sarah Fitzgerald
- Nick Hayden
- Paige Noland
- Frederick Rupp
- Hannah Simms
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.
In 2022, UK was ranked by Forbes as one of the “Best Employers for New Grads” and named a “Diversity Champion” by INSIGHT into Diversity, a testament to our commitment to advance Kentucky and create a community of belonging for everyone. While our mission looks different in many ways than it did in 1865, the vision of service to our Commonwealth and the world remains the same. We are the University for Kentucky.