Guests

239 Guests

#249 Jack Hughes Jacobs

The Guest That Got Away...(1935-2018)

#241 Angela Burton

Founder, Feet-to-the-Fire Writer's Workshops

#238 Cynthia Torp

President/Owner, Solid Light, Inc. (A 100% Woman-Owned Business)

#237 Dr. Allan Parnell

Chairman of the Board, Mister “P” Express Trucking Company

#234 Summer Dickerson

Founder, Women of the Well Ministry

#233 Amy Leenerts

Founder/Director of Free2Hope.org

#232 Dell Courtney

Festival Event Producer/Volunteer

#231 Twyman Clements

Cofounder, CEO and President of Space Tango Inc.

#230 William Kellibrew IV

International Advocate for Civil, Human, Women, Children, and Victims’ Rights

#229 Roman Yampolskiy

Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Louisville

#228 Erick Simanek

Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Texas Christian University (TCU) & Director of the TCU IdeaFactory

#227 Rudy Rucker

American Author & Mathematician

#226 Jennifer Carter

Assistant Director of the Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics at Morehead State University; Director of SpaceTrek-(Space Science Camp for Young Women)

CNN Chief National Correspondent, Analyst & Anchor of Inside Politics

#224 Rowan Claypool

‎Founder and President, Teach Kentucky

#223 Emily Dreyfuss

Senior Writer at WIRED Magazine

#222 Anshu Gupta

Founder, India-based Nonprofit Goonj & One of India’s Leading Social Entrepreneurs

#221 Nate Wonder

Member, American Funk Duo, Deep Cotton

Speaker, Author, President, CEO, and Founder of Answers in Genesis

#219 Nat Irvin II

Author, Innovator, Futurist, Teacher, Commentator & Founder of Thrivals at IdeaFestival

#218 Wendy Whelan

Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet

#217 Kris Kimel

Founder, IdeaFestival®, and President, Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation (KSTC)

#216 Ryan Burch

Actor and Student at the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art

#215 Kinsey Morrison

Political Activist, Cancer Survivor, and National Merit Scholar

#214 Frederick “Fred” Booker Noe III

7th Generation Master Distiller, Jim Beam Distillery

#213 Cole Gallagher

2016 Kentucky High School Goalkeeper of the Year

#212 Chef David Danielson

Executive Chef, Churchill Downs Racetrack

#211 Mary Haynes

President and CEO, Nazareth Home

#210 Governor Mike Huckabee

Politician, Former Governor of Arkansas (1996-2007)

#209 Wes Henderson

Co-Founder and Chief Innovations Officer, Angel’s Envy® Distillery

#208 Carlos Rivas

Director of Fitness and Wellness Operations, Proformance Fitness and Wellness

#207 Dr. M. Bradley Calobrace, MD, FACS

Plastic Surgeon, CaloAesthetics Plastic Surgery Center

#206 Robbie Bartlett

Band Leader, The Robbie Bartlett Band

#205 Mike Berry

President and CEO, The Kentucky Derby Festival

#204 Stacy Griggs

President/CEO, El Toro

#203 Delanor Manson

Senior Healthcare Executive, Manson and Associates LLC, and Retired U.S. Navy Captain

#202 Chef Peng S. Looi

Partner/Executive Chef of Asiatique Restaurant and August Moon Chinese Bistro

#201 Theresa Reno-Weber

President and CEO, Metro United Way, and Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard

#200 Jerry E. Abramson

Former Mayor of Louisville Metro (2003-2011) & (1986-1999), Executive in Residence at Bellarmine University, and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the White House for President Barack Obama

#199 Tom Cottingham

CEO, Insider Louisville, and Serial Entrepreneur

#198 Abby Drane

President/CEO, Uspiritus, Inc.

