The nonprofit’s slate of officers for 2023 includes: David Brennen of University of Kentucky, Chair; Mark Day of Bluegrass Airport, Vice Chair; Zach Moore of Traditional Bank, Treasurer; and Jennifer Madden, retired attorney, as Secretary. 

Chairperson Brennen has served on the board since 2014. He also served as dean of the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law for more than a decade. With decades of service as an educator, Brennen is considered an innovator in the field of nonprofit law as it relates to taxation. He has been a member of the Florida Bar – Tax Section, American Bar Association – Section of Taxation and the National Bar Association. In addition, he has served on several boards and held many special appointments, including leadership roles with the Council of the American Bar Association Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, Southeast Association of Law Schools, and AccessLex. 

The nonprofit agency also welcomed four new members to its governing board for 2023. Johnathan T. Davis, Joan Tyra, Lawrence W. Wetherby, III and Mark Meade began their three-year appointments this month. 

Johnathan T. Davis comes to the board as the Managing Principal at JT Davis Asset Management. Davis has been a licensed member of the financial services community since 1992. Throughout his career, he has served in several different capacities, including vice president and commercial lender with a Fortune 500 bank. While attending the University of Kentucky, Davis was a three-year letter winner with the UK Wildcat basketball team. 

Joan Tyra, chief people officer at PepperPointe Partnerships, manages all aspects of human resources for the PepperPointe team and the practices it serves. Tyra and her team currently provide human resources and payroll services for over 1,000 employees and more than 150 dentists in Kentucky, New York and Virginia. With more than 26 years of experience managing the White, Greer & Maggard Orthodontics team, she has a track record of company growth, while ensuring efficient processes and developing a healthy culture in which employees feel valued, develop company loyalty and achieve personal goals. 

Lawrence W. Wetherby, III, senior business banker and senior vice president for commercial lending at Republic Bank, has 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry. He served as an ombudsman for the county and city governments of the Commonwealth of Kentucky under Governor Paul Patton and the Lexington Management District under Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton. He is past chair and current member of the Executive Board for Downtown Lexington Partnership and is on the board of directors for both Camp Horsin’ Around and The Well. 

Mark Meade, former senior vice president for shared services at NV5 Geospatial, brings more than three decades of experience in the civil engineering, surveying and geospatial professions. He’s published more than 100 technical articles in state, national and international professional journals and has taught more than 100 professional development courses to audiences across the globe. He was recently appointed to the National Geospatial Advisory Committee by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, advising Congress on geospatial matters across all Federal agencies. He is a member of the ECMO advisory and mentoring team at the University of Kentucky Gill Heart Institute. 

2023 Board Members include: 



David Brennen, Chair 
Mark Day, Vice Chair 
Zach Moore, Treasurer 
Jennifer Madden, Secretary 
Liz Fowler, President & CEO  
John Austin 
Anne Bolton 
Bo Cofield 
Johnathan T. Davis 
Laura Feltner 
Steve Fryman 
Amanda Henson 
Jeff Koonce 
Rhonda Love 
Mark Meade 
Ellen Miller 
Greg Milward 
Zachary Murray 
Ron Ring 
Robert Rosenstein 
David Royse 
Joan Tyra 
Lawrence W. Wetherby, III 
Richard Hopgood 

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