Friends of KET

The mission of the Friends of KET is to stimulate and promote public interest in KET programming and services through local public relations efforts and provide an expanding statewide volunteer network for KET. They are KET’s goodwill ambassadors throughout Kentucky, promoting programs and services in their communities, raising funds, and hosting special events. The board includes representatives from 35 districts that encompass all 120 Kentucky counties. 

Executive Committee

• President: Kelly Green, Frankfort
• President-elect: A. Dale Josey, Louisville
• Secretary: Elizabeth Griffith, Owensboro
• Vice President: Kathy Brauer, Henderson
• Vice President: Jean Dorton, Lexington
• Vice President: Peggy Patterson, Prospect
• Vice President: Ben Talley, Hopkinsville
• Past President: Rebecca Forsythe Rose, Morgantown
  Nominating Chair: Carol Beirne, Ft. Mitchell

All Board Members & Districts Represented

DISTRICT	BOARD MEMBER, hometown	COUNTIES
1	Carol Major – Hickman	Fulton Graves Hickman
2	Kathy Bodine – Murray	Calloway Marshall Trigg
3	Barbara W. McGinty – Paducah	Ballard Carlisle McCracken
4	Sean Mestan – Princeton	Caldwell Crittenden Livingston Lyon
5	Dr. Betsy Allen – Madisonville	Hopkins Muhlenberg
6	Kathy Brauer – Henderson	Henderson Union Webster
7	Elizabeth Griffith – Owensboro	Daviess McLean
8	Ben Talley – Hopkinsville	Christian Logan Todd
9	Romanza Johnson – Bowling Green	Allen Barren Simpson Warren
10	Rebecca Forsythe Rose – Morgantown	Butler Edmonson Grayson
11	Gina Ryan – Elizabethtown	Hardin Hart Larue Meade
12	Frances Woodson – Brooks	Bullitt Marion Nelson Washington
13	A. Dale Josey – Louisville Peggy Patterson – Louisville	Jefferson
14	Vacant	Clinton Cumberland Metcalfe Monroe
15	Vacant	Adair Green Russell Taylor
16	Daphne Blevins – Liberty	Casey McCreary Pulaski Wayne
17	Peggy Mershon – London	Bell Knox Laurel Whitley
18	Nancy Thames – Richmond	Garrard Jackson Madison Rockcastle
19	Laura Eason – Danville	Anderson Boyle Lincoln Mercer
20	Brenda Owen – Lexington Jean Dorton – Lexington Abdus-Sabuur FM – Lexington	Fayette Jessamine Woodford
21	Kelly Green – Frankfort Michelle Johnson – Taylorsville	Franklin Shelby Spencer
22	Vacant	Henry Oldham
23	Mary Butler – Lexington	Grant Harrison Owen Pendleton Scott
24	Vacant	Carroll Gallatin Trimble
25	Carol Beirne – Ft. Mitchell	Boone Campbell Kenton
26	Terri Srinivasan – Maysville	Bracken Fleming Lewis Mason Robertson
27	Martha Taylor – Carlisle	Bourbon Clark Montgomery Nicholas
28	Jeff Tate – Irvine	Estill Lee Owsley Powell
29	Barbra Ledford – Baxter	Clay Harlan Leslie
30	Elsa Spurlock – London	Breathitt Knott Letcher Perry
31	Greta Heintzelman Slone – Prestonsburg Lora Suttles – Staffordsville	Floyd Johnson Martin Pike
32	John Burton – Wellington	Magoffin Menifee Morgan Wolfe
33	Rhea Evans Bretz – Grayson	Bath Carter Elliott Rowan
34	Jenny Templeton – Ashland Carla Jaenicke – Ashland	Boyd Greenup Lawrence