Board of Trustees
The Muhammad Ali Center Board and Leadership Team works to oversee the Center’s collections, exhibits, programs and more to mobilize Muhammad Ali’s legacy and advance social justice.
Meet our Board
Executive Committee
Lonnie Ali
Co-Founder of Muhammad Ali Center
Mary Casey
Senior Associate – KY Financial Group
Dr. Lee Gill
Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at University of Louisville
Colin Gottlieb
UK Media Executive
Crystal Peterson
Executive Vice President, Chief Inclusion and Global Community Relations Officer for Brown-Forman
Karmen Powell
Manager, Distribution Electric Engineering at LG&E and KU Energy LLC
Kris Sirchio
Founder/CEO of Net Positive/Sirchio Family Office
Robbie Tindall
Vice President, Chief of Staff to President & CEO, Humana
Stacey Wade
CEO/ECD at NIMBUS, Inc.
Katina Whitlock
Senior Manager, Community Engagement at GE Appliances
Members-at-Large
Roula Allouch
Attorney at Graydon Law
Dr. Muhammad Babar
Physician at UofL Health
Michael Baer
President, Co-Owner at Fusioncorp
Brad Blackwell
Sr. Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Churchill Downs
Ingrid Gentry
Retired CFO at The Bardstown Bourbon Company
Dr. Amani Kettaneh, PhD, CRC
Dept. of Early Childhood, Rehabilitation Counseling and Special Education at University of Kentucky
Christian McBride
American Jazz Bassist, Composer, and Arranger at The Christian McBride Company
Ovais Naqvi
Partner, Rise Capital and Managing Partner, Clearmountain Limited
Peter Olsson
Serial Entrepreneur; Icons Network | GeniusSHIFT
John Ramsey
Director of City Partnerships
Victoria Russell
Managing Director of Inclusion & Sustainability Strategy Leader, Price Waterhouse Cooper
Jamie Salter
Chairman and CEO, Authentic Brands Group
Dyke Shipp
Retired
Peter Villegas
Co-Chair of Actum and Chair of California State Athletic Commission
Tom Williams
Attorney at Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
Emeritus Members
Ina Brown Bond
River Bend Farms
Robert Croft Jr.
Attorney at Humana
Ralph de Chabert
Retired SVP and Chief Diversity Officer at Brown-Forman Corporation
Laura Douglas
Interim President and CEO at West End Opportunity Partnership
Bennie Ivory
Retired Media Executive, Journalist, Consultant