Board of Trustees
Barry Barlow
Board Chair
Barry is a Louisville native and long-standing West End School Board volunteer. He taught an Economics course to the middle school for several years before joining the Board.
Barry is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and is currently the managing partner of a local company.
Paul Perconti
Board Chair Emeritus
Paul was the Founding Board Chair of West End School. He was responsible for assembling the outstanding Board and raising over 20 million dollars for operating and capital expenses. He is a graduate of Indiana University and is an active and successful entrepreneur.
Dan Hall
University of Louisville, Retired
Jackson Woodward
CEO, Horton Fruit Company
Russell Awkard
Pastor, New Zion Baptist Church
John Fleming
President, Louisville Community Initiative
George Nichols
President & CEO, American College of Financial Services
Kenneth Gray
Acquisition Specialist, Stock Yards Bank
WES Alumnus
Akure Ahaghotu Paradis
GE Aerospace
Nancy Bush
Community Volunteer
Darrell Griffith
Ambassador, Office of the President UofL
Dan Rivers
President, Northwestern Mutual Louisville
Ulysses “Junior” Bridgeman
CEO, Heartland Coca Cola
Matthew Smyzer
Pastor, Beargrass M.B. Church
Emmanuel Collins
Dean, Speed School of Engineering UofL
Crystal Peterson
EVP, Chief Inclusion & Global Community Relations Officer at Brown-Forman
Jim White
President, Reality-Check Consulting Inc.
William Crawford
Retired Teacher
Powell Spears
Managing Director, JLL International Commercial Real Estate
John T. McCarthy
Founder/Managing Partner, McCarthy Strategic Solutions, LLC
Tim Ratliff
Kentucky Bourbon Barrel