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
8:30 AM - 9:00 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
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Collins, 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 - 2:00 PM
Registration Desk, 2nd Floor
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Ballroom A, 2nd Floor
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
  • Craig Greenberg, Mayor, Louisville Metro Government
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
  • H.B. Deatherage, Founder & Executive Director, Kentucky Veterans Hall of Fame
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Jason Schechterle, Motivational Speaker
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
  • Jonathan Shell, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Agriculture
3:15 PM - 4:00 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
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
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Conservatory, 3rd 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, Director of Government Affairs, KACo
  • 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, High Impact Leadership: Capitalizing on the Power of Building Infinite Influence
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Grand Ballrooms B & C and Grand Hall, 2nd Floor
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Bobbi Jo Lewis, Commissioner, Rural and Municipal Aid, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
  • Matt Sawyers, Commissioner, Department for Local Government
  • Carol Petitt, Member, Vaughn Petitt Legal Group, PLLC
Breathitt, 2nd Floor
  • Eric Gibson, Director, Kentucky Division of Emergency Management
  • Jon Kovach, Emergency Management Liaison, KACo
  • Shellie Hampton, Director of Government Affairs, KACo
  • Johnathan Baird, IT Director, Union County
  • Chris Iseral, Chief Information Officer, Madison County
  • Adam O'Nan, Union County Judge/Executive
  • 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 - 10:30 PM
Wilkinson, 1st 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 - 9:45 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, Assistant Director of Communications, KACo
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Russell Coleman, Kentucky Attorney General
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Jim Henderson, KACo Executive Director