R. Alex Rankin

R. Alex Rankin is the Chairman of the Board of Churchill Downs Incorporated. He has been a director of the company since 2008. Outside Churchill Downs, he is Chairman of the Board of Sterling G. Thompson Company, LLC, a private insurance agency and broker, and President of Upson Downs Farm, Inc., a Thoroughbred breeding and racing operation.

The company says his expertise in finance and risk management, together with his experience in Thoroughbred horse racing, qualifies him for the board.

His other roles include Vice Chairman and Director of Glenview Trust Company and membership of The Jockey Club. He is also a Trustee and former Chairman of the James Graham Brown Foundation, a private nonprofit foundation that funds projects in Louisville and Kentucky in areas such as civic affairs, economic development, education and health. The foundation has awarded more than 2,680 grants since 1954, totalling over $450 million.