Stephen Reily

Stephen Reily is an attorney, entrepreneur and civic leader in Louisville, Kentucky. After clerking for the U.S. Supreme Court and practicing law, he founded IMC, a global leader in brand licensing that has generated over $3 billion in consumer product sales for the Fortune 500 brands it represents. He is also the co-founder of the Click email, an online newsletter by and for women, and SUM180, a digital financial planning service, and the founder of Seed Capital Kentucky, a non-profit focused on building a more sustainable future for Kentucky family farmers and farm communities. A collector and arts patron, he answered a call in 2017 to serve as Director of the Speed Art Museum in Louisville. In 2017 he also created the Reily Reentry Project in partnership with the Louisville Urban League to support expungement programs for citizens of Kentucky. The longtime Chair of the Greater Louisville Project, a leading civic indicators project, he also serves on the Boards of the Louisville Urban League and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York.