The University of Kentucky Alumni Association has announced its leadership for the 2026-27 fiscal year, with new officers taking office July 1. According to UK News, Kelly Sullivan Holland has been named president, with Quentin R. Tyler as president-elect, Chad D. Polk as treasurer and Jill H. Smith as secretary.

Holland, a Danville native now living in Lexington, earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from UK in 1993 and a master's degree in kinesiology and health promotion in 1998. While a student, she served as UK Homecoming queen and was inducted into the university's Greek Alumni Hall of Fame in 2005. She previously worked in UK's admissions office and has spent 23 years with pharmaceutical company Merck in sales and account management roles. Holland has been active with the UK Alumni Association, serving as president of both the Fayette County Young Alumni group and the Fayette County UK Alumni Club, and was appointed as a UK Alumni Trustee in 2012, serving a six-year term.

Tyler, a Hopkinsville native now based in Michigan, holds three UK degrees: a bachelor's in agricultural economics, a master's in agricultural economics and a doctorate in sociology. He currently serves as director of Michigan State University Extension and previously worked at UK's Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture. He has been a life member of the UK Alumni Association and received the Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2022.

Polk earned a degree in architecture from UK in 1994 and is president of Creative Design Professionals Architecture LLC, a Nashville-based firm he founded. He currently serves as president of the American Institute of Architects Tennessee and has chaired multiple committees for the UK Alumni Association since 2009. Smith, a Lexington resident, has been the executive director of the UK Alumni Association since February 2020 and also serves as associate vice president for stakeholder engagement at the university.

The UK Alumni Association, founded in 1889, serves more than 286,000 alumni worldwide and provides benefits, communications, programs and advocacy to support the university and maintain connections among its members.