Leadership

Board Members of KET and Associated Organizations


Governance

The governing body for KET is the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, an agency of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. KET is in the Education & Workforce Development Cabinet. Two independent nonprofit foundations, the KET Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund for KET, manage and solicit the corporate, institutional, and individual contributions that support local productions as well as the acquisition of PBS and other national programs.

KET’s broadcast and education services originate from the O. Leonard Press Telecommunications Center, 600 Cooper Drive in Lexington. KET operates a production studio at 4309 Bishop Lane in Louisville and a community outreach office at 620 West Main Street in Louisville.

Kentucky Authority for Educational Television

  • Chair: Hilma Prather, Somerset
  • Vice Chair: Richard Freed, Ph.D., Lexington
  • Secretary: Allison Mefford, Alvaton
  • Carol Jean Cave, Lexington Christian Academy, Lexington
  • Timothy Coleman, Commonwealth's Attorney, Morgantown
  • Sally Hamilton, Office of the State Auditor, Frankfort
  • Dr. Terry Holliday, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Education, Frankfort
  • Michael Miller, Kentucky Department of Education, Frankfort
  • Kimberly D. Patton, GBBN Architects, Inc., Hebron

Commonwealth Fund for KET Inc. Board of Directors

  • Chairman: John R. Hall, retired Chairman and CEO, Ashland Inc., Lexington
  • Secretary: Kimberly D. Patton, Partner, GBBN Architects, Inc., Hebron.
  • Treasurer: John S. Domaschko, President, MC Squared, Inc., Edgewood
  • Mira S. Ball, Chief Financial Officer, Ball Homes, Lexington
  • Vickie Yates Brown, Frost Brown Todd, University of Louisville, Louisville
  • Rusty Cheuvront, Director of Community Relations, Brown-Forman, Louisville
  • James P. Gray II, President and Chief Executive Officer, Gray Construction, Lexington
  • Trey Grayson, Kentucky Secretary of State, Frankfort
  • Billy Harper, President, Harper Industries, Inc., Paducah
  • Pearse Lyons, Founder and President, Alltech, Nicholasville
  • James H. "Mike" Molloy, Lexington
  • Nick Nicholson, President, Keeneland Association, Lexington
  • Mary Pat Regan, President, AT&T Kentucky, Louisville
  • William T. Young Jr., President, W.T. Young, Inc., Lexington
  • Representatives of the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television:
    • John S. Domaschko
    • Kimberly D. Patton
    • Mac Wall, KET Executive Director
  • Representative of the Friends of KET Board of Directors:
    • Cheryl Lawson, Paducah

KET Foundation Inc.

  • members of the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television
  • Carrie Cinnamond, Harold (representative of Friends of KET Board of Directors)
  • Mac Wall, KET Executive Director (treasurer)

Friends of KET Board of Directors Executive Committee

  • President: Cheryl Lawson, Paducah
  • President-Elect: Ann Beard, Campbellsville
  • Vice President (Western Region): G. Dan Griffith, Owensboro
  • Vice President (Louisville Region): A. Dale Josey, Louisville
  • Vice President (Eastern Region): Deede Dykes, Ashland
  • Vice President (Central Region): Abdus-Sabuur, Lexington
  • Past President: Carol Beirne, Fort Wright