Gov. Andy Beshear named three Northern Kentuckians to statewide boards on Friday.
Beshear reappointed Randy Poe to the Kentucky Board of Education. Poe is the executive director of the Northern Kentucky Education Council and will serve a term that expires April 14, 2026. Poe has been on the board for the last year and a half.
“It’s been on honor to serve on the Kentucky Board of Education and an honor to be reappointe by Gov. Beshear,” Poe said. “Serving on the board provides me an opportunity to give back to the students of Kentucky, who provided me with a wonderful career.”
Poe was previously superintendent of Boone County Schools.
The Kentucky Board of Education develops and adopts the regulations that govern Kentucky’s 171 public school districts and the actions of the Kentucky Department of Education.
Michael Plummer will serve on the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance Authority. Plummer is from Fort Mitchell and is an attorney at Michael E. Plummer & Associates. He replaces Michael Wright, who resigned, and will serve for the remainder of the unexpired term ending Dec. 31, 2025.
“I appreciate the long friendship and trust Gov. Beshear has in me to represent him and to join KEMI to insure his vision of integrity and ethically high standards are represented and reflected in state government every day,” Plummer said.
KEMI provides workers’ compensation insurance in Kentucky to more than 20,000 policyholders in all 120 counties of the state.
Lastly, Covington resident Meghan Sandfoss was added to the the Geographic Information Advisory Council. She replaced Louis Hill, whose term expired. Sandfoss represents the Kentucky Chapter of the American Planning Association.
“It is an honor to have been appointed to the Advisory Council by Governor Beshear and I appreciate the opportunity to serve the Commonwealth, representing the Kentucky Chapter of the American Planning Association,” Sandfoss said. “Accurate and accessible geographic information is vital to good government and promotes efficient and effective decision-making in planning and public administration.”
The Geographic Information Advisory Council (GIAC)advises the Commonwealth’s Chief Information Officer on issues relating to geographic information and geographic information systems (GIS).
