[New] DR. STACY EDDS-ELLIS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GREATER OWENSBORO LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

Dr. Stacy Edds-Ellis grew-up in Calhoun, Kentucky. She credits watching her parents operate their pharmacy and being involved in community as cultivating her desire to serve others and contribute to the greater good. Stacy attended college at Western Kentucky University where she earned bachelor and master’s degrees in Organizational Communication. After graduating from college, she returned to her hometown where she served three terms on the Calhoun City Council. She went on to complete a Ph.D. from the University of Louisville in Administration and Organizational Development.

Before joining the Leadership Institute, she was employed for twenty years at Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC). The last six years of her tenure at OCTC, she served as Dean of Academic Affairs where she led the Division of Professional and Technical Studies and oversaw accreditation, college in high school programming, and managed various federal, state, and local grants.

Edds-Ellis is a 2021 graduate of Leadership Owensboro. She is current President of the Goodfellows Club of Owensboro and has been on the organization’s board since 2014. She enjoys cultivating leaders through her work as a part-time instructor at Western Kentucky University’s Organizational Leadership graduate program.

Stacy, and her husband Clay, along with their son Cooper, made Owensboro home over a decade ago. They love to spend time with their family, travel, cheer on their son and teammates on the soccer field (Go OMS Red Devils!) and enjoy spending time in the city and county’s parks with their dog, Cash.

Stacy is excited that she gets to work with the community to build the Leadership Institute from the ground up.