Board & Staff

Staff

Philip Koester, President & CEO

 

Lori Kay Scott, Director of Development

 

Andrew Hagerty, Director of Horticulture

 

Amy DeFigueiredo, Accounting Manager

 

Duncan Cherry, Marketing and Media Manager

 

Molly Young, Volunteer and Membership Manager

 

Dan Cash, Facilities Manager

 

Jordyn Fowler, Special Events Coordinator

 

Alivia Ryan, Horticulture Specialist

Megan Cooper Bibelhauser, Director of Marketing & Communications

 

Jen O’Connell, Director of Events

 

Wanda Peck, Director of Education

 

Rosie Devine, Development Administrative Manager

 

Drew Combs, Horticulture Manager

 

Haley Justice, Human Resources & Administrative Manager

 

Jon Wysong, Database Manager

 

Abby Fleming, Special Events Coordinator

 

Maggie O’Daniel, Development Coordinator

 

Mary Miller, Grant Writer

Officers of the Board

Margaret Bell, Chair (bio)
Retired, Former Managing Director, Fort Washington Investment Advisors

Nancy Davis, Vice-Chair
Retired, Former CFO Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company

Will Greene, Secretary (bio)
Owner, Vanguard Cleaning Systems of Louisville

Ben Ruley, Treasurer (bio)
Vice-President of Financial Planning Analysis, Tri-Arrows Aluminum

Board of Directors

Frank (Tré) Campisano (bio)
Executive Director of Sales at Globalair.com

David Carpenter (bio)
President/CEO, Japan / American Society of Kentucky

Karen Dahlem (bio)
President, Dahlem Consulting

Mary Gwyne Dougherty (bio)
Human Resource Consulting Manager at Mash McLennan

Kevin Fennell (bio)
Architect, Calhoun Construction

Matthew Boone Gardiner (bio)
Owner & President, Boone Gardiner Landscape and Farm

David Graeser (bio)
Retired, President, Bohnert Equipment Co., Inc.

Joe Graviss (bio)
Former Kentucky State Representative, District 56 

Sally Gray
Community Leader and Volunteer

David Grey (bio)
Senior Machine Learning Data Scientist, Optum

Kathy Oyler
Community Leader and Volunteer

Matthew Rutherford (bio)
Self employed

Chase Sanders (bio)
Senior Investor Relations Analyst, Brown-Forman

Frances M. Scholtz
Community Leader and Volunteer

Ben Simmons (bio)
Associate & Client Liaison, Schmidt Associates

Clay Stinnett (bio)
CFO, EVP, Stock Yards Bank & Trust

Kristen Webb
Owner and Attorney at KWH Law, PLLC 

Robert McDowell (Mac) Willett
Owner, R. M. Willett Properties and Willett Lumber Co.

 

 

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

 

Director of Finance

The Director of Finance plays a pivotal role in managing and overseeing the financial operations of Waterfront Botanical Gardens. Reporting to the President and CEO, this position ensures accurate financial record-keeping, financial reporting, budget management, and compliance. The Director of Finance also supervises the Accounting Manager.

Interested applicants should email a resume and cover letter to Interim CFO Beverly Bruyneel at bbruyneel@waterfrontgardens.org.

Click here for job description

 

 

 

 

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