Governor Steve Beshear announces some Cabinet posts and his transition team leaders.

Here is the press release for Governor Steve Beshear:

Governor-Elect Beshear Announces Chief of Staff, General Counsel, Secretary of the Cabinet and Transition Team
FRANKFORT, KY (November 8, 2007) - Governor-elect Steve Beshear today announced that his campaign manager, Jim Cauley, will serve as Chief of Staff in the Beshear/Mongiardo Administration and Ellen Hesen will serve as General Counsel. Beshear also announced that his Lieutenant Governor-elect, Dr. Daniel Mongiardo, and Larry Hayes will co-chair his Transition Team. Hayes will also serve as Secretary of the Cabinet under the Beshear/Mongiardo Administration.
Jim Cauley, a Pikeville native and resident of Louisville, ran Barack Obama's successful bid for the U.S. Senate. Cauley also recently played a leading role in helping Democratic candidates regain the majority of governorships for the first time since 1994. Prior to that, Cauley served as Transition Director and Chief of Staff to Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger in the 2nd Congressional District of Maryland. A veteran of more than 20 campaigns, Cauley ran the Maryland Fund, an independent expenditure campaign that ran issue advertising about Governor Bob Ehrlich's record - the only incumbent governor to be defeated last November.
Ellen Hesen, of Louisville, has practiced law for 20 years. Most recently, Hesen has served as General Counsel for the State Auditor's Office. She began her career with the Jefferson County Attorney's Office, was an associate at the former firm of Barnett & Alagia, and was a partner at Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, before coming to state government. During the past eight years, Hesen served as General Counsel to the Cabinet for Health Services, Interim Commissioner for the Department for Medicaid Services, and Deputy Secretary of the Cabinet for Health Services.
Lt. Governor-elect, Dr. Mongiardo, graduated from the University of Kentucky School of Medicine and practices as the only ear, nose and throat surgeon for a large area of Southeastern Kentucky. He was elected in 2000 to the State Senate, representing Bell, Harlan, Leslie and Perry Counties. From May - November of 2003 Mongiardo was vice-chairman of the Kentucky Democratic Party.
Larry Hayes currently serves as both deputy mayor and secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet in the City of Louisville. Most recently, Hayes owned Midwest Construction, Inc. in Lexington and partial interests in a warehousing and distribution business in Elizabethtown. Hayes has held several positions in state government and in the private sector. Hayes served as the first president of what is now Greater Louisville, Inc. from 1987-1988. In state government, he served as Secretary of the Executive Cabinet and State Budget Director from 1983 through 1987 in the administration of Governor Martha Layne Collins. Prior to that, he was the Executive Assistant to the Kentucky State Senate President for six years.
Beshear also named the Chairs of the Beshear/Mongiardo Transition Team. They include:
• Ed Holmes of Lexington, Chair of the Governor's Office: Holmes created and serves and President and owner of EHI Consultants, a planning and engineering firm created in 1995. He has more than 30 years experience in the public and private sector. Prior to creating EHI, Holmes served as Director of Planning for the Bluegrass Area Development District for 16 years. In 1994, he was appointed as Cabinet Secretary for the Kentucky Cabinet for Public Protection and Regulation, where he was responsible for the oversight of the state's regulated agencies. In 1997, he was appointed to the Kentucky Public Service Commission to serve as Vice Chairman and was responsible for regulating Kentucky's utilities. In 2003 he assumed the position of Vice President of Cincinnati Bell Telephone, managing the company's business development operations.
• JoEtta Wickliffe of Harrodsburg, Chair of the Economic Development Cabinet: Wickliffe has served on the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees since 1997. She previously served as Vice Chair of the Board, a member of the Executive Committee, Chair of the Finance Committee, Chair of the Audit Subcommittee and a member of the Investment Committee. She has also been Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director of the State Bank & Trust Company in Harrodsburg since 1963.
• Mark D. Guilfoyle of Northern Kentucky, Chair of the Finance Cabinet : Guilfoyle has been an attorney with Deters, Benzinger & LaVelle, PSC in Covington, Kentucky from 1995 to present. His emphasis is on labor and employment relations, administrative and zoning law, economic development/governmental affairs and constitutional law. From 1991 to 1995, Mark served in the administration of Kentucky Governor Brereton C. Jones, serving at the highest levels of the administration as General Counsel to the Governor, Budget Director and Secretary of the Governor's Executive Cabinet.
