Board of Directors
2022 Officers
Chair
Purna Veer, President, V-Soft Consulting Group, Inc.
2022 Chair-Elect
Russell F. Cox, President & CEO, Norton Healthcare
President & CEO
Sarah Davasher-Wisdom
Treasurer
Brad Smith, Partner and Assurance Services Director, MCM CPAs & Advisors
Secretary
Theresa Canaday, Litigation Department Chair, Frost Brown Todd LLC
2022 Executive Committee
Lonnie Bellar, Chief Operating Officer, LG&E and KU Energy LLC
Theresa Canaday, Litigation Department Chair, Frost Brown Todd LLC
Dr. Gerard Colman, CEO, Baptist Health
Russell F. Cox, President & CEO, Norton Healthcare
Condrad Daniels, President, HJI Supply Chain Solutions
Les Fugate, VP and Director, State and Local Government Relations, Brown-Forman
Steve Gault, President, Stephen C. Gault Co.
Camilla Schroeder, President, Advance Ready Mix Concrete
Brad Smith, Managing Partner, MCM CPAs & Advisors
Purna Veer, President, V-Soft Consulting Group, Inc.
Joe Ventura, Chief Legal Officer, Humana
2022 Board of Directors
Cliff Ashburner, Partner/Attorney, Dinsmore & Shohl
Tawana Bain, CEO, TBAIN & CO
David Beck, President & CEO, Kentucky Venues
Lisa Benson, Publisher & Market President, Louisville Business First
Spencer Bruce, President & CEO, Louisville Water Company
Gabby Bruno, Director, US State & Local Government Affairs, Ford Motor Company
Kristen Byrd, Regional President, PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Ann Coffey, President & CEO, Center for Non-Profit Excellence
Rob Cohen, CEO, Bamboo Health
Brian Cromer, Partner & Chair of Business and Finance Services, Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Wendy Dant Chesser, President and CEO, One Southern Indiana
Daryn Demeritt, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, BrightSpring Health Services
Mayor Bill Dieruf, Mayor, City of Jeffersontown
Dr. Susan Donovan, President, Bellarmine University
Jennifer Eberle, Vice President/Owner, HighNote
Lori Gonzalez, Interim President, University of Louisville
Mariah Gratz, CEO, Weyland Ventures
Demetrius Gray, Founder & CEO, WeatherCheck
Stacy Griggs, 2022 Chair, TechFirst
Kimberly Halbauer, Regional President, Fifth Third Bank N.A. (Kentucky)
Dr. Ty Handy, President, Jefferson Community and Technical College
Dennis Heishman, CEO Commercial Banking, Old National Bank
President David James, President, Louisville Metro Council
Betsy Janes, Vice President, Government Relations, Churchill Downs Inc.
Franklin Jelsma, Managing Partner, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, LLP
Denise Jerome, CEO, Michaelis Events
Jim Joseph, President, UPS Airlines
Sheila Kavanaugh, CEO, TKT & Associates
Cynthia Knapek, President, Leadership Louisville Center
Lance Mann, Director, Dean Dorton
Jeff McKenzie, Partner, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP
John Megibben, Vice President-Louisville Region, Messer Construction
Jeff O’Brien, Chief, Louisville Forward
Dr. OJ Oleka, President, Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges & Universities
Caroline Oyler, Chief Legal & Risk Officer and Corporate Secretary, Papa Johns International
Tony Parrott, Executive Director, MSD – Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District
Philip Poindexter, President, Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co.
Diana Quesada, Senior Vice President – Louisville Market Executive, Paducah Bank
Jordan Reber, Chairman and CEO, OvareGroup
Sadiqa Reynolds, President & CEO, Louisville Urban League
Kendrick Riggs, Member Louisville and Vice Chair, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
Lesa Seibert, CEO & Co-Founder, Mightily
Brad Seigel, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Caesars Southern Indiana
Scott Shoenberger, President & CEO, Al J. Schneider Company, Inc.
Evon Smith, President & CEO, One West
Kevin Smith, VP KY Beam Bourbon Affairs, Beam Suntory
Kent Suiters, Senior Director, Supply Chain Strategy, GE Appliances, a Haier Company
David Tate, Managing Partner, FORVIS
John Waggoner, President & CEO, HMS Global Maritime
Dr. Kwane Watson, CEO, Kare Mobile
Brian Wise, Director, State Government Relations, Yum! Brands, Inc.
Nicole Yates, Associate VP, Community Engagement, Passport Health Plan by Molina Healthcare
Tammy York Day, President & CEO, Louisville Healthcare CEO Council