Board & Staff
Staff
Philip Koester, President & CEO
Ofelia Cardenas, Director of Finance
Lori Kay Scott, Director of Philanthropy
Marena Brenzel, Horticulture Specialist
Duncan Cherry, Marketing and Media Manager
Amy DeFigueiredo, Senior Manager, Accounting
Amanda Gilvin, Events Manager
Alivia Ryan, Horticulture Specialist
Molly Young, Senior Manager, Memberships & Volunteers
Deacon Smith, Facilities Assistant
Megan Bibelhauser, Director of Marketing & Communications
Andrew Hagerty, Director of Horticulture and Facilities
Wanda Peck, Director of Education
Dan Cash, Facilities Manager
Drew Combs, Horticulture Manager
Jordyn Fowler, Donor Relations Manager
Haley Justice, Senior Manager, Human Resources
Jon Wysong, Database Manager
Mary Miller, Grant Writer
Officers of the Board
Kevin Fennell, Chair
Executive Director Project Development, 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
Community Leader and Volunteer
Chris Beaulieu
Landscape architect with Dwyer Landscaping
Margaret Bell
Retired, Former Managing Director, Fort Washington Investment Advisors
Frank (Tré) Campisano
Executive Director of Sales at Globalair
Lauren Coulter
Community Leader and Volunteer
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
Community Leader and Volunteer
Sean O’Reilly
Chief Compliance Officer at Humana
Dixie Pichel
Community Leader and Volunteer
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
Partner at Dentons Law Firm
Robert McDowell (Mac) Willett
Owner, R. M. Willett Properties and Willett Lumber Co.