From left to right: Trey Grayson, Bob Heil and Rhonda Whittaker-Hunt. Grayson photo provided by LINK nky archives. Heil and Whittaker-Hunt photos provided by Leadership Kentucky.

Leadership Kentucky, a nonprofit educational organization, welcomed three new members from Northern Kentucky to its board of directors last week.

The new members are: Trey Grayson, Robert Heil and Rhonda Whitaker-Hurtt, who are from Florence, Fort Thomas and Crescent Springs, respectively.

Grayson is an attorney and served as the Kentucky Secretary of State from 2004 to 2011. He also served as the CEO of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the director of the Harvard Institute of Politics.

Heil is the executive director of strategic relationships & community engagement at KLH Engineers in Fort Thomas. He is a founding member of the OneNKY Alliance, and serves on the BE NKY Growth Partnership Board of Directors, as well as several other local boards. He has a master’s degree in executive leadership and organizational change from NKU.

Whitaker-Hurtt serves as the vice president of community relations for Ohio and Kentucky for Duke Energy, a position she from which she will retire at the end of this month. She’s served as the board chair for the Northern Kentucky Chamber and has aided in the development of several workforce development initiatives in the region.

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