EKLF 2021 virtual conference
2021 East Kentucky Leadership Conference Agenda
Thursday April 22, 2021
9:00 Welcome & Introduction by –Peter Hille, Mountain Association EKLF Board Chair
9:15 Award Recipient
9:30 Intensive Session – “Bridging the Divide: Connecting Rural and Urban”
Peter Hille, Mountain Association & Dee Davis, Center for Rural Strategies
10:45 Break
11:00 Award Recipient
11:10 In Memoriam—
11:20 Award Recipient
11:30 Award to Governor Andy Beshear, and Governor’s Address
12:00 Wrap-up Day One—Peter Hille
Friday, April 23, 2021
8:30 Music on Stage
9:00 Open Plenary, Welcome and Overview—Peter Hille
Award Recipient
9:10 Concurrent Breakout Session #1
9:50 Break
10:00 Award Recipient
10:10 Concurrent Breakout Session #2
10:50 Break
11:00 Award Recipient
11:10 Concurrent Breakout Session #3
11:50 Wrap-up
Breakout Session Choices
A) Digital Divide- Scott Surber, Kentucky Wired
B) Resources to Rise Again, Paul Dole KECOC
C) Women in Leadership- Kay Hammond, Appalachian Pregnancy Care Center with
Introduction by Lt. Gov Jacqueline Coleman
D) Health Care in the Pandemic- John Rosenberg & Cara Stewart
E) Getting East Kentucky Back to Work: Removing Barriers to Employment –
Stefanie Kingsley, Moderator
Evan Smith- AppalRed Legal Aid Litigation Director
Ernestine Weems/Melissa Quillen- EKCEP
Pam Bentley- Department of Corrections Regional Program Administrator