Civic Engagement
Steve Wilson
American Entrepreneur & Art Collector & Co-Founder of 21c Museum Hotels
Interviewed: 05-06-2024
Gant Hill, CCIM
President & Principal Broker of Gant Hill & Associates (formerly Venterra Realty)
Interviewed: 11-12-2021
Jeremy Harrell
Founder/CEO of The Veteran’s Club-a non-profit veteran service organization
Interviewed: 07-10-2020
Steve Cunanan
Regional Chief Executive Officer, American Red Cross - Kentucky Region
Interviewed: 12-06-2019
J. Barry Barker (1951-2024)
(Retired) Executive Director of TARC-(The Transit Authority of River City)
Interviewed: 03-29-2019
Ferdinand L. Risco, Jr.
Former Executive Director-(TARC)-The Transit Authority of River City
Interviewed: 03-10-2019
Governor Steven L. Beshear
61st Governor, Commonwealth of Kentucky (2007-2015)
Interviewed: 12-08-2017
Dr. Allan Parnell
Chairman of the Board, Mister “P” Express Trucking Company
Interviewed: 11-05-2017
Kinsey Morrison
Political Activist, Cancer Survivor, and National Merit Scholar
Interviewed: 08-27-2017
Jerry E. Abramson
Former Mayor of Louisville Metro (2003-2011) & (1986-1999), and Former Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the White House for President Barack Obama
Interviewed: 03-24-2017
Abby Drane
Past President/CEO, Bellewood & Brooklawn (formerly Uspiritus, Inc.)
Interviewed: 12-02-2016
Mitzi Friedlander (1930-2021)
Narrator & Storyteller, American Printing House for the Blind-(1930-2021)
Interviewed: 04-01-2016
Dr. Barry Denton
Past Executive Director, Louisville Metro Police Foundation (2013-2016)
Interviewed: 12-04-2015
Heather Howell
Director of Global Innovation & Trademark, Jack Daniel’s Family of Brands
Interviewed: 10-23-2015
Vickie Yates Brown
Former-KY. Sec. of the Cabinet for Health & Human Services (2015-2018)
Interviewed: 10-23-2015
Robert S. Silverthorn, Jr
United States Army, Attorney, and Counselor at Law
Interviewed: 03-27-2015
Jim Allen
Vice Chairman at Baird & Former, President and CEO, Hilliard Lyons
Interviewed: 10-10-2014
Jennifer Adrio-(1961-2024)
Former CEO of KY. Region of American Red Cross (2015-2019)
Interviewed: 04-11-2014
Stephen Klein
Former President of The Kentucky Center for the Arts (2005-2013)
Interviewed: 03-25-2011
Kent Oyler
Former President and CEO, Greater Louisville, Inc. (2014-2020), OPM Services & Entrepreneur (1992-2015)
Interviewed: 03-25-2011
Madeline Abramson
Former First Lady of Louisville Metro (1986-1999) & (2003-2011)
Interviewed: 03-25-2011
David A. Jones Sr. (1931-2019)
Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Humana, Inc. (1931-2019)
Interviewed: 07-16-2010
Matt Bevin
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (2015-2019) and Past CEO & Principal, Integrity Asset Management
Interviewed: 12-04-2009
Cathe Dykstra
Chief Possibility Officer, President & CEO at Family Scholar House
Interviewed: 12-04-2009
Dale Orem
Former Mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana (1984-1991) & NFL Referee (1980-1998)
Interviewed: 07-24-2009
Chef Dean Corbett (1962-2018)
Proprietor & Chef of Jack’s, Equus, & Corbett’s Restaurants
Interviewed: 05-30-2008
Georgia Davis Powers (1923-2016)
Former Kentucky State Senator (1968-1989) & Civil Rights Activist
Interviewed: 05-30-2008
Dr. Kevin W. Cosby
Senior Pastor, St. Stephen Baptist Church & President, Simmons College of Kentucky
Interviewed: 03-21-2008
Owsley Brown Frazier (1935-2012)
Philanthropist & Founder/Chairman, Frazier International History Museum
Interviewed: 09-25-2007
Christine D. Johnson
Past President, Leadership Louisville Center (1991-2011)
Interviewed: 05-24-2007
Ben Richmond (1943-2024)
Past President & CEO, Louisville Urban League (1987-2015)
Interviewed: 05-24-2007
Maria G. Hampton
Past VP & Sr. Branch Executive, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2005-2014)
Interviewed: 05-24-2007
Chuck Denny
Former President and C.E.O., National City Kentucky/Tennessee Banking
Interviewed: 03-07-2007
Omar N. Ayyash
President, World Trade Center of KY. & Frmr. Exec. Dir., Office for Intnl. Affairs, Lou. Metro Govt.
Interviewed: 03-07-2007
Tyler Allen
President, USA Image Technologies, Inc. & Co-Founder of 8664.org
Interviewed: 03-07-2007
Steve Higdon
Past President & CEO of (GLI)-Greater Louisville, Inc. (1997-2005)
Interviewed: 03-07-2007
Ed Manassah
Former Executive in Residence, Bellarmine University & Former Publisher of C.J.
Interviewed: 12-06-2006
Heather French Henry
Founder, H.F. Foundation for Veterans & Miss America 2000
Interviewed: 12-06-2006
Joe Reagan
Former President & CEO, “GLI” Greater Louisville Chamber of Commerce (2005-2012)
Interviewed: 05-24-2006
Debbie Scoppechio (1949-2017)
Founder, Scoppechio (formerly Creative Alliance) Ad Agency
Interviewed: 10-20-2005