Board of Trustees
Lincoln Foundation has empowered youth to overcome adversity through education since its founding by Berea College on January 17, 1910.
Lincoln Foundation
Our Board of Trustees
Our Board of Trustees is an appointed or elected group of individuals that has overall responsibility for the management of the Lincoln Foundation.

Chris Balmer
Chair
Director, Transmission Strategy & Planning
LG&E and KU Energy LLC

Gwendolyn Young
Vice-Chair
Retired/General Counsel Senior Director of Human Resources Muhammad Ali Museum and Education Center, Inc.

Christine Koenig
Treasurer
Director DMLO CPAs

Stephanie Hawkins Smith
Secretary
President Unistar Purchasing Solutions

Marshall Bradley, Jr.
President, Lincoln Foundation
President Unistar Purchasing Solutions

Herman Dubose, Jr.
Whitney M. Young, Sr. Family

Genelle Farley Cochran
Director, Product Management-Ventilation GE Appliances, A Haier Company

Louis DeFreeze
Digital Content Specialist Norton Healthcare

Sharnika Glenn
Human Resources Director UPS

Brenda Hart
Retired Professor University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering

Dr. Ta'Neka C. Lindsay
Assistant Professor of Nursing Bellarmine University

Vivian Warren Overall
Retired/Community Leader Lincoln Institute & Berea College Alumna

Dr. Shawn L. Price
Orthopedic Surgeon & Independent Contractor OrthoLouisville

Jenny Sawyer
Executive Director of Admissions University of Louisville

R. Joe Stennis, Jr.
AttorneyWyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP

Deborah Benberry Williams
WordPress Developer
VP, Community Development Banking Market Manager KY-Southern IN, Southern OH
PNC Bank

Marshall Bradley, Jr.
President, Lincoln Foundation

Genelle Farley Cochran
Director, Product Management-Ventilation, GE Appliances, A Haier Company

Louis DeFreeze
Digital Content Specialist, Norton Healthcare

Herman DuBose, Jr.
Whitney M. Young, Sr. Family

Sharnika Glenn
Human Resources Director. UPS

Brenda Hart
Retired Professor University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering

Dr. Ta'Neka C. Lindsay
Assistant Professor of Nursing Bellarmine University

Vivian Warren Overall
Retired/Community Leader Lincoln Institute & Berea College Alumna

Dr. Shawn L. Price
Orthopedic Surgeon & Independent Contractor OrthoLouisville

Jenny Sawyer
Executive Director of Admissions University of Louisville

R. Joe Stennis, Jr.
AttorneyWyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP

Sharnika Glenn
Human Resources Director, UPS

Brenda Hart
Retired Professor, University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering

Dr. Ta'Neka C. Lindsay
Assistant Professor of Nursing, Bellarmine University

Vivian Warren Overall
Retired/Community Leader, Lincoln Institute & Berea College Alumna

Dr. Shawn L. Price
Orthopedic Surgeon and Independent Contractor, OrthoLouisville

Jenny Sawyer
Assistant Provost & Executive Director of Admissions, University of Louisville

R. Joe Stennis, Jr.
Attorney, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP

Deborah Benberry Williams
SVP, Community Development Banking Market Manager KY-Southern IN, Southern OH, PNC Bank