UK Women’s Forum Announces Newly Elected Executive Committee and Board Members
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 8, 2021) — The University of Kentucky Women’s Forum has announced its board members elected for the 2021-2022 academic year.
The 2021-2022 Executive Committee members are:
- Alli Lake (chair), Student Organizations and Activities
- Drew Elisabeth Ard (past-chair), University Events
- Chaquenta Neal (chair-elect), Enrollment Management
- Paige Noland (treasurer), Office of the President
- Tricia Hensley (secretary), Student Organizations and Activities
Newly elected board members for the 2021-2023 term are:
- Karen Butler, College of Nursing
- Dee Dlugonski, College of Health Sciences
- Jennifer Edwards, Information Technology Services
- Rikketta Franklin, Violence Intervention and Prevention Center
- Holly Hatfield, Rosenberg College of Law
- Cathy Masoud, UK Healthcare Office of Corporate Compliance
- Melissa Nickell, Department of Physiology
- Candace Owens, UK Healthcare Patient Access Services
- Anna Sims, Family and Community Medicine
- Bridget Szczapinski, College of Medicine – Office of Biomedical Education
Returning members serving for the 2020-2022 term are:
- Neale Benjamin, College of Arts and Sciences – Academic Advising
- Candace Bramley-Hardesty, Master of Business Administration Center
- Sarah DeVriendt, College of Education – Office for Undergraduate Advising and Student Success
- Jacqui Greene, Office of Technology Commercialization
- Tricia Hensley, Student Organizations and Activities
- Chaquenta Neal, Enrollment Management
- Paige Noland, Office of the President
- Sarah Orr, University Relations
- Emily Sallee, Office of Nationally Competitive Awards
- Tamika Tompoulidis, Lewis Honors College
The Women’s Forum will start planning for the new academic year via an all-day retreat on June 15. Visit the UK Women's Forum website to learn more about the organization and its signature events, including the annual conference and the Sarah Bennett Holmes Award. Details about monthly professional development and the EEAA (Employee Educational Assistance Awards) will be shared later this summer.
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.