Department · as of Aug. 24, 2026

Kentucky Arts Council — Commonwealth of Kentucky (Executive, Judicial, Legislative branches)

9 employees. Median pay $54,635.

Pay distribution — Kentucky Arts Council

$0–$24,9990

$25,000–$49,9990

$50,000–$74,9997

$75,000–$99,9991

$100,000–$149,9991

$150,000–$199,9990

$200,000+0

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Name	Title	Annual salary
Christopher D Cathers	Executive Director	$100,964
Sarah M Schmitt	Executive Staff Advisor	$75,237
Nicole Griffin	Budget Specialist II	$65,174
Tamara D Coffey	Administrative Branch Manager	$64,481
Leeann Potter	Information Officer III	$54,635
David Blevins	Arts Program Administrator	$54,635
Mark A Brown	Arts Program Administrator	$54,635
Macie Lowe	Arts Program Administrator	$54,635
Brett Ratliff	Arts Program Administrator	$51,543

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.