Spotlight

Kimberly Whitt

Staff HR Coordinator, Department of Pediatrics Administration

How long have you worked in Pediatrics?   5 months with Pediatrics, but almost 19 years at UofL

What is your favorite thing about your job? Calling a candidate and offering them a job. Knowing that they will get to be a part of a great University makes me very happy & proud.

What is your hometown?
Louisville, Ky

What is your favorite movie?
Father of the Bride

Tell us about your family:
Married to my high school sweetheart John (IT @ Baptist East), we will be happily married for 20 years April 1. We have two beautiful daughters Rylee Autumn 17 (junior @ North Bullitt) & Reagan Adele 14 (freshman @ North Bullitt) they both keep us very busy.  Members at Okolona Christian Church.

Do you have pets?
2 dogs (Pretzel – Rhodesian Ridgeback, Thatcher – Cane Corse)

What are you doing, where are you going, for your next vacation?
Our family loves spending time at Walt Disney World, our lake house at Rough River during the summer & spending weekends traveling for volleyball. Next travel destination will be Gatlinburg, TN for volleyball. 

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Biology teacher

What is one of your proudest accomplishments?
The birth of my two daughters, completing 1 marathon, 13 1/2 marathons & 2 Tough Mudders.

What is your favorite quote?
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6

What was your first job?
Ehrler’s Ice Cream

What is your favorite ice cream?
Bubble Gum