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As an attorney, Bart Darrell has represented business, medical, and educational entities throughout Kentucky. He also served his undergraduate alma mater, Kentucky Wesleyan College, as its President from 2013-2019. This has given him a unique perspective of the challenges all three face – and a desire to solve tomorrow’s problems…today.
“HealthForce Kentucky is focused on improving access to both higher quality health care and higher quality education,” Darrell said. “These are the two most important components of a healthy and vibrant community. I simply could not pass up an opportunity to be a part of such important work.”
Darrell is a native Texan who was raised in Owensboro and has lived in both Bowling Green and Owensboro during his professional careers in law and higher education. He graduated from Daviess County High School, Kentucky Wesleyan College (B.A. in Business Management) and the University of Louisville School of Law.
While practicing with the firm of Bell, Orr, Ayers & Moore, PSC., a Bowling Green, Kentucky based firm, he tried cases all over Kentucky for business, medical, and educational entities. He has also generally represented public school districts, and is a mediator and arbitrator resolving legal matters across Kentucky.
Darrell has received many recognitions and honors, including being named the Kentucky Bar Association’s “Outstanding Young Lawyer,” and induction as a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. He also served as President of the Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association.
Darrell has a history of commitment to the community and is active in many civic and volunteer roles His activities include his tenure as Chair of the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce board, Chair of the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Board in Bowling Green, board member of the Bowling Green-Warren County Chamber of Commerce, and member and Vice-Chair of Kentucky’s Council on Postsecondary Education.
Darrell returned to Owensboro in 2013 and served as President of Kentucky Wesleyan College until June of 2019. During that time the college grew in enrollment and investment, increased its civic connection, rebranded itself with “The Wesleyan Way,” and created professional educational partnerships with pharmacy, medical, business, law, and theology schools. In 2018, College Consensus ranked Kentucky Wesleyan #2 among all colleges and universities in Kentucky. Darrell is a frequent public speaker for such organizations and events as corporate leadership programs, educational institutional training, and others.