Staff Congress officers named for 2009-10
Morehead State University’s Staff Congress has elected new officers for the 2009-10 academic year.
Named to leadership positions were: Joel Pace, director of MSU at Ashland, chair; Rebecca McGinnis, conference services manager, vice chair; and Jill McBride, Office of Enrollment Services non-traditional and commuter coordinator, secretary.
A member of MSU’s staff since 1996, Pace holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Morehead State. He has chaired three University standing committees along with being a member of the Athletics Committee and Student Media Board.
Pace has served on the Governor’s Scholars Program selection committee for nine years and two years on the Diedrich Scholarship and the Ashland Rotary Board of Directors.
A member of the 2008-09 President’s Leadership Academy, he also was featured as one of the Top 50 Business Leaders Under 40 by The Independent of Ashland.
A member of Elliottville Baptist Church, Pace and his wife Lora, MSU first year program director, have two children, Bethany (12) and Alex (7).
McGinnis, who began working for MSU in 1995, received her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1994 from MSU. She completed a Master of Arts in Adult and Higher Education-Counseling degree in 2000.
She has served on many University committees, including Founders Day, Homecoming, Commencement, Governor’s Scholars Program and SACS Review.
McGinnis and her husband Jamie, live in Flemingsburg. They have two children, J.D. (11) and Lauren (6).
Before assuming her current position in March, McBride was regional campus assistant at MSU at Mt. Sterling for five years. While working at MSU Mt. Sterling, she earned her associate and bachelor’s degrees in university studies with an emphasis in business. McBride is currently enrolled in the master’s degree program in adult and higher education at MSU.
McBride, and her husband, Dr. Scott McBride, interim dean of the Caudill College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, reside in Morehead, with their daughter, Molly (17).
Established in 1987, Staff Congress was created to form a stronger bond within the staff and to promote cooperation among the administration, faculty and students.
Posted: 8-4-09
