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 Vice-Chair of two committees of the Metro Council; Health and Human Needs and Parks, Libraires & Cultural Activies. She is also a member of the Appropriations, NDF's & CIF's and Accountability & Audit committees.
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 17 years. She graduated from Iroquois High School and KY Baptist Hospital School of Nursing. She has been married to Matthew Welch and has two daughters, Kristin and Whitney. Both were KY Governor Scholars and Valedictorians from Butler 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, volunteer for All I Want for Christmas, 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.
Her professional experience has been as a Registered Nurse for 30 years in various Louisville area hospitals mostly in the Surgery and Newborn Nursery departments. Currently she is employed as Long Term Care Nurse Manager by Passport Health Plan, the Medicaid HMO program for disabled and low income people in 16 KY counties.
She hopes to address the concerns of her constituents by regular meetings with neighborhood leaders in the district, hosting open community meetings and keeping in touch with all the people in District 13.