Virtual Staff Alumni Weekend

One of our favorite traditions….we know you’ve missed this! Come join us for an hour of staff stories.

Better yet, let’s make it a competition! Send some of your best staff stories, in video format, to Alumni@asphome.org and you may even be featured in this event.

Join us for conversations with local community partners and leaders about what is happening in Appalachia. This year’s evening gatherings will include videos highlighting economic development and successes in the region. We are excited to share some of this with our alumni as well and provide opportunities to ask questions of our panelists.

The panelists include:

Chris Doll

Chris Doll is the Assistant Director at the Housing Development Alliance in Hazard.  He was worked there for over 25 years and has helped over 330 families become new home owners as well as been part of nearly a thousand repairs.  He lives on a mountain just outside of Hazard with his wife Jennifer (also an ASP alum) and their daughter Libby.

Luke Glaser

Luke Glaser is a native of Louisville, Kentucky and came to Hazard and Appalachia in 2013 through the Teach For America Program. He jump started the Advanced Placement program, and his students regularly beat state and national averages on the AP Calculus exam each year. In addition, he restarted the Hazard Theatre program, which prides itself on being student run and student led. In 2018, Luke ran for city commissioner in Hazard, and is now in his second term. His work focuses primarily on downtown revitalization, engaging young members of the community with their government, and infrastructure modernization

Bailey Richards

Bailey Richards is the downtown coordinator for the City of Hazard. She is the first person hired by both the City of Hazard and Perry County with one joint mission, to bring back downtown. Over the last 3 years the city has seen 36 new businesses open downtown, 16 of which opened in 2021. She promotes small locally owned business development as a means of economic growth and tourism recruitment.

Stay up to date with ASP news by joining us for our annual Alumni Weekend Fireside Chat with ASP leadership. We will share a wide variety of updates about changes and plans for in 2022 including ASP’s new strategic plan and goals for future alumni engagement.

The session will start with the updates and then open up for discussion/Q&A afterwards.