Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors consists of a distinguished group of community leaders who represent the diverse public interests of Central and Appalachia Kentucky. They give unselfishly of their own time and expertise to pursue and promote the mission of the Community Foundation, to enhance the quality of life in our region. 

Officers of the Board 

Bill Alverson, Chair
Daryl Love, Vice Chair
Suzanne Shaffar, Secretary
Susan Krauss, Treasurer + Finance Chair
Karen McIntyre, Investment Chair
Tony Thompson, Scholarships Chair
Michelle Hollingshead, Past Board Chair

Board of Directors 

Bill Alverson
Community Volunteer
Paris, KY

John Backer
Pin Oak Charitable Fund
Lexington, KY

David Brennen
University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law
Lexington, KY

Blanton Coates, Jr. 
Dean Builds
Winchester, KY

Gentry Collins
Stites and Harbison
Lexington, KY

Michelle Hollingshead
Imprint Coaching + Consulting 
Lexington, KY  

Dr. Rodney Jackson
Pediatric Dentistry of Hamburg
Lexington, KY

Parashar Joshi
Joshi Consulting
Lexington, KY

Louie Kessinger
Baird
Lexington, KY  

Susan Krauss
Lexington, KY

Mike Kretz
Keystone Financial Group
Lexington, KY  

Kristen LaRue Bond
KLB Initiatives
Lexington, KY

Brien Lewis
Transylvania University
Lexington, KY

Daryl Love
Everent Health
Lexington, KY  

Karen McIntyre, AIF®
Meridian Wealth Management
Lexington, KY

Marsha Moors-Charles
Keller Williams-Bluegrass
Pastor Emeritus of Bluegrass United Church of Christ
Lexington, KY  

Walter Morris
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
Lexington, KY

Mary Ellis Patton
Bluegrass Elderlaw
Lexington, KY

Carolyn Purcell
Community Volunteer
Lexington, KY

Michelle Rawlings 
Community Volunteer
Lexington, KY  

Suzanne Shaffar 
Glenview Trust
Lexington, KY 

Anthony Thompson
Community Volunteer
Lexington, KY