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Melissa Bacon
2532 Sungale Court
Lexington KY 40513
(859) 223-7764(Term expires at end of 2020)
Bio highlights
- School board service: appointed in 2006, elected in 2007, 2008, 2012, and 2016. She was elected chairwoman early in 2016 after the passing of John Price and re-elected chairwoman in January 2017.
- Experience: PTA at Garden Springs Elementary and Beaumont Middle School, the School‐Based Decision Making Council at Garden Springs, the Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership, the Parents Partners in the Arts program, and the district's Elementary Super Council.
- Education: studied English at the University of Kentucky.
- Occupation: full‐time mom.
- Family: husband, Chris; one daughter and one son.
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Doug Barnett
1881 Lost Trail Lane
Lexington KY 40511
(859) 948-2388(Term expires at end of 2018)
Bio highlights
- School board service: elected in 2010 and 2014.
- Experience: PTA member at Sandersville Elementary, Dixie Magnet Elementary and Lexington Traditional Magnet School.
- Education: bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Kentucky; master's in Public Administration from Kentucky State University.
- Occupation: attorney; member of the Kentucky Bar Association.
- Family: wife, Jennifer; two sons.
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Raymond Daniels
3889 Branham Park
Lexington KY 40515
(859) 202-1460(Term expires at end of 2020)
Bio highlights
- School board service: appointed in mid-2016 after the death of John Price; elected in fall 2016; selected as vice chairman in January 2017
- Experience: member of the Special Education Advisory Council; served on the boards of the Kentucky Community & Technical College System Foundation, the Bluegrass Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, Community Ventures and the Urban League of Lexington-Fayette County.
- Education: bachelor's degree in business administration from Catawba College
- Occupation: owner of Waffle House restaurant franchise in Fayette County
- Family: wife, Tiffany; one daughter and one son.
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Stephanie Aschmann Spires
111 North Ashland Ave.
Lexington KY 40502
(859) 351-8599(Term expires at end of 2018)
Bio highlights
- School board service: appointed in 2017
- Experience: PTA at Lexington Hearing and Speech Center (past president) and Ashland Elementary, former executive director at Arbor Youth Services, previously a member of the FCPS Special Needs Task Force, LFUCG's Commission on Youth and Public Safety, the Model Court Steering Committee, the Juvenile Detention and Alternative Initiative, and Volunteers of America Advisory Board; also served on the boards of the Lexington Public Library and Library Foundation, the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, Uspiritus, Bellwood Children's Home, and LFUCG's Homeless Prevention and Intervention; also, foster parent
- Education: B.A. in Secondary Education Social Studies and B.S. in Political Science, M.S. in Higher Education, all from the University of Kentucky
- Occupation: social entrepreneur
- Family: three daughters
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Daryl Love
988 Firethorn Place
Lexington KY 40515
(859) 806-6635(Term expires at end of 2020)
Bio highlights
- School board experience: Appointed in 2010 and elected in 2012 and 2016.
- Experience: PTA member at Veterans Park, Millcreek and Maxwell elementaries, Lexington Traditional Magnet School, Tates Creek Middle and Tates Creek High; served on School-Based Decision Making Council at Millcreek; former board member with the Governor's School for the Arts advisory council and the Partnership for Successful Schools.
- Education: bachelor's degree in computer science and mathematics from Lane College; MBA from Midway College.
- Occupation: manager of community relations for Valvoline Inc.
- Family: wife, Rhonda; two sons.
