2012 Executive Board
Jeri Isbell
2012 Board Chair
Vice President, Human Resources
Lexmark International, Inc.
Harry T. Richart III
Immediate Past Chair
Regional President
PNC Bank
Danny Murphy
Chair-Elect
Assistant Dean of Administration & Community Engagement
University of Kentucky College of Law
Laura Boison
Treasurer
Senior Vice President
U.S. Bank
Kenneth R. Sagan
Legal Counsel
Office Executive Member
Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Robert L. Quick, CCE
Board Secretary
President & CEO
Commerce Lexington Inc.
James Hardin
Vice Chair, Business & Education Network 2012 Chair
Career & Technical Education
Fayette County Public Schools
Nancy Wiser
Vice Chair, Communications
President
Wiser Strategies
Job D. (Darby) Turner
Vice Chair, Economic Development
Attorney
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC
Herb Miller
Vice Chair, Leadership Development
President
Columbia Gas of Kentucky
Blair Boggs
Vice Chair, Marketing & Member Services
Vice President, Global Brands
Ashland, Inc.
Larry Forester
Vice Chair, Community & Minority Business Development
Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer
Community Trust Bank
Barry Mayfield
Vice Chair, Public Policy
Vice President, Strategic Planning/External Affairs
East Kentucky Power Cooperative
Juli Gaworski
Business & Education Network At-Large
Corporate Citizenship & Inclusion
Lexmark International, Inc.
John Mahan
Regional & Agricultural Representative
Owner
Mahan Farms
Kevin Atkins
LFUCG Representative
Chief Development Officer
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Goverment
Tucker Ballinger
At-Large Representative, Past Chair of BEN
Executive Vice President
Forcht Bank
David Freibert
At-Large Representative
Director of External Affairs
Kentucky Utilities Co.
Karen S. Hill, FACHE
At-Large Representative
COO/Chief Nurse
Central Baptist Hospital
Kim Menke
Past Chair of Commerce Lexington Inc.
Manager of Community & Government Relations
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.
2012 Directors Board
Roszalyn M. Akins
Director, BMW Academy
First Baptist Church Bracktown
Mike Ash
City President
Fifth Third Bank
Jim Browder
President & CEO
Lexington Convention & Visitors Bureau
Dr. Eli Capilouto
President
University of Kentucky
Laura D’Angelo
Partner
Dinsmore
Greg Dixon
General Manager
Baker Iron & Metal Co., Inc.
Bill Farmer, Jr.
President & CEO
United Way of the Bluegrass
Eric Frankl
Executive Director
Blue Grass Airport
James H. Frazier, III
Managing Partner
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC
Roger J. Fries
President & CEO
Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance (KEMI)
Linda Gorton
Vice Mayor
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
Honorable Jim Gray
Mayor
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
Paula Hanson
Partner
Dean, Dorton, Allen, Ford PSC
Tom Harris
Vice President, University Relations
University of Kentucky
Connie Harvey
Executive VP & Group President, Healthcare, Finance and Insurance
ACS - A Xerox Company
Ken Haynes
President
Saint Joseph Hospital
Don Hellmann
President
Chase / J.P. Morgan
Bo Henry
Market President
Republic Bank & Trust Co.
Dr. Augusta A. Julian
College President & CEO
Bluegrass Community & Technical College
Debbie Long
Owner
Dudley’s on Short
Mark Manuel
Vice President, Workforce & Institutional Development
Bluegrass Community & Technical College
Pope McLean, Jr.
Business Manager/Co-Owner
Crestwood Farm
Eli Mertens
Publisher
TravelHost of the Bluegrass
Gregory C. Mullins
Director
Blue & Co. LLC
John Nicholson
President
Kentucky Horse Park
Nick Nicholson
President/CEO
Keeneland
Cheryl Norton
President
Kentucky American Water
Porter "P.G." Peeples, Sr.
President & CEO
Urban League of Lexington-Fayette Co.
Robert G. Riggs
Owner
Riggs Sales Service, Inc.
Tom Shelton
Superintendent
Fayette County Public Schools
Dave Sevigny
Owner
DMD Data Systems
Mary Anne Simmons
President
Lexington-Bluegrass Association of Realtors
Marcus Simpson
I.T. Consultant
Integrity IT
J. David Smith
Managing Director
Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
Scott R. Smith
Senior Consultant
Smith Management Group
Howard Stovall
Owner
Signs Now
Harold Tate
Owner
Urban Toolbox, Inc.
John T. Taylor
President & CEO
American Founders Bank
George Ward
Executive Director
University of Kentucky - Coldstream Research Campus
Danette Wilder
Director/Owner
SealingLife, Inc.
Dr. Owen Williams
President
Transylvania University