Vote for Sue Parrigin Bowling Green City Commissioner 2024
Vote for Sue Parrigin Bowling Green City Commissioner 2024
Community Growth. Financial Responsibility.
- MEET SUE PARRIGIN
CANDIDATE FOR BG CITY COMMISSIONER 2024
SUE PARRIGINI am again asking you for your vote for Bowling Green City Commissioner, Nov. 5th, 2024.
As your candidate for City Commissioner, I promise to always strive to solicit and include community input into decisions that are critical to ensuring our community's progress-while being mindful of fiscal responsibilities. I am currently completing my 5th term as BG City Commissioner and humbly ask for your continued support and VOTE in the upcoming November election.
Sue's Vision
My Vision for the future of the City of BG is for continued transparency of our city government to the citizenship, as well as inclusion of thoughts, ideas, concerns, and dialogue for interested parties. Community growth with fiscal responsibility will continue to be my guiding principles as a leader.
- SUE'S VALUESMy Core Values include but are not limited to: Family, Community Involvement, Strong Work Ethic, and Education.
FamilyI have been married to a lifelong resident of Bowling Green KY, Lyle Parrigin, for 42 years. We have one son, PA at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, TN, Bowling Green High/Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Math and Science in Kentucky Grad 2009, and WKU Grad 2012, Lyle James (LJ) Parrigin (30). We are also new grandparents to baby Ira June Parrigin who is now one years old with a baby brother on the way due in April, 2024!.
Community Leadership• Four term City Commissioner and three term Mayor Pro Tem
2012 Bowling Green Athena Award Recipient
• Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce, Ambassador, Past President, Volunteer, and Member
• Leadership Bowling Green Class of 2002, Alumni Association, Past President, and Board Member
• Leadership Kentucky, 2011 Graduate and member
• Bowling Green Area Lodging Association, Past Member• Association of Collegiate Conference and Events Directors-International, ACCED-I Regional Director, Region 8
• City of Bowling Green Appeals Board, Chair, Past
• City of Bowling Green Mayor and Commissioner Salary Taskforce, Past Member
• CASA of South Central Kentucky, Past President and Board Member
• CASA Tennis Tourney, Founder and Chair
• United Way, Past Portfolio Manager
• SOKY Tennis Association, Past President
• USTA, Past Local League Coordinator
• USTA Kentucky, Past Board Member
• Community Development Block Grant Past Committee Member, City of Bowling Green
• Bowling Green City Manager Hiring Committee Member
• Holy Spirit Church, Past Parish Council Member- Barren River Area Development District 2024 Board Member
- Tax Incremental Financing District Board Member
- Inter-modal Transportation Authority Board Member
- Warren County Drug Task Force Board Member
- SKY Launch Volunteer and Task Force Member
Work HistoryStrategic Consulting, LLC-President-2017-Present
Director of Sales, Hyatt Place Bowling Green 2018-2019
Program Manager, WKU Workforce Training Center, Division of Extended Learning and Outreach
2012-2017 Western Kentucky University, Knicely Center, Bowling Green, KYDirector of Conference Services, Division of Extended Learning and Outreach
2000 - 2012, Western Kentucky University, Knicely Center, Bowling Green, KYAdjunct faculty member-Kent State University 2012-Present
Adjunct Faculty Member-Western KY University-2006-2017
District Manager
1996-2000, Minit Mart Foods, Bowling Green, KYOwner/Operator
1992-1996, Cambridge Market and Café, Bowling Green, KY
Education2009 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.): Organizational Leadership and Development, University of Louisville/Western Kentucky University Cooperative Program2005 Master of Arts in Education: Student Affairs/Counseling, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2005 Graduate Certificate: Leadership Studies, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
1982 Bachelor of Arts, Major: Psychology, Minors: Business Administration and Folk Studies, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY.
2011 Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) Certification
2011 Leadership Kentucky Graduate, Frankfort, KY
2011 Collegiate Conference and Events Professional Certified (CCEP)
2004 Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
2002 Leadership Bowling Green, Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce, Bowling
Green, KY
Bart Hagerman Leadership Award Winner - CONTACT SUE
