Board & 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

Deacon Smith, Facilities Assistant

Megan Cooper Bibelhauser, Director of Marketing & Communications

Jen O’Connell, Director of Events

Wanda Peck, Director of Education

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

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

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.