Jackie Green, write-in candidate for mayor of Louisville, focuses on the local economy, central neighborhoods, education, energy, quality affordable housing, local food, safety, health, downtown, and transportation. Green originally moved to Louisville in 1975, and has lived in several places around the U.S. and world. He bought and renovated four historic buildings on East Market Street (now the heart of NULU). His entrepreneurial experience includes business consulting, import/export managemen...
Jun 25, 2017•22 min
Living with a core of gratitude and an attitude of caring and sharing, Bernard Trager founded and built Republic Bank, always with a heart to serve. In 1958, Trager co-founded and became CEO of Union Trust. Almost 20 years later, Union Trust and its seven subsidiaries became part of Commercial Credit of Baltimore, where Trager worked as president and CEO. In 1980, he founded Republic Bank and Trust Company on Bardstown Road in Louisville. The bank expanded and thrived, and today Republic Bank &a...
Jun 25, 2017•29 min
Ramona Johnson is driven by the desire to help those with mental illness. She leads Bridgehaven Mental Health Services, which provides the highest quality psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery services for adults with severe and persistent mental illness. Johnson served as Clinical Director at Bridgehaven for four years, before taking the role as president and CEO. In 1976, Johnson earned her nursing degree from Spalding University, graduating summa cum laude. She went straight into a nursing ...
Jun 25, 2017•31 min
John Y. Brown, Jr. credits his father as the prime motivator and confidence builder in his life, driving his later successes. Brown began working at age 16 selling Electrolux vacuum cleaners and encyclopedias door to door. He made his way to the University of Kentucky, where he earned a J.D. In 1962, his partner and he purchased Kentucky Fried Chicken from its founder, Colonel Sanders for $2 million. In 1971, after building 3,500 KFC’s worldwide and making Colonel Sanders one of the world’s most...
Jun 25, 2017•30 min
David Jones Sr. co-founded Humana Inc. and considers the good job opportunities and chance for success that the company ultimately provided as his greatest achievement. Treating people the way he wants to be treated is his guiding principle. In 1961, Louisville-native David Jones Sr., with his late partner Wendell Cherry, borrowed $1,000 and founded the company, Extendicare. Before the decade was though, it became the largest nursing home company in the U.S. In 1974, the company was re-named Hum...
Jun 25, 2017•27 min
A native of Ireland, Dr. T. Pearse Lyons is driven by making a difference in the world and has built his company, Alltech, based on doing the right thing. In 1980, Lyons founded Alltech, an animal health company. What started as a very modest company has grown into a high technology, high-concept global giant with revenues of $500 million. Alltech is now located in Nicholasville, Kentucky, on a 146-acre campus with a stunning blend of science and art. It is the title sponsor to the 2010 Alltech ...
Jun 25, 2017•35 min
Matt Bevin’s intellectual curiosity and love of learning have led him through several career opportunities in his lifetime. Bevin is currently the CEO and principal of Integrity Asset Management, which manages $2.5 billion in assets. He recruited several asset managers and started the firm with eight people, no customers and a modest start. With hard work and long hours, Integrity Asset Management has grown to be one of Louisville’s largest money management firms. Bevin came from humble beginnin...
Jun 25, 2017•27 min
A Louisville native and self-proclaimed life-long student, Dan Jones has a vision for the future Louisville landscape. And his vision is coming to life. Jones is the Chairman and CEO of 21st Century Parks, a non-profit organization seeking to develop a 4,000 to 5,000-acre park and trail system in the last major undeveloped corridor surrounding Louisville. Jones grew up near Cherokee Park and sets out to repeat what Fredrick Law Olmstead Parks have previously done for Louisville with the 21st Cen...
Jun 25, 2017•29 min
A custom builder and remodeler, Joe Pusateri thrives on challenge and using his talents to the best of his ability. Pusateri counts his parents holding all of their children to a high standard as the beginning of his leadership style. He founded Elite Homes in 1976, specializing in the design, building, and remodeling of custom homes. In November of 2007, his company was responsible for building a home for the television show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” The home was specially designed and ...
Jun 25, 2017•27 min
Driven by a desire to give back drives Cathe Dykstra to lead the Family Scholar House and help families thrive. Dykstra and Family Scholar House are changing the lives of families and communities by providing self-sufficiency through career-track employment. Her goal is to end the cycle of poverty by giving very low income, single-parent students the support needed to achieve a four-year college degree. Since 1996, 30 women have earned college degrees with ten more on their way. They have witnes...
