The Louisville Metro Council selected Vicki Aubrey Welch on March 9, 2006 to fill the vacant seat in District 13. She replaces Ron Weston who won a special election for the 37th House of Representatives. She was elected to a full term in November of 2006.
The neighborhoods represented in District 13 include Auburndale, Candlelight, Confederate Acres, Fairdale, Glengarry, Minor Lane Heights, Scottsdale, Yorktown North & South and parts of Valley Station.
She is currently the Chair of Contracts and Appointments Committee and Vice-Chair of Health and Human Needs Committee. She is also a member of the Parks, Libraries & Cultural Activities Committee.
As a lifetime resident of Louisville Metro, Vicki was born in the Portland area, grew up in the Churchill Downs area and has lived in Yorktown North Subdivision for 20 years. She graduated from Iroquois High School and KY Baptist Hospital School of Nursing. She is married to Matthew Welch, an Assistant Jefferson Co. Attorney. Vicki has two daughters, Kristin and Whitney, both were KY Governor Scholars and Valedictorians from Butler Traditional High School.
Her civic involvement includes Treasurer of Yorktown North Maintenance Association, Yorktown Block Watch member, Iroquois High Class of 1973 Reunion Coordinator, volunteer for United Way, past Butler High School PTSA Board of Managers, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School PTO Past President, OLMC Church Picnic Steering Committee Past Member, OLMC School Board Past Member. She has also worked on numerous judicial and political campaigns.
Vicki is a member of various advisory boards in the Louisville Metro area including the Mayor’s Healthy Hometown Schools, ElderServe, U of L School of Public Health and Information Systems, and Stimulus Health and Wellness Team. She has been appointed to the 2009 National League of Cities Human Development Steering Committee and is hosting that group in Louisville Metro for a session in late May 2009.
Her professional experience has been as a Registered Nurse for 33 years in various Louisville area hospitals mostly in the Surgery and Newborn Nursery departments. Currently she is employed part-time in the Public Affairs Dept. of Passport Health Plan, the Medicaid HMO program for disabled and low income members in 16 KY counties.
As Councilwoman, Vicki hopes to address the concerns of her constituents by regular meetings with neighborhood leaders in the district, hosting open community forums and keeping in touch with all the people in District 13.