<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0oI9xH_0viJ8eoc00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0oI9xH_0viJ8eoc00" width="900" height="627" >Three leaders from the Northern Kentucky community have joined the BE NKY Growth Partnership board of Ddirectors.Northern Kentucky University (NKU) President Cady Short-Thompson was appointed to a three-year term by Campbell County Judge/Executive Steve Pendery and the Campbell County Fiscal Court.Short-Thompson was selected as the seventh president of NKU in 2023. Prior to this role, she most recently served as the CEO and executive director of Breakthrough Cincinnati, a nonprofit focused on educational equity.She has a long history in higher education, having served as provost and professor at Hope College, dean of the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College, and professor of communication and department chair at NKU.Florence Mayor Julie Metzger Aubuchon was appointed by Boone County Judge/Executive Gary Moore and will serve a one-year term. She replaces Covington Mayor Joe Meyer who completed his one-year term.Aubuchon previously served on Florence City Council for more than 20 years and held the position of vice mayor. She is a board-certified optometrist, past president of the Kentucky Optometric Association, and past chair of the Northern Kentucky Health Department.SWECO President Brian Carr was also appointed to a three-year term by Judge/Executive Moore and the Boone County Fiscal Court and BE NKY Board Vice Chair Carey Sanders was reappointed to another three-year term.BE NKY is governed by a 23-member board of directors, comprised of business and community leaders, who are unpaid volunteers.Since its founding in 1987 (as Northern Kentucky Tri-ED), BE NKY has led successful relocation or expansion efforts for 781 business projects, representing more than 75,569 primary industry jobs created with a capital investment of nearly $9.7 billion.</div></body>

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Three leaders from the Northern Kentucky community have joined the BE NKY Growth Partnership board of Ddirectors. Northern Kentucky University (NKU) President Cady Short-Thompson was appointed to a three-year term by Campbell County Judge/Executive Steve Pendery and the Campbell County Fiscal Court. Short-Thompson was selected as the seventh president of...