The Leadership Louisville Center has selected the Leadership Louisville Class of 2024 — the 45th class of the Center’s nationally recognized program for established community leaders. Since 1979, Leadership Louisville has ensured that the community’s most influential and esteemed leaders are knowledgeable about issues, well-networked, and passionate about the success of the region.
Meet the Class of 2024
Donnie Adkins The Palm Room
Jason Adler German American Bank
Cristina Anez Churchill Downs Incorporated | CDI
Casie Banquer GE Appliances, a Haier company
Cyndi Benedict Norton Healthcare
Matt Berrian, CPA FORVIS
Laurie L Bottiger The de Paul School
Kim A Clay African American Amateur Golfers Association
Dan Clift Wetterer & Co.
Mary Charles Collett Kentucky Country Day School
Margaret Cotter JPMorgan Chase
Tony Curtis Metropolitan Housing Coalition
Kappie Farrington Antecedent Development
Mikal Forbush Center for Neighborhoods
Heather Fuqua Louisville Regional Airport Authority
Chad M. Gahm MCM CPAs & Advisors
Matt Golden Jewish Community of Louisville
Lewis Hargett, MD Greater Louisville Medical Society | GLMS
Melissa Hicks Dean Dorton
Lindsey Higginbotham Baptist Health
Amanda Higgins, CPA Hardscuffle, Inc. | American Life & Accident
Anyah Hoang, PhD, DPA Volunteers of America Mid-States | VOA
Donte’ L. Jackson Simmons College of Kentucky
Tiffani Jett Fifth Third Bank
Jaime Jorrisch Jewish Heritage Fund
Rhona Bowles Kamar Feed Louisville
Ben Keeton RunSwitch PR
Justin C. Keeton Messer Construction Co.
Shannon Kisselbaugh, CFRE Park Community Credit Union Foundation
Kelli LeGaspi Humana Inc.
Cecily Lewis Brown-Forman Corporation
Dr. Ronald Marshall, Jr. Jefferson County Public Schools | JCPS
Lori Mattingly Angel's Envy Distillery | Louisville Distilling Co.
Monique McFarland Republic Bank & Trust Company
John William McKnight Humana Inc.
Chris Nall Atria Senior Living
Kristie Phillips Farm Credit Mid-America
Merry-Kay Poe Unbridled Films
Scott Reed Norton Healthcare
Jim Ritter PNC Bank
Chris Seals, PhD, MEd. University of Louisville School of Medicine
Scott Self Bellarmine University
Claire Simms LG&E and KU Energy
Sister Paris Slapikas, SCN Catholic Charities of Louisville, Inc.
Austin Smith The Healing Place
Sonya Smith Horizon Commercial Realty
Roosevelt J. Stennis, Jr. Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
William Sutter DDW, The Color House - a Givaudan Company
Julie J. Torzewski Down Syndrome of Louisville
Leyla Touma Dailey Doe-Anderson
Dawn Urrutia Georgia's Sweet Potato Pie Company
Joshua Watkins Louisville Metro Government
K. Michelle Weikel Passport Health Plan by Molina Healthcare
Jessica Wells, CFRE Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana
Jessie Whitish Neighborhood House
Andrew J. Wise Goodwill Industries of Kentucky
Rachel D Worley, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, KYCID three-dot-design
LTC(P) Adam Woytowich U.S. Army Human Resources Command
Katie Biggs Wright Frost Brown Todd LLC
Sarah Wunderlin Sacred Heart Schools
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