Join elected county officials from across the Commonwealth for KACo’s 50th Annual Conference and Exposition. The conference will feature dynamic speakers covering a full range of topics. In addition to the educational sessions, the conference will include the KACo 2nd vice president election and an exhibit hall filled with vendors from across the country offering products and information relevant to county government.
Featured Speakers
Alyson Van Hooser
Motivational Speaker
Jason Schechterle
Motivational Speaker
Hon. Andy Beshear
Governor of Kentucky
Craig Greenberg
Mayor, Louisville Metro Government
Scott Jennings
Partner, RunSwitch PR
Robert Stivers
Senate President
David Osborne
House Speaker
Matt Sawyers
Commissioner, Department for Local Government
Michael G. Adams
Kentucky Secretary of State
Jim Gray
Secretary, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Russell Coleman
Kentucky Attorney General
Jonathan Shell
Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Agriculture
Mark H. Metcalf
Kentucky Treasurer
Eric Gibson
Director, Kentucky Division of Emergency Management
Bobbi Jo Lewis
Commissioner, Rural and Municipal Aid, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Sam Flynn
Executive Director, Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program
Carol Schureck Petitt
Member, Vaughn Petitt Legal Group, PLLC
Trey Grayson
Practice Group Leader, Frost Brown Todd
Bob Babbage
Managing Partner, Babbage Cofounder
Jonathan C. Shaw
Attorney, Porter, Banks, Baldwin & Shaw
Casey Parker-Bell
Journalist
Bill Cherry
Director of Public Partnerships, cashVest
Mike McNutt
Hardin County Animal Care and Control Director
H.B. Deatherage
CEO and President, Kentucky Veterans Hall of Fame
Tentative Schedule of Events
All times listed are Eastern Standard Time (EST)
* Up to 12 hours of HB 810 training credit available and up to 2.75 hours of CLE credit available
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sampson, 2nd Floor
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
- Jason Schechterle, Motivational Speaker
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
- H.B. Deatherage, CEO and President, Kentucky Veterans Hall of Fame
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
- Jonathan Shell, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Agriculture
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
- Michael G. Adams, Kentucky Secretary of State
- Tabatha Clemons, Grant County Clerk
- Trey Grayson, Practice Group Leader, Frost Brown Todd
- Bob Babbage, Managing Partner, Babbage Cofounder
- Casey Parker-Bell, Journalist
Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
- Robert Stivers, Senate President
- David Osborne, House Speaker
- Shellie Hampton, KACo Director of Government Affairs
- David Livingston, Scott County Magistrate and KACo President
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
- Bill Cherry, Director of Public Partnerships, cashVest
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
- Alyson Van Hooser, Motivational Speaker
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
- Grant Riggs, University of Kentucky/FBI Task Force Officer
Carroll Ford, 2nd Floor
- Bobbi Jo Lewis, Commissioner, Rural and Municipal Aid, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Combs Chandler, 2nd Floor
- Matt Sawyers, Commissioner, Department for Local Government
Nunn, 2nd Floor
- Carol Schureck Petitt, Member, Vaughn Petitt Legal Group, PLLC
Breathitt, 2nd Floor
- Eric Gibson, Director, Kentucky Division of Emergency Management
- Jon Kovach, KACo Emergency Management Liaison
Wilkinson, 1st Floor
- Shellie Hampton, KACo Director of Government Affairs
- Kayla Carter Smith, KACo Policy Analyst
Brown, 2nd Floor
- Johnathan Baird, IT Director, Union County
- Chris Iseral, Chief Information Officer, Madison County
- Adam O'Nan, Union County Judge/Executive
Laffoon, 2nd Floor
- Mike McNutt, Hardin County Animal Care and Control Director
- Colleen Bray, Boone County Animal Care and Control Director
- Zach Cotton, Anderson County Animal Control Director
- Orbrey Gritton, Anderson County Judge/Executive
Sampson, 2nd Floor
- Jason Williams, Attorney, Williams & Towe Law Group, PLLC
- Jonathan C. Shaw, Attorney, Porter, Banks, Baldwin & Shaw
Friday, Nov. 15, 2024
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
- Scott Jennings, Partner, RunSwitch PR
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
- Sam Flynn, Executive Director, Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
- Brenna Angel, KACo Associate Director of Communications
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
- Allison Ball, Auditor of Public Accounts
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
- Jim Henderson, KACo Executive Director