KET Leadership

The governing body for KET is the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, an agency of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the Education & Workforce Development Cabinet. The KET Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund for KET support the mission and work of the Authority by managing and soliciting funds and contributions that support local productions, services, and the acquisition of PBS and other programs. The Friends of KET, a statewide group of volunteers, help promote programs and services in communities across the commonwealth.

Kentucky Authority for Educational Television

Chair: G. Dan Griffith, retired, former CEO, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, Owensboro
Vice Chair: David Couch, associate commissioner, Kentucky Department of Education, Frankfort
Secretary: Robert M. Beck, attorney, Stites & Harbison, Lexington
Executive Committee at Large: Leah Adkins, director and officer, RJA Enterprises, Catlettsburg; and Karyn Hoover, retired, former elementary education teacher, Jamestown
Jay Mehta, senior accountant, PCF Insurance Services, Murray
Crystal Staley, communications director, Office of Governor Beshear, Lexington
Kevin W. Weaver, attorney, Sturgill, Turner, Barker and Moloney, Lexington
Jason E. Glass, Ed.D., Kentucky Commissioner of Education (ex officio)

KET Foundation Inc.

Members of the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television
Barbra Ledford, Baxter (Friends of KET representative)
Shae Hopkins, KET Executive Director (Treasurer)

Friends of KET

Learn more about the Friends of KET

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
Dr. Betsy Allen, Madisonville
Daphne Blevins, Liberty
Kathy Brauer, Murray
John Burton, Wellington
Mary M. Butler, Lexington
Jean Dorton, Lexington
Deede Dykes, Lexington
Laura Eason, Danville
Carla Jaenicke, Ashland
Michelle Johnson, Taylorsville
Romanza Johnson, Bowling Green
Barbra Ledford, Baxter
Carol Major, Hickman
Barbara W. McGinty, Paducah
Peggy Mershon, London
Sean Mestan, Princeton
Brenda Owen, Lexington
Gina Ryan, Elizabethtown
Abdus-Sabuur FM, Lexington
Greta Heintzelman Slone, Prestonsburg
Elsa Spurlock, London
Terri Srinivasan, Maysville
Jeff Tate, Irvine
Martha Taylor, Carlisle
Jenny Templeton, Ashland
Nancy Thames, Richmond
Fran Woodson, Brooks

Commonwealth Fund for KET Inc.

Chair: Nick Nicholson, retired, former president, Keeneland, Lexington
Secretary: Kimberly D. Patton, president, Elevar Design Group, Hebron
Treasurer: John S. Domaschko, president, MC Squared, Inc., Covington
D.R. Ball, site acquisition manager, Ball Homes, Inc., Lexington
Mira S. Ball, co-founder, Ball Homes, Inc., Lexington
Robert M. Beck, attorney, Stites & Harbison, Lexington
Mary Butler, retired, former teacher, Dry Ridge
Donna Moore Campbell, retired, former deputy executive director, KET, Lexington
Vickie Yates Brown Glisson, CEO, The Glisson Group, Louisville
G. Dan Griffith, retired, former CEO, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, Owensboro
Shae Hopkins, KET Executive Director
Alice Houston, owner, HJI Solutions, Louisville
William J. Jones, retired, U.S. Bank, Paducah
Michael Owsley, founding partner, English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, Bowling Green
Hilma Prather, retired, school administrator, Somerset
Melanie Simpson-Conley, president, KV Oil, Inc., Lexington
William T. Young Jr., president, W.T. Young, Lexington

The Greater Louisville Regional Fund Board

Chair: Steven D. Kerrick,
Vice Chair: Wayne F. Wilson
Tonja Aaron-Wells
John Bevington
Toni Clem
Lee Dulaney
Lucy Dalton
Charles W. Dobbins, Jr.
Sherry M. Feldpausch
Will Hobson
Mary Littrell
Becky Shaw
Mary Hilliard Wilson

Northern Kentucky Regional Fund Board

Chair: Jim Uebel
Vice Chair: Lisa Blank
Ben D. Barlage
Carol Beirne
Rosemary Weathers Burnham
Milly H. Diehl
Fernando Figueroa
Eric Gentry
Mindy Kershner
Jack Moreland
Ashley Norton
Claire E. Parsons
Kimberly D. Patton
Robert Rich
Jeanne Schroer
Cathy Stickels
Diane C. Wachs
Janice Way