Meet a New CASA Board Member: Connie Harvey

Connie Harvey is one of five new faces on the CASA of Lexington Board of Directors in 2020. But she's not new to leading organizations to success.

Harvey is an experienced corporate executive and a board director with experience on public, private and non-profit boards.  She is currently an Independent Director of C.I. Thornburg Company, a privately held engineering company; she also served as an Independent Director on the board of Mettler Toledo International from 2015 to 2019.

She has served on the Bluegrass Community and Technical College Foundation Board since 2011, is a board member for Goodwill of Kentucky, and is a former COO of Healthcare Services for Xerox Corporation.

Harvey is joining the CASA of Lexington board after serving as a CASA volunteer herself for the past two years.

"I have learned the critical need for advocacy and action on behalf of vulnerable children and families involved in the foster care system," Harvey said.  "I have been very impressed with the CASA organization, the management team and, most importantly, the mission.  While it can be emotionally draining at times, when your CASA child finds a permanent home, it is incredibly rewarding."

Harvey, a native of Iowa who lived for 18 years in Jamaica before moving to Lexington, began her four-year term on the CASA board on July 1.

"I look forward to working with CASA of Lexington to achieve the vision of a community where every child lives and thrives in a safe, caring and permanent home.”