University of Kentucky Public Relations Staff

Executive Director - Public Relations & Marketing

JIMMY STANTON 
p. 859-257-6605  c. 859-699-0041 

 
Director - Marketing

KELLEY BOZEMAN 
p. 859-257-3303, ext. 234  c. 859-227-7862 
Marketing; Special Events; Web Design Management; Advertising; President; Development; Admissions/Registrar; Student Government

 
Director - Main Campus News Bureau

KATHY JOHNSON 
p. 859-257-1754, ext. 251  c. 859-559-5396 
Editing; UK Police*; Parking & Transportation; WUKY

 
Director - Medical Campus News Bureau

AMANDA NELSON 
p. 859-257-1754, ext. 224  c. 859-230-8350
UK HealthCare Administration; UK HealthCare Expansion; College of Medicine Dean's Office, College of Medicine 50th Anniversary

 
Marketing/News Bureau Staff - UK HealthCare 

ANN BLACKFORD 
859-257-1754, ext. 230
College of Pharmacy; College of Dentistry; College of Health Sciences; College of Nursing; Center for the Advancement of Women's Health/Rheumatology; Endocrinology (diabetes); Nephrology; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; ENT/Otolaryngology

MARY MARGARET COLLIVER 
c. 859-361-1887
Kentucky Children's Hospital; Pediatrics; Sanders Brown Center on Aging; Office of Health, Research and Development; Kentucky Institute of Medicine; UK Telehealth; Hospital Nursing; Injury programs (Safe Kids, Injury Free Coalition for Kids, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center)

BETH GOINS 
p. 859-257-1754, ext. 232  c. 859-327-0078 
Gill Heart Institute (includes all of Cardiology); Video News Reporting (medical areas)

KEITH HAUTALA
859-257-1754, ext. 231
UKnow; Markey Cancer Center (includes Whitney-Hendrickson Cancer Facility for Women, Kentucky Cancer Program, Mid-South Cancer Information Service, Kentucky Cancer Registry, Breast Care Center, Multidisciplinary Lung Cancer Program); Hematology-Oncology; Radiation Medicine

AMY RATLIFF 
859-257-1754, ext. 252 
Daily on-call; Kentucky Neuroscience Institute; Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine; College of Public Health (including Council on Aging and Donovan Scholars); Infectious Disease; Gastroenterology; Pain Management; Allergy; Psychiatry; Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; University Health Service; Clinical Lab, Pathology and Lab Medicine

JULIE MEADOR 
859-257-1754, ext. 256
Health columns; College of Medicine dean's office; UK HealthCare new employee announcements; hometown news releases; UK HealthCare Horse Rider safety campaign, UK HealthCare secondhand smoke education campaign; UK Tobacco-free campus initiative, Hospital Volunteer Office; special projects as assigned

 
Marketing/News Bureau Staff - Main Campus 

DAN ADKINS 
859-257-1754, ext. 228
Economic Development/Commercialization (including ASTeCC, Coldstream, Impact Studies, patents); College of Medicine/basic science research areas; Technology (including IT, Smart Classrooms, Distance Learning); College of Engineering (including Paducah program), BIGBLUE, Visualization Center, Joint program w/WKU and UofL, Center for Aluminum Technology, Center for Manufacturing, Asphalt Institute, LSAMP); Appalachia-related areas (Appalachian Center; Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative; AMSTEMM; Appalachian Mathematics and Science Partnership); Center for Computational Sciences (including EPSCoR); Center for Applied Energy Research; Survey Research Center; Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute; Kentucky Geological Survey; Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute; Internal Audit; Sullivan Award; First Monday; PR-1

KATY BENNETT 
859-257-1754, ext. 255
Marketing; Student Government; Student Activities Board; Robinson Scholars; Student Involvement (including Leadership Development, Student Organizations, Center for Community Outreach, Channel 50 and WRFL)

