15 www.loubar.org July / August 2026 2026 Leadership Academy Inductees: Matthew P. Dearmond, Gray Ice Higdon; Erika M. Fisher, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani; Maci B. Followell, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP; Gregory F. George, Tachau Meek PLC; Michael Grant Grissom, EssilorLuxottica; Brian P. Lee, Stites & Harbison PLLC; William T. Lloyd, Stites & Harbison PLLC; Annie S. Myers, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP; William E. Nixon, Wicker/Brammell PLLC; Annale R. Taylor, Jefferson County Attorney's Office; Sophia N. Wilson, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani and Anna C. Zwicky, Napier Gault Shupbach & Stevens PLLC None of this happens without the speakers who gave a full day of their time to the cohort, month after month. Thank you for being candid about your own leadership journeys and for helping shape 12 better leaders for the Louisville legal community. 2026 Speakers: Leah Brown Waterman, Matthew Schad, Rebecca Fleischaker, James Beckett, Gretchen Hunt, Whitney Bishop, Hal Hedley, Phillip Longmeyer, Shirrod Le'Det, Donald Woolridge Sr., Hope Zoeller, Shelby Allen, Cameron Fathauer, Dr. Steve Gahagen, Holly Hartman, Jim Vaselopulos, Yvette Hourigan, Henrietta Pepper, Belinda Gates, Keni Winchester, Kristen Valentine, Rania Basha, Kristen Miller, Jennifer Kleier and Samuel Wardle. Thank you to LMICK for its continued partnership and support of the 2026 LBA Leadership Academy. 2026 Presenting Sponsor Nov. 18 Formal Induction This Fall The 2026 class will be formally inducted at the LBA Member Appreciation & Awards Luncheon on November 19. More details forthcoming.
