Finis “KY” White shares what made him who he is: his garage “studio” that he and his friends used in his house as a kid. It was his start to music.
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Against 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.
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“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.
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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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Phil 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.
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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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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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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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Tracy Drain, Deputy Chief Engineer: Juno Mission, shares what her job is and what she does. She also shares just how many people it takes to fly a spaceship and the importance of new people entering the field in the years to come.
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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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William “Bill” Porter, a native Louisvillian, is a legend in American automobile design, sparked some of the world’s hottest automobile trends of the 60’s and 70’s and played a seminal role in the history of American muscle car design. Porter tells how the unique influences of his Kentucky upbringing affected his work and love of design. He talks about his teachers at the University of Louisville Art department and his childhood art classes where at the age of 7 he was already drawing fighter planes.
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Dr. 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.
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Kentucky to the World sat down with Jonathan Wolff, a legend in the TV music business and composer of 75 prime time TV series including Seinfeld and Will & Grace.
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