Jun 25, 2017•27 min
Councilman Kevin Kramer’s compassion for people has led him to be a public servant and educator. Kramer represents the Louisville Metro Council in District 11. He also assists on the National League of Cities Information Technology and Communications steering committee. He was the 2006 Metro Council president and named a distinguished alumnus of Bellarmine University. Kramer is a life-long resident of the Hikes Point area and has been active in his community for many years. He coached for the Hi...
Jun 25, 2017•24 min
Joni Jenkins is a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives and serves as chairwoman of the Jefferson County Legislative Delegation. She identifies with the people she serves, focusing most of her time on helping the marginalized and disadvantaged. As a Louisville-native, Jenkins grew up with a strong interest in politics. She is a well-respected lawmaker, responsible for passing the High School Athletic Protection Bill in 2009. The bill requires coaches to be certified in CPR and the use ...
Jun 25, 2017•25 min
As in-house counsel and corporate attorney for GE Consumer and Industrial, India Jewell serves on the employee community fund board at GE, supplying grants to non-profit service organizations. She has practiced as a trial attorney specializing in corporate, commercial, and business law. Jewell’s many accomplishments include serving as President of the Louisville Black Lawyers Association, where she focused on improving diversity among the bench and bar, and organizing scholarships for African Am...
Jun 25, 2017•27 min
Louisville-native and restaurateur Kent Taylor has a passion for the food industry and for skiing. Taylor began with a humble start as a worker at Captain’s Quarters along the Ohio River. He left this position to attend school at the University of North Carolina. His love for skiing led him to Colorado after college, where he managed nightclubs and restaurants. Taylor returned to Louisville in 1990, and within a year he received financing for his idea of a Colorado-themed bar and grill, now know...
Jun 25, 2017•22 min
Louisville Metro Council president David Tandy is fueled by the desire to serve his community and to leave it a better place for his children. Tandy is a respected attorney with a packed resume. His accomplishments include the first president of the Louisville Urban League Young Professionals Organization, working in the Washington D.C. office of former U.S. Senator Wendall H. Ford, former treasurer for the Kentucky Democratic Party, and government relations director for the American Cancer Soci...
Jun 25, 2017•26 min
Dale Orem has an extensive career in politics, civics, sports, and business. Orem’s public service career began in 1968 with the Jeffersonville city council. He then served as mayor of Jeffersonville, Ind. from 1984 to 1991. Orem also started the Community Foundation of Southern Indiana. Orem’s impressive sports achievements include captain of the 1957 undefeated University of Louisville baseball team, 1958 quarterback of the U of L Sun Bowl football championship team, and head coach of the Loui...
Jun 25, 2017•29 min
Adventurer, educator and administrator Tori Murden McClure believes integrity is the hallmark of leadership. Not only a local university administrator McClure has achieved a lifetime of adventure along the way. This vice president for external relations, enrollment management, and student affairs at Spaulding University holds an impressive number of degrees, as well as athletic records. Among her many athletic accomplishments, she was the first woman to climb Lewis Nunatak Summit in Antarctica, ...
Jun 25, 2017•27 min
Louisville-native Scotty Davenport is enjoying a notable career as a basketball coach in his own hometown. Davenport is currently the men’s head basketball coach for Bellarmine University. Since his arrival at Bellarmine University in 2005, attendance at games has increased an amazing 50%. In addition, Davenport took Bellarmine to the school’s first NCAA Division II National Championship in 2011! Before leading the men’s team at Bellarmine University, Davenport was an assistant coach at the Univ...
Jun 25, 2017•31 min
Curiosity and a love for food drive Joe Castro, best known as “Chef Joe” in his career as a nationally renowned award-winning chef. Castro’s savory dishes have been served across the globe. He was formerly an executive sous-chef for the Lucy Restaurant in Washington D.C. and the executive chef at English Grill in the Louisville Brown Hotel. Castro has appeared on well-known television shows making bourbon balls with Chef Emeril Lagasse and his famous Kentucky Hot Brown with Chef Bobby Flay. He h...
Jun 25, 2017•26 min
Connecting people and telling stories fuel Marc Masterson as the artistic director of Actors Theatre of Louisville (ATL). Masterson works hard to keep the arts represented in the area communities. He helped develop ATL’s first education department and continues to be a supportive proponent for arts education. Actors Theatre of Louisville is also home to the Humana Festival of New American Plays. Masterson joined Actors Theatre of Louisville in August of 2000, after an impressive 20 years as prod...
