2021 Officers of the Board & Committee Chairs
Mr. Ja Hillebrand – Chairman of the Board
Mr. Greg Greenwood Finance & Audit Committee Chair
Community Impact Committee Chair
Linda Schuster
Kellie Watson
Governance & Nominating Committee Chair
Carolle Jones Clay
2021 Campaign Chair
Campbell Brown
2022 Campaign Chair
Joe Ventura
Investment Committee Chair
Kristen Byrd
Adhoc Strategic Plan Committee Chair
Gladys Lopez
Todd Lowe
Scott Schaftlein
Resource Development Chair
Paul Thompson
Arts & Race Equity Chair
Victoria Russell
Hannah Drake*
*Non-Board Member
Mrs. Tonya Abeln, Ex-Officio Member
Vice President of Corporate Communications
Churchill Downs Incorporated
Mr. Barry Allen
President & Treasurer
Gheens Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Jim Allen
Vice Chairman
R.W. Board & Co.
Mrs. Shannon Woolley Allison, Ex-Officio Member
Co-Chair, Cultural Advisory Council
Co-Artistic Director, Looking for Lilith Theatre Company
Mr. Neville Blakemore
Chairman
Great Northern Building Products, LLC
Mr. Campbell Brown
President and Managing Director, Old Forester
Brown-Forman Corporation
Ms. Kristen Byrd
Sr. Vice President – Regional Banking Director
PNC Wealth Management
Mrs. Julia Carstanjen
Mrs. Carolle Jones Clay
Senior Vice President
Republic Bank & Trust
Ms. Sarah Davasher-Wisdom
Chief Operating Officer
Greater Louisville, Inc.
Mr. Charlie Farnsley
Principal
Bahe Farnsley Advisors
Mrs. Erica Fields
President/Owner
Brooks Grain LLC
Mr. C. Edward Glasscock, Emeritus Member
Chairman Emeritus
Frost Brown Todd LLC
Mr. Jonathan D. Goldberg, Emeritus Member
Managing Partner
Goldberg Simpson, LLC
Ms. Jerilan Greene
VP, Global Chief Communications Officer
Yum! Brands, Inc.
Mr. Gregory H. Greenwood
Partner, Tax Services
EY
Mr. James A. Hillebrand (Ja)
Chairman & CEO
Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company
Ms. Mo McKnight Howe
Owner & Artist
Revelry Gallery Boutique
Ms. Althea Jackson, Ex-Officio Member
Director of Boards and Commissions
Louisville Metro Government
Mr. Justin Jackson
CEO
Next Guardian, LLC
Councilman David James, Ex-Officio Member
President
Louisville Metro City Council
Mr. Brad S. Keeton, Ex-Officio Member
NeXtGen Representative
Antitrust, Trade Regulation, and Franchise Practice Chair, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
Mr. Todd Klimek
Managing Partner, Louisville Office, PwC
Mr. Mark Kull
Wealth Management Advisor, Northwestern Mutual Life
Ms. Gladys Lopez
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Norton Healthcare
Mr. Todd P. Lowe
President
Parthenon, LLC
Mr. Brent McKim
President
Jefferson County Teachers Association
Ms. Sabeen Nasim
Director
Louisville Metro Office for Globalization
Dr. Martin A. Pollio, Ex-Officio Member
Superintendent
Jefferson County Public Schools
Ms. Diane Porter, Ex-Officio Member
School Board Member – District 1
Jefferson County Board of Education
Hon. Sadiqa N. Reynolds, Ex-Officio Member
President & CEO
Louisville Urban League
Mr. Charles Ritter
Partner
KPMG LLP
Ms. Victoria Russell
Chief of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Papa John’s International
Mr. Scott Schaftlein
Partner/Principal
EY
Ms. Linda Schuster
President/CEO
QtheAgency
Mr. Nathan Shanks, Ex-Officio Member
YPAL Representative
Insurance Advisor, Logan Lavelle Hunt Insurance
Mr. Carl Thomas, Emeritus Member
Executive Director
V.V. Cooke Foundation
Mr. Paul Thompson
Chairman, CEO & President
LG&E and KU Energy LLC
Mr. Joe Ventura
Chief Legal Officer
Humana Inc.
Mr. Matt Wallace, Ex-Officio Member
Arts & Culture Alliance Representative
Producing Artistic Director, Kentucky Shakespeare
Ms. Mary Beth Warner
VP & HR Segment Leaders/Group and Retail Segments
Humana, Inc.
Ms. Kellie Watson
Equity and Compliance Officer
Louisville MSD
Mr. Mark F. Wheeler, Emeritus Member
President
Central Bank
Mr. David Wombwell
Market President
US Bank
Mr. Terry Wright
Member & Chair, Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group
Stites & Harbison PLLC
Mrs. Laura Zachariah