Sean Cannon explains the unique musical cultures that exist in non coastal cities. Rather than moving to a big city, Sean discusses the importance of showing what this state has to offer.
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Vicki Phillips, National Geographic Education Officer, says that people are often surprised that she is from Kentucky. “Their assumptions are typically incorrect.”
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Laura Schwab, President of Aston Martin, shares what it was like growing up in Louisville and the influence Kentucky has had on her career.
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Chuck Brymer shares Kentucky’s influence on his personal brand by sharing his story and how Kentucky distinguished him from others around him.
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Kelsi Worrell Dahlia shares about Louisville’s swimming legacy, including notable swimmers and families that have come out of Louisville and the swimming culture that lives here.
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Kentucky to the World, in collaboration with The Kentucky Center, presented the Republic Bank Foundation Speaker Series: In Pursuit of Answers: A Conversation with Kentucky Nobel Laureate Phillip A. Sharp on March 12, 2018.
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Justin Walker shares that values are what makes Kentucky great. “If you work hard, you can accomplish anything.”
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Elizabeth Mayhew is currently the Brand Editor for Reese Witherspoon’s Southern-inspired brand, Draper James, a contributing editor at NBC’s Today Show and a monthly columnist for The Washington Post. She also is the author of FLIP! for Decorating (Ballantine). She has worked for a number of publications including REAL SIMPLE, House Beautiful, Southern Living, and Woman’s Day. A native of Louisville, Kentucky and a graduate of Georgetown University, she now lives in New York City with her husband and two teenage kids.
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Evan Roth, managing partner at BBR Partners, discusses his education in Kentucky, what made it special, and how it uniquely positioned him for success.
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Tracy Drain, Deputy Chief Engineer: Juno Mission, discusses the intellectual curiosity in Kentucky. “My values and character have been shaped a lot by my family, by the people I grew up with and the values they had instilled in them over time.”
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A physician. An entrepreneur. An attorney. The three smart and lively Booth sisters are proof that a Kentucky upbringing lays a strong foundation for a lifetime of excellence. Physician and author, Rebecca, entrepreneur and expert in brand-strategy, Cecil, and attorney and marriage equality advocate, Lady, share stories of growing up “southern” in Louisville and finding creative and fulfilling ways of leading lives with sisterhood always at the heart.
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New York Times world news correspondents Michael Wines and Sharon LaFraniere met one another when he, a Louisville native, and she worked together at the Louisville Times from 1979 to 1983. From there they lived in DC, Moscow, Johannesburg and Beijing where they witnessed and brought to international attention a stunning range of world events and the eye-opening realities of people’s everyday lives. n our conversation prior to their presentation, they share a perspective on how working at the Louisville Times they, along with several now world-renown journalists, experienced “the inculcation of what it means to be a writer.” They also offer advice to people seeking to become a journalist today.
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Ellen Miller is the co-founder and executive director of the Sunlight Foundation, a Washington-based, non-partisan non-profit dedicated to using the power of the internet to catalyze greater government openness and transparency. Her Kentucky roots run deep, as a member of the Shapira family, whose Heaven Hill Distilleries based in Bardstown is America’s largest independent family-owned producer of bourbon. Here she discusses technology’s role in government transparency, historical Kentuckians who influence her worldview and lifework and Louisville’s role as a leader in government open-data policy.
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