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| 2015 KECC Chair and Secretary of the Public Protection Cabinet Ambrose Wilson IV with Vicki Craycraft and Stephanie Ledford at the KECC Finale. Photo: Kevin Lee McIver |
Kentucky Employees Charitable Campaign (KECC) leadership hosted the annual finale ceremony to recognize campaign coordinators and volunteers supporting this year’s statewide charity effort.
The 2015 KECC Chair and Secretary of the Public Protection Cabinet Ambrose Wilson IV praised Kentucky employees for raising over $1.1 million in donations for programs and services that will aid Kentuckians in need of assistance.
Several awards were presented by Secretary Wilson during the event including Leadership Awards to the following KECC coordinators:
• Amelia Brown Wilson, Dept. of Agriculture
• Debbie Spaulding, Office of the Attorney General
• Mitzi Geveden, Auditor of Public Accounts
• Caroline Boeh Baesler, Cabinet for Economic Development
• Janet Stallard, Education and Workforce Development
• Kenya Stump, Energy and Environment Cabinet
• Sandy Williams, Finance and Administration Cabinet
• Debbie Paulus, Finance and Administration Cabinet
• Leeann Uebel, Finance and Administration Cabinet
• Kim Kain, Office of the Governor
• Beth Roark, Office of the Governor
• Sandra Coffey, Office of the Governor, Board of Nursing
• Eric Friedlander, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
• Carla West, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
• Cynthia Fox, Commission on Human Rights
• Teresa Lancaster, Judicial Branch
• Tom Cannady, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet
• Kathy Sadler, Kentucky Housing Corporation
• Marlane Robinson, Kentucky Retirement Systems
• Candace Sacre, Kentucky Labor Cabinet
• Missy Cable Greenwell, Kentucky Labor Cabinet
• Katie Carney, Legis Research Commission
• Brig. Gen. Steve Bullard, Dept. of Military Affairs
• Nila Meeks, Personnel Cabinet
• Elizabeth Whitehouse, Public Protection Cabinet
• Stephanie Ledford, Public Protection Cabinet
• Michelle Starkweather, Secretary of State
• Laura Negron, Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet
• Kim Jenkins, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
• Andrea Riddell, Kentucky State Treasury
• Beth Newton, Unified Prosecutorial System
Recipient of this year’s KECC Determination Award was Carla West, Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the KECC Energizer Award went to Marlane Robinson of Kentucky Retirement Systems. Special awards were also presented to Dana Harvey and Nila Meeks of the Personnel Cabinet—and to the Public Protection’s Cabinet Vicki Craycraft and Stephanie Ledford—for their exceptional support of the campaign.
In addition to individual awards, Kentucky cabinets reaching their KECC goals were recognized for Outstanding Performance in the 2015 campaign. Cabinets earning this distinction included:
• Office of the Attorney General
• Cabinet for Economic Development
• Dept. of Military Affairs
• Kentucky Retirement Systems
• Kentucky Commission on Human Rights
• Kentucky Personnel Cabinet
• Public Protection Cabinet
• Kentucky State Treasury
Kentucky cabinets were also recognized individually for achieving excellence for significant participant increases, overall giving, and more.
The Kentucky State Treasury was recognized for achieving the highest increase of any top-level cabinet or office over their prior campaign year with a 164 percent increase.
The Best Overall Award in Per Capita Giving for all of state government went to the Cabinet for Economic Development that raised nearly $190 per employee.
The Best Overall Award in Total Giving went to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet that raised over $185,000—nearly 17 percent of the statewide campaign this year.
The annual campaign represents over 1,000 charitable programs through seven state-approved federated organizations: Christian Appalachian Project; Community Health Charities; Kosair Charities; March of Dimes; Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky; United Way of Kentucky; and WHAS Crusade for Children.
For more information on the Kentucky Employees Charitable Campaign visit kecc.org.
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