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

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

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