• J.M.Atherton School Principal, 2010-2021.
• Atherton Archery Coach.
• Kentucky School Administrator of the Year Award.
• Human Rights Campaign Upstander Award.
• Kentucky Music Educators Association Outstanding Administrator Award.
• Jefferson County Association of School Librarians Administrator Service Award.
• Principal Advisory Council to the Kentucky Commission of Education.
• Kentucky Association of School Administrators Board Member.
• Initiated Atherton’s Academies of Louisville: Engineering, Health Science, Media Arts.
• Doctor of Education in Administration & Leadership Studies.

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• BA in Music from Hanover College, Masters in Sacred Music from Union Theological Seminary and Doctor of Musical Arts University of Illinois.
• Taught at University of Louisville; Wooster College, University of Rochester; University of Illinois and guest lecturer at Northwestern University.
• Winner of the American Choral Conductors Association’s Julius Herford Dissertation Prize.
• Hanover College Distinguished Alumni Award.
• University of Illinois Graduate College Award for Excellence in Mentoring Graduate Students.
• Founder/Music Director: Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana.
• Author of “A History of Western Choral Music”, Oxford University Press.

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• Lieutenant-Louisville Metro Police.
• Commander LMPD Dignitary Protection Team.
• Provided Protection for Nine US Presidents and Hundreds of Dignitaries.
• Special Agent-Federal Bureau of Investigation.
• Owner and Operator of Cattle Farm.
• Graduate of University of Louisville with Honors.
• Graduate of Southern Police Institute.
• Appointed by President Trump as The United States Marshal for the Western District of Kentucky.

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• Atherton High School Senior Class President, National Honor Society President, and Future Educators Association State President .
• Doctorate in Leadership & Policy from Vanderbilt University as a first-generation college student.
• Named a James Madison Memorial Fellow by the United States Congress.
• As youngest Elected Member of the Jefferson County Board of Education, prevented a state takeover of Jefferson County Public Schools and, funded South Louisville’s first new elementary school in 30 years.
• Secured critical federal relief dollars to sustain early childhood and K-12 education during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-2021.

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• Graduate of Washington and Lee University, Bachelor of Arts in English.
• Founder/Owner of Bristol Bar & Grille (8 locations) and Bristol Catering.
• President of Main Street Management Associates, LLC (Louisville).
• Organizer, Main Street Revitalization, LLC (Louisville).
• Owner and Operator of Lantrey’s Roadhouse.
• Owner and Operator of Great Midwestern Bluegrass Hall.
• Partner in Wilson Fields Free Range Chicken Company.
• Owner and Operator-Cuvee Wine Table.

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• BS in Education from Purdue University, Masters in English from Ball State, Doctorate in Education from the University of Louisville.
• A teacher in the Jefferson County Public Schools for 39 years, first High School Literacy Specialist in JCPS where she trained Literacy Specialists for all schools.
• Crusader for First Amendment against efforts to remove books from her classroom library at Central High School, enduring threatening mobs while inspiring students and fellow teachers.
• Learner.
• Teacher.
• Believer.

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• Owner, Managing Member - Patriot Group LLC.
• Graduate - University of Louisville School of Business.
• President of The West Louisville Sportsmen Club.
• Recognized in Who’s Who in Black America Publication.
• YMCA Black Achiever.
• Treasurer and Executive Board Member - The Yearlings Club Inc.
• Part owner in the country’s top Black Owned Horse Racing Syndicate - Living The Dream, LLP.
• Honorable Kentucky Colonel .

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• Graduated summa cum laude from New York University in 3 years.
• Producer for CBS News, writingfor CBS This Morning, The History Channel.
• Named “Best Singer-Songwriter” in multiple Kentucky award shows.
• Musical guest on A Prairie Home Companion and many other NPR, BBC programs.
• Co-host of radio variety show Kentucky Homefront.
• Dubbed a “Louisville Legend” by WFPK, WHAS, Courier-Journal, for her many albums of original music.

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• U.S. Army Major General.
• U.S. Army Airborne Ranger.
• 53rd Commanding General of the Kentucky National Guard.
• Member of the National Eisenhower Speaker’s Program.
• Veteran of Military actions in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Operation Just Cause & Operation Golden Pheasant.
• Masters Strategic Studies Degree, U.S. Army War College.
• Served overseas in the U.S Army to include tours in Germany, Honduras, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Korea, and Iraq.

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• Healthcare Worker for Over 50 years, including Hospice Nurse.
• Certified Oncology Nurse.
• American Nursing Society Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist, Oncology.
• Certified Advanced Family Nurse Practitioner .
• LTC, Army National Guard Nurse, Retired.
• President, Blue Star Mothers Chapter 3, South Carolina.
• American Cancer Society Volunteer and Breast Cancer Survivor.
• Volunteer Nurse Practitioner, Taylors Free Medical Clinic, South Carolina.

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• BSME, MSME, PhD from Purdue University.
• Editor-in-Chief of The Purdue Exponent, the Purdue student daily newspaper.
• Captain in the Ordnance Corps, U.S. Army Reserve.
• Member of the U.S. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks delegation.
• Director, Strategic and Tactical Systems, Office of the Secretary of Defense.
• Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
• Presidential Award of Distinguished Executive of the Senior Executive Service.

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• Enlisted in United States Air Force as a Combat Medic in 2009.
• Graduated Eastern New Mexico University with a Bachelors Degree in 2012.
• Served as an Intelligence Analyst at the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA from 2012 – 2016.
• Graduated Utica College with a Masters of Science in Cybersecurity & Intelligence Studies in 2015.
• Received a commission as an Intelligence Officer through Officer Training School (OTS) in 2016.
• Recruited for USCYBERCOM Joint Task Force 2017, received Joint Service Commendation Medal & Remote Campaign Effects Medal for contributions to counter terrorism mission.
• Accepted for transfer as a Captain into United States Space Force 2021.
• Activated first-ever U.S. Space Force unit at the National Security Agency (NSA) in Sept 2020.

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• Elected Jefferson County Property Valuation Administrator, 2018.
• Top Real Estate Agent Sales and Marketing Award-Homebuilders Association of Louisville.
• Ohio Valley Team Leader of the Year- Keller Williams Realty International.
• Designed, coordinated and implemented Operation Brightside’s award winning At Risk Youth Award.
• Past President-Shelby Park Neighborhood Association and George Rogers Clark Neighborhood Association.
• Board of Directors-Talbot House, St. Jude House for Women, Friends of the Library, Beargrass Creek Task Force.
• Kentucky Commission on Women-Appointed in 2021 by Governor Andy Beshear.
• Matt Talbot Community Service Award – First Female Recipient.

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