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El gobernador Andy Beshear ha designado o redesignado a más de 20 kentuckianos en juntas estatales, comisiones y consejos asesores, incluyendo nuevos miembros de la Junta de Educación de Kentucky, Junta de Farmacia, Comisión de Defensa Pública y Junta de Servicios Médicos de Emergencia. Entre los designados están Joe Bricking de Independence para la Junta de Educación, Aaron Dixon de Hazard para la Junta de Farmacia, y Adam Peddicord de Independence para la Junta de Servicios Médicos de Emergencia, junto con otros profesionales asignados a diversos grupos asesores de educación y salud del estado.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed or reappointed more than 20 Kentuckians to state boards, commissions and advisory councils, according to The Lane Report. The appointments announced Aug. 28 include new members of the Kentucky Board of Education, Board of Pharmacy, Public Advocacy Commission and Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services, along with appointments to several state education and health care advisory groups.
Joe Bricking of Independence, director of business development for Camco Chemical Co., was appointed to the Kentucky Board of Education. He replaces Tiffany Payton, who resigned, and will serve the remainder of a term that expires April 14, 2028.
Aaron Dixon of Hazard, a pharmacist in charge at Mountain Comprehensive Health Corp.’s Hazard Pharmacy, was appointed to the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy. His term begins Jan. 1, 2027, and runs through Dec. 31, 2030.
Julia Adams of Winchester, a retired judge who served the 25th Judicial District and Circuit, was appointed as a special justice to the Supreme Court of Kentucky for a specific case.
The appointments also include Philip Longmeyer, a Louisville attorney with Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, to the Public Advocacy Commission, replacing Whitney Lawson whose term expired. Longmeyer’s term runs through July 15, 2029.
Adam Peddicord of Independence, chief of the Hebron Fire Protection District, was appointed to the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services, replacing Benjamin Neal. He will serve through Aug. 16, 2030. Harry Clark, the Rowan County Judge-Executive from Morehead, was reappointed to the board for a term expiring July 14, 2030.
Additional appointments include Shweta Desai of Louisville to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Advisory Committee, and the reappointment of Dr. Fareesh Kanga of Lexington to the same committee. Kanga, a psychiatrist with UK HealthCare, will serve a term through April 6, 2029.
Four members were reappointed to the State Advisory Council for Gifted and Talented Education for terms running through June 30, 2029: Paulynn Covington of Lexington, a middle school teacher with Fayette County Public Schools; Mason Dyer of Lexington, president of the Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities; Brenda Martin of Ashland; and Hannah England of Russell Springs.
The appointments also include members of the Kentucky Early Intervention System Interagency Coordinating Council and the State Advisory Panel for Exceptional Children, bringing together professionals from a broad range of Kentucky industries and communities to oversee or advise state government on education, health care, public safety, legal services and services for children and families.
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This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) based on source material from Lane Report (KY Business), enriched with 1 web search. The original source is available at https://www.lanereport.com/189155/2026/08/andy-beshear-kentucky-board-appointments-august-2026/.