#197 Terry Forcht

Founder, Chairman and CEO, Forcht Group of Kentucky

#196 Ian Derrer

General Director, Kentucky Opera

#195 Donald E. Lassere

President & CEO, Muhammad Ali Center

#194 Taylor Trusty

CEO, Blackstone Media, Digital Marketing Entrepreneur and Speaker

#193 Coach James O'Connor

Head Coach, Louisville City FC (Football Club)

#192 Conrad Bachmann

Founder, Louisville International Festival of Films, and Hollywood Actor

#191 Amanda Duffy

Past President, Louisville City FC (Football Club)

#190 Senator Mitch McConnell

United States Senator (1984-Present) Majority Leader (2015-Present)

#189 Ingrid Hernandez

President & Creative Director, Ingrid Design

#188 Dr. Donald M. Vowels (1953-2017)

Psychotherapist, Spiritual Counselor

#187 Sterling A. Lapinski

Co-Founder of Genscape & Founder, Clipperdata

#186 Nina Moseley

Chief Operating Officer, Wayside Christian Mission

#185 Mitzi Friedlander

Narrator & Storyteller, American Printing House for the Blind

#184 Rebecca Eaves

President, The Arrow Fund (Animal Welfare Organization)

#183 Dr. Barry Denton

Past Executive Director, Louisville Metro Police Foundation (2013-2016)

#182 Joey Wagner

Owner & Event Planner, J Wagner Group & DerbyVIP.com

#181 Gale Lively

Executive V.P. (retired), Louisville Apartment Association

#180 Ankur Gopal

Founder & CEO, Interapt.com & a Google Glass Global Partner

#179 Chris Morris

Master Distiller, Brown-Forman Corporation

#178 Lee W. Robinson

Owner, The Lee W. Robinson Company

#177 Kevin Grangier

Restauranteur, The Village Anchor & Le Moo’ Restaurants

#176 Coach Dan McDonnell

Head Coach, University of Louisville Men’s Baseball

#175 Tom Jurich

Former Vice President and Director of Athletics, University of Louisville

#174 Coach Jeff Walz

Head Coach, University of Louisville NCAA Women’s Basketball

#173 Heather Howell

Director of Innovation, Brown-Forman Corporation

#172 Jackie Ford

CEO, Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana

#171 Emily Cleveland

Kentucky State Director, Best Buddies International

#170 Vickie Yates Brown

Kentucky Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Human Services, Former President and CEO of Nucleus: Kentucky’s Research and Innovation Center

#169 David Nicholson

Circuit Court Clerk, Jefferson County, Kentucky

#168 John Varanese

Chef and Restaurateur, Varanese, River House, and Levee Restaurants

#167 Patrick John Hughes

Inspirational Father and Son Leadership Story

#166 Patrick Henry Hughes

Inspirational Father and Son Leadership Story

#165 Terri Foster

Artistic/Executive Director, Louisville Youth Choir

#164 Michael Blowen

Founder and President, Old Friends Farm – A Thoroughbred Retirement Facility

#163 Katie George

2015 Miss Kentucky USA

President Emeritus, The Mary Byron Project

#161 Tyrone Cotton

Singer, Songwriter and Musician, Tyrone Cotton Band

#160 Robin Miller

Executive Director, Main Street Association

#159 Lee Squires

President & CEO (Retired), Cave Hill Cemetery Co., Inc. (1975-2015)

#158 Diane Medley

Managing Partner, Mountjoy Chilton Medley LLP

#157 Wayne Hettinger

Producer and Originator, Thunder Over Louisville

#156 Robert S. Silverthorn, Jr

United States Army, Attorney, and Counselor at Law

#155 Matt Jamie

Founder and Owner, Bourbon Barrel Foods LLC and Bluegrass Soy Sauce Co., Ltd.

#154 Kelli Campbell

President and Owner, Joseph’s Salon/ Spa

#153 Terry Taylor

Executive Director (Retired), Interfaith Paths to Peace (IPP)

#152 Karen Morrison

President and CEO, Gilda’s Club Louisville

#151 Pam Darnall

President and CEO, Family & Children’s Place

#150 Heather Warman

Executive Director, Kentucky Environmental Foundation

#149 Judge Erica Lee Williams

District Court Judge, 30th Judicial District in Division 17

#148 Elizabeth Kizito

Owner and Founder, Kizito’s Cookies

#147 Summer Auerbach

Second Generation Owner, Rainbow Blossom Natural Foods

#146 Donna Hargens

Former Superintendent, Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS)-(2011-2017)

President and CEO, Hilliard Lyons

#144 Matt Thornton

President and CEO, Thorntons Inc.

