Community Endorsements
Yes for Parks has been endorsed by over 100 business, community, and neighborhood leaders, including:
Christian Adair
District 6 Representative, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Lauren Back
Realtor, The Brokerage
Brady Barlow
Co-Owner, West Sixth Brewing
Nancy Barnett
Yes for Parks Advocate
Nancy Bell
Mill Ridge Farm
Price Bell
General Manager, Mill Ridge Farm
James Betts
Owner, Bluegrass Baking Company
Emily Biggins
Yes for Parks Advocate
John Boardman
Founder and CEO, Ballast
Larry Brandstetter
Former State Representative
Joe Buckles
Member, Buckles Law Office
Bullhorn
Yes for Parks Advocates
Rebecca Byers
Yes for Parks Advocate
Kaelyn Query Caldwell
Yes for Parks Advocate
Bishop Carter IV
Owner, Elaine Allen LLC
Kerry Cauthen
Managing Partner, Four Star Sales
Harry Clarke
Yes for Parks Advocate
Will Coffman
Partner, Bullhorn
Kip Cornett
Community Volunteer
David Cozart
Chief Visionary Officer, Commonwealth Center for Fathers & Families
Raymond Daniels
Yes for Parks Advocate
Alison Davis
Executive Director, Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky, University of Kentucky
Olivia Davis
Associate Director and Senior Lecturer, Department of Accountancy, University of Kentucky
Summer Dickinson
Yes for Parks Advocate
Harding Dowell
Board of Advisors, Fund for Greater Lexington
Downtown Drs. Brown
Yes for Parks Advocates
Whitney Durham
Realtor, Sotheby’s International Realty
Tom Eblen
Journalist
Lynn English, PT, MSED, DPT
Professor Emeritus, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Kentucky
Colby Ernest
Executive Director, Lexington Children's Museum
Melody Flowers
Assistant Vice President for Economic Development & Real Estate, University of Kentucky
Jim Frazier
Managing Director, McBrayer PLLC
Valerie Friedmann
Yes for Parks Advocate
Friends of Wolf Run
Yes for Parks Advocates
Frontrunners Lexington
Yes for Parks Advocates
Jeff Fugate
Associate Professor, Urban & Environmental Design, University of Kentucky
Margaret Graves
Yes for Parks Advocate
Stephen Grossman
Managing Director, Baird
Tim Guthrie
Founder, CFO Services Group LLC
Mindy Haas
Executive Director, The Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass
Blake Hall
Yes for Parks Advocate
Melissa Hammer
President, Junior League of Lexington
Mary Diane McCord Hanna
President, Old Richmond Road Neighborhood Association
Tom Harris
Yes for Parks Advocate
Stan Harvey
Principal, Lord Aeck Sargent
Jaclyn Hawkins, MFA
Yes for Parks Advocate
Georgia Henkel
Artist
Debra Hensley
Business Owner and Former Council Member
Dr. Amanda Higgins
Yes for Parks Advocate
Christy Hiler
Owner and CEO, Cornett
Megan Holley-Slaughter
President, Sutherland & Associates
Sherry Holley-Slaughter
President, Gratz Park Private Wealth
Ed Holmes, AICP
President, EHI Consultants
Isabel Ladd Interiors
Yes for Parks Advocates
Mac Jarboe, Jr., CLU, ChFC
Managing Partner & Wealth Management Advisor, Succession Wealth Planning
Andrew Jefferson
Yes for Parks Advocate
Steve Kay
Partner, Roberts & Kay
Mason King
CEO, Jubilee Jobs
Roscoe Klausing
CEO, Klausing Group
David Kloiber
President, Kloiber Foundation
Marci Kloiber
Yes for Parks Advocate
Gabe Knowles
District 10 Representative, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Katie Lindeman, PLA, LEED AP BD+C
Registered Landscape Architect & Co-Founder of Friends of Jacobson Park
Eric Lindsey
Director of Media and Branding, Kentucky Blood Center
David Lowe
Chairman, Sustainable Funding Subcommittee, Parks Advisory Board
Mariana Marye
District 12 Representative, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Walker Mattox
Founder and CEO, Gray Solutions
Paul McCaffrey
Yes for Parks Advocate
Dr. Lee Meyer
President, Wild Ones Lexington
Victoria Meyer
Chair, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Karen Michul
Secretary, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Ed Monahan
Volunteer, Friends of Waverly Park
Jennifer Mossotti
Former District 9 Councilmember
Christian Motley
Yes for Parks Advocate
Brian Mudrak
District 11 Representative, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Janet Tietyen Mullins, PhD, RDN, LD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, University of Kentucky
David C. Osborne
District 7 Representative, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Sara Osborne
Yes for Parks Advocate
Clive Pohl, AIA, LEED AP
Owner and Principal Architect, Pohl Rosa Pohl
Lissa Pohl, MA
Owner, The Engagement Quotient
Christian Postel
CEO, Lexington Leadership Foundation
Geoff Reed
Yes for Parks Advocate
Ethan Ritter, MD
Yes for Parks Advocate
Brittany Roethemeier
Executive Director, Fayette Alliance
Dr. Alissa Rossi
Senior Lecturer in Community & Leadership Development, University of Kentucky
Todd Rotgers
Yes for Parks Advocate
Davonna Saier, MHA
Owner, Davonna Inclusive
Seth Salomon
Certified Financial Planner, Salomon & Company
Lisa Satin
District 5 Representative, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Kate Savage
Yes for Parks Advocate
Seedleaf
Yes for Parks Advocates
Sandy Shafer
Founder, Friends of the Parks in Fayette County, Inc.
Arthur Shechet
Yes for Parks Advocate
Ned Sheehy
District 3 Representative, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Becka Sherman
Yes for Parks Advocate
Amy Sohner
Executive Director, Bluegrass Greensource
Molly Thompson
Yes for Parks Advocate
Billy Van Pelt
Yes for Parks Advocate
Griffin VanMeter
Park Loving Trail Running Civic Leader and Business Owner
Sarah Wylie VanMeter
Yes for Parks Advocate
Chad Walker
Candidate, Urban County Council District 12
Kevin Young
Yes for Parks Advocate