MI2's Newest Team Members

We are delighted to announce the latest additions to the Metals Innovation Initiative team as we embark on our second year. Join us in extending a warm welcome to Summer and Luke, the newest members of our MI2 family. As we step into our official second year, we are invigorated by the prospect of advancing our workforce, innovation, branding, sustainability, and engagement initiatives. Get to know more about our talented new team members below.

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Summer Goldman, COO

Summer Dixon Goldman is the founder of Dixon Strategies. Summer is passionate about supporting people finding success and support from leadership, structure, processes, and systems in the workplace. She has created a career by setting high standards for herself and those around her, valuing personal development, intentionally seeking new challenges and never being afraid to go first. Dixon Strategies is a vehicle to support small and mid-sized businesses in aligning operational strategy with big goals and, of course, supporting people. Summer has supported a wide range of businesses, from healthcare startups to mid-size manufacturers, since founding the firm. Prior to Dixon Strategies, Summer enjoyed a 20-year corporate career. After time in the chemical industry, she worked for Farm Credit Mid-America (FCMA), a $36B lending cooperative, for 18 years. Most of her roles with FCMA were in leadership with increasing responsibility. Summer has served as Regional Vice President leading all sales and operations, Vice President of Business Systems and Processes and, eventually, Managing Director Rural 1st Operations. These roles are indicative of her ability to successfully create new multi-functional teams, lead through the creation of processes, implement systems, and exceed organizational goals. Summer is originally from Bowling Green, Kentucky, and has earned a BS in Agriculture, an MS in Crop and Soil Science and an MBA from Western Kentucky University. After 15 years in the Midwest, she now happily lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with her teenage sons.

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Luke Ramsay, Workforce Consultant, Deputy of Talent & Workforce

Luke Ramsay has spent the past 20 years focused on helping people and businesses achieve their full potential. Be that as the manager of a business incubator focused on entrepreneurship in Eastern Kentucky, as an economic developer throughout Kentucky, or as a talent development professional for one of Kentucky's premier corporations.Luke Ramsay serves as Mi2's Talent and Workforce Deputy. As a founding member of AccelerateKY and the team Champion for MIT REAP - Team Kentucky, Luke has a passion for helping Kentucky's employers and employees grow. Luke was born and still resides in Madison County with his wife and three children (plus 6 sheep, a goat, 2 dogs, 4 cats, and 9 chickens)