Our Board of Directors

Legal Aid Society's Board of Directors is uniquely composed of members of the legal community as well as community leaders.  The full board meets regularly, at least five times a year. Board meetings are held at the Legal Aid Society at 4:00 PM on the following dates in 2026:  February 10, April 14, June 9, September 8, and December 8.

Jeremiah Byrne, (Chair)

Louisville Bar Association, Frost Brown Todd

Aaron Marcus (First Vice Chair)

Charles W. Anderson, Jr. Bar Association, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum

R. James Straus (Second Vice-Chair)

Louisville Bar Association, Frost Brown Todd

Katherine McKune (Secretary)

Louisville Bar Association, Park Community Credit Union

Cynthia W. Young (Treasurer)

Louisville Bar Association, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs

  • Ann Anderson

    Community Member

  • Jacqueline Baker

    Community Action Group

  • Susan Brewer

    Community Member

  • Michael Brooks, PhD

    NAACP

  • Angela Curry

    University of Louisville General Counsel

  • Laurel S. Doheny

    Louisville Bar Association, Straw-Boone Doheny Banks & Mudd

  • Justin Eldad

    Community Member

  • ​Maria A. Fernandez

    Louisville Bar Association, Fernandez Haynes & Maloney

  • Bart Greenwald

    Louisville Bar Association, Duncan Galloway Greenwald

  • Andrew Hagerman

    Louisville Bar Association, Stoll Keenon Ogden

  • Janice Hoskins

    Community Member

  • W. Bryan Hudson

    Louisville Bar Association, Hanson Bridgett

  • Mohamed Kerow

    Community Member

  • Jeffrey Moad

    Louisville Bar Association, Stites & Harbison

  • Prof. Lisa H. Nicholson

    Louisville D. Brandeis School of Law

  • Robert A. Riley

    Oldham and Henry Counties Bar Associations, James & Wells

  • Delores Pregliasco

    Louisville Bar Association​

  • Corey Shapiro

    ACLU of Kentucky

  • John Selent

    Louisville Bar Association, Dinsmore & Shohl

  • Sylvia Sheard

    Community Member

  • Ronald Triplett

    Community Member

  • T. Morgan Ward

    Louisville Bar Association, Stites & Harbison

Directors Emeriti

  • Martha Hasselbacher

  • Christie Moore

  • Dee Pregliasco