Churchill Downs CEO and leadership

Q: Who is the CEO of Churchill Downs?

The CEO of Churchill Downs is William C. Carstanjen.

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Churchill Downs CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, William C. Carstanjen is the Churchill Downs's CEO. Churchill Downs has 4,500 employees, of which 39 are in a leadership position.

Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:

The Churchill Downs executive team is 33% female and 67% male.
69% of the management team is White.
11% of Churchill Downs management is Hispanic or Latino.
11% of the management team is Black or African American.

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Name & TitleBio

William C. Carstanjen

Chief Executive Officer

William Carstanjen is a Board Member at CHURCHILL DOWNS INC, Board Member at The Glenview Trust Company, and Chief Executive Officer at CHURCHILL DOWNS INC. He has experience at General Electric (GE) and GE Capital and has worked as Exec VP/Chief Dvpt Ofcr at CHURCHILL DOWNS INC, Managing Director/Gen Cnsl at GE Commercial Finance, and Exec VP/CFO/Chief Dvpt Ofcr at CHURCHILL DOWNS INC. William works or has worked as BOARD MEMBER at West End School. He studied at Columbia University and University of California-Haas School of Business.

Marcia A. Dall

EVP and Chief Financial Officer

Marcia Dall is an EVP and Chief Financial Officer at CHURCHILL DOWNS INC and Board Member at Flagship City Insurance Co and is based in Louisville, Kentucky. She has worked as SVP, Insurance Products at Ge Capital; Member of the Board of Directors at Greatbatch Inc; and Board Member at ERIE FAMILY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Marcia studied at KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT between 1996 and 1998, Northwestern University - Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and University of Virginia Darden School of Business between 2006 and 2006.

William E. Mudd

President and Chief Operating Officer

Churchill Downs Racetrack

Board Member

Daniel P. Harrington

Board Member

Douglas C. Grissom

Board Member

R. Alex Rankin

Chairman

Robert L. Fealy

Board Member

Ulysses Lee Bridgeman

Board Member

Chad E. Dobson

Chief Accounting Officer & Vice President

Chad Dobson is a VP - Chief Accounting Officer at CHURCHILL DOWNS INC and is based in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky. He has worked as Director of Financial Reporting at TEMPUR SEALY INTERNATIONAL, INC.; Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller at Viamedia; and Director of Internal Audit at TEMPUR SEALY INTERNATIONAL, INC.. Chad studied at American Civil Liberties Union and University of Kentucky between 1995 and 1999.

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Name & TitleBio

William C. Carstanjen

Chief Executive Officer

Churchill Downs Racetrack

Board Member

Daniel P. Harrington

Board Member

Douglas C. Grissom

Board Member

R. Alex Rankin

Chairman

Robert L. Fealy

Board Member

Ulysses Lee Bridgeman

Board Member

Karole F. Lloyd

Board Member

Paul C. Varga

Board Member

Carl F. Pollard

Board Member

Churchill Downs leadership demographics

Churchill Downs gender distribution in management team

The Churchill Downs executive team is 33% female and 67% male.
Churchill Downs is 47% female and 53% male company-wide.

Male

67%

Company-wide: 53%

Female

33%

Company-wide: 47%

Churchill Downs executives by race

Management Team:

The most common ethnicity among Churchill Downs executive officers is White.
69% of the management team is White.
11% of Churchill Downs's management is Hispanic or Latino.
11% of the management team is Black or African American.

Company-wide:

White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
72% of employees are White.
10% of employees are Black or African American.
9% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.

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Updated November 18, 2022

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