Lexington Records

Department · as of Aug. 24, 2026

Secretary of State — Commonwealth of Kentucky (Executive, Judicial, Legislative branches)

30 employees. Median pay $56,715.

Pay distribution — Secretary of State
$0–$24,9991
$25,000–$49,9993
$50,000–$74,99917
$75,000–$99,9994
$100,000–$149,9993
$150,000–$199,9992
$200,000+0
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NameTitleAnnual salary
Michael G AdamsSecretary of State$160,271
Jennifer S ScutchfieldAssistant Secretary of State$155,000
Heather L QuinnExecutive Director$125,000
Michael R WilsonExecutive Director$125,000
Nicholas P StormSpecial Assistant$120,000
Jeremy L FosterStaff Assistant$90,487
Alice M CooperExecutive Staff Advisor$89,548
Edward W WestExecutive Advisor$86,570
Johnna K BallingerAdministrative Supervisor$75,596
Anna M MullinsProgram Coordinator$69,572
Angela CumminsExecutive Staff Advisor$68,865
Jaime L PhillipsArchivist II$64,525
Tamara J SemonesAdministrative Supervisor$64,054
Vonita G BennettAdministrative Specialist Senior$60,132
Britney MarkeyProgram Coordinator$57,329
Dyllan A TiptonExecutive Advisor$56,100
Michael S OwensAdministrative Specialist Senior$54,300
Olivia FeckProgram Coordinator$53,040
Katherine F EllisAdministrative Specialist Senior$52,739
Heather WalkerAdministrative Specialist Senior$52,739
Benjamin BennettAdministrative Specialist Senior$51,999
Cassandra ThorntonAdministrative Specialist Senior$51,999
Aaron BurlingameAdministrative Specialist Senior$51,869
Yvonne KettenringAdministrative Specialist Senior$51,869
Aleshia G JohnsonAdministrative Specialist Senior$51,168
Kelly Barzi-McDoweAdministrative Specialist Senior$50,184
Sarah DawsonAdministrative Specialist$44,301
Gwen SlucherAdministrative Specialist$44,301
Kayden PierceAdministrative Specialist$42,086
Travis B HornArchivist II$33

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.