Centre College is governed by a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees. The membership of the Board of Trustees shall be limited to 36 members, and may be divided into classes of not more than nine trustees each. 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
Crit Luallen: Vice Chair of the Board
Benjamin Beaton: Secretary of the Board
James P. Leahey: Assistant Secretary of the Board
Milton C. Moreland: President of the College
Trustees
Class Of 2023
John R. Barton
Physician
Lexington, Kentucky
John H. Newman
Senior Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, Retired
Naples, Florida
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 for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Retired
Prospect, Kentucky
James A. Smith
Innovation Consultant
Saint Charles, Illinois
Class Of 2024
Anita M. Britton
Attorney, Britton Johnson, PLLC
Versailles, Kentucky
Sheila A. Burks
Corporate Counsel, OFS Fitel, LLC
Alpharetta, Georgia
Greg W. Caudill
CEO, Farmers National Bank, Retired
Danville, Kentucky
Prashant Chakradhar
Associate, Decision Modeling & Economics, Ernst & Young
Chicago, Illinois
Jess Correll
President and Chairman, First Southern Bancorp, Inc.
Stanford, Kentucky
Angie M. Evans
Vice President and Chief DEI Officer, PPL Services
Louisville, Kentucky
Craig M. Hille
Managing Director, Juggernaut Capital Partners
Cabin John, Maryland
Lea Stromire Johnson
Attorney, Moore and VanAllen
Charlotte, North Carolina
Briana Lathon
Senior Compliance Officer/Military & Group Insurance, Humana
Louisville, Kentucky
T. Richard Riney
Executive Vice President, CAO and General Counsel, Ventas, Inc., Retired
Louisville, Kentucky
Eddy Roberts, Jr.
State President, Bell South Retired
Louisville, Kentucky
Henry Snyder
Director of Finance, Churchill Downs Incorporated
Louisville, Kentucky
Lee D. Tatum
Anchorage, Kentucky
Amul R. Thapar
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Covington, Kentucky
Class Of 2025
Benjamin J. Beaton
Judge, U.S. District Court for Western District of Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
William S. Bowmer III
Managing Director, Lincoln International, LLC
Palo Alto, California
Jennie Peaslack Carlson
Executive Vice President/Chief Human Resources Officer, U.S. Bank, Retired
Charlotte, North Carolina
John Farris
Founder and Partner, Commonwealth Economics
Lexington, Kentucky
Stephen Hodges
President, ZimCal Asset Management
Marina Del Ray, California
Jane Hopkins
President, Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation
Atlanta, Georgia
Wijdan Jreisat
Attorney at Law, Katz, Teller
Newport, Kentucky
Tao Le
Physician
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Crit Luallen
Former Lieutenant Governor, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Frankfort, Kentucky
Brian Mefford
Vice President of Broadbent Strategy, Vetro, Inc.
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Leonard Napolitano
President and CEO, Capture Higher Ed
Louisville, Kentucky
Class Of 2026
Beth P. Klein
Officer, Klein Family Foundation
Louisville, Kentucky
Jeffrey L. Mackin
President, Interlock Industries, Inc.
Prospect, Kentucky
Trustees Emeriti
Thomas R. Baeker
Danville, Kentucky
Rutheford B. Campbell
Lexington, Kentucky
Paul W. Chellgren
Villa Hills, Kentucky
Joanne K. Duncan
Inez, Kentucky
Robert L. Elliott
Georgetown, Kentucky
Richard L. Frymire
Madisonville, Kentucky
J. David Grissom
Chairman, Mayfair Capital
Louisville, Kentucky
G. Watts Humphrey, Jr.
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Randal B. Kell
President and CEO, The Mark Winkler Company
Annapolis, Maryland
Elizabeth T. Kennan
Danville, Kentucky
Charles J. Luellen
Austin, Texas
Kenneth J. Mardick
Birmingham, Alabama
Daryll W. Martin
Pittsboro, North Carolina
Thomas H. Meeker
Louisville, Kentucky
Joseph H. Patterson
Charlotte, North Carolina
George W. Privett, Jr.
Lexington, Kentucky
James L. Rogers, III
Vero Beach, Florida
James D. Rouse
Versailles, Kentucky
James C. Seabury, III
Nashville, Tennessee
Jane L. Stevenson
Owensboro, Kentucky
Margaret A. Stroup
West Melbourne, Florida
Kevin D. Taylor
Madison, Wisconsin