Board of Directors
2021 Officers
Chair
Jennifer Willis, Commercial Region President, Humana
2021 Chair-Elect
Purna Veer, President, V-Soft Consulting Group, Inc.
Immediate Past Chair
Lonnie Bellar, Chief Operating Officer, LG&E & KU Energy
Secretary & Legal Counsel
Jeff McKenzie, Partner, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP
Treasurer
Brad Smith, Partner and Assurance Services Director, MCM CPAs & Advisors
2021 Executive Committee
Lonnie Bellar, Chief Operating Officer, LG&E and KU Energy LLC
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.
Jeff McKenzie, Partner, Dentons Bingham Greenbaum LLP
Camilla Schroeder, President, Advance Ready Mix Concrete
Brad Smith, Managing Partner, MCM CPAs & Advisors
Purna Veer, President, V-Soft Consulting Group, Inc.
Jennifer Willis, Commercial Region President, Humana
2021 Board of Directors
Bobby Arnold, SVP, Managing Director of Corporate Banking, Republic Bank
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
Derek Bland, 2021 Chair, Advanced Manufacturing & Logistics Network
Spencer Bruce, President & CEO, Louisville Water Company
Gabby Bruno, Director, US State & Local Government Affairs, Ford Motor Company
Bryce Butler, Managing Director, Access Ventures, Inc.
Theresa Canaday, Litigation Department Chair, Frost Brown Todd LLC
Ann Coffey, President & CEO, Center for Non-Profit Excellence
Dr. Gerard Colman, CEO, Baptist 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
Rebecca Fleischaker, Co-Chief, Louisville Forward
James Giesel, Member, Frost Brown Todd LLC
Jonathan Goldberg, Managing Member, Goldberg Simpson
Mariah Gratz, CEO, Weyland Ventures
Demetrius Gray, Founder & CEO, WeatherCheck
Stacy Griggs, 2021 Chair, TechFirst
Michael Gritton, Executive Director, KentuckianaWorks
Kimberly Halbauer, Regional President, Fifth Third Bank N.A. (Kentucky)
Dr. Ty Handy, President, Jefferson Community and Technical College
Debra Hoffer, President, Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana Inc.
BG (Ret) Jim Iacocca, President & CEO, Knox Regional Development Alliance
President David James, President, Louisville Metro Council
Franklin Jelsma, Managing Partner, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, LLP
Denise Jerome, CEO, Michaelis Events
Sheila Kavanaugh, CEO, TKT & Associates
Mike Kmetz, Director, Jeffersontown Economic Development Authority
Cynthia Knapek, President, Leadership Louisville Center
Dan Mann, Executive Director, Louisville Regional Airport Authority
Lance Mann, Director, Dean Dorton
Tom McMahon, 2021 Chair, Health Enterprises Network
John Megibben, Vice President-Louisville Region, Messer Construction
Dr. OJ Oleka, President, Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges & Universities
Caroline Oyler, Chief Legal & Risk Officer and Corporate Secretary, Papa John’s 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
Krishnan Sastry, CEO, Appriss
Karl Schmitt, President & CEO, Louisville Sports Commission
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
Michael Wade Smith, Chief of Staff & External Affairs, University of Louisville
Kent Suiters, Senior Director, Supply Chain Strategy, GE Appliances, a Haier Company
Glenn Sullivan, Chancellor, The Sullivan University System
David Tate, Managing Partner, BKD, LLP Louisville
Jeff Wafford, Director of Public Affairs, UPS
John Waggoner, President & CEO, HMS Global Maritime
Matt Ward, Market President, Truist
Dr. Kwane Watson, CEO, Kare Mobile
John Weber, 2021-2022 President, Young Professionals Association of Louisville
Brian Wise, Director, State Government Relations, Yum! Brands, Inc.
Tammy York Day, President & CEO, Louisville Healthcare CEO Council