Board of Directors

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