New Leaders Council Kentucky. Champion progress.
New Leaders Council Kentucky is an inclusive leadership development program equipping bright individuals with the skills, network, and confidence they need to champion progress. We bring diverse Kentuckians together from private, public, and nonprofit sectors to learn with and from each other. Our institutes empower fellows to harness their strengths with newfound awareness, and envelop them in a strong, supportive, and far-reaching alumni network they can leverage for the betterment of our commonwealth.
We have welcomed over 170 fellows into our alumni family.
We have hosted over 30 events to engage the communities in the awesome work our fellows are doing across the Commonwealth.
Our program is open to residents of all counties in the Commonwealth. Our fellows have come from Pikeville to Paducah and Mayfield to Maysville.
“I chose to join NLC because I wanted an affordable opportunity to develop new skills and a chance to transform my progressive values into action. But more than that, I wanted to be in NLC because I respected its alumni. I saw that graduates of the NLC Institutes were mission-driven public servants doing incredible things for their communities and for each other. They are the kind of people who do the slow, difficult work every day that makes long-term change possible. Now as a graduate of the NLC Institute, I’m proud to be in that number, using the training I received and the connections that I made to push for change in Kentucky too. And I urge others to join us because the work is far from done.”
“Being surrounded by the driven individuals in NLC, with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, gave me confidence and direction for how I can reinvest in myself and my community.”
“NLC surrounded me with folks who have ideas to improve the lives of others and the communities around them. It gave me the confidence to know that I belong in some of the rooms that I attend now and that my voice carries weight.”
2024 NLC Kentucky Fellows
NLC Kentucky Alumni
2023
Abeer Sikder
Alejandro Pousa
Cameron French
Caroline Watts
Cassidy Hyde
Cassidy White
DeWana Hadder
Dixon Fletcher
Erin Shina
Isabellaq Townsend
Jasmyne Jones
Jay Richey
Jesten Slaw
Katie Upton
Kia Nishida
Nico Phillips
Sharlis Montgomery
Stephen Curry
Tanelle Sawyer
2022
Aimee Jewell
Amos Izerimana
Amy Clay
Conner Thomas
Diana Duran
Elise Gurney
Eliza Coleman
Elizabeth Gribbins
Eve Rabinoff
Heather Ayer
Jason Worms
Lauren Samuelson
Mariama Minteh
Noel Osborn
Rachel Norton
2021
Amanda Allen
Eliza Earhart
Emily Yellman
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons
Hannah Wilson
Ifunanya Whitfill
Iman Ali
Jake Williams
Kinsey Morrison
Lena Muldoon
Loandria “Andi” Dahmer
Melissa Rift
Missy Spears
Patrick Carrington
Skylar Stewart
Steven Schweinhart
Torrence Williams
Vissha P. Souza
2020
Abigail Tudor
Aja Croteau
Ashley Mike
Carly Phelps
Eli Yussuf
Emilie Blanton
Emory Williamson
Eve Wallingford
Gad Niyiragira
Gordon Henry
Jeremy Gibson
Josh Howerton
Kevin Thomas
Lauren Madden
Lee Birdwhistell
Maxwell Morley
Noora Shalash
Stef Hogan
Taylor Dale Clark
2019
Allison Dean Crawford
Ana’ Neicia Williams
Angela White
Carly Muetterties
Christopher Walters
Cody Cook
Donald Mason
Erica Woods
Lucy Paez
Maria Gurren
Travis Scott
Troy Ransdell
Vanessa Grossl
William Barnett
2018
Andrea Brown
Ashley Oliver
Benjamin Carter
Brittany Buchanan
Carmellia Jackson
Carolyn Allen
Crystal Kinser
Devon Joiner
Dexter Horne
Dr. Trent Garrison
Ellen Cartmell
Ethan Epping
Julianna O Brien
Lateefah Id-Deen
Laura Tate
Martina Jackson
Morgan Szabo
Naseem Ansari
Rick Adams
Samuel Jones
Sherelle Roberts Pierre
Simarpreet Rattan
Tashari Berry
Tiffany Tatum
Trent Ashcraft
William Brammell
2017
Aaron Bugg
Bob Henson
Christina Libby
Dustin Duncan
Dustin Warren
Emily LaDouceur
Erik Pederson
Jacob Taulbee
Jill Miller
John Weber
Josh Sparks
Josie Raymond
Katherine Woods
Katie Wright
Logan Gatti
Will Nash
Zachary Losey
2016
Alexis Hebert
Benjamin Haydon
Brandon Kenney
Chase Sanders
Colston Reid
Darrin Wilson
Elliott Adler
Jamie Giles
Jonathan Fowler
Kevin Burton
Mari Graham
Meredith Scalos
Nada Zakaria
Sharon Murphy
2015
Adrian Wallace
Alen Amini
Ashley Foree
Aundria Radmacher
Benjamin Haydon
Blair Haydon
Brandon Kenney
Brittany Cook
Colston Reid
Erica Gray
Hunter Kendrick
Jonah Brown
Jonathan Fowler Fowler
Josh Nadzam
Junis Baldon
Katie Wilkerson
Kelly Reynolds
Latara Appleby
Mari Graham
Meredith Scalos
Nada Zakaria
Paige Halpin
Poorvie Patel
Zachary Myers
Sharon Murphy
Terrance Sullivan
Tess Hammons
Wesley Whistle
Zachary Kenitzer
2014
Bryan Thomas
Courtney Daniel
Derek Miles
Jennifer Bird-Pollan
Joseph (Joe) Lyon
Justin Thurman
Kerry Holleran
Megan Stith
Nicole Aghaaliandastjerdi
Patrick Broderick
Rudy Spencer
Stephanie Oghia
Teresa Lajara
Travis Crawford
William Marshall
2013
Austin Vowels
Charissee Ridgeway
Heather Pollock
James Bartlett
Justice Heltzel
Liz Fossett
Michael Wilson
Morgan Floyd
Nathan Dickerson
Shawn Reilly
Stephenie Steitzer
William Osborne
