At the KFTC Annual Business Meeting on October 22, Doug Doerrfeld, K.A. Owens, Steve  Boyce and Pam Maggard were elected as KFTC's statewide officers for the coming year.  Together, these officers — chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary-treasurer and at-large member, respectively — make up KFTC's Executive Committee. Also on the Executive Committee will be Janet Tucker as the immediate past chairperson.  KFTC officers serve one-year terms with a two-term limit for each position.

Chairperson:  Doug Doerrfeld is a leader in the Rowan County chapter and statewide around issues of economic development, water quality and forestry. He is a former co-chair of the KFTC Land Reform Committee and has served as the Rowan County chapter¹s representative on the Steering Committee. He also has served as KFTC¹s vice-chairperson and the past two years as secretary-treasurer.

Vice-Chairperson:  K.A. Owen is a leader in the Jefferson County chapter around issues of police violence and police reform, racial injustice and budget priorities. Statewide, he has been a leader in efforts for economic and tax justice.  He has served on KFTC¹s Personnel and Leadership Development committees and various work teams, and the past year as the at-large member of the Executive Committee.

Secretary-Treasurer:  Steve Boyce is an active member of the Madison County KFTC chapter. He has served as Steering Committee Representative since the fall of 2004. He also serves on KFTC¹s Economic Justice Committee, where he has worked to promote fair and adequate tax reform. In 2006 Steve made the most lobbying trips to Frankfort of any KFTC member. Last year he received the Alice O. Martin Award, given to the KFTC member who has worked tirelessly behind the scenes to strengthen the organization.

At-Large Representative:  Pam Maggard got involved in organizing her community with KFTC when overloaded coal trucks took over her local road. Injustices in the coalfields have affected her family since the 1970s when a coal company pushed her grandparents out of their homeplace. She is the Knott County representative to the Steering Committee and is on the Land Reform Committee. She teaches special education to children in Perry County.