Kentucky Legislative Preview Agenda


*Agenda is tentative and subject to change.

8:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. | Welcome
Kate Shanks, SVP Public Affairs, Kentucky Chamber
David Huyck, Sr. Director - Operations, Region 3, Westlake

8:45 a.m. | Workforce of the Future    
Sen. Cassie Chambers Armstrong 
Rep. Samara Heavrin
Rep. Matthew Koch 
Sen. Stephen West 
Moderator: Ryan Quarles, President, Kentucky Community and Technical College System

9:30 a.m. | Planning for Emerging Technologies
Rep. Josh Bray  
Jordan Harris, Client Relationship Executive, Deloitte Consulting
Rep. Derek Lewis 
Sen. Brandon Storm
Moderator: Ellen Call, Associate Vice President, State Government Affairs, Charter Communications

10:15 a.m. | Break

10:30 a.m. | Budget and Revenue
Sen. Christian McDaniel 
Rep. Jason Petrie 
Moderator: Dr. Charles Aull, Executive Director, Kentucky Chamber Center for Policy and Research

11:15 a.m. | Energy and Environment 
Rep. Jared Bauman
Rep. Chris Freeland  
Sen. Robby Mills 
Sen. Robin Webb 
Moderator:  Ryan Watts, Executive Director, Kentucky Oil and Gas Association

12:00 p.m. | Luncheon Keynote: Lessons in Leadership
Introduction: Talley Russell, Director, Government Affairs, Humana 
Nick Mingione, Head Baseball Coach, University of Kentucky

Coach Mingione went from having no head coaching experience to landing that position at an SEC school. He most recently took the University of Kentucky baseball program to their first ever appearance at the College World Series. 

12:55 p.m. | Break

1:15 p.m. | Healthy Workforce   
Sen. Donald Douglas 
Sen. Stephen Meredith
Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser  
Rep. Amy Neighbors 
Moderator: Mark Marsh, President and CEO, Owensboro Health 

2:00 p.m. | Future Member  
Hear from newly elected members of the Kentucky General Assembly.  

Rep.-Elect Anne Gay Donworth 
Rep. Peyton Griffee
Rep.-Elect J.T. Payne
Sen.-Elect Craig Richardson
Moderator: Rep. Michael Meredith

2:45 p.m. | Break

3:00 p.m. | 2024 Election Analysis: Recapping the 2024 Election Results 
Neil Chatterjee, Former Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
Eric Hyers, Partner, Outperform Strategies 
Moderator: Les Fugate Vice President Director, Public Affairs, U.S. State and Local, Canada, & Latin America, Brown-Forman Corporation

3:45 p.m. | Legislative Leaders
Senate President Robert Stivers 
Speaker of the House David Osborne 
Moderator: Ashli Watts, President & CEO, Kentucky Chamber

4:30 p.m. | 2025 Kentucky Legislative Preview Conference concludes