Operating Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Jonathan Blum, Chair
Chief Public Affairs Officer, Yum! Brands, Inc.
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Ina Bond, Chair Emeritus
River Bend Farm
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Lonnie Ali*, Vice-Chair
Founders/Muhammad Ali Enterprises
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Larry Townsend*, Vice-Chair
Entrepreneur
Former Commerce Secretary, Commonwealth of Kentucky
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David Blue, Secretary/Treasurer
Managing Member, Cobalt Ventures, LLC
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Sandra Frazier
Partner, Tandem Public Relations
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Stephen Reily
President/CEO, IMC Licensing
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Lindy B. Street
Public Relations Specialist
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Alice K. Houston
Executive Vice President, Houston-Johnson, Inc.
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At Large Members
Jerry E. Abramson
Mayor, Louisville Metro
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Michael Jones
Product General Manager - Cooking Products
GE Industrial
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David L. Armstrong, Esq.*
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC
Former Mayor, Louisville Metro
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Marc Morial
President/CEO, National Urban League
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Sheldon Berman, Ed.D.
Superintendent, Jefferson Co. Public Schools
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Ronald J. Murphy, CFA
Chief Executive Officer, The Glenview Trust Company
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Governor Steve Beshear
Commonwealth of Kentucky
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Tom O’Keefe
Executive Vice President / Chief Creative Officer,
Draftfcb
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Howard L. Bingham
Photographer
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John Ramsey
Director of Sales, Nelligan Sports Marketing, Inc.
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John Y. Brown, Jr.*
Entrepreneur
Former Governor, Commonwealth of Kentucky
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Taylor Rice
Public Relations Specialist
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David P.Calzi
Audit Partner, Ernst & Young
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Benjamin K. Richmond
President/CEO, Louisville Urban League
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Ken Clay
Arts Consultant
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Samuel Robinson, Ph.D.
President/CEO Emeritus, Lincoln Foundation
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Ralph de Chabert
Chief Diversity Officer, Brown-Forman
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Karl F. Schmitt, Jr.
Executive Director, Louisville Events, Inc.
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Blaine Hudson, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
University of Louisville
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Matthew A. Thornton
CEO, Thorntons, Inc.
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Shirley C. Willihnganz
Provost, University of Louisville |
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Ex-Officio:
Greg Roberts
President and CEO
Muhammad Ali Center
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Advisory Council
Most Distinguished Lifetime Councilor:
His Holiness, The Dalai Lama of Tibet
Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein
Seth Abraham, Sports and Media Entrepreneur
Derek Anderson, Athlete
Dr. Maya Angelou, Author and Poet
Howard L. Bingham, Photographer
Bono, Musician, U2
Homer G. Cablish, III, CPA, Cablish & Gentile CPAs LLC
Sean Combs, Artist and Producer
Bob Costas, NBC and HBO Sports
Billy Crystal, Actor and Comedian
Mario Cuomo, Former Governor of New York
Dick Ebersol, NBC Sports
Dr. Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation
Angelina Jolie, Actress
Quincy Jones, Producer
Larry King, Broadcast Journalist
Sean McManus, CBS News and Sports
A. Jerrold Perenchio, Media Entrepreneur
Myrtle Potter, Entrepreneur, Chapman Development Group
Anthony Pratt, Pratt Industries
R. Prophet, Musician, Nappy Roots
David Robinson, Athlete
Diane Sawyer, ABC News
John Schnatter, Papa John's International
Tavis Smiley, NPR and PBS Host
Dennis D. Swanson, President, Fox Television Stations Group
Matthew C. Whitaker, Ph. D., Professor, Arizona State University
Robin Williams, Actor and Comedian
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