Board of Directors
2020 Officers
Chair
Lonnie Bellar, Chief Operating Officer, LG&E & KU Energy
2021 Chair-Elect
Jennifer Willis, North/Southeast Regional Vice President, Humana
Immediate Past Chair
Mike Ash, Kentucky Regional President, Fifth Third Bank Kentucky
Secretary & Legal Counsel
Brian Cromer, Chair, Business and Finance Service Group, Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Treasurer
Jim Allen, Chairman & CEO, J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LLC
2020 Executive Committee
Lonnie Bellar, Chief Operating Officer, LG&E and KU Energy LLC
Jennifer Willis, North/Southeast Regional Vice President, Humana
Mike Ash, Kentucky Regional President, Fifth Third Bank Kentucky
Brian Cromer, Chair, Business and Finance Service Group, Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Jim Allen, Chairman & CEO, J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LL
Russ Cox, President & CEO, Norton Healthcare
Condrad Daniels, President, HJI Supply Chain Solutions
Steve Gault, Founder & President, Stephen C. Gault Co.
Tierra Kavanaugh Wayne, CEO, TKT and Associates
Charlie Scholtz, VP & Assoc. General Counsel, Brown-Forman Corp.
Purna Veer, President, V-Soft Consulting Group, Inc.
2020 Board of Directors
Bobby Arnold, SVP, Managing Director of Corporate Banking, Republic Bank and Trust Company
Lisa Benson, Publisher & Market President, Louisville Business First
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
Toni Clem, President & CEO, Scoppechio
Gerard Colman, CEO, Baptist Health
Nick D’Andrea, Vice President, State Government Affairs, UPS
Daryn Demeritt, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, BrightSpring Health Services
Dr. Susan Donovan, President, Bellarmine University
Jennifer Eberle, Vice President/Owner, HighNote
Jonathan Goldberg, Managing Member, Goldberg Simpson
Mariah Gratz, CEO, Weyland Ventures
Demetrius Gray, Founder & CEO, WeatherCheck
Hood Harris, President, AT&T Kentucky
Dennis Heishman, Region CEO, Old National Bank
Jeffrey Jasnoff, Chief Human Resources Officer, Kindred Healthcare
Franklin Jelsma, Managing Partner, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, LLP
Denise Jerome, CEO, Michaelis Events
Nikki Lanier, Senior VP & Regional Executive, Louisville Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Jeff McKenzie, Partner, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP
John Megibben, Vice President-Louisville Region, Messer Construction
Dr. Todd Mooradian, Dean, University of Louisville College of Business
Donna King Perry, Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP
Philip Poindexter, President, Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co.
Simon Richards, CEO, Thorntons
Victoria Russell, Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Papa John’s International, Inc.
Camilla Schroeder, President, Advance Ready Mix Concrete, Inc.
Brad Seigel, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Caesars Southern Indiana
Scott Shoenberger, President & CEO, Al J. Schneider Company, Inc.
Brad Smith, Partner and Assurance Services Director, MCM CPAs & Advisors
Kevin Smith, VP KY Beam Bourbon Affairs, Beam Suntory
Joe Steier, President & CEO, Signature HealthCARE
Ray Strothman, President & Chairman, Strothman and Company
Kent Suiters, Senior Director, Supply Chain Strategy, GE Appliances, a Haier Company
Glenn Sullivan, President, The Sullivan University System
Anna Tatman, President, The Rosa Mosaic Group
John Waggoner, President & CEO, HMS Global Maritime
Mark Wheeler, President, Central Bank
Brian Wise, Director, State Government Relations, Yum! Brands, Inc.
2020 Representative Members
Juva Barber, Executive Vice President, Building Industry Assoc. of Greater Louisville
David Beck, President & CEO, Kentucky Venues
Christen Boone, President & CEO, Fund for the Arts
Spencer Bruce, President & CEO, Louisville Water Company
Wendy Dant Chesser, President and CEO, One Southern Indiana
Steve Cunanan, Chair, GLI Talent Steering Committee
Mayor Bill Dieruf, Mayor, City of Jeffersontown
James Giesel, Member, Frost Brown Todd LLC
Michael Gritton, Executive Director, KentuckianaWorks
Dr. Ty Handy, President, JCTC
David Henley, Chair, Health Enterprises Network
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
Mike Kmetz, Director, Jeffersontown Economic Development Authority
Cynthia Knapek, President, Leadership Louisville Center
Dan Mann, Executive Director, Louisville Regional Airport Authority
Rebecca Matheny, Executive Director, Louisville Downtown Partnership
Tony Parrott, Executive Director, MSD
Dr. Marty Pollio, Superintendent, JCPS
Theresa Reno-Weber, President & CEO, Metro United Way
Sadiqa Reynolds, President & CEO, Louisville Urban League
Karl Schmitt, President & CEO, Louisville Sports Commission
Nathan Shanks, President, YPAL
Mary Ellen Wiederwohl, Chief, Louisville Forward
Karen Williams, President & CEO, Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau
Tammy York Day, President & CEO, Louisville Healthcare CEO Council