Background
Burch, Jack Edward was born on July 4, 1945 in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. Son of Jack Edward and Patricia Alice (O'Dell) Burch.
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Jack Edward Burch
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Jack Edward Burch, American Organization executive. Certified community action professional. Named Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels, Governor, 1983; recipient outstanding Contrbn. award Southeast Association Community Action Agilysys, 1989, Performance award unites states department Housing and Urban Development, 1992.
Education
Bachelor in Economics, Rhodes College, 1967.
Career
Country director, Peace Corps, Washington, 1967-1975;
president, Appalachian Leadership and Community Outreach, Hazard, Kentucky, 1975-1979;
executive director, Community Action Council, Lexington, Kentucky, since 1979. President WinterCare Energy Fund, Lexington, since 1983. Chief Executive Officer, Community ActionCoun.
Housing Corporation, Lexington, since 1990. Consultant in field.
Achievements
Membership
Hope Center, since 1990, American Red Cross of Blue Grass, Lexington, 1989-1995. Board directors National Fuel Funds Network, Pittsburgh, 1986-1991, secretary, 1990-1991. Board directors Federated Transportation Superior vena cava syndrome Bluegrass, Lexintgon, 1981-1995, secretary, 1991-1995.
Member Commision on Race Rels., Lexington, since 1991, co-chairman, 1993-1996. Member planning county Mayor's Career Resource and Training Center, since 1985, also others, Equity county Fayette County Public Schools, since 1994. Member Kentucky Head Start Association (chairperson grantees unemployment insurance reimbursement trust since 1984), Kentucky Association Cmty.
Action (board directors since 1979, president 1982-1983), Lexington Partnership for Workforce Development, since 1997.
Connections
Married Margaret Kerr Holt, August 26, 1967. 1 child, Jack Edward III.
Awards
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Named Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels, Governor, 1983. Recipient outstanding Contrbn. award Southeast Association Community Action Agilysys, 1989, Performance award unites states department Housing and Urban Development, 1992.Named Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels, Governor, 1983. Recipient outstanding Contrbn. award Southeast Association Community Action Agilysys, 1989, Performance award unites states department Housing and Urban Development, 1992.