Fund for the Arts Board Leadership

2025 Officers of the Board & Committee Chairs

Board Chair
Nicole Yates

App Strategic Development Committee Chair
Scott Schaftlein

Community Investment Committee Chair
Aaron Marcus

Governance & Nominating Committee Chair
Carolle Jones Clay

Finance & Audit Committee ChairĀ 
Larry Schwartz

Resource Development Committee Chair
Nicole Yates

Investment Committee Chair
Kristen Byrd

Equity Committee Co-Chairs
Hannah Drake*
Kellie Watson

*Non-Board Member

Alphabetical Listing of Board Members

James (Jim) Allen
Vice Chairman
R.W. Baird & Co.

Josh Anderson
Chief Production Officer
Heaven Hill Brands

Cleo Battle*
President & CEO
Louisville Tourism

Regina Blake*
Chief of Staff
Owsley Brown II Family Foundation

Neville Blakemore*
Managing Director
Pursuant, LLC

Kristen Byrd
Regional President
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

Carolle Jones Clay
Senior Vice President
Republic Bank & Trust

Margaret Cotter
Executive Director | Relationship Executive
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Kiana Del, President NeXtGen and Ex-Officio
Engagement Manager for Music Education
Louisville Public Media

Gregory T. Dutton*
Attorney/Member
Frost Brown Todd LLC

Charlie Farnsley
Principal
Bahe Farnsley Advisors

Erica Fields*
President/Owner
Fields Consulting LLC

Lalania Gilkey Johnson
Associate General Counsel
GE Appliances

C. Edward Glasscock, Emeritus Member
Chairman Emeritus
Frost Brown Todd LLC

Jonathan D. Goldberg, Emeritus Member
Managing Partner
Goldberg Simpson, LLC

Kimberly Halbauer
Region President
Fifth Third Bank

DeVone Holt
President and CEO
Muhammad Ali Center

Barbara Lynne Jamison, Ex-Officio
Arts & Culture Alliance Board Chair
General Director/CEO, Kentucky Opera

Alp Kayabasi
President Information Technology
UPS

Jessica Bennett Kincaid, Ex-officio
Public Art Administrator
Louisville Metro Government

Todd Klimek
Managing Partner, Louisville Office
PwC LLC

Mark Kull
Wealth Management Advisor
Northwestern Mutual Life

Aaron Marcus*
Senior Managing Associate
Dentons Bingham Greenebaum, LLP

Brent McKim*
President
Jefferson County Teachers Association

Lynn Moore
CEO
HJI Supply Chain Solutions

Sean O’Mahoney
Director, IT Support Services
Norton Healthcare

Phil Poindexter
President
Stock Yards Bank & Trust

Dr. Martin A. Pollio, Ex-Officio
Superintendent
Jefferson County Public Schools

Yamilca Rodriguez
Founder of the Archetype Method
Yamilca Rodriguez Consulting

Victoria Russell
Managing Director – Inclusion Strategy Leader
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Scott Schaftlein
Partner/Principal
EY

Linda Schuster*
President/CEO
QtheAgency

Larry Schwartz
Office Managing Partner
KPMG

Vikki Stone
Executive Director, Office of Diversity, Equality and Training
Kentucky Personnel Cabinet

Andrea Strange, CPA
Vice President
Harding Shymanski & Company P.S.C.

Carl Thomas, Emeritus Member
Executive Director
V.V. Cooke Foundation

Paul Thompson
Community Volunteer

Leyla Touma Dailey
President and Chief Creative Officer
Doe-Anderson

Dr. Dayna Touron
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
University of Louisville

Kendrick Vaughn*
Senior Manager, Business Strategy
Indeed Inc.

Mary Beth Warner*
VP & HR Segment Leaders/Group and Retail Segments
Humana, Inc.

Kellie Watson
General Counsel/Legal Director
Louisville MSD

Mark F. Wheeler, Emeritus Member
President
Central Bank

Chris Whelan*
Vice President, Communications and Corporate Responsibility
LG&E and KU

Councilman Markus Winkler, Ex-Officio
President and Metro Council District 17
Louisville Metro City Council

David Wombwell
Market President
US Bank

Terry Wright
Member & Chair, Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group
Stites & Harbison PLLC

Nicole Yates
Associate Vice President
Passport Health Plan by Molina Healthcare

*Member of the Community Investment Committee

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