Board of Directors

Mr. Robert N. Clay, Board Co-Chair

Robert Clay is the owner of Three Chimneys Farm, home of Derby Winner Big Brown.

Mr. Bill Giles, Board Co-Chairman

Bill Giles is the Executive Creative Director of Chappelle Ciafardini Advertising Associates, a Cincinnati-based advertising agency that serves Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee for Toyota.

Mr. D.G. Van Clief, Jr.

D.G. Van Clief is a Founder of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and is the Former President of Breeders’ Cup Ltd., the development of which he has fostered since its inception in 1982.

Mr. Eduardo Nino-Moreno (ex-officio)

Eduardo Nino-Moreno is the Executive Director a.i. of the Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship.

Mrs. Mira Ball

Mira Ball is the Chief Financial Officer of Ball Homes and Donamire Farm, a horse farm and vineyard owned by Mira and her husband, Don Ball.

Mr. Alex Boone

Alex Boone is the owner of Sterling Ventures, a mining company based in Lexington.

Mr. James R. Boyd

James R. Boyd is the Lead Director of Arch Coal, Inc. He also serves on the board of directors of Halliburton.

Mr. John S. Carroll

John Carroll has edited three newspapers: the Los Angeles Times (2000-2005), the Baltimore Sun (1991-2000), and the Lexington Herald-Leader (1979-1991).

Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh

Carey Cavanaugh is Director of the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky.

Dr. D. Kay Clawson

Kay Clawson is the Chairman of the Henry Clay Memorial Foundation Board of Directors.

Mr. William S. Farish, Jr.

Bill Farish, of Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky, is the Executive VP/Director of W.S. Farish & Co., a Houston-based investment management company.

Ms. Phyllis George

Phyllis George, since winning the title of Miss America in 1971, has gone on to unprecedented success in many different fields: broadcasting, movies, politics, business, book writing and entrepreneurship.

Mr. John R. Hall

John Hall is the Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Ashland Oil, Incorporated.

Mrs. Debra Korb (ex-officio)

Debra Korb is the Executive Director of Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate.

Mr. H. McGuire “Mac” Riley

Mac Riley is the President of BAHR, Associates and is the former President of the Kentucky Society of Washington, D.C.

Dr. Charles L. Shearer

Charles Shearer served as the 24th President of Transylvania University from 1983-2010.

Mr. Derek Dumont Vaughan

Derek Vaughan is the Chairman and CEO of G.F. Vaughan Tobacco Company, Inc.

Dr. R. Owen Williams

Owen Williams is the President of Transylvania University.