Our Boards
CivicLex has a unique governance structure made up of two Boards - the Governance Board that handles our finances and long term stability, and the Programmatic Board that makes decisions and recommendations about our work.
Our Board structure allows us to have individuals on our board that are closest to the perspectives we need for our work, while limiting those individuals from and financial or legal liability. It also allows our Governance Board to focus entirely on the financial and legal needs of our organization without wading into the weeds of our day-to-day work. Representatives from these two boards come together to form an Executive Board, which works closely with staff.
Interested in serving on a CivicLex Board? You can apply here.
Governance Board
Melody Flowers, President
Melody is the Assistant Vice President for Economic Development & Real Estate at the University of Kentucky. She has served on numerous organizational boards focused on community development, education, and the arts.
Dan Rowland, President Emeritus
Dan is the Former Director of the Gaines Center for the Humanities at University of Kentucky.
Art Shechet, Vice President
Arthur Shechet has served on numerous civic and organizational boards, is a member of Lexington's Public Art Commission, and is Co-Publisher of the online publication, UnderMain.
Scott Shapiro, Secretary
Scott is a consultant and former Chief Innovation Officer under Lexington Mayor Jim Gray.
Jordan Parker, Treasurer
Jordan is a Client Relationship Officer at Traditional Bank.
Joshua Douglas
Professor Joshua A. Douglas of the UK College of Law teaches and researches election law and voting rights, civil procedure, constitutional law, and judicial decision making.
Barb Ellerbrook
Barb Ellerbrook was a nonprofit executive for over 25 years. She is currently the chair of the LFUCG Human Rights Commission and a nonprofit mentor for Score Lexington. Barb lives in Fayette County with 2 daughters, 4 grandchildren, and 1 great grandson.
Tony Gilmore
Tony Gilmore is an artist and Themed Environments Producer. He came to CivicLex through the Civic Artist in Residence Program, where he created the Living City Board Game with the Environmental Quality and Public Works Division.
Casandra Hockenberry
Casandra Hockenberry is a program manager at The Council of State Governments. She lives in Lexington with her miniature dachshund Remington McTavish Hockenberry. She also serves on the Board of the Lexington Public Library.
Tresine Logsdon
Tresine Logsdon serves as Fayette County Public Schools Sustainability Coordinator and Northside Neighborhood Association Board President. She has served numerous nonprofits as a Board member, including Chair of Bluegrass Greensource.
Programmatic Board
Carly Muetterties, President
Carly is the Director of Learning for Newsela and executive director of the Kentucky Council for the Social Studies
Anthony Everett
Pastor Anthony Everett is a social entrepreneur, activist, and Siloam Project Director in the Baptist Seminary of Kentucky. He has served on the Kentucky Council of Churches and the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights.
Blake Hall
Blake Hall is a web developer and urban development and housing activist.
Wendi Keene
Wendi had a 30 year career with the YMCA of Central KY and now volunteers for outreach and literacy programs. Wendi is happily married and has two children and a dog.
Christine Stanley
Christine is a healthcare attorney. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky and her Bachelor of Science from Carnegie Mellon. She is a lecturer and presenter of emerging issues in science, society and the law and serves on a number of boards and committees.
Matthew Wilson
Matthew W. Wilson, PhD, is faculty in the Department of Geography at UK and an Associate at the Center for Geographic Analysis at Harvard. He directs Mapshop, a research initiative currently focusing on questions of gentrification, justice, and openness.