Arts of Southern Kentucky
Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Jeffrey A. Reed
President & CEO
Elizabeth Sigler, ASK Board Chair
Bell, Orr, Ayers & Moore, PSC – Attorney
Joe Davis, Chair-Elect
Gerald Printing – President & Owner
Steve Wheeler, Treasurer
CRI CPAs & Advisors – Partner
Dr. Harold J. Little, Jr., Secretary
WKU Professor – Retired
Dr. Gary Ransdell, Member at Large
WKU President – Retired
Julie Wedge, Member at Large
Haskins Foundation – President
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Kayla Bailey
Retired Educator
Brent Bjorkman
Kentucky Museum, WKU Director, Kentucky Folklife Program
Tom Boussard
Regional Vice President of Danaher Corporation dba,
Hennessy Industries – Retired
Gary Broady
Franklin Bank & Trust, CEO
Jessica Carver
College Heights Foundation, Vice President
Dr. David Ciochetty
D.C. Clement
State Farm Insurance Agent
Gerri Combs
South Arts & Kentucky Arts Council – Former CEO
Mike Cowles
Jimmie Gipson
CEO Houchens Industries – Retired
Tom Harned
LEAD – Executive Director
Mandy Hicks
English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, LLP –
Director of Marketing & Communication
Sherry Howell
Fruit of the Loom –
Director, H.R. Business Partner
Dr. Mohammed Kazimuddin
Western KY Heart, Lung, Gastroenterology –
Founder & President
Dr. Leslie Tutt Kerrick
Graves Gilbert Clinic –
Diagnostic Radiology Specialist
Allison Mefford
Attorney
Amy Milliken
Warren County – Attorney
Susan Page Minton
Carlisle Consultant & Community Volunteer
Dr. Sharon Mutter
WKU – Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science
Liz Nelson
Providence Homes – Custom Home/Commercial Designer
Real Estate Agent
Dr. Tony Norman
Morehead State University
Ernst & Sara Lane Volgenau College of Education – Dean
Lora Patton
Community Volunteer
Gaines Penn
English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, LLP – Partner
Kirk Pierce
Franklin Bank & Trust –
Executive Vice President & Chief Lending Officer
Hon. Jody Richards
Kentucky State Representative
1976-2019
Tommy Ross
South Central Bank – President & CEO
Mary Jane Rotellar
Rita Scott
Airlanse Travel – Owner, Retired
The Club at Olde Stone – Advisory Board
Barbie Tatman
Debbie Thornton
Writer – Business Woman
Steve Thurmond
Franklin-Simpson Chamber of Commerce –
Executive Director
Mary Vitale
New Millennium Real Estate, LLC – Owner
Past Orchestra Kentucky Board Presidents
2000-2001
Michael Thurman
2001-2002
Janet Bass Smith
2002-2003
Duncan McKenzie
2003-2004
Charles W. Smith
2004
Jeanette Rayles
2005-2006
Margaret Huddleston
2006-2007
Nancy Carwell
2007-2008
Claudia Downey
2008-2009
David Lanphear
2009-2010
Carol Wedge
2010-2012
Brian Schuette
2012-2014
Steve Downey
2014-2016
Linda Leigh
2016-2018
Thad Connally, III
2018-2020
Tom Boussard
National Advisory Board
JERRY BAKER (D.)
Baker Arboretum
CHUCK BARRIS (D.)
TV producer and best-selling author
CURTIS BURCH
Grammy-winning Bluegrass artist
CHRIS GUTHRIE
President Trace Die Cast
LARNELLE HARRIS
Grammy and Dove-winning Christian artist
JOHN A. HILLERICH, III
Chair Hillerich & Bradsby Co.
JIM JOHNSON
Jim Johnson Nissan/Hyundai
REP. JODY RICHARDS
Member Kentucky House of Representatives
JANINE TURNER
Actress, Author and Singer
DON VITALE
Chair Manchester Capital
DENNY WEDGE
Wedge Insurance Agency
Foundation Board of Directors
PRESIDENT
Julie Wedge
Mary Clagett Barris
Gary Broady
Tom Boussard
Thad Connally III
Dan Renshaw
Steve Wheeler