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Derrick Meads
Director, Marketing and Strategic Communications

363 Blazer Dining 343 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lexington, KY 40526-0012

(859) 323-4761

djmead3@email.uky.edu

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Leadership & Business Office

Derrick Meads

Director, Marketing and Strategic Communications

(859) 323-4761 djmead3@email.uky.edu 363 Blazer Dining 343 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lexington, KY 40526-0012

Barbara Stiefel

Administrative Business Officer

859-257-8774 barbara.stiefel@uky.edu

Marketing Section

Lynsay Christensen

Associate Director, Marketing

lynsay.christensen@uky.edu 369 Blazer Dining 343 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lexington, KY 40526-0012

LouRae Stacy

Marketing Coordinator

(859) 218-9022 lourae.stacy@uky.edu 368 Blazer Dining 343 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lexington, KY 40526-0012

Cate Wollert

Graphic Artist

cmwo245@uky.edu

News Section

Christopher Carney

Associate Director, Communications

(859) 323-7423 christopher.carney@uky.edu 367 Blazer Dining 343 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lexington, KY 40526-0012

Jennifer Elwell

Agriculture Communications Specialist

jennifer.elwell@uky.edu

Zoey Ortega

Communications Student Intern

Zoey.Ortega@uky.edu

Angelina Sonoqui

Communications Student Intern

amso236@uky.edu

Grace Sowards

Agriculture Communications and Media Specialist

(859) 257-7707 grace.sowards@uky.edu 352 Blazer Dining 343 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lexington, KY 40526-0012

Jordan Strickler

Agriculture Communications Specialist

(859) 257-8324 jstrickler@uky.edu 350 Blazer Dining 343 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lexington, KY 40526-0012

Bailey Vandiver

Marketing/Communications & Social Media Coordinator

859-257-7223 bailey.vandiver@uky.edu 370 Blazer Dining 343 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lexington, KY 40526-0012

Web Services Section

Matt Johnson

Associate Director, Web Services

(859) 257-9088 matt.johnson@uky.edu 373 Blazer Dining 343 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lexington, KY 40526-0012

Chad Cantrell

Web Systems Developer Senior

chad.cantrell@uky.edu

Jeff Ludwig

PHP/Symfony Senior Application Developer

jeffrey.ludwig@uky.edu

Sam Ricketts

Web Content Specialist

sam.ricketts@uky.edu

Photo/Video Section

Brian Volland

Associate Director, Photo/Video

(859) 257-7539 brian.volland@uky.edu 365 Blazer Dining 343 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lexington, KY 40526-0012

Matt Barton

Agriculture Communications Specialist
Photographer

(859) 257-3778 mbarton@uky.edu

Kristopher Chappel

Video Production Specialist

kristopher.chappel@uky.edu

Dave Stalion

Agriculture Communications Specialist

(859) 257-3987 dstalion@uky.edu Martin-Gatton CAFE Archives 140 C.E. Barnhart Building Lexington, KY 40526-0276

Publications Section

Tawana Brown

Associate Director, Educational Publications

(859) 257-7566 tawana.brown@uky.edu 361 Blazer Dining 343 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lexington, KY 40526-0012

Susan Baniak

Editorial Officer
Educational Publishing

(859) 257-7221 susan.baniak@uky.edu

Chris Foxworth

Materials Coordinator/Stores Supervisor

(859) 257-7571 chris.foxworth@uky.edu Ag Distribution Center 412 Stadium View Drive Lexington, KY 40546-0229

Bryant Thomas

Senior Graphic Artist

(859) 257-4213 bryant.thomas@uky.edu
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Derrick Meads
Director, Marketing and Strategic Communications

363 Blazer Dining 343 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lexington, KY 40526-0012

(859) 323-4761

djmead3@email.uky.edu