Family Foundation - Who Are They?

Simple Question:

Who are the people behind the Family Foundation?

The parent entity of the Family Foundation is the Family Trust Foundation of Kentucky, Inc. The Family Trust Foundation runs under several assumed names:

Kentucky Candidate Information Survey
Say No to Casinos
Kentucky Memorial for the Unborn
Say No Casino
Kentucky Physicians Resource Council
Kentucky Center for Responsible Citizenship
Raise the Standard
Vote Kentucky
Kentucky Association of Pregnancy Care Centers
Concerned Parents of Kentucky
The Family Foundation

According to the Annual Report filed May 9, 2007 with the Secretary of State, the Board of Directors of the Family Trust Foundation of Kentucky, Inc are:

Officers:
Art Nitz – Chairman
Pat Glenn – Vice Chairman
Dick Bauer – Treasurer
Ken Littrell – Secretary

Members:
Dick and Marian Bauer
332 East Lexington Street
Harrodsburg, KY 40330

Lee and Helen Eaton (in abstentia)
4454 Mt. Horeb Pike
Lexington, KY 40511
31 Cayuga Road
Sea Ranch Lakes, FL 33308

Pat and Pam Glenn
1091 Washington Trace Road
California, KY 41007

Bob and Marilyn Kik
241 Mitchell Drive
Madisonville, KY 42431

Ken and Peggy Littrell
2356 The Woods Lane
Lexington, KY 40203

Rick and Susan Masters
1012 South Fourth Street
Louisville, KY 40203

Ed and Glenda McCracken
3113 Cherry Meadow Path
Lexington, KY 40509

Bill and Kaye Munday
110 Remington Road
Hopkinsville, KY 42240

Dr. Art and Jane Nitz
132 Farmbrook Drive
Frankfort, KY 40601

Kent Ostrander
3550 Juliann Circle
Lexington, KY 40503

Reed and Misty Potter
107 Fifth Street
Pikeville, KY 41501

Greg and Luly Reinhardt
712 Talon Place
Louisville, KY 40223

Steve and Mary Anne Simmons
4169 John Alden Lane
Lexington, KY 40504

Dr. Larry and Laura Skinner
3949 Pines Road
Paducah, KY 42001

Jonathan and Sharon Stiles
P.O. Box 965
Morehead, Ky 40351

So let’s take a look at the Chairman of the Board.

Dr. Arthur Nitz is the President of Frankfort Physical Therapy, P.S.C. , Pro.Active Therapy Inc. and the Frankfort Alliance Church Of The Christian And Missionary Alliance, Inc.

Political contributions include $2,000.00 to George Bush and $550.00 to the Republican National Committee. In Kentucky, Dr. Nitz and his wife have given Ernie Fletcher $3,300.

Nitz is also a professor at the University of Kentucky and is an adviser to the Office of the President of Wheaton College where he was the captain of the 1974 Wheaton Thunder Football Team. Nitz is also the faculty advisor for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

LEXINGTON, KY (July 24, 2001)-- Art Nitz, Ph.D., professor in the University of Kentucky College of Allied Health Professions Division of Physical Therapy, was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award from the U.S. Army Baylor University Academy of Health Sciences in June. Nitz graduated with a master’s degree from the program in 1976.

In case you don’t know where the Family Foundation and Dr. Nitz stands on Domestic Partner Benefits here is a page from the Family Foundation website.

So a leading opponent of partner benefits for UK faculty and staff is on the payrole of the University of Kentucky.

In case this happens to outrage folks on the University of Kentucky Campus here is the place you need to complain.

The next time the Family Foundation rounds up 200 people to go to Frankfort I’d like to see a few hundred show up at Room 204R Charles T. Wethington Building on the UK campus to voice an opposing opinion.