BRIAN SCHUETTE PRESIDENT

STEVE DOWNEY PRESIDENT-ELECT Steve Downey has practiced law in Bowling Green for 31 years. He became interested in Orchestra Kentucky through his wife Claudia's involvement on the board, in combination with the Retro series. Now that he has been exposed to more than the Retro series, Steve is a fan of all the Orchestra Kentucky concerts. One of his goals as a board member is to add a broader cross-section of Orchestra Kentucky fans from across Warren County and the region.

LEE STOTT SECRETARY Lee was born in Champaign, Illinois, and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska and Detroit, Michigan. He majored in sociology, minored in art, and did master's work in speech therapy at Wayne State University. Lee served a two-and-a-half-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Samoa as a teacher/counselor in the church school system. Lee began in radio at WCAR in Pontiac, Michigan. He then worked at WDET and WDTM in Detroit, the latter station being the market's first FM-stereo and commercial classical station. He also worked at Merrill-Palmer Institute, Wayne State, KBYU-FM (Provo, Utah), KWHO and FM-100, (Salt Lake City), Brigham Young University, and the Bryman School (Salt Lake City), and at one time reported for southern Utah County for the Provo Daily Herald. Lee is presently music director at Western Kentucky University's public radio station, WKYU-FM. He is married to Carol Ann Senke. They have six children and twenty-six grandchildren. Email: leland.stott@wku.edu

NORRIS L. THOMAS CPA TREASURER "I serve on the board of directors of Orchestra Kentucky because of the positive effect the organization has, not only on this community, but the surrounding area. I come to the Board without musical talent or training. However, I can certainly appreciate the music ‘One Note at a Time.’" Mary A. (Shipp) Thomas, Norris’ wife of 47 years, is a retired elementary teacher from the Bowling Green Independent School System. Together they have three adult children and five grandchildren. Growing up in rural Russell County, Kentucky Norris attended a one room school for grades one through eight, and graduated from Russell County High School many years ago. He earned a BS degree in Accounting from Western Kentucky State College and an MBA degree from Indiana State University. Having served in the US Army at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, Ft. Eustis, Virginia and Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas, he received an honorable discharge as a small arms instructor with the rank of sergeant. As a Certified Public Accountant, Norris has held certificates in the states of Kentucky and Indiana for the past 35 years. He was also a full-time accounting faculty member for fifteen years at Western Kentucky University and maintains membership in the local, state and national CPA organizations. Currently, he serves as chairman of trustees, First Baptist Church. He has also served as chairman of the finance committee and has been a member of the administrative committee and pastor search committee of his church, served on the advisory board of the Salvation Army, as a member of the faculty senate at Western Kentucky University, and as treasurer of Habitat for Humanity, Inc. and the Bowling Green Beautification Commission.

JOHNSTON BOYD

GARY BROADY

JOY BETH DUNN, Encore Representative

JACK HANES

DR. PATRICIA MERCER

ANNE MURRAY Anne has degrees in psychology, counseling and communication. She provides inspirational humor for conventions, management consulting, employee training and executive coaching for U.S., Canadian and Japanese companies. Her passion is working with people to better understand themselves and each other, to minimize conflict and to maximize productivity. She has served as an administrator at WKU in various capacities and was elected president of KY Women Deans, College Personnel of Kentucky, and National Speakers Association of Kentucky. She is listed in Who’s Who in the South and 2000 Notable Women of 2002. She was chosen Citizen of the Year by WKU’s Associated Student Government and was also chosen as Woman of the Year by the WKU Women’s Alliance in 2005. Anne appreciates the gift of music to feed the soul. She studied piano for eight years, played bassoon in the high school orchestra and played the organ at church, all very badly. Anne has two daughters, a veterinarian and an attorney and two sons-in-law. anne@premiernet.com

LORA PATTON "I serve on the board of directors of Orchestra Kentucky because of the positive effect the organization has, not only on this community, but the surrounding area. I come to the Board without musical talent or training, however I can certainly appreciate the music One Note At a Time."

MAC REYNOLDS Mac was born in Bowling Green, KY.  He graduated from Bowling High School and the University of Kentucky. He subsequently joined the United States Marine Corps, becoming an officer and aviator.   During his career, he and his family lived in North Carolina, California, Virginia, Rome, Italy, and Stuttgart, Germany.  He commanded a Marine Helicopter squadron in North Carolina and HMX-1, the squadron that supported the White House, Pentagon and Marines in the Washington, D.C. area.  He was the Presidential Helicopter pilot for Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush and retired as a colonel.  He and his wife, Cathy, moved back to Bowling Green in 2004.  He recently joined Orchestra Kentucky’s board and looks forward to contributing to its success. “Bowling Green was a wonderful town in which to grow and live.  Upon returning, I find that Bowling Green is just as good, if not better, a place to live and it is greatly enriched by organizations like OK.  Jeff Reed and staff, Encore, the past and present board members, and the generous and devoted patrons, have made this an exceptional musical organization of which Bowling Green and the state are surely proud."

HAL SCHMITT

CAROL WEDGE

TERESA WILSON

JUDGE MARGARET HUDDLESTON