Department · as of Aug. 24, 2026
Department of Agriculture — Commonwealth of Kentucky (Executive, Judicial, Legislative branches)
271 employees. Median pay $47,495.
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| Name | Title | Annual salary |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan L Shell | Commissioner of Agriculture | $160,271 |
| Ralph S Velasco | Executive Director | $148,250 |
| Mark T Bowling | Chief of Staff | $146,086 |
| Heather L Becker | Executive Director | $135,265 |
| Mark Roozen | Deputy State Veterinarian | $124,985 |
| Warren F Beeler | Special Assistant -AGR | $119,033 |
| M L McIntosh | Executive Director | $119,033 |
| Madison P Pergrem | Executive Director | $119,033 |
| William B Reed | Executive Director -AGR | $119,033 |
| Dana N Feldman | Executive Director | $119,033 |
| Jay T Hall | Executive Director | $119,033 |
| Marc Manley | Special Assistant | $103,169 |
| Kathryn D Willis | Division Director | $102,802 |
| Jennifer T Wright | Division Director | $102,802 |
| William B McCloskey | Deputy Executive Director -AGR | $102,202 |
| Jason W Glass | Deputy Executive Director -UG | $99,807 |
| Elizabeth C Johnson | Division Director | $99,105 |
| Raja V Bangaru | Information Systems Manager | $96,792 |
| Nicole T Liberto | Staff Attorney III | $95,744 |
| Ami L Bower | Division Director | $94,554 |
| William J Hearn | Administrative Assistant -AGR | $94,342 |
| Brian P Murphy | Special Assistant -AGR | $92,920 |
| Christopher Cunningham | Database Administrator III | $87,990 |
| William E Simon | Application Architect | $87,990 |
| James Hubbard | Application Architect | $87,990 |
| Douglas L Smith | Network Engineer | $86,583 |
| Sharon G Spencer | Division Director | $85,823 |
| Deanne Elmore | Staff Assistant | $84,550 |
| Heath C Higdon | Division Director | $84,048 |
| Greg S Shanks | Division Director | $82,241 |
| John E Chism | Division Director | $81,762 |
| James A Smedley | Deputy Executive Director -UG | $81,600 |
| Ian Hester | Division Director | $81,159 |
| Louis Sparks | Network Engineer | $81,159 |
| Doris M Hamilton | Division Director | $80,077 |
| Clinton R Quarles | Staff Attorney I | $80,027 |
| Nicholas S Pinson | Application Developer III | $79,995 |
| Samantha R Anderson | Division Director | $79,536 |
| Marcus H Avery | Investigator Manager | $78,701 |
| Tanya M Wilson | Human Resource Adminr | $76,848 |
| Wesley H Jones | Division Director | $76,500 |
| Lisa D Tolliver | Staff Assistant | $76,255 |
| Alexis A Smith | Division Director | $75,643 |
| Bethany K Mattingly | Division Director | $75,643 |
| Angela Caporelli | Administrative Branch Manager | $74,860 |
| Alisha N Morris | Special Assistant | $74,593 |
| Charles D Barnette | Purchasing Agent II | $73,910 |
| Charles C Watson | Administrative Branch Manager | $72,843 |
| Charles A Hinkle | Administrative Branch Manager | $71,851 |
| Bobbie L Rhodus | Federal Program Specialist | $68,927 |
| Kevin D Peach | Administrative Branch Manager | $68,823 |
| Tina G Garland | Administrative Branch Manager | $68,823 |
| Stephen S Mitchell | Investigator II | $68,461 |
| Sharon Webb | Agricultural Metrology Lab Supervisor | $68,394 |
| Michael J Grant | Staff Assistant | $67,428 |
| Lucinda J Newnam | Administrative Branch Manager | $66,137 |
| Michael S Dawes | Network Technician II | $66,113 |
| Noah R Wills | Special Assistant | $65,823 |
| Roy B Smith | Pesticide Branch Manager | $65,688 |
| Brett S McQueary | Agricultural Marketing Supervisor | $65,595 |
| William B Walker | Administrative Branch Manager | $65,531 |
| Earl R Chadwell | Administrative Branch Manager | $65,531 |
| Roger D Ogg | Investigator I | $65,177 |
| James M McClendon | Investigator I | $63,378 |
| Emery A Moore | Executive Secretary | $63,240 |
| Joshua B Morgan | Administrative Branch Manager | $63,185 |
| Sarah Gravitt | Agricultural Marketing Supervisor | $63,061 |
| Amanda R Skidmore | State Apiarist | $62,763 |
| Rebecca Shepherd Smi | Food Service Operations Manager II | $62,629 |
| Garrick L Howell | Administrative Branch Manager | $62,436 |
| Jeffrey A Harrod | Administrative Branch Manager | $62,052 |
| Lashley D Stith | Administrative Branch Manager | $61,596 |
