Class Notes Troy M. Cox ’86 BE was appointed as an independent member of the Zymeworks Inc. Board of Directors, a biotechnology company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was previously president, CEO and on the board of directors of Foundation Medicine Inc. Jerry L. Flint ’86 ’90 AFE is vice president of engagement and outreach for the National Pork Board in Des Moines, Iowa. He was previously with Corteva Agriscience, where he held positions specifically linked to global business management, sustainability, external relations, regulatory approvals and product research and development. George P. Simpkins ’86 BE is chief financial officer of Green Plains and Green Plains Partners LP in Omaha, Nebraska. He had been the company’s chief development officer. Pamela Sasse Whitten ’86 CI is president of Kennesaw State University, which has campuses in Kennesaw and Marietta, Georgia. She was named to the Atlanta Business Journal’s Power 100, a list compiling the most influential and important leaders across metro Atlanta. She had been vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Georgia. Kimra Harper Cole ’87 EN, ’95 BE is president and chief operating officer of Columbia Gas of 46
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Kentucky in Lexington. She had been president, distribution operations for NiSource Inc., Columbia’s parent company. Kathie Stromile Golden ’87 AS is provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena. She was previously the school’s director of international programs and a special assistant to the president’s office. Lisa M. Johnson ’87 BE is owner of HR Know-How LLC, a consulting firm in Bardstown. She has written the book “Imagination@Work,” which explores ways to improve interpersonal relationships in the workplace. Stephanie C. Bell ’88 CI is vice president for government affairs in Kentucky at Windstream in Lexington. She was previously deputy executive director for external affairs for the Kentucky Public Service Commission. Keven G. Moore ’88 CI is services director, risk management for Roeding Insurance in the company’s Lexington office. Daniel J. Connell ’89 ED is assistant vice president of regional education and outreach at Morehead State University in Morehead. He was named the Morehead-Rowan County Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year.
Carol Giltner Gallagher ’89 PHA is a partner focused on making biopharma investments at New Enterprise Associates, a venture capital firm, at the Menlo Park, California, office. She was appointed to the board of directors of Turning Point Therapeutics Inc. Laura M. Knoth ’89 AFE is a co-owner of M&L Farms in Grand Rivers and executive director of the Kentucky Corn Growers Association and Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association. She was elected director of the Farm Credit Mid-America Board of Directors. Elizabeth Zachem Woodward ’89 AS, ’94 BE is director of forensic accounting and litigation support at Dean Dorton Allen Ford PLLC in the firm’s Lexington office. She was elected president of the Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants. 1990s Kristin E. Haskins ’92 ’95 AS is interim executive director of The Arboretum at Flagstaff in Arizona. She had been director of research at The Arboretum. Thomas J. Meade ’92 EN is senior vice president and chief technical officer for Lexmark International Inc. in Lexington. He had been vice president of firmware and software at the company. Michael T. Rawls ’92 EN was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force.
He had been a colonel and commander of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and the 435th Air Expeditionary Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. LaStacia Hahn Dalton ’93 BE is CFO at Zeon Chemicals LP in Louisville. She was named the Plastics News 2019 CFO of the Year. Douglas A. Henderson ’93 LAW is a partner at King & Spalding LLP on the toxic and environmental torts team in the firm’s Atlanta office. He was previously with the firm Troutman Sanders LLP. Matthew C. Minner ’93 AS is an attorney at Hare Wynn Newell & Newton LLP in the firm’s Lexington office. He was listed on the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America for the third straight year. Minner earned his law degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Law. J. Kathleen Tracy ’93 AS is an associate professor of epidemiology and public health, director of the Clinical Translational Research and Informatics Center, and director of Preventive Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. She was named an American Council on Education Fellow for the 2019-2020 academic year. Andrew J. Mikovch ’94 BE is a designated certified financial planner, accredited wealth management advisor and certified trust and financial advisor working with