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

Speakers

Stephanie Ramos
ABC News Correspondent and U.S. Army Reserve Major
Steve Lerch
Former Google Executive and Innovation Evangelist
Mark Weaver
Crisis Communications Expert and former Deputy Attorney General of Ohio
James Comer
United States Representative
Robert Stivers
Senate President, Kentucky General Assembly
David Osborne
House Speaker, Kentucky General Assembly
Russell Coleman
Kentucky Attorney General
Rocky Adkins
Senior Advisor to Gov. Andy Beshear
Debra Hembree Lambert
Chief Justice, Kentucky Supreme Court
Ryan Quarles
President, Kentucky Community and Technical College System
Mel Kimmel
AI Governance Specialist, Writing.io
Craig Greenberg
Mayor, Louisville Metro Government, Jefferson County
J.D. Clark
NACo President
Bobbi Jo Lewis
Commissioner, Rural and Municipal Aid
Jeffrey Mando
Member, Adams Law
Lucas Witt
Co-Founder and Partner, MWM Consulting, LLC
Kristin Porter
Director, Division of Reentry Services
Natalie Burikhanov
Executive Director, Team Kentucky Office of Reentry Services
Ava Oljeski
GIS Specialist, Lincoln Trail Area Development District
Charles Allen
Director of Engineering, Lincoln Trail Area Development District
Brian Davis
Director, Louisville Metro Office of Planning
Jamie Bewley Byrd
Barren County Judge/Executive
Curtis Dame
McLean County Judge/Executive
Michael Mueller
Franklin County Judge/Executive