*Agenda is tentative and subject to change.
8:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. | Welcome
Candace McGraw, CEO, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport/CVG and Chair, Kentucky Chamber
Derek Fairclough, Vice President – Health, Safety & Environment, Westlake
8:45 a.m. | Education and Workforce
Representative Killian Timoney
Representative James Tipton
Senator Steve West
Moderator: Amy Luttrell, President & CEO, Goodwill Industries of Kentucky
9:30 a.m. | Infrastructure and Technology
Representative Josh Bray
Senator Brandon Storm
Senator David Yates
Moderator: Ellen Call, Senior Director, State Government Affairs, Charter Communications
10:30 a.m. | Health Care and Substance Use Disorder
Senator Steve Meredith
Representative Kimberly Moser
Representative Rebecca Raymer
Moderator: Mark Marsh, President & CEO, Owensboro Health
11:15 a.m. | Energy and Environment
Representative Josh Branscum
Representative Chris Freeland
Representative Jim Gooch
Senator Robin Webb
Moderator: Sarah Jarboe, Partner, English Lucas Priest and Owsley LLP
12:00 p.m. | Luncheon
Introduction
Matt Brown, President, ARC Healthcare
2023 Election Analysis Panel: Recapping the 2023 Election in Kentucky
Scott Jennings, Founding Partner, RunSwitch PR and CNN Contributor
Mark Riddle, President, Future Majority/Democratic Strategist
Moderator: Jacqueline Pitts, Senior Vice President of Communications and Marketing, Kentucky Chamber
1:15 p.m. | Floor Leaders Panel
Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer
House Majority Leader Steven Rudy
Moderator: Kate Shanks, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, Kentucky Chamber
1:45 p.m. | Tourism & Economic Development
Representative Chad Aull
Representative Adam Bowling
Representative Kim King
Representative Rachel Roberts
Moderator: Wil R. Schroder II, Attorney, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
2:45 p.m. | Budget Preview/Tax Reform
Senator Chris McDaniel
Senator Amanda Mays Bledsoe
Representative Jason Petrie
Representative Brandon Reed
Moderator: Jennifer Barber, Office Partner-in-Charge, Frost Brown Todd LLP
3:30 p.m. | Legislative Leader Discussion
Senate President Robert Stivers
Speaker of the House David Osborne
Moderator: Ashli Watts, President & CEO, Kentucky Chamber
4:15 p.m. | Update from Governor’s Office
Rocky Adkins, Sr. Advisor to the Governor
Jim Gray, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Secretary
4:45 p.m. | 2024 Kentucky Legislative Preview Conference concludes