Officers

Chair - Dana Beth Lyddan, Elizabethtown

Vice-Chair - Robin Zeigler, Bowling Green

Treasurer - Jeff McCaffrey, Louisville

Secretary - Amelia Armstrong, Lexington

Directors at Large

Nancy Adams, Pine Mountain
Shailen Bhatt, Bowling Green
Martha Birchfield, Lexington
Janie-Rice Brother, Lexington
Gale Cherry, Princeton
Tim Cornett, Pineville
Randy Davis, Paducah
Helen Dedman, Harrodsburg
Regina Estes, Covington
Jayne Fiegel, Frankfort
Wendy Lewis, Danville
Julie Martin, Henderson
Terry Mills, Greensburg
Charles Raith, Louisville
Damian Sells, Covington
Deborah Stewart, Louisville
Jim Thomas, Harrodsburg
Nancy Turner, Winchester
Robert Vice, Louisville

Ex Officio

Representative of Kentucky African-American Heritage Commission

Director, Office of Historic Properties

State Historic Preservation Officer

Chair, Kentucky Heritage Council - Chris Black, Paducah

National Park Service Representative - Tres Seymour,
Mammoth Cave National Park

State Cultural Heritage Tourism Director - Kimberly Clay

Emeritus

Richard DeCamp, Lexington
Ann Hassett, Louisville
Richard Holland, Paducah
Glenda Thacker, Owensboro
David Morgan, Washington, DC

Staff

Executive Director

Joanna Hinton, Hodgenville

Joanna Hinton has been the director of Preservation Kentucky since January 2003, and was the organization's first employee. Joanna grew up in Lebanon, Kentucky and is a life long resident of Kentucky. She earned a B.A. in History from the University of Kentucky in 1998. Prior to becoming director of Preservation Kentucky, Joanna worked in the museum industry at Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate and the UK Basketball Museum in Lexington and served as Associate Director at Farmington Historic Home in Louisville. She now lives in Hodgenville with her husband Jeremy and son Jacob where she is active in the community serving on the board of directors of the LaRue County Chamber of Commerce, Hodgenville Main Street Association and LaRue County Farm Bureau. Joanna and her husband also operate an apple and peach orchard which offers agri-tourism opportunities for the public.

RHDI Field Representative

Amy S. Potts

Amy Sparrow Potts is the Rural Heritage Development Initiative (RHDI) field
representative and will work from the Preservation Kentucky office to
provide staff support to the eight county RHDI region (Boyle, Green, LaRue,
Marion, Mercer, Taylor and Washington).  Amy comes to the initiative with a
background as the Main Street manager for Harrodsburg, Kentucky and a
program coordinator for the Kentucky State Parks.  She attended Berea
College and Appalachian State University and her academic background is in
cultural studies.