Lexington Pride Center Welcomes New Board Member
The Lexington Pride Center is thrilled to welcome a new board member, Jessica Wimsatt! Jessica is a native of northern Kentucky and joined the board of January of 2026. We’re excited for the energy, insight, and leadership she will bring to the table and we can’t wait to see what we’ll accomplish together. You can read Jessica’s full bio below!
You can click here to view the current Board of Directors for the Lexington Pride Center.
BIO:
Jessica N. Wimsatt is an attorney in Littler Mendelson’s Lexington, Kentucky office. With a passion for people and problem-solving, Jessica devotes her practice exclusively to employment law, including both litigation and corporate advice.
As first-generation college student, Jessica worked full-time in the distribution and logistics industry, taking night classes to complete her B.A. from Northern Kentucky University in 2013. She then gained additional real-world work experience, managing process improvement initiatives for a global healthcare logistics company, applying lean and six sigma principles to promote efficiency, productivity, and safety.
Jessica then relocated to Lexington, Kentucky, earning her J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2018. Her legal career began in Northern Kentucky, where she represented plaintiffs in a wide range of employment and civil rights matters throughout the Commonwealth, including discrimination litigation, exemption classifications, and Constitutional violations.
Since joining Littler Mendelson in 2021, Jessica proudly partners with executives and human resources professionals to solve workplace disputes running the gamut, including discrimination and retaliation claims, internal investigations, wage and hour violations, OSHA/workplace safety, and best practices for compliant equity and inclusion initiatives.
She regularly presents on hot topics in employment law and has served on numerous professional committees, including as the current Chair of the Kentucky Bar Association LGBT Law Section. She formerly served as the Vice-Chair of the Cincinnati Bar Association LGBTQ+ Interests Group and contributed to various groups within the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, including the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Steering Committee, Regional Youth Leadership Steering Committee, and Employer Legal Strategies Subcommittee. Jessica now serves on the Legal Committee for the Kentucky Youth Law Project and is honored to serve as a Board Member for the Lexington Pride Center.
Since 2024, Jessica has lived in Lexington, Kentucky, with her partner, Amanda, and their two mischievous dogs, Lyra and Bode.
