Board Members

View the LRSEF By-Laws [PDF]

Officers  

Carson Garrett – President
Site Quality Manager at American Synthetic Rubber Company (ARSC), wholly owned by the Michelin Group

Michael Moreland – Vice President for Education and Outreach
Chemistry & Physics Teacher, J. Graham Brown School, Jefferson County Public Schools

Jonathan Hodge – Vice President for Business & Legal
Attorney, Hodge & Smither PLLC

Meredith Jones Pritchett – Secretary
Chemical Engineer II, LG&E/KU

Theresa H. Mattei – Treasurer
Community Volunteer

Dr. Vanita Mani – Immediate Past President
Sr. Director of Technology, GE Appliances, a Haier Company

Fair Co-Directors

Appointed by LRSEF Executive Committee

Frederick J. Whitaker
Science Teacher, St. Francis of Assisi School, Archdiocese of Louisville

Keri Meador
Science Teacher, Central High School, Jefferson County Public Schools 

Board of Directors

(Jefferson County resident, unless noted)

Joseph “Frank” Abell
Kiwanis Representative and Community Volunteer, Retired from Metro Corrections and Courier Journal

Natalia Alisha Blagaia
Principal, Nur Islamic School of Louisville

Karen R. Bowie
Reliability Engineer, BP Whiting

Kumar Chellappan
Program Director,  Cross Product – Finishes, & Representative of Asia Impact, GE Appliances, a Haier Company

Eboni Neal Cochran
Community Member

Dr. Sam Earls
Assistant Director of Academic Services, Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science at Western Kentucky University (Warren County)

Joe Erskine
Support Analyst, RFX Technologies

Carmen Estopare
Executive Director of Organizational and Talent Development, GE Appliances, a Haier Company

Corinne M. Greenberg, CHMM
Environmental Manager, Carbide Industries, LLC 

Ravishankar Jayaram
Senior Manager, DT & Representative of Asia Impact, GE Appliances, a Haier Company

Glenda Jones
Science Teacher at Ballard High School, Jefferson County Public Schools

Catherine W. Kaiser
President of SPOG and a PhD candidate at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Kaya A. K. Muller
Professor of Chemistry, KCTCS – Jefferson Community & Technical College 

Dr. Beth Quinn
Director of Education for the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, Bellarmine University

Shannon Slate
Gifted and Talented Enrichment Specialist, Christian County Public Schools 

Jennifer Vermillion
Teacher, Valley High School, Jefferson County Public Schools

Dr. Stuart Williams
Professor Mechanical Engineering, Speed School, University of Louisville (Oldham County)  

Dr. Cassandra Woolley
MD Student/PhD in Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville

Student Advisor

Muhilan Balasubramanian
Ballard High School

Board of Directors – Emeritus Members

Keith Cole
Retired from Dover Corporation, former Kiwanis Clubs Representative 

Ronda K. Fields
Retired Science Educator from Jefferson County Public Schools & former LRSEF Fair Director

Mark Garman
Retired from LRSEF Board after 10+ Years of Service, Kiwanis Representative

Dr. Lawrence Gettleman
Professor of Prosthodontics & Biomaterials, Emeritus, University of Louisville School of Dentistry 

Dr. Tina Gibson
Former LRSEF Science Fair Director, Currently at Mississippi State University

Joel Gittelson
Retired Engineer from General Electric Appliances, former LRSEF Fair Director

George McNair
Retired from Radio Sound Inc., Vice President of Manufacturing  

Bob Olsen
Retired Mathematics Professor, KCTCS- Jefferson Community & Technical College  

Terry A. Roach 
General Manager, Carrollton Utilities

Deborah Shwab Fuller
Retired Science Educator from Jefferson County Public Schools

John Gary Spanyer
Evergreen Environmental, Professional Engineer (PE)