Board of Directors
2019 Officers
Chair:
Mike Ash, Regional President – Kentucky, Fifth Third Bank
2020 Chair-Elect:
Lonnie Bellar, Chief Operating Officer, LG&E & KU Energy
Immediate Past Chair
Jim Allen, Chairman & CEO, Hilliard Lyons
Secretary & Legal Counsel
Theresa Canaday, Litigation Department Chair, Frost Brown Todd
Treasurer
David Wombwell, Market President, U.S. Bank
2019 Executive Committee
Jim Allen, Chairman & CEO, J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LLC
Mike Ash, Kentucky Regional President, Fifth Third Bank Kentucky
Lonnie Bellar, Chief Operating Officer, LG&E and KU Energy LLC
Theresa Canaday, Litigation Dept Chair, Frost Brown Todd LLC
Russ Cox, President & CEO, Norton Healthcare
Tierra Kavanaugh Wayne, CEO, TKT and Associates
Charlie Scholtz, VP & Assoc. General Counsel, Brown-Forman Corp.
Evelyn Strange, President, AES Advanced Electrical Systems, Inc.
Purna Veer, President, V-Soft Consulting Group, Inc.
Jennifer Willis, North/Southeast Regional Vice President, Humana
David Wombwell, Market President, U.S. Bank
2019 Board of Directors
Bobby Arnold, Managing Director, Commercial & Corporate Banking, Republic Bank and Trust Company
Bryce Butler, Managing Director, Access Ventures, Inc.
Thomas Caneris, Sr. VP & General Counsel, PharMerica Corp.
Toni Clem, President & COO, Scoppechio
Gerard Colman, CEO, Baptist Health
Brian Cromer, Partner, Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Steve Cunanan, Advisor, Kindred Healthcare
Nick D’Andrea, VP, UPS Public Affairs, UPS
Condrad Daniels, President, HJI Supply Chain Solutions
Tom Eller, KY Region President, BB&T
Jonathan Goldberg, Managing Member, Goldberg Simpson
Mariah Gratz, CEO, Weyland Ventures
Hood Harris, President, AT&T Kentucky
Dennis Heishman, President/CEO, Old National Bank
Nikki Jackson, Senior VP & Regional Executive, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Denise Jerome, CEO, Michaelis Events
Earl Jones, Sr. Counsel, GE Appliances
Don Kelly, Partner in Charge, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
Jeff McKenzie, Partner, Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP
Dr. Todd Mooradian, Dean, University of Louisville
Philip Poindexter, President, Stock Yards Bank
Kendrick Riggs, Member, Louisville, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
Sam Scales, Manager, Government Affairs, Ford Motor Company
Camilla Schroeder, President, Advance Ready Mix Concrete
Scott Shoenberger, President & CEO, Al J. Schneider Co.
Brad Smith, Partner & Assurance Services Director, Mountjoy Chilton Medley LLP
Chad Smith, Vice President, USAToday Network | LocaliQ
Kevin Smith, VP KY Beam Bourbon Affairs, Beam Suntory
Denise Spalding, President, HighNote
Todd Spencer, President & CEO, Doe Anderson, Inc.
Joe Steier, President & CEO, Signature HealthCARE
Ray Strothman, President & Chairman, Strothman and Company
Glenn Sullivan, President, The Sullivan University System
Anna Tatman, President, Rosa Mosaic & Tile Company, Inc.
John Waggoner, President & CEO, HMS Global Maritime
Mark Wheeler, President, Central Bank
Mary Ellen Wiederwohl, Chief, Louisville Forward
2019 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
Mayor Bill Dieruf, Mayor, City of Jeffersontown
James Giesel, Member, Frost Brown Todd LLC
Michael Gritton, Executive Director, KentuckianaWorks
Dr. Ty Handy, President, JCTC
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
Aimee Jewell, President, YPAL
A. Dale Josey, President, Arts & Cultural Alliance
Mike Kmetz, Director, Jeffersontown Economic Development Authority
Cynthia Knapek, President, Leadership Louisville Center
Dan Mann, Executive Director, Louisville Regional Airport Authority
Phil Marshall, Immediate Past Chair, Health Enterprises Network
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
Ferdinand Risco, Interim Executive Director, TARC
Karl Schmitt, President & CEO, Louisville Sports Commission
Karen Williams, President & CEO, Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau
Tammy York Day, President & CEO, Louisville Healthcare CEO Council