Governor's Minority Management Training Program

Chantel Renee Depp

Cabinet for Families and Children

Division of Family Support

275 E. Main Street, 3C-A

Frankfort, KY 40621

(502) 564-7514

Email: Chantel.Depp@mail.state.ky.us

Chantel R. Depp is currently employed with the Cabinet of Families and Children, Division of Family Support as an Internal Policy Analyst II/Food and Nutrition Education Coordinator. In her current position she assists in the development of nutrition outreach programs targeting the elderly, disabled and youth. The goal is to improve the attitudes, behaviors and awareness of individuals and families who receive Food Stamp benefits to promote healthier eating habits through nutrition education and outreach.

Chantel has been an employee of state government for 4 years. She began her career as a Communications Assistant in Public Information Branch in the Kentucky Revenue Cabinet in 1994, and after 2 months was promoted to the Office of the Secretary as an Executive Secretary, Senior for Secretary Kim Burse. In January 2000, she returned to work at the Revenue Cabinet as a Revenue Examiner I, processing sales tax returns and issuing purchase exemption numbers to non-profit organizations. She later became a Program Investigative Officer for the Office of the Inspector General where she conducted welfare fraud investigations.

Chantel is a native of Versailles, KY and a 1992 graduate of the University of Kentucky where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Public Administration at Kentucky State University. She was employed by the Woodford County Board of Education as the Woodford County High School Dance Team coach for eight years. She volunteers her time in her community with the senior citizens, the Early Start Program, and the Woodford County Fair, and the Ms. Teen Kentucky Pageant and has created a community dance team for youth between the ages of 5 to 12. She also choreographs routines for pageants, middle and high school cheerleading and dance squads.

Chantel is an active member of St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Versailles where she is the Director of the Youth Choir and Praise Team, the treasurer of the Lay Organization and a member of the Angelic Ensemble choir.

Her motto is “pray first, aim high and stay focused because with God all things are possible.”