Leadership and Board of Directors

Kentucky Performing Arts Staff Directory

 

Betty McGuire

Executive Assistant to the CEO and Board Liaison

 

Heather Weston Bell

Senior Vice President, Community Engagement

 

Chris Kaelin, CVP

Senior Vice President, Operations

 

Christian Adelberg

Vice President, Marketing and Communications

 

Dr. Tamekka Cornelius, Ph.D.
Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

 

Will Richards

Vice President, Facilities

 

Julie Roberts

Vice President, Development and Advocacy

 

Nick Covault

Vice President, Education & Community

 

David Doukas

Sr. Director of Production Operations

 

Lauren Baker

Sr. Director of Patron, Client, and Artist Experience

 

Eric Spears

Sr. Director of Security

 

Stacey Griffin Hallahan

Director of Booking

 

Megan King

Director of Programming

 

Jason C. Brooks

Director, Governor's School for the Arts

 

David Langdon

Director of Business Applications

 

Kevin Cropper

Director of Information Technology

 

To connect with a member of our staff, visit the Contact Us page.

Kentucky Performing Arts Board Of Directors

Gregory J. Bubalo, Chair
Bubalo Law Plc
Louisville, KY

Robert M. Klein, Vice Chair
Louisville, KY

Mary R. Nixon, Secretary
Louisville, KY

Phil Lynch, Treasurer
Louisville, KY

JP Davis
JP Davis Partners
Louisville, KY

Dr. Maryanne Elliott
The Acorn Group
Louisville, KY

Paula Harshaw
Louisville, KY

Sean Higgins
Louisville, KY

William H. Jones
Vanantwerp Attorneys, LLP.
Louisville, KY

Joseph Leavell
Jefferson County Attorney's Office
Louisville, KY

James K. Murphy
Hoge Partners, Pllc
Louisville, KY

Stephen T. Owen
Preston Thomas Properties
Louisville, KY

Lyndon Pryor
Louisville Urban League
Louisville, KY

Talley Russell
Humana
Louisville, KY

Ryan Sadler
Passport Health
Louisville, KY

Carlos E. Sanchez
President, AT&T Kentucky
Louisville, KY

Lindy Street
Louisville, KY

Rev. Dr. Valerie Washington
Hughlett Temple Ame Zion Church
Louisville, KY

Sarah Yarmuth
Agent - Smartflyer
Louisville, KY

Directors Emeriti

Madeline Abramson
Louisville, KY

Owsley Brown II
1942-2011
Louisville, Ky

Wendell Cherry
1935-1991
Louisville, KY

Gordon B. Davidson
1926-2015
Louisville, KY

C. Edward (“Ed”) Glasscock
Chairman Emeritus
Frost Brown Todd LLC
Louisville, KY

Robert W. (“Bob”) Rounsavall, III
Dixie Real Properties LLC
Louisville, KY

Rose Lenihan Rubel
1922-2002
Louisville, KY

Kentucky Performing Arts Foundation Board Of Directors

Cindy Zipperle, Chair
Retired Humana Controller And Chief Accounting Officer
Louisville, KY

Kim Baker, Vice Chair
Kentucky Performing Arts
Louisville, KY

Eileen Saunders, Secretary
PPL Corporation, Vice President & Chief Customer Officer
Louisville, KY

Chris Kipper, Treasurer
Louisville Tourism, CFO
Louisville, KY

Carolle Jones Clay
Republic Bank
Louisville, KY

Preston Copley
Founder & Executive Producer, Goldenrod Creative
Louisville, KY

Douglas Craddock
University Of Louisville
Louisville, KY

J. Tim Galbraith
Louisville, KY

Lillian Hunt
GE Appliances, A Haier Company
Louisville, KY

Brad Keller
Humana
Louisville, KY

Todd Lowe
Parthenon, LLC
Louisville, KY

Bruce Merrick
Chairman, Dant Clayton Corporation
Louisville, KY

Jonathan Ojany
Convene Hospitality Group
Louisville, KY

Doug Owen
Jll Louisville, Senior Vice President
Louisville, KY

Rayshawn Payton-Kilgore
Brown-Forman
Louisville, KY

Rolf Provan
Luckett & Farley
Louisville, KY

Elizabeth Rounsavall
Rounsavall Investments And DRP Services
Louisville, KY

Chase Sanders
Yum! Brands, Associate Manager, State & Local Government Affairs
Louisville, KY

Claire Simms
Churchill Downs
Louisville, KY

Nadareca Thibeaux
Loumed, Executive Director
Louisville, KY

Diane Tobin, Ph.D.
Ombudsman, University Of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Ruth Wimsatt Trautwein
Stegner Investment Associates
Louisville, KY