The nominating committee of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky is pleased to welcome three individuals to new terms on the Board of Directors. Candidates were elected by the membership, who had the option to cast their votes by mail or in person at our Annual Meeting on April 19th. The new members terms will last until spring 2019.

The new members are:

KyleDover

Kyle Dover

Kyle Dover is a founding partner of Teleos Consulting and he has over 30 years experience with executive and organization development.

Kyle holds a B.S. in Education and a Master’s in Human Resource Management and Organization Development from Ohio State University. His consulting practice focuses on executive coaching and building organizations for sustainable success. He has a special interest in developing collaborative leadership skills throughout organizations.

In addition to his corporate practice, Kyle has previously done pro-bono coaching and consulting for non-profit organizations working in the areas of women’s rights, promoting women candidates, affordable housing, and literacy. Now, with the ACLU of Kentucky, he wants to work extensively on the critical topics of voting rights and reproductive freedom.

Brandon Edwards

BrandonEdwards

Brandon Edwards is a practicing attorney in Louisville, Kentucky. He concentrates his practice on employment law and family law.

He went to law school because he was drawn to civil rights advocacy. Prior to entering private practice, he worked as a public defender in Louisville protecting the rights of criminal defendants. He is particularly interested in the development of LGTBQ rights, more specifically, the inclusion of sexual orientation as a protected class in Title VII of Civil Rights of 1964. He is also interested in the recent troubling recurrence of police misconduct that affects minority communities and looks forward to working on all of these issues as a Board member of the ACLU of Kentucky.

Caitlin Lally

CaitlinLally

As the Political and Communications Director for United Food and Commercial Workers Local 227, Caitlin Lally is responsible for the advancement of legislative and electoral priorities that will help to provide Kentucky and Indiana’s hard working men and women a better life for their families. By developing a grassroots union member activist network, an aggressive internal communications operation and a strong community engagement strategy UFCW Local 227 has become an important resource and ally for elected officials and community partners.

In 2015, Caitlin was elected by her peers to serve as the Vice President of the Greater Louisville Central Labor Council. The CLC is the collective voice and action network for all union activists in Louisville and the surrounding counties. She also serves as the Treasurer on the Board of Directors of Emerge Kentucky, an organization dedicated to identifying, training and encouraging more women to run for public office.

Caitlin holds a M.P.S. from The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management and a B.S. in Political Science from Appalachian State University.