Our Board
Our board is made up of people from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines, who have a uniting love for the RRG.
In 2010, Jonathan moved to the RRG with his family. He was able to provide for his family by working in the hospitality industry. As he lived and came to love the area, he became increasingly concerned with the potential long-term negative effects of unbridled tourism in the region. His work with RRGU is an effort to be proactive about a positive future for the area.
Jonathan HIcks
President
Nancy Hamman is a local resident and business owner with a love of the outdoors and a huge supporter of small businesses. She moved to the RRG 16 years ago for the national beauty, small town atmosphere, and to develop her own small business. Nancy is concerned about unregulated overdevelopment with no plans for sustainability, land use, infasturcture and gentrification.
Virginia Lee “Jennie” Harrod is an attorney and farmer living on the Kentucky River in Henry County, Kentucky. She spent her childhood visiting the RRG with her family and has fond memories of her father’s work to save the RRG from the proposed dam in the 1970s. In her free time, Jennie enjoys hiking and collecting/selling art to help support local artists.
Virginia Lee Harrod
“Jennie”
Legal Councel
Kenny Rice is a lifelong resident of the RRG and a retired educator. He’s passionate about pursuing planned, protected, and sustainable growth for the area so that the RRG doesn’t fall victim to nefarious overdevelopment and rural gentrification.
