She received a BA in English from the University of Virginia; her MD from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and completed her residency training in Pediatrics at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, OR. She is the founder of the Smoketown Family Wellness Center, an innovative nonprofit startup that will combine medical care for children with healthy lifestyle support for the entire family, partnering with families to raise children to be healthy in mind, body, and spirit. This model will focus on the primary prevention of chronic diseases that begin in childhood with exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences and lifestyle habits that are formed in childhood. She is married to John Clay Stites and is the proud mother of 3 children.

Scott Worthington is the Director of Finance for Passport Health Plan which is a local nonprofit community based managed care health plan providing Medicaid benefits to over 300,000 Kentuckians. Prior to joining Passport in 2012, Scott served as the Louisville Water Company’s Corporate Controller for two years. Scott works for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in various management and leadership roles over a 25-year career. Scott is a Certified Public Accountant and a proud graduate of Bellarmine University receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. As a proud alumnus, Scott has served on the Bellarmine University Alumni Association Board of Directors including serving one year as the board president.

Scott was born in Maysville, Kentucky but has lived in Louisville the majority of his life. He is married and has two adult children. Scott serves as a Deacon at Parkland Baptist Church and enjoys playing golf, bike riding, and being a season ticket holder for Bellarmine University basketball. Scott is very excited to be involved with the Smoketown Wellness Center and believes in the mission of improving the lives of the Smoketown residents in supporting parents to raise children to be healthy in mind, body, and spirit.