Board of Directors
2017 Officers
| CHAIR | Evelyn Strange, President, Advanced Electrical Systems, Inc. |
| 2018 CHAIR-ELECT | Jim Allen, Chairman & CEO, Hilliard Lyons |
| IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR | John Crockett, Chairman, Frost Brown Todd LLC |
| SECRETARY & LEGAL | Jeff McKenzie, Co-Chair, Corporate & Transactional Practice, Bingham |
| COUNSEL | Greenebaum Doll LLP |
| TREASURER | Mike Ash, Regional President, Fifth-Third Bank |
2017 Executive Committee
| Jim Allen, Chairman & CEO, Hilliard Lyons |
| Mike Ash, Regional President, Fifth-Third Bank |
| Lonnie Bellar, Vice President, LG&E and KU Energy LLC |
| Jeff Bringardner, Regional VP, Market Development, Humana |
| John Crockett, Chairman, Frost Brown Todd LLC |
| Steve Cunanan, Chief People and Administrative Officer, Kindred Healthcare |
| Carla Dearing, CEO, IMC Partnerships |
| Steve Gault, President, Stephen C. Gault Co. |
| Jeff McKenzie, Co-Chair, Corporate & Transactional Practice, Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP |
| Jim O'Malley, SVP of Global Government Affairs, Brown-Forman Corp. |
| Evelyn Strange, President, Advanced Electrical Systems, Inc. |
2017 Board of Directors
| Bobby Arnold, Managing Director, Commercial & Corporate Banking, Republic Bank and Trust Co. |
| James Beckett, CEO, Qualmet |
| Gabby Bruno, Director, U.S. State and Local Government Affairs, Ford Motor Company |
| Bryce Butler, Managing Director, Access Ventures, Inc. |
| Tom Caneris, SVP & General Counsel, PharMerica |
| Russell Cox, President & CEO, Norton Healthcare |
| Robert Croft, Partner, Dinsmore & Stohl LLP |
| Brian Cromer, Partner, Stites & Harbison, PLLC |
| Chuck Denny, Regional President, PNC |
| Ankur Gopal, CEO, Interapt |
| Elaine Monson Gravatte, President and COO, DD Williamson |
| David Gray, President, Baptist Health Louisville |
| David Hardy, Managing Director/Partner, CBRE |
| Hood Harris, President, At&T Kentucky |
| Dennis Heishman, President & CEO, Old National Bank |
| Alice Houston, President, Houston-Johnson, Inc. |
| Earl Jones, Sr. Counsel, GE Appliances |
| Joe Kelley, President, Kelley Construction, Inc. |
| Donald J. Kelly, Partner, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP |
| Bob Koetter, Jr., President, Koetter Construction, Inc. |
| Diane Medley, Managing Partner, Mountjoy Chilton Medley LLP |
| Deb Moessner, President & GM for Kentucky, Anthem BC/BS |
| Dr. Todd Mooradian, Dean, University of Louisville College of Business |
| Debbie Prewitt, Market President, Citizens Union Bank |
| Kendrick R. Riggs, Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC |
| Bill Samuels, Jr., Chairman Emeritus, Maker's Mark Distillery , Inc. |
| Shelley Neal Shaughnessy, President, Ambulatory Services for KentuckyOne Health, and COO Of KentuckyOne Health Medical Group |
| Denise Spalding, President, Allegra Marketing Services |
| Todd Spencer, President & CEO, Doe Anderson, Inc. |
| Joe Steier, President & CEO, Signature HealthCARE |
| Kerry Stemler, President & CEO, K.M. Stemler Company Inc. |
| Ray Strothman, Managing Partner, Strothman & Company |
| David Tate, Partner, BKD, LLP |
| Anna Tatman, President, Rosa Mosaic & Tile Company, Inc. |
| Purna Veer, President, V-Soft Consulting Group, Inc. |
| Mark Wheeler, President, Central Bank |
| Mary Ellen Wiederwohl, Chief, Louisville Forward, Louisville Metro Government |
| David Wombwell, Market President, U.S. Bank |
| Karen Wunderlin, President, The Wunderlin Company |
2017 Representative Members
| Kim Baker, President, The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts |
| J. Barry Barker, Executive Director, Transit Authority of River City (TARC) |
| Major General William Barron, Executive Director, Fort Knox CORE Committee Inc. |
| Spencer Bruce, President & CEO, Louisville Water Company |
| Pedro Bryant, President & CEO, Louisville Development Bancorp |
| Wendy Dant Chesser, President and CEO, One Southern Indiana |
| The Honorable Bill Dieruf, Mayor, City of Jeffersontown |
| Drew Eckman, 2017-2018 President of YPAL |
| Ted Gatlin, Founder/Lead Solutions Officer, Unlimited Results Experimental Training & Development |
| James Giesel, Member, Frost Brown Todd LLC |
| Michael B. Gritton, Executive Director, KentuckianaWorks |
| Dr. Ty Handy, President, JCTC |
| Debra Hoffer, President, Junior Achievement |
| Mike Kmetz, Executive Director, Jeffersontown Economic Development Authority |
| Cynthia Knapek, President, Leadership Louisville |
| Phil Marshall, President & CEO, Hosparus Health |
| Rebecca Matheny, Acting Executive Director, Louisville Downtown Partnership |
| Charles T. Miller, Executive Director, Louisville Regional Airport Authority |
| Tony Parrott, Executive Director, MSD - Louisville and Jefferson County, Metropolitan Sewer |
| Dr. Marty Pollio, Interim Superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools |
| Theresa Reno-Weber, President & CEO, Metro United Way |
| Sadiqa Reynolds, President & CEO, Louisville Urban League |
| Jason Rittenberry, President & CEO, Kentucky Ventures |
| Dr. A.R. Sullivan, Chancellor, The Sullivan University System |
| Karen Williams, President & CEO, Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau |
| President David Yates, President, Louisville Metro Council |
| Secretary Vickie Yates Brown Glisson, Special Observer |