Mayor-elect Greg Fischer unveiled his transition team Wednesday. Here is the WFPL coverage, and here is a list of the team members:
| Ron Weston Chair Merv Aubespin Vice Chair Doug Cobb Vice Chair Mary Gwen Wheeler Vice Chair Gabriela Alcalde Bill Altman Muhammad Barbar Bill Bardenwarper Bill Finn Jon Goldberg |
Eric Gunderson GJ Hart Margaret Handmaker Gill Holland Nikki Jackson Vince Jarboe Lee Lewis Tomiko McDaniel JK McKnight Rishabh MehrotraLynnie Meyer Larry Michalczyk Charlie Moyer Yung Nguyen Kent Oyler Djenita Pasic Ben Richmond Vidya Ravichandran Greg Roberts Ann Smith Rev. Frank Smith Mary Ellen Wiederwohl |
Ron Weston is an outgoing State Representative and former President of the Metro Council.
Merv Aubespin is a retired Courier-Journal associate editor.
Doug Cobb is a three-time Kentucky Entrepreneur of the Year.
Mary Gwen Wheeler is a senior advisor to Mayor Jerry Abramson on education.
Gabriela Alcalde is the former director of the Louisville Metro Office for Women.
Bill Altman is the chair of the Louisville Metro Board of Health and a VP at Kindred Healthcare.
Dr. Muhammad Babar is an attending physician at Jewish Hospital and St. Mary’s Healthcare
Bill Bardenwerper is on the board of directors for the Home Builders Assocation and helped write the Cornerstone 2020 plan.
Erica Kellem-Beasley is a board member for the Louisville Urban League Young Professionals
Nicole Candler owns Nic Creative Public Relations
Byron Chapman is the Mayor of Middletown.
Tommy Clark is the city’s disabilities director. He spoke to WFPL recently.
Ann Coffey is the president of Women 4 Women.
Sherry Conner is the Mayor of Shively.
Jose Neil Donis publishes Al Dia en America.
Jonathan Dooley is the president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1447.
SteVon Edwards works for the Metro Health Department as an obesity prevention specialist.
Bill Finn is business manager for IBEW Local 369.
Jon Goldberg is on the Greater Louisville Fund for the Arts board.
Eric Gunderson was on the Louisville Arena Authority.
Margaret Handmaker was on the U of L Foundation Board.
GJ Hart is the President of Texas Roadhouse.
Gill Holland is a film producer, developer and Louisville Public Media board member.
Nikki Jackson is the Secretary of the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet.
Vince Jarboe co-founded the Southwest Dream Team.
Lee Lewis is on the national political committee of the Sierra Club.
Tomiko McDaniel is a UAW Local 862 member.
J.K. McKnight founded the Forecastle Festival.
Rishabh Mehrotra is chair of the Health Enterprises Network board.
Lynnie Meyer is the chief development officer at Norton Healthcare and former president of the Center for Women and Families.
Larry Michalczyk is an adjunct faculty member in U of L’s Kent School of Social Work.
R. Charles Moyer is the dean of the U of L College of Business and is on the Louisville and Southern Indiana Bridges Authority.
Yung Nguyen is president of IVS LLC and he founded Lac Viet Academy.
Kent Oyler is a so-called serial entrepreneur.
Djenta Pasic owns Brainswork USA.
Vidya Ravichandran is president of GlowTouch Technologies.
Ben Richmond is president of the Urban League and is also on the Bridges Authority.
Greg Roberts is the president fo the Muhammad Ali Center
Anne Smith is the director of Ministries United South Central Louisville
Reverend Frank Smith is president of the Interdenominational Ministerial Coalition. He has spoken to WFPL several times recently. On one occasion, he called out Fischer’s former rival Hal Heiner for his ad calling for an end to the JCPS student assignment plan.
Mary Ellen Wiederwohl is the former president of the Junior League of Louisville.
The Edit: WFPL's Gabe Bullard blogs the news 
1 comment
November 10, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Chris Boone
Having volunteered for Greg’s campaign based on my perception of his skill to involve and include folks from all areas of our community, I am impressed with the list of people he has assembled for this transition team. I believe Louisville would have been well served by Hal Hiner, but am very pleased that Greg will be our Mayor. He is well prepared and has just the right temperment and experience to lead our community to the next level. Congratulations Greg!