Please join us for the annual Wendell H. Ford Lecture, hosted by UK’s Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, and co-sponsored by the “College of Communication and Information Science” This free event is open to the public and offers an evening of critical thinking and thoughtful conversation for a timely topic.

The program will focus on untangling the public policy challenges created by NIL. A panel of experts will discuss the current structure governing NIL programs, the dramatic growth of NIL money, and potential public policy actions.

The panel will be led by moderator Matt Jones, founder and co-host of Kentucky Sports Radio. Panelists include Amy Privette Perko, who has led the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics since 2005, serving as Executive Director until October 2016, when she was named Chief Executive Officer; Rob Mangas, a former UK football player and U.S. Senate staffer, who now is an attorney with the Washington law firm Greenberg Traurig's Federal Government Law & Policy Group; and Mark Story, long-time sports columnist for the Lexington Herald Leader.

If you have any questions about the event, please email Leah Thomas: leah.m.thomas@uky.edu.