Board of Directors

2024-2025 Board of Directors

Officers and Committee Chairs

Amy Stout (President), Kentucky League of Cities
Kevin Sisler (Past President), University of Kentucky
Caroline French (Treasurer), Bank of the Bluegrass
Melissa Thompson (Secretary), D&D Machinery Movers & Millwrights Inc.
Jason Goh (Operations Chair), State Farm
Kelli Parmley (Development Chair), Lexington Public Library
Elizabeth Barrera (Governance Chair), Valvoline

Beth Anne Akers, Blue & Co, PLLC
Candra Bryant, Hanna Resource Group
Aaron Ann Cole-Funfsinn, Hicks & Funfsinn, PLLC
Mindy Lynn Coleman, Jockeys’ Guild 
Lori Halligan, Retired Nonprofit Executive Director, Community Volunteer
Michael Kunjoo, Wilson & McQueen, PLLC
Jordan Miller, Blue & Co, LLC
Jen Mooney, The Brokerage
Brad Noel, Central Bank & Trust Co.
Michael Overstreet, Lexington Leadership Foundation
Matthew Parsons, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
Brandon Potter, Managing Director- Investments, Wells Fargo Advisors
Kaelyn Query, Lexington Event Company
Keely Rock, PNC Private Bank
Melia Schmidt, Schmidt Homeschool
Shericka Smith, Fayette County Public Schools
Whit Whitaker, Lexington-Fayette NAACP
Serenity Wright, University of Kentucky

Honorary Board

Heather Barron, Ball Homes
Jane Fraebel, Community Volunteer
Susan Herren, Community Volunteer
Debra Locker Griffin, Locker Public Relations
Eric Lycan, Embry Merritt Womack Nance PLLC
Valerie Marshall, Fifth Third Private Bank
Laurel Raimondo Martin, Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass
Cory Reitz, r + r CPAs, PSC
Jim Richardson, Morgan Stanley
Lori Street, LS Advisor Group