As a non-profit that is fully operated and organized by volunteers, our events are the lifeblood of our organization, providing both opportunities for members to connect, learn and have fun; and events for the general public that help us raise funds for our grant program and raising awareness of the organization throughout the Commonwealth.

This is all about spreading the word about Dames and all we do! Engaging members through lively and thoughtful social media and 1:1 efforts, while also managing our external communications through public relations, digital and other media. This is our ‘content corps’ - attending LDKY events to create engaging and educational content; and our ‘news corps’: updating the monthly newsletter, Eventbrite, website, press releases, social media & text notifications.

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; we’re dedicated to bringing all members into the effort of fighting food insecurity in our community.  Working in conjunction with organic and community farming alliances, farmers markets and farm to fork organizations to create programming and to raise funds.

Facilitating our quarterly membership meetings, leading 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.  These committee members are our ‘ambassadors’ to women across the food, beverage, culinary and hospitality community across Kentucky!

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.

The heart of this organization is helping women grow their careers and businesses in food & beverage, culinary, hospitality and allied professions. This committee coordinates formal and informal opportunities for members to learn from one another and from experts in the field. Setting up virtual ‘fireside chats.’ panel discussions and in-depth learning days are all a part of this committees work.