Board of Directors

Leadership and strategic direction of the organization is formulated and coordinated by the Office of the Chair, consisting of the current Chair, Chair-elect, immediate past Chair and the President & CEO.  The Office of the Chair structure enhances GLI’s ability to stay focused on long term implementation of its strategic plan as well as setting the tone for shared leadership throughout the organization. 

2013 Executive Committee

Jeff Bringardner, President, Humana
Paul T. Costel, Market Manager - Middle Market, CHASE
Charles P. Denny, Regional President, Kentucky/Tennessee Banking, PNC PNC Bank
Mayor Greg Fischer, Mayor, Louisville Metro Government
Sandra Frazier, Managing Member, Tandem Public Relations, LLC
Steve Gault, President, Stephen C. Gault Co.
Tierra Kavanaugh Turner, CEO, TKT & Associates, Inc.
Jennifer Mackin, President & CEO The Oliver Group, Inc.
Diane Medley, CPA, Managing Partner, CEO Mountjoy Chilton Medley LLP
Mitch Nichols, President, UPS Airlines
Mary Pat Regan, President, AT&T Kentucky
Bill Samuels, Jr, Chairman Emeritus, Maker's Mark Distillery, Inc.
Debbie S. Scoppechio, Chairman & CEO, Creative Alliance, Inc.
Kerry Stemler, President, K. M. Stemler Company Inc.
Susan Stout Tamme, President, Louisville Market, Baptist Healthcare System
Paul W. Thompson, Senior Vice President of Energy Services, LG&E
Scott Trager, President, Republic Bank
Jim Welch, Vice Chairman, Brown-Forman Corp.
Stephen A. Williams, President & CEO, Norton Healthcare
   

2013 Board of Directors

Dan Barbercheck, President & CEO, Red7e
Chip Blankenship, President & CEO, GE-Appliances & Lighting
Jonathan S. Blue, Chairman/Managing Director, Blue Equity, LLC
David M. Bowling, President, Citizens Union Bank
Ryan Bridgeman, President & Managing Member, RJE LLC
Lynn Cooper, President, BFW, Inc.
John Crockett, Chairman, Frost Brown Todd
Kevin Flanery, President, Churchill Downs Racetrack, SVP, Churchill Downs Inc.
John Gant, General Manager, Carbide Industries LLC
Jonathon Goldberg, President, Goldberg Simpson
Milton R. Haskins, Jr., President, HDDS, Inc.
John H. Hawkins, Jr. Office Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Dennis P. Heishman, President & CEO, Old National Bank
Alice Houston, President, Houston-Johnson, Inc.
Jennifer R. Hughes, President, DMLO (Deming, Malone, Livesay & Ostroff)
Benton Keith, Principal, Radicle Capital
Donald J. Kelly, Partner, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
Tom Monahan, President & Publisher, Business First of Louisville
Jay Morgan, Regional Director of Corporate and Government Affairs, Ford Motor Company
Mark Oppenheimer, Managing Partner, Louisville Office, Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP
Tom Partridge, President & CEO, Fifth Third Bank (Louisville)
Kendrick R. Riggs, Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
Rip Rippetoe, President and CEO, Kentucky State Fair Board
James Clay Smith, President, Central Bank of Jefferson Co.
Denise Spalding, President, Allegra Print & Imaging - East
Todd Spencer, President & CEO, Doe Anderson, Inc.
Evelyn Strange, President, Advanced Electrical Systems, Inc.
Ray Strothman, Managing Partner, Strothman & Company
Anna Tatman, President, Rosa Mosaic & Tile Company, Inc.
Micheal White, President & CEO, America's Finest Filters Inc.
David Wombwell, Market President, U.S. Bank
Karen Wunderlin, President, The Wunderlin Company

2013 Representative Members

J. Barry Barker, Executive Director, Transit Authority of River City (TARC)
Major General William Barron, Executive Director, Fort Knox AUSA Committee
Susan Barry, President & CEO, The Community Foundation of Louisville, Inc.
Jennifer Bielstein, Chair, Arts & Cultural Attractions
Pedro Bryant, President & CEO, Louisville Development Bancorp
Brian Cromer, Member, Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Alan DeLisle, President & CEO, Downtown Development Corporation
The Honorable Bill Dieruf, Mayor, City of Jeffersontown
Sonya Grey, President, Louisville Urban League Young Professionals
Michael B. Gritton, Executive Director, KentuckianaWorks
Miguel Hampton, President, African American Business Association
Donna Hargens, Superintendent, Jefferson County Public Schools
Greg C. Heitzman, President & CEO, Louisville Water Company
Debra Hoffer, President, Junior Achievement
Emmett Holley, Garrison Deputy, U.S. Army Garrison Command Fort Knox
Lawren Just, President, NAWBO
Councilman Jim King, President, Metro Council
Stephen Klein, President, The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts
Mike Kmetz, Executive Director, Jeffersontown Economic Development Authority
Cynthia Knapek, President, Leadership Louisville
Jorge I. Lanz, P.E., President, Hispanic Latino Business Council
Larry McFall, President, Louisville Metro Properties
Jeffrey A. McKenzie, Chairman Economic Development Team, Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP
Charles T. Miller, A.A.E., Executive Director, Louisville Regional Airport Authority
Tori Murden-McClure, President, Spalding University
Dr. Anthony Newberry, President, Jefferson Community and Technical College
Paul Ogden, Chair, Greater Louisville Association of Realtors
Dr. Sandra Patterson-Randles, Chancellor, Indiana University Southeast
Benjamin K. Richmond, President & CEO, Louisville Urban League
Phillip Roberts, Hilliard Lyons
Vaughan Scott, Chair, One Southern Indiana
Ted Smith, Director of Innovation, Louisville Metro Government
Dr. A.R. Sullivan, Chancellor, The Sullivan University System
Steve Tarver, President & CEO, YMCA Greater Louisville
Joseph P. Tolan, President & CEO, Metro United Way, Inc.
Dr. Shirley Willihnganz, University Provost, University of Louisville Office of the President
James T. Wood, President & CEO, Greater Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau
Vickie Yates Brown, President & CEO, NUCLEUS: Kentucky's Life Sciences & Innovation Center