The Board of Trustees

Centre College is controlled by a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees. The trustees are divided into six annual classes of not more than six persons. The presiding officer of the Board of Trustees is the chair of the Board, elected annually. The president of the College is the executive officer of the Board and the chief executive officer of the College.

Officers of the Board of Trustees

Mark E. Nunnelly: Chair of the Board

James C. Seabury, III: Vice Chair of the Board

Crit Luallen: Secretary of the Board

Milton C. Moreland: President of the College

Yvonne York Morley: Assistant Secretary of the Board

Trustees

Class Of 2020

Jess Correll

President and Chairman, First Southern Bancorp, Inc.

Stanford, Kentucky

Craig M. Hille

Managing Director, Juggernaut Capital Partners

Cabin John, Maryland

Lea Stromire Johnson

Attorney, Moore and VanAllen

Charlotte, North Carolina

Amul R. Thapar 

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for Sixth District

Covington, Kentucky

Class Of 2021

Jennie Peaslack Carlson

Executive Vice President/Chief Human Resources Officer, U.S. Bank, Retired

Charlotte, North Carolina

Robert L. Elliott

Partner, Houlihan Elliott Hinkle Dispute Resolution, PLLC, Retired

Georgetown, Kentucky

Crit Luallen

Former Lieutenant Governor, Commonwealth of Kentucky

Frankfort, Kentucky

Thomas H. Meeker

President and CEO, Churchill Downs Inc., Retired

Louisville, Kentucky

John H. Newman

Senior Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, Retired

Naples, Florida

James C. Seabury, III

CEO, Enterprise Solutions

Nashville, Tennessee

James A. Smith

Innovation Consultant

Saint Charles, Illinois

Class Of 2022

Greg W. Caudill

CEO, Farmers National Bank

Danville, Kentucky

Paul W. Chellgren

Operating Partner, Snow Phipps Group, LLC

Villa Hills, Kentucky

Barb Emler

Physician and Pediatric Dentist

Lexington, Kentucky

Beth P. Klein

Officer, Klein Family Foundation

Louisville, Kentucky

Jeffrey L. Mackin

President, Interlock Industries, Inc.

Prospect, Kentucky

Daryll W. Martin

President, Percipient Resources, Inc.

Pittsboro, North Carolina

Eddy Roberts Jr.

State President, Bell South, Retired

Louisville, Kentucky

Class Of 2023

John R. Barton

Physician

Lexington, Kentucky

Sandra Frazier

CEO/Managing Member, Tandem Public Relations

Louisville, Kentucky

Mark E. Nunnelly

Chairman, AVALT Holdings and Special Limited Partner, Bain Capital

Dover, Massachusetts

Peggy Purdom Patterson

U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, Retired

Prospect, Kentucky

Class Of 2024

Anita M. Britton

Attorney, Britton Johnson, PLLC

Versailles, Kentucky

Sheila A. Burks

Corporate Counsel, OFS Fitel, LLC

Alpharetta, Georgia

Angie M. Evans

Manager, Corporate Responsibility, LG&E and KU Energy, LLC

Louisville, Kentucky

T. Richard Riney

Executive Vice President, CAO and General Counsel, Ventas, Inc., Retired

Louisville, Kentucky

Lee D. Tatum

Anchorage, Kentucky

Class Of 2025

Benjamin J. Beaton

Squire Patton Boggs

Louisville, Kentucky

William S. Bowmer III

Managing Director, Lincoln International, LLC

Palo Alto, California

Tao Le

Physician

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Brian Mefford

Alvaton, Kentucky

Life Trustees

Robert T. Brockman

CEO and Chairman, The Reynolds and Reynolds Company

Houston, Texas

J. David Grissom

Chairman, Mayfair Capital

Louisville, Kentucky

Randal B. Kell

President and CEO, The Mark Winkler Company

Annapolis, Maryland

Nelson D. Rodes Jr.

Chairman of the Board, Farmers National Bank of Danville, Retired

Louisville, Kentucky

Trustees Emeriti

Thomas R. Baeker

Danville, Kentucky

Rutheford B. Campbell

Lexington, Kentucky

Joanne K. Duncan

Inez, Kentucky

Richard L. Frymire

Madisonville, Kentucky

G. Watts Humphrey Jr.

Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Elizabeth T. Kennan

Danville, Kentucky

Charles J. Luellen

Austin, Texas

Kenneth J. Mardick

Birmingham, Alabama

Joseph H. Patterson

Charlotte, North Carolina

George W. Privett, Jr.

Lexington, Kentucky

James M. Ratcliffe

Louisville, Kentucky

James L. Rogers, III

Vero Beach, Florida

James D. Rouse

Versailles, Kentucky

Jane L. Stevenson

Owensboro, Kentucky

Margaret A. Stroup

Melbourne, Florida

Kevin D. Taylor

Madison, Wisconsin