#143 Cathy Fyock

Human Resources and Author Consultant, Your Possibility Partner

#142 Christen Boone

President and CEO, Fund for the Arts

#141 Tom Partridge

President and CEO, Fifth Third Bank Kentucky

#140 Tom Fawbush

WBNA TV 21 General Manager

“C.E.O” Chief Entertainment Officer, Brown-Forman Corporation

Journalist & WAVE 3 News Anchor

President & Partner, Kentucky Kingdom

#136 Dr. James Calleroz White

Head of School, Louisville Collegiate School

#135 Dan Rivers

Managing Partner & President, Northwestern Mutual-Louisville

President and CEO, World Trade Center of Kentucky

#133 Marty Storch

Deputy Director of Louisville Metro Parks

#132 Jennifer Adrio

Executive Director of Louisville American Red Cross

#131 Saul Garcia

Co-Founder & Owner of the Los Aztecas & Sol Azteca Mexican Restaurants

Internationally Renowned Chef & Founder of 610 Magnolia & Milkwood Restaurants

#129 Vincenzo Gabriele

Founder, Vincenzo’s Italian Restaurant

#128 Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz

Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville

#127 Les Waters

Artistic Director of Actors Theatre of Louisville (“ATL”)

Waterstep Founder & CEO (Formerly EDGE Outreach)

#125 Chris Hartman

Founder & Director of the Fairness Campaign

#124 Gill Holland

Film Producer & The Green Building Developer

#123 Robert Davenport

CEO, Kentucky Planning Partners & Founder, Louisville Concours d’ Elegance

#122 Mark Johnson

International Horse Racing Announcer, Kentucky & Epsom Derbies

#121 Lynnie Meyer

System VP & Chief Development Officer, Norton Healthcare

#120 J.K. McKnight

Founder, Forecastle Festival

#119 Joe Phelps

Pastor, Highland Baptist Church

#118 Sam Swope (1926-2014)

Founder & Chairman, Sam Swope Auto Group, LLC

#117 Mandy Connell

Past Host, “Mandy Connell Show” 84 WHAS RADIO (2010-2013)

#116 Troy D. Burden

Executive Director, Highland Community Ministries

#115 Deeanna Esslinger

Senior VP of Greater Kentucky & Southern Indiana Alzheimer’s Association

#114 David Easterling

Past President & CEO, Falls City Brewing Co.

#113 Pat Gallagher

Internationally Renowned Visual Artist

#112 Lora Tucker

Past CEO, Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana

#111 Angela McCormick Bisig

Jefferson County District Court Judge

#110 Derek Anderson

Entrepreneur & Former UK & Miami Heat NBA Player

#109 KY. State Senator Gerald Neal

Commonwealth of Kentucky Senate District 33 (1989-present)

#108 Jeff Van Note

Retired Center-NFL Atlanta Falcons (1969-1986) & Broadcaster

#107 Carol Haddad

Past Member, JCPS Board of Education (1986-2014)

#106 Bruce Simpson

Past Artistic Director of Louisville Ballet (2002-2014)

#105 Mjr. Genl. Donald C. Storm

Major General (Retired) United States Army

#104 Lynn Abramson-Saltzman

Past General Manager/Exclusive Marketer of the KFC YUM! Center (2011-2013)

#103 Stephen Klein

Past President of The Kentucky Center for the Arts (2005-2013)

#102 Kent Oyler

President and CEO, Greater Louisville, Inc. (2014-present) & CEO, OPM Services & Entrepreneur (1992-2015)

#101 Berk Bryant

“The Country Gentleman” Bluegrass Radio DJ

#100 Madeline Abramson

Former First Lady of Louisville Metro (1986-1999) & (2003-2011)

Republican Louisville Mayoral Candidate

#98 Greg Fischer

Democratic Louisville Mayoral Candidate

#97 Jackie Green

Independent Louisville Mayoral Candidate

#96 Bernard M. Trager (1928-2012)

Founder & Chairman, Republic Bank & Trust Co

#95 Ramona Johnson

CEO, Bridgehaven Mental Health Services

#94 John Y. Brown Jr.