• Carol Palmore of Frankfort, Chair of the Personnel Cabinet: After working for three years with the Kentucky Department of Economic Security, Palmore became an attorney and practiced with Rummage, Kamuf and Yewell in Owensboro until 1982 when she accepted a position as General Counsel in the Kentucky Department of Labor during the Governor John Y. Brown, Jr. Administration. She later served as Deputy Secretary, then Secretary of Labor under Governor Martha Layne Collins. She also served as Secretary of Labor during most of the Governor Wallace Wilkinson Administration and, in 1991, was again appointed to the position by Governor Brereton Jones. In 1995 she made an unsuccessful run to become the Democratic nominee for Secretary of State. In 1996 Governor Paul Patton appointed Palmore as Deputy Secretary of Personnel and subsequently appointed her Secretary of Personnel - a position she maintained until retirement in December, 2003.
• Eleanor Jordan of Louisville, Chair of the Health and Family Services Cabinet: Jordan was elected to serve in the Kentucky General Assembly, representing the 42nd legislative district, after a special election in January, 1996. Representative Jordan served on the Labor & Industry, Health and Welfare, Licensing and Occupations and the Appropriations and Revenue Committees. She co-chaired the Medicaid Managed Care Oversight Committee, the Welfare Reform Subcommittee and the Foster Care Review Task Force. In 2001, Jordan was appointed by Governor Paul Patton as Ombudsman for the Cabinet for Families and Children. Her staff of more than 100 investigated grievances against the Cabinet, monitored personal service contracts, made recommendations to the Cabinet Secretary on improving service delivery and compiled data of the Cabinet's annual reports. In 2004, Jordan began work as a principal assistant to Attorney General Greg Stumbo. Her duties included chairing the Kentucky Child Support Enforcement Commission, acting as the minority affairs liaison and coordinating consumer affairs outreach for the Shively Field Office.
• Donna Moore of Lexington, Chair of the Education Cabinet: From 1975-2004 Moore worked for Kentucky Educational Television, advancing from Associate Producer to Senior Producer for Public Affairs. Assignments included the initial coverage of the Kentucky General Assembly and live televised forums with candidates for statewide office. She also produced and hosted various documentaries, event coverage and live weekly programs on KET. Moore was appointed Director of Programming with responsibility for selecting and scheduling all programming on the statewide television network. She was appointed to the position of Deputy Executive Director with the responsibility for all programming, production and promotion activities of KET before retiring in 2004.
• Steve Nunn of Glasgow, Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet: Nunn is a former Republican member of the State House of Representatives from Glasgow/Barren County. Serving the 23rd Legislative District, Nunn was an active member on the Appropriations and Revenue Committee, State Government Committee and was vice chair of the Health and Welfare Committee. He also served on the Budget Review Subcommittee for Human Resources, Medicaid Taskforce and the Subcommittee on Families and Children. In the private sector, Nunn has served as a physician recruiter for T.J. Samson Hospital in Glasgow, Kentucky. He is the son of the last Republican governor, Louie Nunn.
• Steve Pence of Louisville, as Chair of the Justice Cabinet: On December 9, 2003, Steve Pence became the first Republican lieutenant governor in Kentucky since 1946. He served as Chair of the Justice Cabinet during the Fletcher administration. Pence began his career as a public school teacher in Jefferson County. After law school, Steve worked as an assistant attorney general for Kentucky from 1981-1982. In the early 1990s, he was a lead attorney in BOPTROT, the investigation to uncover and eliminate corruption in state government. He was formerly a partner with the Pedley, Zielke, Gordinier and Pence law firm (1995-2001). Pence was appointed by President George W. Bush as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky and was confirmed to that position in 2001. Following September 11th, Pence established and led the Anti-Terrorism Task Force (ATTF) in Kentucky. He served in the U.S. Army and continues to serve as a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve JAG Corps.
• Helen Mountjoy of Owensboro, as Chair of the Commerce Cabinet: Mountjoy is the Executive Vice President of the Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corporation, Chair of the Owensboro Advisory Board for BB&T and a member of the Kentucky Chamber's Postsecondary Education Task Force, the High Price of Being Poor Commission. She also serves as a Board member of the Partnership for Successful Schools, is a member of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, and a Board Member of the Foundation for Health for Owensboro Medical.
• Ernesto Scorsone of Lexington, as Chair of Transportation Cabinet- Senator Ernesto Scorsone, an attorney, has been a member of the Kentucky Legislature since 1984, serving as a State Representative for 12 years and, since 1996, represented Fayette County's 13th District in the State Senate. Senator Scorsone has sponsored or helped pass legislation that include laws mandating violent offenders to serve 85% of their sentences, protected the elderly from financial mismanagement by a trustee or caretaker, strengthened Kentucky's Hate Crime Law, backed a strong ethics code for legislators, developed Kentucky's Living Will and required that insurance companies cover the cost of mammography screenings. His committee assignments include Agriculture and Natural Resources, Health and Welfare, Judiciary, Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations and Government Contract Review. He is also a former Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee.