Department · as of Aug. 24, 2026

Office of the Secretary — Commonwealth of Kentucky (Executive, Judicial, Legislative branches) — positions with work county Fayette

18 employees. Median pay $88,847.

Pay distribution — Office of the Secretary

$0–$24,9990

$25,000–$49,9991

$50,000–$74,9994

$75,000–$99,99911

$100,000–$149,9992

$150,000–$199,9990

$200,000+0

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Name	Title	Annual salary
Leeanne Applegate	Division Director	$117,068
Jessica M Crockett	Staff Attorney Supervisor	$109,383
John L Franklin	Information Systems Manager	$96,792
Matthew D Krantz	Information Systems Manager	$96,792
Joseph Schuler	Staff Attorney III	$94,697
Hunter M Hickman	Staff Attorney III	$94,697
Blanton C Sousley	Staff Attorney III	$94,697
Tamra L Gormley	Staff Attorney III	$94,697
Dustin B Adkins	Information Systems Supervisor	$89,699
Michaela Chinn	Information Systems Supervisor	$87,995
Chad J Heilig	Application Architect	$87,990
Karen L Diggs	Application Architect	$87,990
Vanessa L Haste	Staff Attorney III	$87,112
Christopher D Meece	IT Business Analyst Senior	$72,724
Frances L Goetz	Systems Administrator	$64,040
Jennifer Tackett	Systems Administrator	$64,040
Tiffany Shipp	Legal Secretary	$53,461
Morgan Blankenship	Legal Secretary	$44,711

Source: Kentucky OpenDoor / transparency.ky.gov State Employee Salary Search (Personnel Cabinet KHRIS + institution-supplied), retrieved Sept. 12, 2026. Figures are each position's annual salary rate as of Aug. 24, 2026 per the Personnel Cabinet's KHRIS snapshot; not gross pay, no overtime or benefits. annualSalary is the API field totalSalary, which the site presents as the employee's current annual salary rate (not gross pay, no overtime). Head-coach rows show multi-year contract totals, so treat outliers with care. county is the work county for Executive/Judicial/Legislative rows (populated), and null for post-secondary institution rows. ky-state-employees-fayette.json is the Fayette-county subset. Rows are per person-position; a person with two positions may appear twice.