As a non-profit that is fully operated and organized by volunteers, our events are the lifeblood of our organization, helping us raise funds for our grant program and raising awareness of the organization throughout the Commonwealth.

This role is uniquely situated to engage our members through lively and thoughtful communications efforts, while also managing our external communications efforts through social media. This chair attends LDKY events to create or coordinate the resultant social media, and is responsible for updating the monthly newsletter, Eventbrite, website, press releases, social media & text notifications. This chair is responsible for keeping LDKY's social media accounts active and engaged.

This committee shares resources to help bring members, and the community, closer to our food. From farmer interactions, recipes from the farmer's markets to innovative partnerships, recycling and sustainability; this Chair is dedicated to bringing all members into the effort of fighting food insecurity in our community.  Working in conjunction with organic and community farming alliances to create programming and to raise funds.

Facilitating annual membership drives and communicating with current members about their annual obligations, leading Nominating efforts to find and recruit board members and committee chairs and recruiting and onboarding new members.  This role will also coordinate with the Membership Ambassadors for the Bowling Green and Lexington areas.

This role oversees our grant program – from creating and/or updating the application and grant criteria, uploading it to the website and coordinating promotion with the Communications chair, identifying collaborative and complementary organizations to promote the program and get applications, coordinate and communicate with applicants, manage the evaluation process and recommend the final grantees and help tell their stories and confirm their usage of the grant and fulfillment of any requests from LDKY.  This role also will coordinate LDKY volunteer participation with other complementary organizations and opportunities to serve our food, beverage and hospitality communities.

This Nationwide effort from LDEI sees a local Chair leading the charge to uplift diverse, global food to members in our chapter. This Chair will bring global cuisine to our membership through training programs, educational opportunities and modes of cultural exchange.