Pat Day is a legendary American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. His impressive resume includes an induction into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991, winning the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey an impressive four times, and 22 appearances in the Kentucky Derby, including his 1992 Derby win aboard Lil E. Tee. Day has won virtually every prestigious race in the sport during his career. Beginning his career as a rodeo cowboy, Day’s height, weight and competitive nature ...
Jun 24, 2017•27 min
Dr. Wayne Creighton prides himself in helping those trapped in addiction regain hope and reclaim their lives. As founder, president, and CEO of Interlink Counseling Services, Creighton has helped countless men and women veterans reclaim their lives from addiction, homelessness, and hopelessness. He began his journey working in alcohol and drug education for court referral services, for those convicted of DUI violations. Creighton took that experience to Volunteers of America and served as a case...
Jun 24, 2017•30 min
Darryl Isaacs is a family man who learned his work ethic from his father. Isaacs is co-founder and managing partner of Isaacs & Issacs, P.S.C., a personal injury law firm. Isaacs founded this law firm dedicated to putting the best interests of every client first. He is a seasoned personal injury attorney with decades of experience in winning the best possible resolution for people who have been injured by somebody else’s negligence or wrongful act. Isaacs believes that when somebody suffers ...
Jun 24, 2017•25 min
Brenda Light’s desire is to help women not only look and feel their best but to empower them as well. Light is the founder of Light Touch Spa, an accredited day spa center in Louisville, Ky. Light was a pioneer in the skin care business. When she founded Light Touch in 1981 she had to think outside of the box as it was one of only 64-day spas in the United States. Times were tough in the beginning. At that time there were no reps selling materials, there were no guidelines or mentors available, ...
Jun 24, 2017•21 min
Jim King believes that success breeds success and that as he achieves more, he is able to do more things for more people. King has been successful in both the public and the private sector. In 1981 he formed King & Company, PSC. a CPA firm, and serves as president and CEO. In 1987, King acquired People’s State Bank, in Nelson County, KY with assets of $6 million and only one location. After expanding to the Louisville area People’s State Bank became King Southern Bank and has continued to gr...
Jun 24, 2017•30 min
Dean Corbett is passionate about seeing people enjoy themselves. Corbett is the owner and chef of three acclaimed restaurants, Equus, Jack’s Lounge, and Corbett’s. Corbett’s mother Nancy is responsible for his cooking career. Upon returning home from college to help care for his mother as she battled lung cancer he noticed that she wasn’t eating. Corbett began cooking to nourish her back to health and has been cooking ever since. He has never taken a culinary course and remains self-taught. Corb...
Jun 24, 2017•28 min
Georgia Davis Powers learned early life that to make changes you must be empowered. Powers served for 21 years as a member of the state Senate in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. When elected in 1967, she became the first person of color and the first woman elected to the Kentucky State Senate. During her time in the Senate, Powers sponsored bills prohibiting employment discrimination, sex and age discrimination, in addition to introducing statewide fair housing legislation. Even as an elected offi...
Jun 24, 2017•29 min
PJ Cooksey believes you should find what you are passionate about in life and go and do it. Cooksey is a legendary horse racing jockey. She won her first race with Turf Advisor at Waterford Park (now Mountaineer Park) in 1979. A four-time Turfway Park leading rider, Cooksey has won 2,137 races since beginning her career in 1979, and she is second all-time in total victories by a female jockey. Cooksey’s career purse winnings total over $19 million. Cooksey also worked as a thoroughbred racing co...
Jun 24, 2017•23 min
Ed Hamilton has always been driven by a need to create and discover something new. Hamilton is an internationally renowned monument sculptor. His most famous work is The Spirit of Freedom, a memorial to black Civil War veterans, that stands in Washington, DC, in the Shaw neighborhood near Howard University. Hamilton has also created monuments dedicated to Booker T. Washington, Joe Louis, York (William Clark’s manservant on the Lewis and Clark Expedition), and the slaves who revolted on La Amista...
Jun 24, 2017•26 min
Michael Dalby is passionate about business and believes a strong and growing economy lead to a strong community. Dalby is the president of the recently formed One Southern Indiana, the local chamber of commerce just north of Louisville. He has over 15 years of experience in economic development. From 1998 – 2006 Dalby was president of the San Angelo Chamber of Commerce in Texas where was responsible for a $1.2 million budget and direction of 13-person staff. During that time, he grew the busines...
