INA BROWN BOND

Director Emeritus

Mrs. Ina Brown Bond began a thoroughbred breeding operation, River Bend Farm, Inc. in 1990. She and her son, Austin, formed Ashbourne Farms LLC which breeds commercial beef cattle, grows agricultural crops and is completely restored as a luxury event and outdoor sporting destination. Mrs. Bond served on the PNC Bank of Kentucky Board of Directors. Mrs. Bond is former president of the W.L. Lyons Brown Foundation and is a retired director of the Brown-Forman Corporation and Lenox Inc. Ina is now a lifetime Muhammad Ali Center board member and is the Chairman Emeritus of the board of the Muhammad Ali Center.
 
For the last twenty-five years, Mrs. Bond has served the Louisville community by leadership and board of director positions for such organizations as the Community Foundation of Louisville, Bellarmine College, The Kentucky Humanities Council, The Family Place, The Nature Conservancy, the Alliant Health System (now Norton), the Council for Basic Education in Washington, D.C. She was also on the Waterfront Development Commission. She was chairman of the Regional Red Cross Board of Directors and chair of the 1988 Metro United Way Campaign, president of the Junior League of Louisville and vice chairman of the 1989 Bellarmine Capital Campaign. In addition, in 1997 Mrs. Bond was chairman of the Red Cross National Convention. She was in the Leadership Louisville Class of 1984. In 2006 Ina received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Bellarmine University.
 
Mrs. Bond attended Sweet Briar College and is a graduate of the University of Colorado.
 

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