Dr. David Orberson, GTP’05 (’01-04), is the vice president of Risk Management for Churchill Downs Incorporated and has been in the insurance and risk management industry for over 30 years.
He earned a Master of Theological Studies degree from Saint Meinrad and a Ph.D. in comparative humanities/religious studies from the University of Louisville. Dr. Orberson is the author of two books about the life and thought of Thomas Merton and is a former board member of the International Thomas Merton Society. He has been an adjunct instructor at Bellarmine University since 2007, teaching a variety of theology classes.
Dr. Orberson and his wife, Beth, live in New Albany, are proud parents and grandparents, and are members of St. Anthony Parish in southern Indiana.