Christopher Carney

Community Outreach, Committee Chair

Chris is a higher education professional with approximately 18 years of experience working with students, faculty, staff, alumni and other academic, philanthropic and collegiate partners centered in the areas of admissions, recruitment, retention, marketing, communications, events and social media.

He joined the University of Kentucky in 2015 and has held positions at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, College of Public Health and is now on the communications and news team at the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE). Chris graduated from Leadership Kentucky (class of 2018), currently a board member of Women Leading Kentucky and is participating in the Leadership Central Kentucky 2024/2025 class.

Chris has been a senator since 2018 and is currently Chair of the Community Outreach committee.