Former Gov Martha Layne Collins to serve as Foundation Executive-in-Residence
Former Kentucky Gov. Martha Layne Collins is the new Foundation Executive-in-Residence at Baptist Health Paducah and Baptist Health Foundation Paducah. She participates in community initiatives and events supporting the hospital's mission and contributes to development activities, including donor relationships and partnerships.
March 28, 2016 — Former Kentucky Gov. Martha Layne Collins is the new Foundation Executive-in-Residence at Baptist Health Paducah and Baptist Health Foundation Paducah. She participates in community initiatives and events supporting the hospital’s mission and contributes to development activities, including donor relationships and partnerships.
“I am excited to reconnect with old friends in western Kentucky and make new ones, as we work together to improve health in our communities,” Gov. Collins said.
William A. Brown, president of Baptist Health Paducah and Baptist Health Foundation Paducah, said Baptist is fortunate to benefit from her expertise. “She is a talented and effective ambassador for our mission of improving health for the communities we are privileged to serve,” he said.
Gov. Collins, a Shelby County native, served the Commonwealth from 1975 through 1987, including terms as clerk of the Court of Appeals and Kentucky Supreme Court, lieutenant governor with Gov. John Y. Brown Jr., and Kentucky’s first (and only) female governor from 1983 to 1987. A former school teacher, she focused on education and economic development during her term, successfully using economic incentives to secure the Toyota manufacturing plant in Georgetown in 1986.
After her public service, she served as president of St. Catharine College from 1990-1996 and executive scholar-in-residence at Georgetown College from 1998-2012. She served as executive-in-residence at the University of Louisville School of Business and director for the International Business and Management Center at the University of Kentucky, her alma mater. She has chaired the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Authority and the Southern Growth Policies Board.