| Melinda J Huebner | Staff Assistant | $61,593 |
| Carla G Hart | Pesticide Inspection Supervisor | $61,563 |
| Jonathan L Van Balen | Agricultural Import/Export Advisor | $61,291 |
| Emily A Coleman-Vive | Program Coordinator | $60,991 |
| Christopher T Aldridge | Information Officer III | $59,931 |
| James E Thompson | Administrative Branch Manager | $59,856 |
| Anna M Lucio | Agricultural Market Dev Specialist | $58,728 |
| Richard D West | Administrative Supervisor | $58,538 |
| Ryan A Mairs | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $57,975 |
| John Pitcock | Administrative Branch Manager | $57,149 |
| Gordon L Tilford | Administrative Supervisor | $57,095 |
| Shannon E Stevens | Food Service Operations Manager II | $56,270 |
| Kimberly A Field | Program Coordinator | $56,102 |
| Lesa C Martin | Administrative Specialist Senior | $55,478 |
| Daniel T Prewitt | Procedures Development Specialist I | $55,235 |
| Jon W Goodman | Pesticide Inspection Supervisor | $54,632 |
| Jesse Frye | Program Coordinator | $54,589 |
| Glendon D Lear | Administrative Supervisor | $54,543 |
| Deron R Vanover | Administrative Supervisor | $54,543 |
| Shawn A Zollman | Agricultural Exhibition Coordinator II | $54,509 |
| Hannah B Mann | Administrative Supervisor | $54,484 |
| Hannah Sharp-Johnso | Administrative Assistant -AGR | $54,106 |
| Sarah R Charles | Administrative Assistant -AGR | $54,106 |
| David J Wachter | Program Coordinator | $53,816 |
| Mark Woolums | Administrative Branch Manager | $53,329 |
| Jonathan M Sheffield | Administrative Supervisor | $53,285 |
| Bryan Petersen | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist II | $53,006 |
| Mariah Driskell | Budget Support Specialist | $52,994 |
| Lori J Durham | Administrative Supervisor | $52,681 |
| Haley Buchanan | Executive Administrative Secretary | $52,635 |
| Norman L Mann | Administrative Supervisor | $52,006 |
| Chelsea L Smither | Administrative Assistant -AGR | $51,942 |
| Evan T Davis | Agricultural Exhibition Coordinator II | $51,900 |
| Tod F Legg | Administrative Supervisor | $51,646 |
| John F Walker | Budget Specialist I | $51,445 |
| Roger Estill | Administrative Specialist Senior | $51,432 |
| Eddie G Adams | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $51,315 |
| Mitchell W Barron | Administrative Supervisor | $51,023 |
| Elizabeth N Goecke | Administrative Supervisor | $50,907 |
| John B Hendricks | Administrative Supervisor | $50,907 |
| Jason L Stewart | Administrative Supervisor | $50,906 |
| Kaitlin B Fouts | Agricultural Exhibition Coordinator II | $50,906 |
| Pamela L McNabb | Administrative Specialist Senior | $50,667 |
| Brian T Garland | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $50,490 |
| Mylinda J Long | Budget Support Specialist | $50,471 |
| Allison E Reaves | Executive Administrative Secretary | $50,000 |
| Lori Gearheart | Administrative Specialist Senior | $49,994 |
| Kalee Gregg | Administrative Specialist Senior | $49,994 |
| Andrew F Glass | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $49,983 |
| Phillip R Douglas | Agricultural Marketing Specialist | $49,963 |
| Carrie Pendleton | Program Coordinator | $49,894 |
| Tammy Robinson | Program Coordinator | $49,870 |
| Jessica L Garland | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $49,746 |
| Eliza-Jane H Cruse-McCurr | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $49,746 |
| Ronald T Henning | Agricultural Marketing Specialist | $49,570 |
| Jamie Gravitt | Program Coordinator | $49,209 |
| Megan A Zinner | Program Coordinator | $49,209 |
| Leigh-Ann French | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $49,035 |
| Brandy L Graves | Program Coordinator | $48,903 |
| Brian Burkhart | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $48,561 |
| Tyler Potter | Administrative Supervisor | $48,482 |
| Savanna Hill | Administrative Assistant -AGR | $48,155 |
| Alex Floyd | Administrative Specialist Senior | $47,947 |
| Terri L Taylor | Administrative Specialist Senior | $47,495 |
| Rebecca E Besok | Administrative Assistant -AGR | $47,277 |
| James Parman | Administrative Assistant -AGR | $47,072 |
| Bailey Siry-Crowder | Administrative Assistant -AGR | $46,920 |
| Anne Harney | Program Coordinator | $46,386 |
