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Chair: New board members will help shape Kentucky's future

(Bowling Green, Kentucky) – The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions, Kentucky’s free-market think tank, recently welcomed three new members to its board of directors.

Dawn Cloyd, director of international sales at THIEL Audio, and Rick Loghry, president of Actions Speak, LLC, both of Lexington, and Louisville entrepreneur Phil Moffett expressed their commitment to expanding the effectiveness of the institute in its mission of improving the lives of all Kentuckians by advancing liberty and making government more accountable to the people it serves.

Board chairman Kathy Gornik said she looks forward to working with the new board members.

“Each brings needed experience and capabilities to the institute as we expand our efforts and our role in shaping Kentucky’s future,” Gornik said. “I know they will roll up their sleeves and work hard. I greatly look forward to seeing what we can all do together on behalf of liberty, free markets and limited government for the benefit of all Kentuckians.”

Before joining THIEL Audio, Cloyd taught high school for two years in Ohio and English as a Second Language to immigrants in San Jose, Calif. She has donated her time to several important causes, including the Coalition Against a Government Takeover of (Lexington’s) Water Company, Americans for Fair Taxation and Newton’s Attic, an organization that inspires young people to embrace science and mathematics through engineering-related activities.

Moffett, co-founder and managing partner at Louisville-based CCS Partners, LLC, and co-founder of School CHOICE Scholarships of Kentucky, Inc., said the institute’s plan to focus on bringing more transparency to government is critical to fulfilling its mission.

“I’m excited to be involved with the Bluegrass Institute because of the absolute need for a watchdog organization to keep a keen eye on Kentucky’s government entities,” Moffett said. “All voters need this organization to inform them and to ensure that best practices eventually work their way into the natural fabric of government. Without best practices, we have an unchecked government wasting Kentucky’s resources and potential.”

Loghry, who also serves as the institute’s executive director, is known for his relentless emphasis on planning, measurement and continuous improvement. He formed Actions Speak, LLC to help leaders identify real behaviors and barriers limiting progress toward desired performance levels.

Loghry’s extensive executive and management experience includes serving as vice president and plant manager at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, during which time he stopped movements to close the plant by implementing new information systems, employee-owned metrics, two major reductions in force and partnered with unions and customers to significantly reduce costs and earn customer-quality awards and new investment in the plant.

Bluegrass Institute founder and president Christopher J. Derry said that each of the new members brings a unique ability to advance the organization.

“As we begin our sixth year in operation, the appointment of these three board members will strengthen the performance of the Bluegrass Institute,” Derry said. “We’re so gratified that these busy, high-level people choose to volunteer their wisdom on our behalf.”

The new members join current board members Gornik, Derry, Don Bowles, Warren Rogers, George Sowards and Matth. Toebben.

– For interview information, contact Jim Waters, Director of Policy and Communications for the Bluegrass Institute. He can be reached at (270) 782-2140 or jwaters@bipps.org.

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