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Board of Directors


Office of the Chair (Also members of Executive Committee and Board of Directors)

  • Steve Higdon, Chair
    Partner and Executive Vice President, Faulkner Real Estate Corporation
  • Tandy Patrick, Vice Chair
    Member, Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald PLLC.
  • Dan Owens, Secretary
    Member, Frost, Brown, Todd LLC.
  • John Hamilton, Treasurer
    Consultant, The Cost Reduction Group

Executive Committee (Also members of the Board of Directors)

  • Joe Ackerman
    Partner, Moore Stephens & Potter
  • Bob Decker
    Managing Director, Global Leisure Partners, LLC.
  • Dr. Ralph Fitzpatrick
    Associate Vice President for Community Engagement, University of Louisville
  • Belinda Gates
    Vice President, Luckett & Farley
  • Tom O'Hearn
    Gloria Properties Ltd, LLC.
  • Dr. Jim Ramsey
    President, University of Louisville
  • Troy Schmeing
    Financial Advisor, Raymond James Financial @ StockYards Bank
  • Tim Scott
    International Marketing Vice President, Papa John's International, Inc.
  • Terrence Spence
    Human Resources Manager, WHAS TV
  • Maura Temes
    Mayor's Senior Advisor, Louisville Metro Government
  • Jim Wood
    President and CEO, Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau
  • Harold Workman
    President and CEO, Kentucky State Fair Board
  • Gary Ulmer
    President, Louisville Bats

Board of Directors

  • Michael Berry
    President and CEO, Kentucky Derby Festival
  • Clay Campbell
    President, Triangle Talent
  • Lisa Cates
    Founding Partner, Executive Communications, Inc.
  • Carolle Jones Clay
    VP Community Relations, Republic Bank & Trust Company
  • Jim Ellis
    Attorney, Ellis Law Office
  • Jeff Ellison
    Director of Leasing, Faulkner Real Estate Corporation
  • Mayor Clay Foreman
    Mayor, City of Jeffersontown
  • Jim Gates
    General Manager, Churchill Downs
  • Kyle Green
    Associate VP of Operations, Kosair Children's Hospital
  • Carl Hafele
    Chairman, First Kentucky Trust
  • Chris Head
    Executive Director, E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park
  • Michael Heitz
    Director, Louisville Metro Parks Department
  • Tim Hellige
    Partner, Bandy Carroll Hellige
  • David Kerchner
    President and CEO, Special Olympics Kentucky
  • Bill Lamb
    President and General Manager, WDRB TV Fox 41
  • Matt Lathrop
    Director of Government and Community Relations, YUM! Brands
  • Frank McKain
    Marsh USA, Inc.
  • Roger McClendon
    Director of Engineering, YUM! Brands, Inc.
  • Michael D Moll
    Senior Vice President, PNC
  • Kenneth Morton
    President, Mason-Dixon Games
  • Roy A Potts
    Manager, Community Relations and Public Affairs, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
  • Rick Redman
    Vice President, Corporate Communications, Hillerich & Bradsby
  • Curtiss Scott
    President and CEO, Todd Investment Advisors, Inc.
  • Mike Seebert
    Associate, Remax Properties East
  • David Seewer
    Partner, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
  • Bob Webb
    Attorney, Frost, Brown, Todd
  • Scott Wiegandt
    Athletic Director, Bellarmine University
  • Denise Wooldridge
    Director, Jewish Sports Medicine