ALLISON ELLIOTT 
859-257-1754, ext. 249  
College of Arts and Sciences; College of Social Work (including Training Resource Center; CATS*); Graduate School; Undergraduate Education*; Martin School of Public Policy and Administration; Patterson School of Diplomacy; Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence* (Study Abroad, Intercollegiate Debate); International Affairs; Women Writers Conference 

GAIL HAIRSTON 
859-257-1754, ext. 235 
Office of Vice President for Institutional Diversity; the Commission on Excellence, Diversity and Inclusion; Office of Institutional Equity and Equal Opportunity; Office of Diversity Education; Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (including the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center, Multicultural Student Programming, Student Diversity Engagement, Center for Academic Resources & Enrichment Services, and the Governor's Minority College Awareness Program); Office of Vice President for Student Affairs (including Dean of Students Office, Student Rights and Responsibilities, Office of Residence Life, Alcohol Education Office, Counseling & Testing Center, Campus Recreation, Fraternity & Sorority Affairs, New Student & Parent Programs, Parent Association, Alcohol Education Office, Disability Resources Center, Dining Services, UK Catering, Violence Intervention and Prevention Center, and the Student Affairs Development Office); the President's Sustainability Advisory Committee (including sustainability initiatives and environmental stewardship); Student Sustainability Council; Human Resources (including Office of Work-Life, Health & Wellness, Employee Relations, Benefits, Elder Care, and Career Development); Office of Vice President for Facilities Management (including Auxiliary Services, Student Housing, Capital Project Management, Facilities Planning Unit, Physical Plant Division, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, and Campus Guide); Staff Senate (including Staff Appreciation Day); Office of the Controller and Treasurer (including Purchasing, Risk Management, and Travel Management Services); Office of Institutional Research, Planning & Effectiveness; UK Alumni Association; Alumni Affairs; UK United Way; publication editing; and management of broadcast e-mails.

WHITNEY HALE 
859-257-1754, ext. 229
College of Fine Arts (including Tuska and Barnhart galleries; Niles Center for American Music; UK Opera; UK Theatre; Dept. of Art; School of Music; Arts Administration); Singletary Center for the Arts; Art Museum; College of Design (including Center for Historic Architecture and Preservation, Historic Preservation, Interior Design, and School of Architecture); Libraries (including Special Collections, Archives and Oral History); Undergraduate Education*; Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence* (External Scholarships); Gaines Center for the Humanities; University Press of Kentucky; Women Writers of Kentucky*

AMY JONES 
859-257-1754, ext. 257
Video news production for main campus; Development; Admissions/Registrar's Office  

CARL NATHE 
859-257-1754, ext. 238
Gatton College of Business and Economics (including Kentucky Small Business Development Center; Center for Business and Economic Research); Athletics; College of Agriculture (including Tobacco and Health Research Institute, School of Human Environmental Sciences, and Gluck Equine Center); UK Police*; Radio and television news/marketing production; "UK IN THE NEWS" (TV halftime pieces); "UK CONNECTION" (weekly TV piece on Ch. 27 -- 12:30 p.m. news/Thursdays); "UK at the Half" (radio halftime piece); Coordinate video needs for news conferences/video production; TASC

JENNY WELLS 
859-257-1754, ext. 254 
College of Communications; College of Education; College of Law; Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence* (including Undergraduate Research, Honors Program, Phi Beta Kappa, Discovery Seminar Program); Undergraduate Education* (including Central Advising); Women Writers of Kentucky; University Faculty Senate; Student Financial Aid/Student Billing; Radio production for news and marketing

 
Technology Administration & Web Assistance  

CHUCK HAM 
859-257-1754, ext. 236 
Technology & Web Administrator; UK Today

 
Graphic Services

CATHERINE HAYDEN
859-257-1754, ext. 221
Graphic Designer

 
Office Administration 

JULIE PHILLIPS
859-257-1754, ext. 240 

LORI MINTER
859-257-1754, ext. 250