Edward L. Cooke IV
Ed is a native Louisvillian.  He attended the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville where he majored in Architecture and Urban and Regional Analysis. He received a BS degree and was a member of the National Honor Society for Academic Excellence. Ed has been a Registered Architect since 1992, licensed to practice in Kentucky and Ohio and has a National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) certification.

Ed spent his formative years after College with the Louisville architectural firms, Ryan, Cooke and Zuern from 1984 to 1988 followed by Arrasmith Judd Rapp from 1988 to 1992. Relocating to Columbus, Ohio, he continued his architectural career as Project Architect with the newly formed Bird Houk and Associates in 1993. Here he focused on projects ranging from small commercial office buildings to major laboratory facilities.  Due in a large part to his expertise with high tech laboratory projects he was subsequently offered an architect position with The Ohio State University where he was quickly promoted into the Senior Architect position for the Health Science Campuses. He remained with OSU, the third largest university in the country, until he elected to return to Kentucky in 2001. Ed accepted a Project Architect position with Bayus Evola Architects in 2002.

Ed and his wife Mary Ann live in Prospect Kentucky.