Here is the press release:
Governor-Elect Beshear Announces Transition Teams
FRANKFORT, KY (November 15, 2007) - Governor-elect Beshear today announced members of his Transition Teams for each state government Cabinet and the Office of the Governor.
"I am confident that I have put together a strong, talented and focused group of individuals to head the Transition Teams for each Cabinet of state government," said Beshear. "We only have a few weeks before I take office and a lot to accomplish as we determine the needs of each Cabinet."
The teams will be working in coming weeks to provide Governor-elect Beshear with information regarding the status and issues facing each Cabinet.
Governor's Office Transition Team
Chair: Ed Holmes - Lexington
• Alice Baesler - Lexington
• Fontaine Banks - Frankfort
• Patsy Blevins - Frankfort
• Rev. John Dunaway - Henderson
• Eric Duncan - Lexington
• Courtney French –Warsaw
• Heather French Henry - Louisville
• Vicki Glass - Louisville
• Ellen Hesen - Louisville
• Kevin Hockensmith - Versailles
• Hollie Hopkins - Louisville
• Phil Huddleston - Frankfort
• Mike Libs - Owensboro
• Max Maxwell - Louisville
• Irv Maze – Louisville
• Kerry Morgan - Bowling Green
• Lee Murphy - Richmond
• Rev. Albert M. Pennybacker - Lexington
• Dick Prelopski - Frankfort
• John Sterner - Louisville
• Marsha Weinstein - Louisville
• Denise White - Burgin
• Dennis Williams - Covington
Personnel Cabinet Transition Team
Chair: Carol Palmore - Frankfort
• Angie Dixon Cain - Walton
• Margaret Daniel - Frankfort
• Glenn Denton - Paducah
• Laura Douglas - Louisville
• Cecil Dunn - Lexington
• Mike Fields - Louisville
• Jerry Graves - Frankfort
• Shelia Hawkins- Shelbyville
• Lisa Higgins-Hord - Lexington
• Lennie House - Lexington
• Steve Huddleston - Warsaw
• Tim Mauntel - Villa Hills
• Leesa Moorman - Lexington
• Don Offut - Lexington
• Elissa Plattner - Camp Springs
• Fred Sutterlin - Louisville
• Denise Vazquez Troutman - Louisville
Economic Development Cabinet Transition Team
Chair: JoEtta Wickliffe - Harrodsburg
• Carey Anderson - Louisville
• Dave Armstrong - Louisville
• C.V. Bennett - Harlan
• Neville Blakemore - Louisville
• Ron Carmicle - Louisville
• Jim Cauley - Pikeville
• Danny Koon - Slaughters
• Eddie Dunn - Louisville
• Betty Fox - Louisville
• Sandra Frazier - Louisville
• Anthony French - Louisville
• Larry Hayes - Louisville
• Wil Hodgkin - Winchester
• Bernie Lovely - Lexington
• John Merchant - Cincinnati
• Jonathan Miller - Lexington
• J. Bruce Miller - Louisville
• Peyton Morton - Hazard
• Rita Phillips - Louisville
• Michael Pitino - Louisville
• Paul Schwartz - Lexington
• Maurice Sweeney - Louisville
• Greg Wells - Hazard
Justice Cabinet Transition Team
Chair, Steve Pence - Louisville
• Lois Baker - Whitesburg
• Anthany Beatty - Lexington
• Leonard Brashear - Hyden
• Sue Cassidy - Covington
• Chris Cohron - Bowling Green
• Cleve Gambill - Louisville
• Charles Geveden – Frankfort
• Dan Goyette - Louisville
• Michael Hance - Louisville
• Debra Hensley - Lexington
• William E. Herron - Louisville
• Priscilla Johnson - Lexington
• Lee Jones - Pikeville
• Joe Justice - Pikeville
• Bob Kellerman - Frankfort
• Brucie Moore - Waverly
• Nelson O'Donnell - Richmond
• Lacey Smith - Louisville
• Doug Sapp - Columbia
• Brenda Sweatt - Louisville
• Lynda Thomas – Lexington
• Burr Travis - Ft. Mitchell
• Eddie Woods - Louisville
Finance & Administration Cabinet Transition Team
Chair, Mark Guilfoyle - Crestview Hills
• Benny Ray Bailey - Hindman
• Jerry Bailey - Frankfort
• Ron Carson - Frankfort
• Mark Carter – Louisville
