51st Annual KACo Conference & Exposition
Nov. 12-14, 2025 | Galt House Hotel | Louisville, KY
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The Kentucky Association of Counties
51st Annual KACo Conference & Exposition
Nov. 12-14, 2025
Galt House Hotel | Louisville, KY

Agenda

Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Registration Desk, 2nd Floor
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Carroll Ford, 2nd Floor
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Breathitt, 2nd Floor
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Clements, 2nd Floor
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Combs Chandler, 2nd Floor
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Willis, 2nd Floor
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sampson, 2nd Floor
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Wilkinson, 1st Floor
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Carroll Ford, 2nd Floor
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Nunn, 2nd Floor
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Ballroom A, 2nd Floor
1:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Performed by Reginald Johnson, Office of the Jefferson County Circuit Court Clerk
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
  • Craig Greenberg, Mayor, Louisville Metro Government, Jefferson County
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Ryan Quarles, President, Kentucky Community and Technical College System
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
  • Stephanie Ramos, ABC News Correspondent and U.S. Army Reserve Major
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Russell Coleman, Kentucky Attorney General
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
  • Brenna Angel, Director of Communications, KACo
  • Jamie Bewley Byrd, Barren County Judge/Executive
  • Michael Mueller, Franklin County Judge/Executive
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Dan Mosley, Harlan County Judge/Executive and 2024-25 KACo President
4:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Grand Ballrooms B & C and Grand Hall, 2nd Floor
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Grand Ballrooms B & C and Grand Hall, 2nd Floor
8:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Conservatory, 3rd Floor
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Grand Ballrooms B & C and Grand Hall, 2nd Floor
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Registration Desk, 2nd Floor
8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Grand Ballrooms B & C and Grand Hall, 2nd Floor
9:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Ballroom A, 2nd Floor
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
  • Mark Weaver, Crisis Communications Expert and former Deputy Attorney General of Ohio
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Steve Lerch, Former Google Executive and Innovation Evangelist
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
  • Robert Stivers, Senate President, Kentucky General Assembly
  • David Osborne, House Speaker, Kentucky General Assembly
  • Dan Mosley, Harlan County Judge/Executive and 2024-25 KACo President
  • Shellie Hampton, Director of Government Affairs, KACo
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Carroll Ford, 2nd Floor
  • Mark Weaver, Crisis Communications Expert and former Deputy Attorney General of Ohio
Nunn, 2nd Floor
  • Shellie Hampton, Director of Government Affairs, KACo
Combs Chandler, 2nd Floor
  • Mel Kimmel, COO & Certified AI Partner, Writing.io
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Grand Ballrooms B & C and Grand Hall, 2nd Floor
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Carroll Ford, 2nd Floor
  • Mark Weaver, Crisis Communications Expert and former Deputy Attorney General of Ohio
Nunn, 2nd Floor
  • Shellie Hampton, Director of Government Affairs, KACo
Combs Chandler, 2nd Floor
  • Mel Kimmel, COO & Certified AI Partner, Writing.io
Breathitt, 2nd Floor
  • Bobbi Jo Lewis, Commissioner, Rural and Municipal Aid
Carroll Ford, 2nd Floor
  • Rich Ornstein, Staff Attorney, KACo
Brown, 2nd Floor
  • Adam O'Nan, Union County Judge/Executive
  • Curtis Dame, McLean County Judge/Executive
Combs Chandler, 2nd Floor
  • Ava Oljeski, GIS Specialist, Lincoln Trail Area Development District
  • Charles Allen, Director of Engineering, Lincoln Trail Area Development District
Brown, 2nd Floor
  • Lucas Witt, Co-Founder and Partner, MWM Consulting, LLC
Sampson, 2nd Floor
  • Brian Davis, Director, Louisville Metro Office of Planning
  • Brian Howard, Executive Director, Owensboro Metropolitan Planning Commission
Nunn, 2nd Floor
  • Kristin Porter, Director, Division of Reentry Services
  • Natalie Burikhanov, Executive Director, Team Kentucky Office of Reentry Services
Laffoon, 2nd Floor
  • Jeffrey Mando, Member, Adams Law
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
Carroll Ford, 2nd Floor
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Grand Hall, 2nd Floor
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Ballroom A, 2nd Floor
8:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Wilkinson, 1st Floor
Friday, Nov. 14, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Ballroom A, 2nd Floor
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ballroom A, 2nd Floor
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
  • J.D. Clark, NACo President
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
  • James Comer, United States Representative
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  • Debra Hembree Lambert, Chief Justice, Kentucky Supreme Court
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
  • Phil Crumpton, Law Enforcement Liaison
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Jim Henderson, Executive Director, KACo