Jun 25, 2017•22 min
After watching a close family member go through a painful bankruptcy, Mark Lamkin decided to pursue his dream of becoming a financial planner and made a promise never to let bankruptcy impact someone in his life again. Lamkin founded Lamkin Wealth Management, a financial planning firm in Louisville, with the pursuit of building a world-class financial services firm that enables small business owners to reach their goals and dreams. Before starting Lamkin Wealth Management, he founded and sold mo...
Jun 25, 2017•28 min
Angie Fenton is an award-winning and esteemed writer driven by a passion for serving her community. Originally from Michigan, Fenton is now a prominent figure in Louisville, which she has been calling home since 2002. She is a buzz columnist for The Courier-Journal, an instructor of English literature at Brown Mackie College, and a regular radio show and television guest. Fenton has written for numerous publications, including Velocity magazine, Dog Fancy magazine, Voices of Michigan, and Women’...
Jun 25, 2017•25 min
A core believer in the servant leadership model, Greg Fischer is a successful businessman and civic leader in Louisville, Ky. Also a believer in the concept of citizen soldiers laid out by Thomas Jefferson, Fischer felt there was an opportunity and responsibility to participate in the country’s leadership and ran for the U.S. Senate, a race in which he finished second out of a field of seven. In 2000, Fischer co-founded bCatalyst, a business accelerator in Louisville, Ky. bCatalyst later evolved...
Jun 24, 2017•28 min
Driven by the need for, and impact of, arts education on young people, Paul Lenzi and his wife, Geraldine, co-founded the Blue Apple Players Theatre Group a children’s theatre company. As its executive director, Lenzi helps lead the group while they present plays and original musicals throughout the region. The group also provides workshops in schools, focusing in theatre and structured improvisation to help drive student growth. Topics include difficult and real life challenges young people fac...
Jun 24, 2017•26 min
A driving curiosity about the world and the desire to be “a part of the solution” drive Denton Randall each day. Randall serves as chief development officer for ElderServe Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to helping senior citizens live independently with dignity. The organization provides a variety of support services for the senior community. Originally from Los Angeles, Randall had a storied career in radio prior to joining the non-profit world. A well-known voice in Louisville since the early 198...
Jun 24, 2017•29 min
Bob Hill’s motivation to do the best he can at whatever he does culminated in a storied career that began with his decision to be a writer at age 25. During his time as a columnist at the Courier-Journal, Hill wrote over 4,000 articles. After over 30 years with the newspaper, Hill believed he “had said it all before”. He left to write more long-form pieces and spend time with his family. Hill says his career decisions begin with what he does not want to do, then determines what he’d like to do. ...
Jun 24, 2017•17 min
Dave Stone’s passion for excellence and sharing his faith with others drives him in his role as senior minister at Southeast Christian Church. Stone achieved his senior minister status due to his optimistic vision for the future of the church. Identified as a “mega-church,” Southeast Christian is Kentucky’s largest church with 17,000 people in weekly attendance. Prior to his great achievements at Southeast, Stone attended Cincinnati Christian University. He is also a published author of the book...
Jun 24, 2017•28 min
Driven by the desire to make a contribution to his community, Louisville-native Tom Owen serves as councilman for Metro Council District 8 in his hometown. Owen was elected as one of the original council members of the newly formed Louisville Metro government in 2002. He had previously served as an alderman in the Louisville Board of Alderman from 1990–1998. In addition to his role as councilman, he participates in several Metro planning committees. Owen has been a professor at the University of...
Jun 24, 2017•30 min
Bill McNulty is an actor and director who has performed internationally and enjoys a grounded life with a love for his work and his family. McNulty grew up in New Jersey, where he earned a scholarship to the highly-rated theatre department at Rollins College. He then pursued his graduate degree from Penn State University, while studying under some outstanding teachers in the MFA acting program. McNulty’s career includes performances on stages around the world, as well as roles in the major motio...
Jun 24, 2017•31 min
Dr. Jo Ann Rooney is an American educator, lawyer, businesswoman and public servant driven by seeing the achievements of students and the impact education has on their lives and their families. Her original plans in college to become a physician changed to study finance and law. This change opened doors that led Rooney to become the ninth president of Spalding University, a private, Catholic, doctoral–level university in Louisville, Ky. Her inauguration was held on September 27, 2003. Rooney is ...
Jun 24, 2017•25 min