Jun 24, 2017•29 min
John Yarmuth has dedicated his life to public service so that he can make a difference for others. Since 2007, Yarmuth, a Democrat, has been a congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives serving Kentucky’s 3rd congressional district. Yarmuth was inspired by President John F. Kennedy’s challenge to young people to get involved in public service. After college, he worked on Capitol Hill on the staff Republican U.S. Senator Marlow Cook from 1971 to 1975. Yarmuth spent time in the publishing in...
Jun 24, 2017•30 min
Ed Glasscock is motivated by three main priorities, love of family, dedication to clients, and commitment to the community. Glasscock is Chairman Emeritus & Attorney, Frost Brown Todd LLC and is one of the most decorated and respected attorneys in Kentucky. He has a long and distinguished legal career. Elected at the age of 33 in 1977, Glasscock served for 23 years as managing member of the former Brown, Todd & Heyburn PLLC. Glasscock is also a dynamic and energetic leader in civic and c...
Jun 24, 2017•30 min
Jack Conway rejects complacency and is driven to move forward and accomplish his next goal in life. Conway is Attorney General of Kentucky. Before his election as attorney general, he was the nominee for Kentucky’s 3rd congressional district in the 2002 elections, narrowly losing to Republican incumbent Anne Northup. Before serving in elected office, Conway spent several years on the administrative side of state government. Governor Paul Patton employed Conway as legal counsel to his executive c...
Jun 24, 2017•31 min
Dr. Kevin Cosby is driven to see people grow and see their mind, life, and relationships transformed. Cosby is the senior pastor of St. Stephen Church in Louisville which has grown from 500 to approximately 10,000 members. Outreach magazine named St. Stephen as one of the 100 largest churches in America. Cosby is also president of Simmons College of Kentucky, the oldest black-owned and operated education institution in Kentucky. Cosby has held administrative and teaching assignments at Kentucky ...
Jun 24, 2017•28 min
Chris Thieneman is a competitor who loves to dream up new scenarios and strategies for success. Thieneman is president of Thieneman Real Estate, a commercial and residential development company in Louisville, Ky. Before his career in real estate, Thieneman played professional football as a defensive lineman in the World League of American Football (WLAF) and the Canadian Football League (CFL) during the early 1990s. He played collegiately at the University of Louisville, where he was an honorabl...
Jun 24, 2017•27 min
Denise Vasquez Troutman is passionate about her work and believes there is still so much to do. Troutman is president and CEO of The Center for Women & Families which provides trauma-informed advocacy and support for individuals, families, and communities affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. Previously, she was vice president of human resources for The YMCA of Greater Louisville handling full management and budget responsibility for payroll, benefits, and administration along wi...
Jun 24, 2017•29 min
Terry Blackwell has devoted her life to helping people realize their potential and inner abilities. Blackwell is a past CEO of Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana where she was responsible for 28,000 members in 57 counties in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee. Blackwell beat out over 140 candidates from a national search to win the Kentuckiana position. Blackwell has over 20 years of leadership experience and is a life-long Girl Scout beginning as a Brownie as a little girl in New York City. Before joining th...
Jun 24, 2017•27 min
Jennifer Bielstein loves the art form and experience of live theatre and believes that it can change people’s lives. Bielstein is managing director of Actors Theatre of Louisville where she oversees finance, marketing, fundraising and general operations for one of America’s most innovative theatre companies. Every year Bielstein manages one of the nation’s most prestigious new-play events, the Humana Festival while also managing regular season programming. Bielstein moved to Louisville from Chic...
Jun 23, 2017•24 min
Brian Quail is passionate about the work and mission of the American Red Cross. Quail is the CEO of the American Red Cross Louisville Area Chapter which covers 31 counties in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The American Red Cross provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. As CEO of the Louisville chapter, Quail helped implement a national emergency services call center that assists 165 chapters in 35 states. Before his time at Americ...
Jun 23, 2017•29 min
Steve Trager gets to make a positive impact every day in the lives of his associates and customers. Trager is CEO of Republic Bank and Trust where he oversees 800 employees in three states with total assets of over $4 billion under management. Trager began his career with Republic in 1987 and held various leadership positions on his way to becoming president. Before joining Republic, Trager spent two years as an associate with the law firm Wyatt Tarrant & Combs LLP. Trager is active in sever...
