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.