1979-1983 Governor of Kentucky & Kentucky Fried Chicken Entrepreneur

#93 David A. Jones Sr.

Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Humana, Inc.

#92 Dr. T. Pearse Lyons (1944-2018)

President & Founder, ALLTECH, Inc. And 2010 Title Sponsor, FEI World Equestrian Games (held Lexington, KY.)

Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (2015-2019) and Past CEO & Principal, Integrity Asset Management

Chairman & CEO, 21st Century Parks, Inc.

#89 Joe Pusateri

President & Founder, Elite Homes, Inc.

#88 Cathe Dykstra

President & CEO, Family Scholar House, Inc.

#87 Kevin Kramer

Councilman District 11, Louisville Metro Council

#86 Joni Jenkins

Representative (D) House District 44 (1995-)

#85 India Jewell

Past GE Consumer & Industrial’s Counsel for Commercial Law (2006-2010)

#84 Kent Taylor

Founder, Texas Roadhouse & Aspen Creek Restaurant Chains

#83 David Tandy

Past Louisville Metro Councilman (2005-2017) & 2009 Louisville Metro Council President

Former Mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana (1984-1991) & NFL Referee (1980-1998)

#81 Tori Murden McClure

World Class Rower & President, Spalding University (2010-present)

#80 Coach “Scotty” Davenport

Head Coach, Bellarmine University Men’s Basketball Team (2005-)

Chef & Executive Chef Training Specialist, GE Experience Center

#78 Marc Masterson

Past Artistic Director, Actors Theatre of Louisville (2000-2011)

#77 Mark Lamkin

President, Lamkin Wealth Management & Former 2005 “The Apprentice” contestant

#76 Angie Fenton

Past THE BUZZ Columnist (2005-2009), The Courier-Journal

#75 Greg Fischer

Entrepreneur & 2008 U.S. Senate Democratic Candidate

Past Executive Director, Blue Apple Players (1976-2015)

#73 Denton Randall

Chief Development Officer, ElderServe

Retired Courier Journal Journalist (1975-2008) & Author

Senior Minister, Southeast Christian Church

Past Louisville Metro Councilman (2002-2017) & University of Louisville Archivist

#69 William “Bill” McNulty

Resident Actor & Director, Actors Theatre of Louisville

#68 Dr. Jo Ann Rooney

Past President, Spalding University (2002-2010)

Retired Horse Racing Jockey (1976-2005) & 1992 Kentucky Derby Winner

#66 Dr. Wayne Creighton

President & CEO, Interlink Counseling Services

#65 Darryl Isaacs

Attorney, Isaacs & Isaacs (aka “The Heavy Hitter”)

#64 Brenda Light

Former Owner, Light Touch Day Spa (1981-2009)

#63 Councilman Jim King (1951-2015)

Past President & CEO, King Southern Bank & 2008 Louisville Metro Council President

#62 Chef Dean Corbett

Proprietor & Chef of Jack’s, Equus, & Corbett’s Restaurants

#61 Georgia Davis Powers (1923-2016)

Former Kentucky State Senator (1968-1989) & Civil Rights Activist

#60 Patricia “PJ” Cooksey

Former Female Jockey & 1984 Kentucky Derby Contender

#59 Ed Hamilton

Internationally Renowned American Monument Sculptor

#58 Michael Dalby

Past President/CEO, One Southern Indiana (2006-2011)

#57 John Yarmuth

U.S. House of Representatives, Kentucky 3rd District

#56 C. Edward Glasscock

Chairman Emeritus, Frost Brown Todd Law Firm

#55 Jack Conway

Former Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (2008-2016)

#54 Dr. Kevin W. Cosby

Senior Pastor, St. Stephen Baptist Church & President, Simmons College of Kentucky

#53 Chris Thieneman

President, Thieneman Real Estate, LLC

#52 Denise Vasquez Troutman

Past President & CEO, Center for Women & Families (2006-2011)

#51 Terry Blackwell

Past CEO, Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana (2007-2009)

#50 Jennifer Bielstein

Past Managing Director of Actors Theatre of Louisville (2006-2016)

#49 Brian Quail

Past CEO, Louisville Area Chapter of the American Red Cross (2003-2009)

