Vicki Phillips, National Geographic Education Officer, talks about leading teachers in Kentucky. “We are recognizing that we have too often not had teachers at the table in really important conversations about how to improve education. Leading the way in a lot of that are Kentucky’s teachers, who are making Kentucky proud.”
Read MoreVicki Phillips, National Geographic Education Officer, shares experiences from her time with the Gates Foundation and the role that Kentucky teachers were able to play there.
Read MoreAgainst the Grain is Kentucky's defiant superstar of craft beer. Crediting a timely entry to the market and an assertive, entrepreneurial spirit, the brand has managed to stand out in a sea of microbreweries to achieve international decoration and recognition.
Read More“Kentucky taught me how to work,” says Nobel Laureate Phil Sharp. Sharp shares some of his notable accomplishments and a compelling statement on how Kentucky has influenced his life.
Read MorePhil Sharp shares why he picked up and pioneered electron microscopy. He shares the discovery, what it was then and how it is still being used today.
Read MoreKentucky 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreDr. Sander “Sandy” Florman, a native Louisvillian, is one of the world’s leading experts in organ transplantation and a champion of making organ transplantation more widely accessible in the U.S through his work on innovative strategies that connect potential live donors and recipients. He discusses how being a Kentuckian brings him a professional edge in his position as director of the Recanati Institute at Mount Sinai in New York City, his experience rebuilding a transplantation program in post-Katrina New Orleans, and how the connections he made at University of Louisville Medical School opened the doors to his career.
Read MoreEllen 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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