| Lillie Wood | Agricultural Exhibition Coordinator I | $46,370 |
| John G Hamilton | Program Coordinator | $46,280 |
| Christopher Coffman | Program Coordinator | $46,280 |
| Katherine L Hamilton | Administrative Specialist Senior | $46,280 |
| Gregory Berry | Program Coordinator | $46,280 |
| Julie A Moore | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $46,279 |
| Alice Melendez | Program Coordinator | $46,279 |
| Arnold R Morgan | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $46,279 |
| Jeffrey L Poland | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $46,279 |
| Ronnie T Little | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $46,279 |
| Logan Stoltman | Program Coordinator | $46,279 |
| James K Blymyer | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $46,279 |
| Paul J Knarr | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $46,278 |
| Blake Thompson | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $46,278 |
| Dickie L White | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $46,278 |
| Robert B Clark | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $46,278 |
| Carlie Coe | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $46,278 |
| Joseph D Myers | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $46,278 |
| Robert D Bradshaw | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $46,278 |
| Christopher Hinkle | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $46,278 |
| Brandon Cross | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $46,278 |
| Mary Ball | Program Coordinator | $46,278 |
| Clayton Wilson | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $46,278 |
| Alexis Scheidt | Administrative Assistant -AGR | $46,109 |
| Zachary C Cope | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist II | $44,812 |
| Cheyenna Evans | Administrative Specialist Senior | $44,778 |
| Kylie Davis | Administrative Assistant -AGR | $44,766 |
| Jesse C Moore | Administrative Assistant -AGR | $44,766 |
| Rachel N Cowherd | Administrative Assistant -AGR | $44,766 |
| Alandria M Lee | Administrative Assistant -AGR | $44,766 |
| Amanda J Wilson | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $44,705 |
| Taylor Bramblette | Program Coordinator | $44,677 |
| Craig Feagan | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $44,178 |
| Kayla Taylor | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $44,178 |
| Trey Thomas | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $44,178 |
| James Kerr | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $44,178 |
| Michelle Holbrook | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $44,178 |
| Emily J Wheeler | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $44,178 |
| Timothy Bow | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $44,178 |
| Warren O Combs | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $44,178 |
| Troy D Thomas | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $44,178 |
| Erik P Brown | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist III | $44,178 |
| Jacqueline Nichols | Program Coordinator | $44,074 |
| Mackenzie J Preece | Program Coordinator | $44,074 |
| Mitchel L Logsdon | Agricultural Marketing Specialist | $43,247 |
| Nikki Davis | Administrative Specialist Senior | $42,646 |
| Sarah Day | Procedures Development Specialist I | $42,170 |
| Melissa C Stamper | Administrative Specialist Senior | $42,074 |
| Pamela Holbrook | Administrative Specialist Senior | $42,074 |
| Allison Grimes | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist II | $42,074 |
| Madison I Cox | Executive Administrative Secretary | $42,074 |
| Rodney Slack | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist II | $42,074 |
| Aubrey N Mangum | Administrative Specialist Senior | $42,074 |
| Brannan Hamm | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist II | $42,074 |
| Jessi N Miracle | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist II | $42,074 |
| Chasity Redfern | Administrative Specialist Senior | $42,074 |
| Michelle R Hansford | Administrative Specialist | $41,626 |
| Kirsten Brown | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist I | $41,147 |
| Emily Calvert | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist II | $40,162 |
