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This is not your ordinary civic board. No volunteer group brings more commitment, talent and creativity than the 75 devoted members of the Festival's Board of Directors. In addition to chairing many of the Festival's events, this group sets the overall policy for the not-for-profit civic organization. They are the movers and shakers of this community and they are hard at work all year planning the next Derby Festival. You may only see them in wildly-colored Pegasus blazers or behind the wheel of an official Festival Cadillac in the spring, but they often go unnoticed attending meeting after meeting in the dead of winter. These dedicated volunteers not only give of their time, but their treasure as well. Board members must pay for their jacket, car insurance and even the tickets for the events they work on. Our community is lucky to have such generous citizens.
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Chair of the Board
Chris Dickinson with
Gresham Smith and Partners |
Immediate
Past Chair
Nancy Norris
Chase
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Chair-elect
Leslie Broecker, Broadway
Across America is Chair-elect
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President & CEO
Michael E. Berry
Kentucky Derby Festival |
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Michael E. Berry, President & CEO
Leslie Broecker, Chair-elect Broadway Across America
Chris Dickinson, Chair Gresham, Smith and Partners
James Ja Hillebrand, Vice Chair - Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company
Wendy A. Jacob - BB&T
Steve Langford WAVE-TV
David Nett - Kroger
Nancy Norris, Immediate Past Chair - Chase
Norma Obert Oberst Corporation
Trish Osborn American Founders Bank
Michael Sadofsky Republic Bank & Trust Company
Michael A. Shea Connemara
Denny Simonavice - Meijer
Suzann Thompson
Jeanine Triplett Mercy Academy
Chris Whelan E.ON U.S.
Chief Robert C. White - Louisville Metro Police Dept
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KDF
Board of Directors attending the
Governors Luncheon in Frankfort
in April. |
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Jeanette Aboud The Fillies,
Inc.
Ralph D. Aguera - Brown-Foreman
Steve Andriot Dri-View
Jim Asseff
Col. John E. Aubrey Jefferson
County Sheriffs Office
Stephen Bale Coca-Cola
Enterprises, Inc.
Juanita Beach Beach Mold &
Tool, Inc.
Jill J. Bell - Passport Health
Plan
David Bingham Business First
Paula Campbell - University of
Louisville
Kathy Cooksie - Metropolitan
Sewer District
Mike Cooper Commonwealth of
Kentucky
Barbara Cox
Harry Dennery Dennery
Enterprises
Tony Edwards DuPont
Corporation
Sally Hillerich Galla Arison
Insurance
Marina Gonzalez - Catalyst
Learning Company
Bart Greenwald Frost, Brown
Todd, LLC
Evin Harwell Ford Motor
Company
Glenn Haygood WLKY-TV
Judy Hess Horseshoe Southern
Indiana
Carmen Hickerson - Greater
Louisville, Inc.
Kim Hite Jewish Hospital & St.
Marys Healthcare
Mike Huot The Courier-Journal
Ellen Jones AT&T
Wendell Jones Conliffe,
Sandman & Sullivan
Beverly Keepers Jefferson
County Public Schools
Jim King - King & Company, PSC
Jim Lacy Zirmed
Bill Lamb WDRB-TV and WMYO-TV
Christi Lanier-Robinson Anthem
Blue Cross & Blue Shield
Mike Maloney - Office of the
Mayor
Laura Meadows President of
YPAL/employed by JP Morgan Chase
Bill Mitchell Papa Johns
International, Inc.
R. Joseph Mittel - Galt House
Hotel
Chris Murphy Glaxo Smith Kline
Pharmaceuticals
Chris Padgett Humana, Inc.
Donna Patterson Fifth Third
Bank
Carol Paul U.S. Bank
Mark Pimentel WHAS-TV
Dani Porter A.D. Porter & Sons
Funeral Home
Dwight D. Riggle
Wesley J. Rutledge - Hilliard
Lyons
Ira Salls McDonalds
Restaurants of Kentuckiana
Todd Schumacher Cox Radio,
Inc.
Catherine Smith
Chris Spalding YPAL
Richard Spencer
Marty Storch Metro Parks Dept.
Dave Tompkins Churchill Downs,
Inc.
Michael Tully Louisville Metro
Planning & Design
Louis I. Waterman - Fore, Miller
& Schwartz
Scott Watkins Norton
Healthcare
Lou Ellen Williams
Jim Wood - Greater Louisville
Convention & Visitors Bureau
Harold Workman - Kentucky State
Fair Board
Daniel R. Young - Otter Creek
Park
Mike Ziemianski St. Meinrad
School of Theology |
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Board of Directors – Lifetime Honorary |
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Hon. Jerry Abramson
Russell Anderson
John T. Ballantine
Art Draut
Hon. Ernie Fletcher
John R. Guthrie
Diana G. Mangeot
Barbara Price*
Daniel Ruckriegel
Willard Scott
Gene Sullivan
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