UK Women's Forum Announces New Board Members
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 12, 2020) — The University of Kentucky Women’s Forum has announced its board members elected for the 2020-2021 academic year.
The 2020-2021 Executive Committee members are:
- Drew Elisabeth Ard (Chair), University Events
- C. Lynn Hiler (Past-Chair), Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence
- Alli Lake (Chair-Elect), Student Organizations and Activities
- Paige Noland (Treasurer), Office of the President
- Emily Sallee (Secretary), Office of Nationally Competitive Awards
Newly elected board members are:
- Sarah Alegria, University Relations
- Neale Benjamin, College of Arts & Sciences - Academic Advising
- Candace Bramley-Hardesty, Master of Business Administration Center
- Sarah DeVriendt, College of Education – Office for Undergraduate Advising and Student Success
- Dee Dlugonski, Training and Clinical Nutrition
- Mallory Griffith, Fraternity and Sorority Life
- Tricia Hensley, Student Organizations & Activities
- Chaquenta Neal, Enrollment Management
- Paige Noland, Office of the President
- Tara Owens, College of Arts and Sciences
- Emily Sallee, Office of Nationally Competitive Awards
- Tamika Tompoulidis, Lewis Honors College
These new members will join returning members:
- Jennifer Edwards, Information Technology Services
- Jennifer Haynes, Office for Faculty Advancement
- Franny Henkel, International Center
- Hannah LeGris, Lewis Honors College
- Lauren Lynch, Training Resource Center/College of Social Work
- Ely Medina, Student Organizations and Activities
- Kristen Pickett, College of Arts and Sciences
The Women’s Forum will start planning for the new academic year via a Zoom retreat June 16. 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 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.