• Joe Craft - Lexington
• Stacey Epperson – Morehead
• Jim Fugite - Elizabethtown
• L.D. Gorman - Hazard
• Joe Graviss - Versailles
• Jean Hale - Pikeville
• Diane Hancock - Lexington
• Ed Hatchett - Frankfort
• Jim King - Louisville
• Sally Meigs - Frankfort
• Tom Meng - Lexington
• Mitchell Payne - Louisville
• John Ridley - Dawson Springs
• Brett T. Scott - Louisville
• Carla Wallace – Louisville
• Aubrey Williams - Louisville
Transportation Cabinet Transition Team
Chair, Ernesto Scorsone - Lexington
• Glenda Berry - Louisville
• J. Michael Brown - Louisville
• Bill Cox - Madisonville
• Eric McPeek - Pikeville
• Zee Enix – Murray
• Phil Hazle - Murray
• Pam Miller - Lexington
• Ron Morgan - Paducah
• Phil Osborne - Lexington
• Stacey Peyton - Dawson Springs
• Joe Prather - Vine Grove
• Bobby Russell - Richmond
• Richie Sanders - Glasgow
• Betty Seay - Bardstown
• Howard Walker - Paducah
• BD Wilson - Mt. Sterling
Health & Family Services Cabinet Transition Team
Chair: Eleanor Jordan - Louisville
• Jack Burch - Lexington
• Delquan Dorsey - Louisville
• Bonnie Freeman - Louisville
• Ann Garrity - Lexington
• Jonathan Goldberg - Louisville
• Kerry Harvey - Benton
• Charles Housley - Hazard
• Beth Jurich - Frankfort
• Edgardo Mansilla - Louisville
• Joyce Merritt - Lexington
• Lil Press - Lexington
• Jack Razor - Lexington
• Robert Slaton - Louisville
• Susan Turner - Frankfort
Commerce Cabinet Transition Team
Chair: Helen Mountjoy - Owensboro
• Edith Asher - Pineville
• Tom Baker - Bowling Green
• Charles Buddeke - Prospect
• Dr. Rodney Casada - Somerset
• Lindy Casebier - Louisville
• Mike Cooper - Lexington
• Colmon Elridge - Cynthiana
• Steve Glenn - Frankfort
• Kathy Groob - Covington (previously Ft. Mitchell)
• Ron Hill – Ft. Mitchell
• June Hudson - Benton
• Larry Kelley - Wickliffe
• Shannon Knight - Cadiz
• Jamie Link - Versailles
• Chuck Matthews - Louisville
• George Mills - Lexington
• Jeff Morgan - Emmalena
• Cissy Musselman - Louisville
• Brian Patton - Lexington
• Duncan Pitchford - Paducah
• Genie Potter - Louisville
• Bobby Scruggs - Frankfort
• Benham Sims – Louisville
• Doug Taylor - Cadiz
• Clifford Turner - Louisville
• Shannon White - Louisville
Education Cabinet Transition Team
Chair, Donna Moore - Lexington
• David Allen – Louisville
• John Paul Amis - Hazard
• Walter Baker - Glasgow
• Rachel Belin - Lexington
• Margie Bradford - Bardstown
• Tim Crawford - Corbin
• Harold Doran - Murray
• Adam Edelen - Lexington
• Paul Friedlander - Paducah
• Ernest Matt House - London
• Brenda Jackson - Shelbyville
• Bill Lile - Louisville
• Nancy Lovett - Murray
• Happy Mobelini - Hazard
• Linda Nesbitt - Highland Heights
• Donald Pace – Winchester
• Sam Reddy – Hazard
• Gerry Roll - Hazard
• Jack Rose - Murray
• Warren Rosenthal - Lexington
• Lacey Smith - Louisville
• Frances Steenbergen - Glasgow
• Susan Stokes - Louisville
Environmental & Public Protection Cabinet
Chair, Steve Nunn - Glasgow
• Scott Audus - Henderson
• Nina Bonnie - Louisville
• Jyotin Chandarana - Hazard
• Sharon Clark - Harrodsburg
• William Gorton III - Lexington
• Jim Hays - London
• Terry Hockensmith - Lexington
• Bill Jones - Ashland
• Ken Lucas - Union
• Barry Martin - Hazard
• Greg May - Pikeville
• Ken Mullikin - Fort Thomas
• Sue Orth - Cold Springs
• Josephine Richardson - Whitesburg
• Ben Richmond - Louisville
• Mike Sparrow - Lawrenceburg
• Sandy Watkins - Henderson
• Virginia Woodward - Louisville
• Bob Vance - Maysville
• Isabel Yates - Lexington
*Transition teams are subject to transfers or additions.
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