50th Annual KACo Conference & Exposition
Nov. 13-15, 2024 | Galt House Hotel | Louisville, KY

Detailed Agenda

Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024

8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Carroll Ford, 2nd Floor
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Stanley, 3rd Floor
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Combs Chandler, 2nd Floor
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Wilkinson, 1st Floor
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Wilson, 3rd Floor
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Nunn, 2nd Floor
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Willis, 2nd Floor
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Clements, 2nd Floor
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Breathitt, 2nd Floor
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Grand Ballrooms B & C and Grand Hall, 2nd Floor
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Registration Desk, 2nd Floor
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Ballroom A, 2nd Floor
1:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Performed by Rick Stiltner, Menifee County Judge/Executive
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
  • Craig Greenberg, Mayor, Louisville Metro Government
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
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Hon. Andy Beshear, Governor of Kentucky
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
Wilkinson, 1st Floor

Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024

8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Registration Desk, 2nd Floor
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Grand Ballrooms B & C and Grand Hall, 2nd Floor
8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Grand Ballrooms B & C and Grand Hall, 2nd Floor
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ballroom A, 2nd Floor
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Jim Gray, Secretary, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
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
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Mark H. Metcalf, Kentucky Treasurer
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
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
  • 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
4:30 PM - 5:00 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
Conservatory, 3rd Floor

Friday, Nov. 15, 2024

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Ballroom A, 2nd Floor
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ballroom A, 2nd Floor
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
  • Michael G. Adams, Kentucky Secretary of State
9:15 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
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Russell Coleman, Kentucky Attorney General
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
  • Allison Ball, Auditor of Public Accounts
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Jim Henderson, KACo Executive Director