Board of Directors
2023 Officers
Chair
Russ Cox, President & CEO, Norton Healthcare
2023 Chair-Elect
Condrad Daniels, President, HJI Supply Chain Solutions
Immediate Past Chair
Purna Veer, President, V-Soft Consulting Group Inc.
Secretary & Legal Counsel
Greg Ehrhard, Member, Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Treasurer
Brad Smith, Managing Partner, MCM CPAs & Advisors
2023 Executive Committee
Lonnie Bellar, Chief Operating Officer, LG&E and KU Energy LLC
Kristen Byrd, Regional President, PNC Bank
Gerard Colman, CEO, Baptist Health
Russell Cox, President & CEO, Norton Healthcare
Condrad Daniels, President, HJI Supply Chain Solutions
Greg Erhard, Member, Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Les Fugate, VP and Director, State & Local Public Affairs, Brown-Forman Corporation
Steve Gault, President, Stephen C. Gault Co.
Victoria Russell, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Beam Suntory
Camilla Schroeder, President, Advance Ready Mix Concrete Inc.
Brad Smith, Managing Partner, MCM CPAs & Advisors
Purna Veer, President, V-Soft Consulting Group Inc.
Joe Ventura, Chief Legal Officer, Humana
2023 Board of Directors
Cliff Ashburner, Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Tawana Bain, Founder/CEO, TBAIN & Co
David Beck, President & CEO, Kentucky Venues
Lonnie Bellar, Chief Operating Officer, LG&E and KU Energy LLC
Lisa Benson, Market President & Publisher, Louisville Business First
Spencer Bruce, President & CEO, Louisville Water Company
Gabby Bruno, Director, U.S. State & Local Government Affairs, Ford Motor Company
Kristen Byrd, Regional President, PNC Bank
Theresa Canaday, Litigation Department Chair, Frost Brown Todd LLC
Carole Christian, Partner in Charge Louisville Office, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP
Gerard Colman, CEO, Baptist Health
Russell Cox, President & CEO, Norton Healthcare
Condrad Daniels, President, HJI Supply Chain Solutions
Dr. Susan Donovan, President, Bellarmine University
Jennifer Eberle, Vice President & Owner, HighNote
Greg Ehrhard, Member, States & Harbison, PLLC
Les Fugate, VP and Director, State & Local Public Affairs, Brown-Forman Corporation
Steve Gault, President, Stephen C. Gault Co.
Mariah Gratz, CEO, Weyland Ventures
Demetrius Gray, CEO & Co-Founder, WeatherCheck & Captain HQ
Kimberly Halbauer, Region Market President, Fifth Third Bank Kentucky
Dr. Ty Handy, President & CEO, Jefferson Community & Technical College
Dennis Heishman, CEO of Commercial Banking, Old National Bank
Betsy Janes, VP, Government Relations, Churchill Downs Inc.
Denise Jerome, CEO, Michaelis Events
Jim Joseph, President, UPS Airlines
Sheila Kavanaugh, CEO, TKT & Associates Inc.
Tiffany Kelley-Jenkins, President GCCM, Kelley Construction
Mark Kirchdorfer, President, ISCO Industries, Inc.
Cynthia Knapek, President, Leadership Louisville Center
Lance Mann, Assurance Director, Dean Dorton
John Megibben, Regional Vice President, Messer Construction
Lisa Nalley, Chief of Staff & SVP of Human Resources, BrightSpring Health Services
Caroline Oyler, Chief Legal & Risk Officer, Papa Johns
Tony Parrott, Executive Director, Louisville & Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District
Carol Pike, Mayor, City of Jeffersontown
Philip Poindexter, President, Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company
Diana Quesada, SVP Market Executive, Paducah Bank, Louisville Office
Jordan Reber, Chairman & CEO, OvareGroup
Kendrick Riggs, Member and Vice Chair, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
Victoria Russell, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Beam Suntory
Carlos Sanchez, President, AT&T Kentucky
Dr. Kim Schatzel, President, University of Louisville
Camilla Schroeder, President, Advance Ready Mix Concrete Inc.
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.
Brad Smith, Managing Partner, MCM CPAs & Advisors
Evon Smith, President & CEO, OneWest
James Strange, Vice President, AES Advanced Electrical Systems Inc.
Kent Suiters, Executive Director, Business Transformation, GE Appliances, a Haier Company
David Tate, Managing Partner, FORVIS Louisville
Purna Veer, President, V-Soft Consulting Group
Joe Ventura, Chief Legal Officer, Humana
Chris Ward, President, DMLO CPAs
President Markus Winkler, President, Louisville Metro Council
Brian Wise, Director, State Government Relations, Yum! Brands, Inc.
Nicole Yates, Associate VP, Community Engagement, Passport by Molina Healthcare
Tammy York Day, President & CEO, CEOc