Paulette Akers is an Environmental Biologist for Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet with the Division of Water.  Prior to that she worked as the Instructional Specialist for the Environmental Science Technology program here at LCC.  She is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University.

Paulette enjoys reading, cooking, scrapbooking and working with the local theatre.  Paulette, her husband Jay and son Connor live in Versailles.

Paulette teaches the following Environmental Science Technology courses:

• EST 150  Introductory Ecology
• EST 220  Pollution of Aquatic Systems
• EST 299  Selected Topics:  Aquatic Invertebrates

Email:  Paulette.Akers@mail.state.ky.us

greg Copley          

Greg Copley is the Director for the Kentucky Business Environmental Assistance Program (KBEAP).  KBEAP provides small businesses with free and confidential assistance on air quality issues. Greg has been the director since the program's inception in October 1994.

Prior to KBEAP, Greg worked at the Kentucky Division for Air Quality as an inspector, asbestos coordinator, and a supervisor in the Program Planning Branch. As an inspector he was also a member of the Environmental Response Team that dealt with hazardous material incidents.

Greg was recently appointed to the UK Tracey Farmer Center for the Environment outreach committee. He is a member of the UK safety committee and chair of the UK Gatton College safety committee.

Greg holds a B.S. degree from Centre College and is working on his Masters in Business Administration from Morehead State. He, his wife and two daughters live in Shelbyville.

Greg teaches the following Environmental Science Technology courses:

• EST 240  Sources and Effects of Air Pollution

Email: gccopl1@uky.edu

Patricia L. Dugger is the director of the Department of Environmental and Emergency Management (DEEM) since it was first established in 1988. Since then, she's spearheaded development of both a comprehensive emergency management program as well as progressive environmental services that link public safety with public health and environmental protection. Most recently, she has shepherded several initiatives to bring the healthcare and emergency services community closer together and begun development of a Metropolitan Medical Response System for terrorism and medical disasters. 

Before joining DEEM, she worked with the Division of Building Inspection from 1984-1988. She has a BS from Eastern Kentucky University and a MPA from the University of Kentucky.

Pat teaches the following Environmental Science Technology courses:

• EST 270  Environmental Law

Email: patd@lfucg.com

Ryan received his B.A. in geography from the University of Kentucky in 1993 and his M.S. in geography from Florida State University in 1995.  He began working for Lexington Community College in January 2000 and became a permanent member of the faculty in May 2000.  Prior teaching experiences include Florida State University during the 1994-95 academic year.  Ryan has taught English overseas in Japan through the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program and has been a freelance English instructor for long spells in both Peru and Mexico.  

He also worked for a long time as a bartender in my hometown of Pensacola Beach, Florida, and is proud to say that his biggest claim to fame is winning the 1999 Emerald Coast Blindfolded Bartending Contest (you must identify your bottles by shape, and, if you’re at a complete loss, by taste).  

Ryan enjoys teaching (one would hope), computers, racquetball (contact me if you want to play), and world travel.  He started an independent travel photography venture entitled Worldshots in late 2001. 

Ryan teaches GIS 110 and GIS 120.

Email:  Ryan.Kelly@kctcs.edu

Kenya is an Environmental Consultant for Kentucky Business Environmental Assistance Program (KBEAP). She is one of the veterans of the program and has been working with clients since January 2000. She received her BS in Chemistry from Western Kentucky University and also holds a master's in Environmental Science from Indiana University. Kenya is currently working towards her PhD in Public Policy at the University of Kentucky.

Kenya is teaching the following Environmental Science courses:

• EST 299 Selected Topics:  Site Remediation
• EST 250  Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

Email: ckeny2@uky.edu