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Kentucky Heritage Council

Affiliated Boards and Commissions

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Kentucky Heritage Council

Stephen L. Collins, Shelbyville, Chair

Harold McKinney, Danville

Robin Stratton, Louisville

Will Miller, Harlan

Virginia W. Butler, Maysville

Maynard A. Crossland, Lexington

Nicholas LaFerriere, Louisville

C. Nathan Saucedo, Harrodsburg

Tom Eblen, Lexington​

Silas House, Lexington

Kara Mackey, Louisville

Sean Mestan, Princeton

C. William "Bill" Weyland, Louisville

Matthew C. Bailey, Guthrie

Linda A. Carroll, Lexington

​Helen W. Dedman, Harrodsburg

Holly Wiedemann, Lexington

Kentucky African American Heritage Commission

​Preservation Community

Betty Dobson, Paducah
Chair


​Arts Community

Willard Lamont Collins, Louisville

Institute of Higher Education

Tyler D. Fleming, Louisville
Samuel R. Coleman, Jr., Middlesboro​

Public-at-Large

Betty Baker-Clayton, Cadiz​
​Richard Fowler, Wilder  
Natalie Gibson, Lexington  
​Charisse Gillett, Versailles
Karen E. Morehead, Smithfield
​​Lacy L. Rice, Jr., Radcliff
Diana W. Woods, Lexington
Mary C. Woolridge, Louisville

Ex Officio by Position

Lindy Casebier, Secretary
Tourism Arts and Heritage Cabinet

Koffi C. Akakpo, President
Kentucky State University

​Craig Potts, Executive Director & State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO)
Kentucky Heritage Council


Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission

​Preservation or Archaeological Community

Dwight R. Cropper, South Portsmouth
David Pollack, Lexington

Arts Community

Susan Mullins, Berea

Citizens at Large

Frank Beaty, Eubank​

Michael Dunn, Louisville, Vice Chair

Venus Evans, Corbin

Sarah Gibbs, Campton

Melissa Howard, Jackson

Kelly Hyberger, Louisville

Lewis Nicholls, Greenup​

William "Chip" Richardson, Lexington

James Sizemore, Manchester

Brigit Truex, Lexington

Institutions of Higher Learning

A. Gwynn Henderson, Lexington
Christopher A. Robinson, Richmond
Marcie Venter, Murray

​Secretary of the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet

Lindy Casebie​r

More about the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission

Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board

Historians 
Dr. Karl B. Raitz, Chair, Lexington
Thomas Matijasic, Hager Hill
Stephanie Lang, Lexington

African American Studies 
Not currently represented

Architectural Historian 
Julie A. Riesenweber, Lexington

Architectural Historian 
Margaret Rogers Jacobs, Lexington

Archaeologist 
Charles M. Nicquette, ​Lexington 

At-Large 
Frank Beaty, Eubank
Madeleine Plummer, Ft. Wright 
Hon, Melissa Howard, Jackson 
Katherine Mueller-White, Lexington 



​Kentucky Military Heritage Commission

Brig. Gen. Steven P. Bullard, USAF/ANG (Retired)​​, Executive Director, Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs, Chair

Brig. Gen. Haldane (Hal) B. Lamberton, Kentucky Adjutant General, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs

Lt. Col. Whitney Allen, U.S. Army (Retired)​​, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Veteran's Affairs

Scott Alvey, Executive Director, Kentucky Historical Society

Craig Potts, Executive Director, Kentucky Heritage Council and State Historic Preservation Officer

More about the Kentucky Military Heritage Commission


Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission

Kevin L. Russell, Radcliff, Chair

​Megan Bailey, Bowling Green

Sarah Gaines, Lexington

Shana Leigh Goggins, Richmond

Stan L. Holmes, Vine Grove

​Althea Jackson, Louisville

Priscilla Johnson, Lexington

​Ruth D. Lynch, Hopkinsville

​Scott Palmer Mason, Bowling Green

Beverly Metcalf, Frankfort

Rhondalyn Randolph, Owensboro

Matthew Smyzer, Louisville

​Wanda Washington, Campbellsville​​