#48 Steve Trager

Chairman & CEO, Republic Bank & Trust Company

#47 Glenn Hogan

Past President and CEO, Hogan Real Estate (1987-2016)

#46 Dr. James L. Ramsey

Past President, University of Louisville (2002-2016)

#45 Diane McGraw

Past Executive Director, Greater Louisville Sports Commission (2006-2009)

#44 John Harralson

Former Owner and Past Editor, The Voice-Tribune (1987-2005)

#43 Teddy B. Gordon

Attorney, Meredith vs. Jefferson County Board of Education

#42 Owsley Brown Frazier (1935-2012)

Philanthropist & Founder/Chairman, Frazier International History Museum

Vice President of Racing Communications, Churchill Downs

#40 Christine D. Johnson

Past President, Leadership Louisville Center (1991-2011)

#39 Ben Richmond

President & CEO, Louisville Urban League

#38 Maria G. Hampton

Past VP & Sr. Branch Executive, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2005-2014)

#37 Sandra Frazier

Managing Member of Tandem Public Relations, LLC

#36 Barbara Day

Radio Host & Past Publisher, Kentuckiana Health Fitness & Healthy Woman Magazines (1997-2010)

#35 Cynthia Knapek

Past Executive Director, Brightside, Inc. (2003-2010)

#34 Chuck Denny

President and C.E.O., National City Kentucky/Tennessee Banking

#33 Deepak “D.T.” Tiwari

Indian-Born American Entrepreneur

#32 Omar N. Ayyash

Former Executive Director, Office for International Affairs, Louisville Metro Government

#31 Tyler Allen

President, USA Image Technologies, Inc. & Co-Founder of 8664.org

#30 Steve Higdon

Past President & CEO of (GLI)-Greater Louisville, Inc. (1997-2005)

#29 Bill Weyland

Glassworks and YWCA (Henry Clay) Developer

#28 Bill Samuels, Jr.

Past President & CEO, Maker’s Mark (1976-2011)

#27 Ed Manassah

Executive in Residence, Bellarmine University & Former Publisher of C.J.

Former U of L Basketball Coach (1971-2001) & Radio Talk Show Host

#25 Allan Cowen

Past President & CEO, Fund for the Arts ((1976-2011)

#24 Heather French Henry

Founder, H.F. Foundation for Veterans & Miss America 2000

#23 Paul Hornung

1956 Heisman Trophy Winner

Former Kentucky Commerce Secretary & Founder of Host Communications

#21 Dr. Whitney Jones

Founder of Colon Cancer Institute

#20 Francene (1964-2010)

Former-Talk Show Host, 84 WHAS

#19 Steve Sexton (1959-2016)

Past President, Churchill Downs (2002-2009)

#18 Rowan Claypool

Founder, “Bulldogs in the Bluegrass”

Nationally Renowned Sportswriter & Author

Former President & CEO, “GLI” Greater Louisville Chamber of Commerce (2005-2012)

#15 Kimberly Bunton

Past Director, Louisville Metro Government’s Policy and Strategic Planning Department (2004-2009)

#14 Jonathan Blue

Founder, Blue Equity, LLC

#13 Joan Riehm (1945-2008)

Deputy Mayor, Louisville Metro Government

#12 Jack Guthrie

Founder, Guthrie-Mayes Public Relations

#11 Craig Greenberg

Former Attorney, Frost Brown Todd (1998-2010)

#10 Raoul Cunningham

President, Louisville NAACP

#9 J. Bruce Miller

J. Bruce Miller Group & Author “Airball”

#8 Rebecca Jackson

CEO, Crusade for Children & Former Jefferson County Judge Executive (1998-2002)

#7 Trey Grayson

Past Kentucky Secretary of State (2004-2011)

#6 Barbara Sexton Smith

VP, Fund for the Arts

Former Reverend, Southeast Christian Church (1966-2006)

#4 Debbie Scoppechio (1949-2017)

Founder, Scoppechio (formerly Creative Alliance) Ad Agency

#3 Christopher 2X

Founder, Ceremonial Healing Group

#2 David L. Armstrong (1941-2017)

Former Mayor of Louisville (1999-2003) (1941-2017)

Founder, Kentucky Harvest

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