Christopher Turley, Jr.

Chris Turley joined Frontier Nursing University (FNU) in May 2019 as the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Coordinator. He holds a Master of Science in Sports Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Sports Management from Eastern Kentucky University. Chris has over ten years of experience with federal grant management, program development, and marketing. Turley earned the governor’s prestigious designation of a “Kentucky Colonel” for his community engagement work. He developed programs to help over 2,500 At-Promise participants gain vocational/technical skills to advance their careers and expand their opportunities. While at Frontier, Turley has been instrumental in the execution of the Diversity Impact Conference, the quarterly speaker series, and in facilitating federal grant scholarship and stipend programs. He completed the inaugural DEI staff ambassador program at FNU. He has co-chaired the faculty/staff council and the Mission and Philosophy committee. Currently, he is the chair of the Diversity Impact Planning Ad-hoc Committee and serves on the Culture of Caring and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging committees. Turley has a strong base dealing with issues concerning race relations, as he had to deal with similar problems growing up in a marginalized community in Kentucky. He was a part of a task force that dealt with those issues in a small hometown in Kentucky. This was the first of many steps into educating and empowering others regarding diversity and inclusion.