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
Setting Standard
Our board of trustees is an appointed or elected group of individuals that has overall responsibility for the management of the Lincoln Foundation.
NAME | OCCUPATION |
| Deborah Benberry Williams Chair | Senior Vice President, Community Development Banking Market Manager |
| Chris Balmer Vice-Chair | Director, Transmission Strategy & Planning LG&E and KU Energy LLC |
| Christine Koenig, CPA Treasurer | Director DMLO CPAs |
| Angela Logan Edwards Secretary | Chief Executive Officer Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company of Kentucky |
| Marshall Bradley, Jr. | President Lincoln Foundation |
| Andrew Charles Cooper | Chief Legal Officer & Department Manager UPS |
Louis DeFreeze III | Digital Content Strategist Norton Healthcare |
| Laura Douglas | Retired Vice President Corporate Responsibility & Community |
| Herman Dubose, Jr. | Whitney M. Young, Sr. Family |
| Douglas Edwards | Senior Vice President Workplace Experience Humana Inc. |
| Dr. Alexandria Gerassimides | Pediatric Pathologist Clinical Pathology Association Laboratory |
| Dr. Ta’Neka C. Lindsay | Assistant Professor of Nursing Bellarmine University |
| Greg Newbern | Senior Vice President Supply Chain Integration Brown-Forman |
| Shawn L. Price, M.D. | Orthopedic Surgeon & Independent Contractor Aptiva Healthcare, LLC |
| Jenny Sawyer | Executive Director of Admissions University of Louisville |
| Vivian Warren Overall | Retired Community Leader Lincoln Institute & Berea College Alumna |
| Gwendolyn M. Young | General Counsel & Senior Director of Human Resources Muhammad Ali Center |
| Gary W. Brown Emeritus | Retired IBM Executive |
| John A. Johnson Emeritus | Retired Attorney |
| Dr. Samuel Robinson President Emeritus | Retired Lincoln Foundation |