KSU Presidential Search Committee Members

• E.M. Lysonge, VP and General Counsel at Cafepress. Formerly a vice president at Churchill Downs Inc. -- Chairperson
• Regent Mindy Barfield, partner in the litigation department at Dinsmore and Shohl law firm; Board of Trustees at Transylvania University; Board of Governors, Kentucky Bar Association.
• Houston Barber, Superintendent, Frankfort Independent Schools; Frankfort native; former principal, Jefferson County Public Schools.
• Retired Circuit Court Judge Hubert Grimes; KSU graduate; Director, Center for Law and Social Justice at Bethune Cookman University.
• Venita Hawkins, President, KSU National Alumni Association; Fiscal Review Specialist for Fairfax County, Va., where she manages a budget of more than $25 million.
• Faculty Regent Dr. Elgie McFayden, Associate Professor, College of Professional Studies, School of Public Administration, Social Work and Criminal Justice.
• Staff Regent Hettie Oldham, Archives Assistant for Academic Affairs and the Library; KSU graduate.
• William May, Mayor of Frankfort, graduate of Frankfort High School and Kentucky State University.
• Ralph Williams, newly elected SGA President; Business Administration major; Served in 2015 on the White House Initiative on HBCUs as KSU's student ambassador.
• Karen Bearden, Board of Regents chairperson, ex-officio member.

Source: http://kysu.edu/2016/05/31/aaron-thompson-named-interim-president-at-kentucky-state-university-as-national-search-begins/