WHO WE ARE

Board Members

LexLinc’s Board of Commissioners consists of local community leaders that include:

  • Business and civic leaders
  • Community representatives and activists
  • Human service professionals
  • Representatives from the neighborhoods and demographic groups who receive services -at least 25% of the Board must represent families and neighborhoods that are served through LexLinc initiatives

The Board of Commissioners also includes nonvoting representatives from:

 Executive Committee

President of the Board
Bob Voll
Consultant, Sr. Human Resource Manger (retired), Ashland Inc.
 
President Emeritus
Don Ball
President, Ball Homes
 
Vice President
Eunice Beatty
Retired, Bluegrass Community and Technical College System
 
Secretary-Treasurer
Jacoby Malone
Community Relations Specialist, LexMark
 
Members

Sharrieffa Barksdale
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky
 
Janet Beard
Vice President, Community Affairs, Fifth Third Bank
 
Joan Brannon
ARTS Power
 
Vitale Buford
Director of Marketing, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
 
Jaye Forsythe
Employment Consultant, OWL

Claudia Heath
Associate Dean, University of Kentucky
 
Lisa Higgins-Hord
Assistant Vice-President for Community Engagement, University of Kentucky
 
Everett Hobson
Quinn Chapel

Priscilla Johnson
Minority Affairs Office, Administrative Offices of the Courts
 
Marc Kline
Temple Adath Israel
 
Mattie Morton
Program Administrator, Division of Youth Services, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
 
Alice Nelson
Family Community Liaison, Fayette Co. Public Schools
 
Ed Sagan
Dean Emeritus, University of Kentucky
 
Lisa Smith
Communications Manager, Columbia Gas
 
Isabel Taylor
Multicultural Affairs Coordinator, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
 
Ex Officio
 
Grace Akers
Community Based Services
Cabinet for Health and Human Services
 
Denise Beatty
Regional Program Specialist, DCBS
Provider Cabinet Co-Chair
 
Wanda Bertram
Executive Director, LexLinc
 
Mark Cornett
Cabinet for Health and Family Services
 
Marlene Helm
Commissioner, Social Services
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government