Jun 23, 2017•28 min
Glenn Hogan believes fear is a great motivator that will either paralyze you or drive you to success. Hogan is the president, CEO, and founder of Hogan Real Estate, a full-service commercial real estate development company headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. Hogan has more than twenty years of real estate development experience and has developed over five million square feet of retail space in the Midwest and Southeast. He has worked with national tenants including Walgreens, Walmart, Winn-Di...
Jun 23, 2017•25 min
Dr. James Ramsey has a passion for public service and a vision for education and economic growth in Kentucky. Ramsey is president of the University of Louisville. Under his leadership since 2002, the University of Louisville has enjoyed substantial growth system-wide. Notable accomplishments include an increase of over $200 million in endowments, doubling of research funding, a two-point increase in the school’s ACT scores, improvement in student retention, and rapidly increasing enrollment from...
Jun 23, 2017•23 min
Diane McGraw loves to create a plan, gather the necessary resources, and watch it all come together. McGraw is the executive director of the Louisville Sports Commission which recruits major sporting events, meetings, and conventions to stimulate the local economy and provide outstanding entertainment options for local citizens. McGraw is a 30-year veteran of the sports and entertainment industry. She worked as founding president of the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission, presiden...
Jun 23, 2017•22 min
John Harralson loves to document how people interact at community events. Harralson is the publisher and editor of The Voice-Tribune newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky with a weekly readership of 70,000. Harralson has a diverse background working in both the private and public sector. Before his work with The Voice-Tribune, Harralson served three terms as mayor of Brownsboro Village and was also president of the Jefferson County League of Cities. He spent 30 years with Bellsouth where he was head...
Jun 23, 2017•19 min
Teddy Gordon loves a good fight, especially where the underdog is denied fair access and equal opportunity. Gordon is an attorney in a small private practice but has argued some of the most important legal cases in the country. On December 4, 2006, Gordon argued the case Meredith vs. Jefferson County Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court. Gordon argued that race cannot be a determining factor for the admittance of children in the public school system. In June 2007, the court sided wit...
Jun 23, 2017•26 min
Owsley Brown Frazier has dedicated his life and fortune to improve his hometown for future generations. Frazier is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and former business executive. He is the founder of the Frazier History Museum in Louisville, Kentucky. Frazier, a fourth generation descendant of Brown-Forman Corporation founder George Garvin Brown, was vice-chairman and the public face of Brown-Forman from 1983 until his retirement in 2000. He first worked for the company as a trainee in 1955. Afte...
Jun 23, 2017•22 min
John Asher loves the sport of horse racing and is driven to make everything about Churchill Downs the best in the world. Asher has worked in the thoroughbred racing industry as a journalist and a publicist for more than 20 years. He joined Churchill Downs in January 1997 and has served in his current position since March 1999. Asher oversees all communications and public relations efforts at Churchill Downs, home of the world-famous Kentucky Derby. As a radio journalist at WHAS-AM and WAVE-AM in...
Jun 23, 2017•28 min
Christine Johnson likes to make things happen and connect people who see opportunities to move things forward. Johnson is president of the Leadership Louisville Center, a nonprofit organization that provides programs, workshops, and events designed to inspire, challenge and connect people at all levels of leadership development. She has received numerous national awards for her work in community leadership development. Before serving with the Leadership Louisville Center, Johnson was vice presid...
Jun 23, 2017•25 min
Ben Richmond fills a responsibility to steward his parent’s work in the civil rights movement and to further the principles and values taught by Dr. Martin Luther King. Richmond is the president and CEO of the Louisville Urban League which serves as an active partner, leader, and catalyst to assist African Americans, other minority groups and the disadvantaged attain social and economic equality and stability. Richmond began his career with the Urban League in Madison, Wisconsin in 1979 and from...
Jun 23, 2017•30 min
Maria Hampton is competitive by nature and has a strong passion for success. Hampton is the vice president and senior executive of the Federal Bank of St. Louis Louisville branch which is focused on community development and education, as well as regional economic research and policy input. Hampton’s responsibilities include western Kentucky, metro Louisville and southern Indiana. Before joining the Fed, Hampton was president of the Housing Partnership Inc. (HPI), a nonprofit corporation focused...
Jun 23, 2017•28 min
