Board &
Advisory Council

Ralph de Chabert, Chair

VP – Chief Diversity Officer, Brown-Forman

Dave P. Calzi, Vice-Chair

Audit Partner, Ernst & Young

Muhammad and Lonnie Ali*, Vice-Chairs

Founders/Muhammad Ali Enterprises

Howard L. Bingham*

Photographer

Jonathan D. Blum

Chief Public Affairs Officer, YUM! Brands, Inc.

Ina Brown Bond, Chair Emeritus*

River Bend Farm

Glen French, Jr.

Chief Financial Officer, Trover Solutions, Inc.

Arnold Garson

Retired Publisher, The Courier-Journal

Alice K. Houston

Executive VP, Houston-Johnson, Inc.

Karl Schmitt

Executive Director, Louisville Sports Commission

Lindy Street

Community Volunteer/Philanthropist

Shirley C. Willihnganz, Ph.D.

Office of the Provost, University of Louisville

* Life Director

David L. Armstrong*

Chairman, Kentucky Public Service Commission 

Steve Beshear

Governor, Commonwealth of Kentucky 

John Y. Brown, Jr.*

Entrepreneur & Former Governor Commonwealth of Kentucky

Ken Clay

Arts Consultant

Robert Croft, Jr.

Associate, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Laura Douglas

VP, Corporate Responsibility/Community Affairs,
LG&E- KU

Greg Fischer

Mayor, Metro Louisville

Donna Hargens, Ph.D.

Superintendent, Jefferson County Public Schools

Donald Lassere

President & CEO, Muhammad Ali Center

Gail Lyttle

VP, Director of Marketing, Fifth Third Bank

Tori Murden McClure, J.D.

President, Spalding University

Eileen Moore

Regional President & General Manager,
Caesars Entertainment (Horseshoe Casino & Hotel)

Tamla Oates-Forney

Human Resources Leader – Sub-Saharan Africa, 
GE Oil and Gas

Benjamin K. Richmond

President/CEO, Louisville Urban League

* Life Director

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, PBS Host

Dennis D. Swanson, President, Fox Television Stations Group

Matthew C. Whitaker, Ph. D., Professor, Arizona State University

Robin Williams, Actor and Comedian