Lt. Col. Amy McGrath

Lt. Col. Amy McGrath, USMC (ret.) is a US Naval Academy graduate who served as a Marine F/A-18 pilot and weapons systems officer with three combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. After her operational flying tours, she served as a Congressional Fellow and in the Pentagon as Marine Corps’ liaison to the State Department and […]
Maggie Lyons

Based in the SAS Washington, DC area office, Maggie leads SAS’ work in AgTech, Retail, and Consumer Goods, leading a team of sales and domain experts working to bring SAS solutions to solve the most challenging data problems for our customers. Maggie brings over 15 years of experience working in agriculture policy, including significant work […]
Anthony (Tony) Lewis

Anthony Lewis is Region Vice President of State Public Policy and Government Affairs for Verizon. He oversees the corporations’ interests in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. Mr. Lewis assumed this position in October 2011 and his responsibilities include shaping and advancing Verizon’s public policy initiatives for […]
Kristen Kennedy

Kristen Kennedy is a morning anchor and an investigative reporter for WKYT. She started reporting for the WKYT team in June 2010, which was a move back east from West Texas. As a reporter and anchor for KAMC in Lubbock, she brought home some of the region’s biggest and most compelling stories to viewers each […]
Bruce McIntyre

Bruce McIntyre founded the saveArose Foundation after losing his soulmate Amber Rose Isaac to an unscheduled emergency C section that stemmed from medical negligence on April 21st 2020. Since then Bruce has become a fearless advocate for families & racial disparities within the medical system. His mission is to combat & dismantle systemic flaws within […]
Mayor Linda Gorton

Linda Gorton, the longest continuously serving member of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council, is serving her first term as Lexington Mayor. Mayor Gorton was elected on November 6, 2018, winning 63% of the vote. A native of Ohio, Mayor Gorton has lived in Lexington most of her adult life. In addition to her 16 years […]
The Hon. Glenn Nye

Glenn Nye is the President & CEO of the Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress (CSPC), a nonpartisan think tank aiming to educate future public policy leaders while serving as an honest broker between the White House, Congress and the Private Sector. He leads discussions on key national security issues and reforming […]
Mary J. Davis

Mary J. Davis is Dean of the UK J. David Rosenberg College of Law. Dean Davis has been on the UK Law faculty since 1991. She joined the faculty after six years of a products liability litigation defense practice for the law firms of Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and McGuire, […]
Gina Raimondo

Gina M. Raimondo serves as the 40th U.S. Secretary of Commerce and was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris on March 3, 2021. As Secretary of Commerce, she is focused on a simple but vital mission — to spur good-paying jobs, empower entrepreneurs to innovate and grow, and help American workers and businesses compete. Secretary Raimondo was […]
Kimberly Seals Allers

Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist, five-time author, international speaker, strategist, and advocate for maternal & infant health. A former senior editor at ESSENCE and writer at FORTUNE magazine, Kimberly is a leading voice on the racial and socio-cultural complexities of birth, breastfeeding, and motherhood. She is the founder of Irth, a new “Yelp-like” […]
Nick Such

Nick Such is a co-founder of Awesome Inc where his team connects kids and adults with software development education and employment opportunities. He has been involved in several different entrepreneurial ventures, ranging from indoor mapping software to early multitouch display technology. Nick enjoys engaging with the local startup community through events such as 5 Across […]