Board Members

Statutory members

Steve Beshear, Governor (Chair)

Richie Farmer, Commissioner of Agriculture (Vice Chair)

Larry Hayes, Acting Secretary of Economic Development

Dr. M. Scott Smith, Director of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service

Dr. Mary Evans Sias, President of Kentucky State University

Appointed members

Sam Moore, Butler County

Representative of Kentucky Farm Bureau
Term Expires: July 6, 2009
 

Sam Lawson, Warren County

Agribusiness owner
Representative of Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
Term Expires: July 6, 2011
 

Vickie Yates Brown, Jefferson County

Attorney with farm experience
Term Expires: July 6, 2010
 

Rodney Dick, Pulaski County

Tobacco, cattle, and hay producer
Term Expires: July 6, 2009
 

Pat Henderson, Breckinridge County

Active Farmer
Term Expires: July 6, 2012
 

Wayne Hunt, Christian County

Cash grain and tobacco producer; Agribusiness owner
Term Expires: July 6, 2010
 

Jim Mahan, Fayette County

Cattle, tobacco, alfalfa hay, grass & clover hay, and grain producer
Term Expires: July 6, 2012
 

Wayne Mattingly, Daviess County

Independence Bank in Owensboro
Agricultural Lender
Term Expires: July 6, 2010

Troy Rankin, Scott County

Farmer
Term Expires: July 6, 2011

Jim Sidebottom, Green County

Dairy Farmer
Term Expires: July 6, 2011