MARTIN A. KISH
Vice President, Communications & Marketing

Martin A. Kish joined the staff of Kentucky Association of Manufacturers in 2006 as Vice President of Communications following a distinguished 26-year career with Ashland Inc and the Valvoline Company.

At Ashland Inc., Kish was heavily involved in in leading and managing cultural and process transformation for a $9.2 billion corporation. Kish also directed communications for Ashland's Valvoline division and temporarily led communications for Ashland's $2.5 billion APAC construction division.

As Vice President of Communications for Valvoline, Kish oversaw and directed multiple marketing and internal communications functions for the $1.3 billion consumer products division of Ashland Inc.

Kish served as Chairman of the Kentucky Bluegrass State Games, Better Business Bureau of Central and Eastern Kentucky and the United Way of the Bluegrass. He is also a 2003 Leadership Kentucky graduate and an inductee of the Marshall University Journalism "Hall of Fame".

Kish holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Marshall University in Huntington, WV.