Advisory Board

The purpose of the BREATHE Advisory Board is to advise, assist, support, and advocate for development and growth of extensive partnerships, both internal and external to the University of Kentucky. The specific purposes of the Board include:

Provide advice and counsel to the BREATHE Director and research team on matters for which external advice is critical. This may include long range planning and philanthropic endeavors as well as advice on achieving goals related to state, national, and international prominence in policy development, outreach and education, and research.
Increase awareness of the BREATHE team's work at the state, regional, national and international levels.
Serve as an advocacy network and ambassadors for the BREATHE team.
Members of the BREATHE Advisory Board must have attained prominence in their respective careers and are chosen for their value in providing sound counsel to the BREATHE team and its director.

Current BREATHE Advisory Board Members

Colmon Elridge, MBA, MPA VP to Global Development and Membership, International Coach Federation

Portrait photo of Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton

Linda Gorton, BSN Mayor, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government

Ellen Hahn, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor Marcia A. Dake Professorship, University of Kentucky, Director, Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy

Portrait photo of former Racliff, KY Council Member Stan Holmes.

Stan Holmes Educator at Fort Knox County Schools, Former Radcliff, KY City Council Member

Chilota Iloegbunam #icanendthetrend Advisory Board Member, Student at University of Louisville

Debbie Long Owner, Dudley's on Short

Rosalie Mainous, PhD, APRN, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN Dean and Warwick Professor of Nursing, University of Kentucky

Diane Miller Retired Public Health Director, Lincoln County Health Department

Kerrie Moore, MA Director of Alumni and Philanthropy, University of Kentucky College of Nursing

Timothy Mullet, MD, MBA, FACS Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky

Mark Neikirk Executive Director, Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement

Carol Steltenkamp, MD External Chief Medical Officer, University of Kentucky

Penny Warren, JD, MBA Attorney

Past Advisory Board Members

Donna Arnett, PhD, MSPH

Prior Dean of College of Public Health, University of Kentucky

Douglas Flora, MD

Executive Medical Director of Oncology Services and The Robert and Dell Ann Sathe Endowed Chair in Oncology at St. Elizabeth Healthcare

Janie Heath, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN

Retired Dean and Warwick Professor of Nursing, University of Kentucky

Stephanie Hong

Director of Youth Services, LFUCG

Lee T. Todd, Jr.

Retired President, University of Kentucky