FORR Leadership

Irma Johnson serves as FORR's director. Her experience includes:

• Community Resource Development- Extension Department, College of Agriculture
• Interim Director- Office of Regional Stewardship and Public Engagement (2013-21)
• Director- Center of Excellence for the Study of Kentucky African Americans (CESKAA) (2013-present)
• Employed at KSU for over 20 years
• Alumni of KSU- 1992 (Elementary Education0
• Taught in Franklin County Public Schools for 12 years
• Masters in Elementary Education from Georgetown College (1997)
• Current board member of (12) non-profit agencies in the Frankfort/ Franklin County community
• Advisor to: Circle K International (Kiwanis) and Alpha Phi Omega (Pi Chapter)
• Community Honors and Awards include:
    -Citizen’s Award- Delta Sigma Theta, Frankfort Alumni Chapter, 
    -NAACP Woman of the Year; (2012)
    - Community Builder Award- Meridian Sun Lodge #26
• Married to William Simpson, Mother of 2, Grandmother to 6