Board of Directors
Chair
Curry Nicholson – Chairman
Managing Partner, Magnate Wealth Management
Michael Abate
Partner, Kaplan Johnson Abate & Bird LLP
Jennifer Ballard
Supervisor of Social Services, Bullitt Co. Public Schools
Lee Baltzell
Community Volunteer, Retired University of Louisville Dance Instructor
Darlene Benzick
President, Promised Land Properties and Realtor, Coldwell Banker McMahan
Russell Bird – Vice Chair
Physician, Baptist Health Medical Group
Dr. Craig Blakely
Dean, Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville
Tia Coatley
Radio Personality, Alpha Media Louisville and Life Coach, Coatley, Coaching and Consulting LLC
Maresa Fawns – Secretary
Association Executive, Kentucky Justice Association
Bruce Ferguson – Treasurer
President, The Underwriters Group
Denise Hall
Drug Free Communities Director, Trimble County Schools
Mark Johnson
Retired, Henry County Board of Education
Bill Kenealy
Attorney, Kenealy & Jacobi, PLLC
Steven Lee
Senior Data Engineer/Team Manager, Scientific Applications International Corporation
Mike Lorch
Regional V.P., Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
David Miller
Consultant, Healthcare Strategy Group
David Ray
VP, Chief Strategy Officer, Galen College of Nursing
Felicia Smith
Co-Owner and Psychologist, StrongMinds Psychology, PLLC
Kathleen Smith
Director of Government Relations, Kindred Healthcare
Chris Teeley
VP Director of Research & Development and Quality Assurance, Brown-Forman
“I am a past resident and student at Brooklawn. I got little help while I was there, but it wasn’t your fault – it was mine. You tried to give me help, but I did not accept it. After many years of rejecting people, I finally accepted my problems, accepted those trying to help and changed my way of thinking and my way of life. I am now a high school graduate and attending Elizabethtown Community and Technical College for nursing and will transfer to the University of Louisville when I complete my two years at ECTC. I just want to say thank you all for all you did for me or tried to do and that I have no doubts you will help others that need help.”
– Q., former resident
