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.

Russell Awkard

Pastor, New Zion Baptist Church

Nancy Bush

Community Volunteer

Emmanuel Collins

Dean, Speed School of Engineering UofL

Bill Crawford

Retired Teacher

John Fleming

President, Louisville Community Initiative

Kenneth Gray

Acquisition Specialist, Stock Yards Bank
WES Alumnus

Darrell Griffith

Ambassador, Office of the President UofL

Walt Kunau

Retired Teacher

John T. McCarthy

Founder/Managing Partner, McCarthy Strategic Solutions, LLC

Akure Ahaghotu Paradis

GE Aerospace

Crystal Peterson

EVP, Chief Inclusion & Global Community Relations Officer at Brown-Forman

Tim Ratliff

Kentucky Bourbon Barrel

Dan Rivers

President, Northwestern Mutual Louisville

Dr. Dawn Wade

Managing Partner and Chief Strategy Officer Nimbus

Jim White

President, Reality-Check Consulting Inc.

Jackson Woodward

CEO, Horton Fruit Company

Justin Bridgeman

CEO of Heartland Coca-Cola