Board & Staff
Staff
Philip Koester, President & CEO
Ofelia Cardenas, Director of Finance
Jen O’Connell, Director of Events
Lori Kay Scott, Director of Development
Duncan Cherry, Marketing and Media Manager
Amy DeFigueiredo, Accounting Manager
Haley Justice, Human Resources & Administrative Manager
Jon Wysong, Database Manager
Deacon Smith, Facilities Assistant
Megan Bibelhauser, Director of Marketing & Communications
Andrew Hagerty, Director of Horticulture and Operations
Wanda Peck, Director of Education
Dan Cash, Facilities Manager
Drew Combs, Horticulture Manager
Jordyn Fowler, Development Administrative Manager
Alivia Ryan, Horticulture Specialist
Molly Young, Volunteer and Membership Manager
Mary Miller, Grant Writer
Officers of the Board
Kevin Fennell, Chair
Architect, Calhoun Construction
Ben Simmons, Vice-Chair
Associate & Client Liaison, Schmidt Associates
Ben Ruley, Treasurer
Vice President of Financial Planning Analysis, Tri-Arrows Aluminum
Nancy Davis, Secretary
Retired, Former CFO, Stock Yards Bank & Trust
Board of Directors
Ann Adams
Chris Beaulieu
Margaret Bell
Retired, Former Managing Director, Fort Washington Investment Advisors
Frank (Tré) Campisano
Lauren Coulter
David Carpenter
President/CEO, Japan / American Society of Kentucky
Mary Gwynne Dougherty
Human Resource Consulting Manager, Marsh McLennan
Matthew Boone Gardiner
Owner & President, Boone Gardiner Landscape and Farm
Joe Graviss
Former Kentucky State Representative, District 56
Sally Gray
Community Leader and Volunteer
David Grey
Senior Machine Learning Data Scientist, Optum
Amy Lavin
Sean O’Reilly
Dixie Pichel
Matthew Rutherford
Self-Employed
Chase Sanders
Senior Investor Relations Analyst, Brown-Forman
Frances Scholtz
Community Leader and Volunteer
Clay Stinnett
CFO, EVP, Stock Yards Bank & Trust
Kenji Tashiro
Robert McDowell (Mac) Willett
Owner, R. M. Willett Properties and Willett Lumber Co.