Board & Staff
Staff
Margaret Bell, Interim CEO
mbell@waterfrontgardens.org
Davena Vowels, Chief Operating Officer
dvowels@waterfrontgardens.org
Lori Kay Scott, Director of Development
lkscott@waterfrontgardens.org
Amy DeFigueiredo, Accounting Manager
adefigueiredo@waterfrontgardens.org
Jen O’Connell, Special Events Manager
joconnell@waterfrontgardens.org
Duncan Cherry, Marketing and Media Manager
dcherry@waterfrontgardens.org
Molly Young, Volunteer and Membership Manager
myoung@waterfrontgardens.org
Dan Cash, Facilities Coordinator
dcash@waterfrontgardens.org
Jeff Fortwengler, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer
jfortwengler@waterfrontgardens.org
Megan Cooper Bibelhauser, Director of Marketing & Communications
mbibelhauser@waterfrontgardens.org
Andrew Hagerty, Director of Horticulture
ahagerty@waterfrontgardens.org
Wanda Peck, Youth Education Manager
wpeck@waterfrontgardens.org
Kat Rivers, Adult Education Manager
krivers@waterfrontgardens.org
Rosie Devine, Administrative Manager
rdevine@waterfrontgardens.org
Drew Combs, Arboriculture Specialist
dcombs@waterfrontgardens.org
Caroline Anderson, Special Events Coordinator
canderson@waterfrontgardens.org
Abby Fleming, Special Events Coordinator
afleming@waterfrontgardens.org
Contract Staff
Yuriko Yamamoto, Japanese Cultural Specialist
Sponsored by Japan / America Society of Kentucky
Mary Miller, Grant Writer
grants@waterfrontgardens.org
Officers of the Board
Board of Directors
Greg Braun (bio)
Owner & Founder, Maid in Louisville
Gordon Brown (bio)
Retired, Former President & CEO, Home of the Innocents
Greg Buccola (bio)
Managing Principal, KPFF Consulting Engineers
David Carpenter (bio)
President/CEO, Japan / American Society of Kentucky
Karen Dahlem (bio)
President, Dahlem Consulting
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.
Will Greene (bio)
Owner, Vanguard Cleaning Systems of Louisville
Kathy Oyler
Community Leader and Volunteer
Merry-Kay Poe
President, Unbridled Films LLC
Ben Ruley (bio)
Vice-President of Financial Planning Analysis, Tri-Arrows Aluminum
Jon Salomon, Chair Emeritus (bio)
Partner, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP
Chase Sanders (bio)
Senior Investor Relations Analyst, Brown-Forman
Frances M. Scholtz
Community Volunteer
Ben Simmons (bio)
Associate & Client Liaison, Schmidt Associates
Clay Stinnett (bio)
CFO, EVP, Stock Yards Bank & Trust
Gerry-Lynn Wichmann, MD (bio)
Medical Director of Substance Use, Louisville Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Robert McDowell (Mac) Willett
Owner, R. M. Willett Properties and Willett Lumber Co.