Cincinnati Library Exec Joins Campbell County Board of Education

PRESS RELEASE Nov. 29, 2011 Cincinnati Library exec joins Campbell County Board of Education

CAMPBELL COUNTY SCHOOLS – Kimber Fender of Melbourne, KY has been selected by the Kentucky Department of Education to serve as the District 3 representative on the Campbell County Board of Education. Fender will fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of Gary Combs. She will fulfill the term which expires on Dec. 31, 2012. District 3 encompasses portions of Cold Spring and Alexandria as well as Silver Grove, Camp Springs, Melbourne and Ross. (see map for more detail)

Fender brings to the Board a great deal of leadership ability and a true willingness to serve her community. Fender has served as executive director of the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County since 1999. She was formerly the assistant to the director and head, information systems. She received her MLS from the University of Kentucky in 1983. She was awarded a graduate internship at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, and accepted a position as a reference librarian at the Boone County Public Library upon completing her MLS degree. Fender also served as head of public services at Campbell County Public Library, and as manager of information services at ATE Management and Services Company, before beginning employment with the library system in 1988 as a librarian in the institutions/books-by-mail department She currently serves on the Success by 6 Steering Council, the Cincinnati State Workforce Development Center Advisory Board, the Ohio Library Council’s Nominating Committee, the Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road Council Board, and chairs the Ohio Library Council’s Government Relations Committee. She is a past-president of the Greater Cincinnati Library Consortium Board and the Ohio Public Library Information Network Board. Fender is a member of Leadership Cincinnati Class 34. She was named a 2011 Woman of Distinction by the Girls Scouts of Western Ohio and was profiled in the Cincinnati Edition of the Women’s Book. In 2009 she was named Librarian of the Year by the Ohio Library Council and in 2008 the Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency honored her with a Bridge Builder Award. Fender is no stranger to Campbell County Schools having served the district in various volunteer capacities in the past including as PTO president and a band booster when her children attended school in the district. A reception will be held in her honor on Dec. 12 beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the boardroom in the Alexandria Educational Center. The regularly scheduled board meeting will follow at 7 p.m.

For more information, contact Director of Communications Juli Hale at 859-635-2173 or Kim Fender at 859-441- 7299.

Campbell County School District provides the highest quality public education and extracurricular activities for nearly 5,000 students in preschool through grade 12. The district has earned the prestigious AdvancEd International accreditation and is among the top ranking districts in Kentucky on state and national assessments. More information is available at www.campbellcountyschools.org.