| Alan Tyson | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist II | $40,162 |
| Ernest Moore | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist II | $40,162 |
| Jack P Howard | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist II | $40,162 |
| Isaak Jeffries | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist II | $40,162 |
| Hogan Sullivan | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist II | $40,162 |
| Tate A Baker | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist II | $40,162 |
| Eva B Moore | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist I | $40,071 |
| Jeffrey S Oldfield | Agricultural Market Dev Specialist | $40,071 |
| Brooke Adams | Agricultural Exhibition Coordinator I | $40,071 |
| Jessica Baker | Administrative Specialist Senior | $40,071 |
| Richard Midden | Agricultural Marketing Specialist | $39,745 |
| Michael Sandusky | Agricultural Marketing Specialist | $39,745 |
| Carter Goff | Agricultural Marketing Specialist | $39,745 |
| Matthew VonGruenigen | Agricultural Marketing Specialist | $39,695 |
| Jared Foley | Agricultural Marketing Specialist | $38,252 |
| Ashton Long | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist I | $38,249 |
| Sarah E Tucker | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist I | $38,249 |
| Christopher T Fox | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist I | $38,249 |
| Kyle Bush | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist I | $38,249 |
| Jon Goodman | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist I | $38,249 |
| Annabelle Elder | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist I | $38,249 |
| Alexandra Tracy | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist I | $38,249 |
| John Hatton | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist I | $38,249 |
| Ashley Turner | Administrative Specialist | $38,249 |
| Mahayla West | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist I | $38,249 |
| John Rowan | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist I | $38,248 |
| Zachary L Madden | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist I | $38,248 |
| David Cramer | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist I | $38,248 |
| Delbert Rutter | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist I | $36,427 |
| John Ethington | Agricultural Regulatory Specialist I | $36,427 |
| Stephen B Durrett | Board Member | $100 |
| Colleen R Bray | Board Member | $100 |
| Julia W Springsteen | Board Member | $100 |
| Brad A Rainwater | Board Member | $100 |
| Douglas K Johnson | Board Member | $100 |
| Bonnie J Enlow | Board Member | $100 |
| Eddie A Melton | Board Member | $100 |
| Linda K Grimes | Board Member | $100 |
| John M McNutt | Board Member | $100 |
| Orbrey H Gritton | Board Member | $100 |
| Mary K Kordes | Board Member | $100 |
| Consuela Reinhart | Board Member | $100 |
| Donald T Mitchell | Board Member | $50 |
| Fred L Sipes | Board Member | $50 |
| Eston W Glover | Board Member | $50 |
| Marcus S Wiseman | Board Member | $50 |
| Frank R Schadler | Board Member | $50 |
| Barry K Groves | Board Member | $50 |
| Micah C Lester | Board Member | $50 |
| Linda C Francis | Board Member | $50 |
| Kim M McCoy | Board Member | $50 |
| Mary E Bach | Board Member | $50 |
| Rebecca L Brady | Board Member | $50 |
| Anthony J Pescatore | Board Member | $50 |
| Joseph L Thomas | Board Member | $50 |
| Thomas H Litzler | Board Member | $50 |
| Marc B Ashby | Board Member | $50 |
| Daniel L Hayden | Board Member | $50 |
| Andrea L Williford | Board Member | $50 |
| Adam L Hinton | Board Member | $50 |
| Amy R White | Board Member | $50 |
| Larry Head | Board Member | $50 |
| Sam F Halcomb | Board Member | $50 |
| Edward M Trunnell | Board Member | $50 |
| Eric Heard | Board Member | $50 |
| Olivia M Raybourne | Office Support Assistant | $17 |
| Stephen Lemon | Office Support Assistant | $14 |
| Kayleigh D Thomas | Office Support Assistant | $14 |
| Zoie Ann E Anglin | Office Support Assistant | $14 |
| Benton M Hayes | Office Support Assistant | $14 |
| Madison Wright | Office Support Assistant | $14 |
| Jesse D Fulkerson | Office Support Assistant | $14 |