Officers & Board Members
CURRENT OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS
Current Officers
President
Leslie McCammish (UK)
Extension Specialist for Data Systems and Compliance, Nutrition Education Program
4071 Tates Creek Centre Drive, Suite 300
Lexington KY 40517
Email: leslie.mccammish@uky.edu
Phone: (859) 257-2948 x80318
Duration of Term - 2024-2025
President-Elect
Mark Mains (UK)
Extension Director of Workforce & Engagement Initiatives
Office of Access, Community and Engagement, University of Kentucky
700 WP Garrigus Building
Lexington, KY 40546
Email: mmains@uky.edu
Phone: 859-393-1463
Duration of Term: 2024-2025
Past President
Jerusha (Jessie) Lay (KSU)
Assistant Professor, Academic Affairs
College of Agriculture, Community and the Sciences
Cooperative Extension Building, Suite 112
105 University Drive
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 597-6672
Email: jerusha.lay@kysu.edu
Duration of Term - 2024-2025
Secretary
Janelle Hagar (KSU)
Research and Extension Associate Aquaponics
Aquaculture Research Facility
103 Athletic Drive
Email: janelle.hager@kysu.edu
Phone: (502) 597-6687
Duration of Term - 2024-2026
Treasurer
Courtney Leucking (UK)
Assistant Extension Professor, Dietetics and Human Nutrition
206F Funkhouser Bldg
Lexington KY 40506-0054
Email: Courtney.Luecking@uky.edu
Term duration: 2023-2025
BOARD MEMBERS
Robert (Bob) Durborow (KSU)
Assistant Research Director, School of Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences
College of Agriculture, Community and the Sciences
Aquaculture Research Facility
MPB 112, 103 Athletic Dr.
Frankfort, KY 40601
Email: robert.durborow@kysu.edu
Term duration: 2023-2025
OPEN POSITION - BOARD MEMBER FROM KSU (TERM TILL 2025)
Lee Moser (UK)
Senior Extension Associate
1100 South Limestone St.
N106-T Ag Science Ctr North
Lexington, KY 40506-0091
Email: Lee.Moser@uky.edu
Term duration: 2023-2025
Mindy McCully (UK)
Extension Specialist, Human Environmental Sciences
116 Erikson Hall
Lexington, KY 40506-0050
Phone (859) 218-1544
Email: mindy.mcculley@uky.edu
Duration of Term: 2024-2025
Nat Colten (KSU)
Community Sustainability Coordinator
Email: Nathaniel.Colten@kysu.edu
Phone: 859-230-9005
Duration of Term: 2024-2026
Janey Cline (KSU)
West Regional Extension Director
Cooperative Extension
Suite 201, 400 East Main Avenue
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Phone: (270) 590-8562
Email: Janey.Cline@kysu.edu
Duration of Term: 2024-2026
Katherine VanValin (UK)
Assistant Professor, Animal and Food Sciences
B161 UKREC 348 University DriveLexington, KY 42445
Phone: (270) 365-7541 x21361
Email: katherine.vanvalin@uky.edu
Duration of Term: 2024-2026
Melissa Bond (UK)
Community Arts Extension Program Leader, CEDIK
404 C.E. Barnhart BuildingLexington, KY 40546
Phone: 859-257-7272
Email: melissa.bond@uky.edu
Duration of Term: 2024-2026