Mark H. Metcalf

Mark H Metcalf serves as Kentucky’s 42nd State Treasurer. Prior to his election as Treasurer, he practiced law for 38 years as a private practitioner, state and federal prosecutor, and as a judge on the US Immigration Court in Miami, Florida. He was selected Kentucky's Outstanding County Attorney in 2013 for his work as a special prosecutor and for one of the highest DUI conviction rates in the state. Treasurer Metcalf has twice represented Kentucky before the US Supreme Court as Special Assistant Attorney General of Kentucky. In civilian life, he served as Garrard County Attorney in Lancaster, Kentucky, a post to which he was elected six-times. Treasurer Metcalf is a veteran of Iraq and served 29 years in the Kentucky Army National Guard, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 2020. While posted to Baghdad, he served as Garrison Command Judge-Advocate at Victory Base Complex and on special assignments represented the 25th Infantry Division and the 2d Brigade of the 82d Airborne Division. His unit, the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, coordinated the removal of American and foreign personnel, weapons, and equipment from Victory Base and closed American combat operations throughout Iraq. Treasurer Metcalf has-twice-received-the-Army Meritorious Service Medal. Treasurer Metcalf is widely published and quoted by media outlets across the U.S., including the Miami Herald, Washington Post, Des Moines Register, Washington Times, Heritage Foundation, and National Public Radio. His book Built to Fail: Deception and Disorder in America's Immigration Courts was published by the Center for Immigration Studies in 2011. His most recent monograph, Courting Disaster, was also published by the Center in 2017. He has appeared twice at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, to discuss immigration courts, asylum fraud, and national security issues and has testified before Congress three times on immigration matters. He is a frequent guest on KTRH morning radio in Houston, Texas. Treasurer Metcalf is a native of Garrard County, Kentucky, and lives in his hometown of Lancaster. He is married to the former- Julie Ann Catchen of Mt. Sterling. Both are graduates of the University of Kentucky.