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CAFE Staff Council Representatives

CAFE Staff Council Representatives

Staff Council Representatives

For the purposes of the CAFE Staff council, the college is divided into 11 precincts. The Robinson Center for Appalachian Resource Sustainability (RCARS) has one representative. The UK Research and Education Center in Princeton has one representative. Three representatives are from Kentucky cooperative Extension's professional society, Chi Epsilon Sigma, representing staff in the 120 counties and designated one precinct. 

The CAFE SC members are appointed by the Dean of CAFE or her designee. Membership will rotate among the units in each precinct. Department chairs and unit directors are consulted regarding candidates for the CAFE SC.

Terms are two years in length, based on a fiscal year from July 1-June 30. Terms will be staggered as much as feasible. Members who fill an unexpired term will serve for two years. 

Precinct 6- Staff Council Chair

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Mary Hammons

(859) 218-1132

Staff Council term ends June 2023. Representing Entomology, Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, PSD, Equine Programs, Arboretum, Veterinary Science. 

Precinct 8- Staff Council Vice Chair

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Kelly May

(859) 257-3887

Staff Council term ends June 2023. Representing Family & Consumer Sciences Extension. 

Precinct 1

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Deloris Foxworth

(859) 562-2948

Staff Council term ends June 2023. Representing Regulatory Services, Philanthropy, International Programs, Center for the Environment, EFP, Dean's Office, Business Center, and Center for Student Success. 

Precinct 2

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Tom Hanna

(859) 257-3009

Staff Council term ends June 2023. Representing Engineering Services, Fleet Services, Research Farms, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Research, and Equine Analytical Chemistry Lab.

Precinct 3 

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Miriam Gillies

(859) 257-1509

Staff Council term ends June 2023. Representing Animal & Food Sciences, Community & Leadership Development, Plant Pathology, and Forestry & Natural Resources. 

Precinct 4

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Jessi Jump

(859) 257-3784

Staff Council term ends June 2023. Representing 4H, Ag Data Center, Agriculture Communications, Ag Programs, Dietetics & Human Nutrition, Family Sciences, Human Environmental Sciences, and Retailing and Tourism Management. 

Precinct 5

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Jim Nelson

(859) 257-4150

Staff Council term ends June 2023. Representing Pant & Soil Sciences and KTRDC.

Precinct 7

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Kayla Keeton

Staff Council term ends June 2023. Representing CEDIK, Small Business Development Center, Agricultural Economics, Food Connection, and Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering. 

Precinct 9

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Eileen Kopp

(606) 864-4167

Staff Council term ends June 2023. Representing Cooperative Extension. 

Precinct 9

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Sonny Saylor

(859) 257-5582

Staff Council term ends June 2023. Representing Cooperative Extension.

Precinct 9

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Tami Widelski

(270) 527-3285

Staff Council term ends June 2023. Representing Cooperative Extension.

Precinct 10

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Jackie Allen

(606) 666-2438 x291

Staff Council term ends June 2023. Representing Robinson Center for Appalachian Resource Sustainability. 

Precinct 11

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Marilyn Hooks

(270) 365-7541 x245

Staff Council term ends June 2023. Representing Western Kentucky Research and Education Center at Princeton. 

Staff Council Past Chair

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Le Anne Herzog

(859) 257-2981

Staff Council term ends June 2022. 

Advisory Member- Internal Communications Liaison

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Sarah Caton

(859) 257-2226

Contact Information

Dr. Nancy Cox, Ph.D.
Dean

S123 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4772