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Meet Dr. Monalisa Tailor | 2021 YPAL Award Winner
We’re not sure how Dr. Monalisa Tailor does it. She practices Internal Medicine at Norton Community Medical Associates by day, and by night, she is a community and advocate and educator. You may have seen Monalisa on TV this past year as a frequent guest on Mayor...
Meet Mandy Simpson | 2021 YPAL Award Winner
Mandy Simpson fights to ensure that all people, especially her young professional peers, are equipped with the knowledge and empowered with the confidence to advocate for themselves, their loved ones, their neighbors, and their community. Mandy’s work as Director of...
Meet Kimberly J Turner, Ph.D., | 2021 YPAL Award Winner
As a Business Intelligence Principal at Humana, Kimberly works to understand customer problems. This sounds simple enough on the surface, but Kimberly Turner, Ph.D., appreciates how complex customers and the problems they encounter are. Kimberly is a social...
Meet Jessi O’Daniel | 2021 YPAL Award Winner
Jessi O’Daniel started her career at Kentucky Kingdom as a ticket scanner at the age of 19. Today, at the age of 26, she is the Vice President of Guest Experience and oversees 1,000 team members and the day-to-day park operations. Jessi’s goal is to provide family fun...
Meet Elizabeth Cleary | 2021 YPAL Award Winner
Elizabeth Cleary is the Director of Operations and Community Programs at The Chamber of St. Matthews. In 2020, Elizabeth dug in and got creative in how the Chamber shared information and created connection opportunities for St. Matthews businesses. Elizabeth adapted...
2021 Ambassador Applications are Live!
Ambassadors are YPAL members who build relationships with non-members and members within the organization. Ambassadors achieve this by being a familiar face at events, being informed, and informing others about YPAL programs and events. Ambassadors also engage...
Meet the New 2021-2022 Board of Directors
The Young Professionals Association of Louisville (YPAL) has announced its 2021-2022 board of directors. The incoming board is comprised of young professionals representing a broad range of industries and backgrounds who are unified in their desire to make Louisville...
Meet YPAL’s Executive Director: Cassidy Hyde
YPAL is pleased to announce a new Executive Director, Cassidy Hyde, who will take the organization’s reins in a full-time capacity on May 3, 2021. The Leadership transition comes on the heels of former Executive Director, Ann Marie Maldini, taking a position with YPAL...
Meet our Emerging Leaders Program Spring 2021 Cohort!
Covid-19 has impacted our community and challenged all of us in unprecedented ways the past year. However, through the hardship, it has also encouraged the Young Professionals Association of Louisville to focus on our ongoing commitment to serve and develop young...
YPAL Board of Directors Applications
YPAL is a volunteer organization for young professionals, run by a board of young professionals, and we’re looking for our next leadership team! Over the course of this 1-year commitment, you will get an inside look into how a board of directors operates and have the...
Upcoming Events
Develop Series: Home Buying 101Tue Oct 26 2021, 05:30pm EDT - 07:00pm EDT
NEW DATE 10/28- YPAL Family Tailgate with Racing Louisville FCThu Oct 28 2021, 06:30pm EDT - 09:00pm EDT
Develop Series: Home Buying 101
NEW DATE 10/28- YPAL Family Tailgate with Racing Louisville FC
