Our statewide committees need your active leadership!

Each chapter is asked to nominate at least one person to serve on at least one statewide committee. Feel free to nominate yourself! New committee assignments will be finalized by the Steering Committee in November.

Personnel Committee: Interviews candidates for new positions and participates in hiring decisions. Participates in annual staff performance evaluations. Provides guidance and makes recommendations about personnel policies and issues. Meets each December and as needed.

Finance Committee: Reviews and recommends budget and quarterly financial statements. Reviews major financial decisions. This committee also helps develop grassroots fundraising plans and coordinates key fundraising activities. Meets periodically in person and by conference call.

Leadership Development Committee: Nominates people to serve on statewide committees and offices. Develops, evaluates and helps to implement KFTC’s leadership programs, including workshops and leadership schools. Meets several times a year as needed.

Land Reform Committee: Develops the strategy for KFTC’s campaign on issues connected to natural resources, especially coal and energy issues. Meets 3-6 times as needed.

Economic Justice Committee: Develops the strategy for KFTC’s campaigns on economic issues affecting low-income Kentuckians. Meets 2-6 times as needed, often by conference call.

High Road Strategy Team: Develops the strategy for KFTC’s campaign to reform economic development policies and promote local, sustainable economic development in Kentucky.

Voter Empowerment Committee: Develops and evaluates KFTC’s strategies for registering, informing and motivating voters in the communities where we work, including our restoration of voting rights campaign.

To nominate yourself or someone else to KFTC’s statewide committees, click here.

The KFTC Executive Committee

KFTC’s Steering Committee is the statewide board that makes decisions about the organization’s budget, policies, strategy and long-term direction. The Steering Committee is made up of one representative from each chapter, plus five statewide officers.

These five officers make up the Executive Committee. This group makes necessary decisions between Steering Committee meetings and provides leadership for the organization. Four members of the Executive Committee are elected each year during KFTC’s annual meeting in October. A person may serve only two years in the same position on the Executive Committee. Following is a description of the four elected positions. The fifth position is the immediate past-chairperson.

Chairperson
The Chairperson is voting member of the KFTC Steering Committee and Executive Committee, as well as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of KFTC and the Kentucky Coalition. He or she presides at all Annual Meetings, Steering Committee meetings, Executive Committee meetings, and Board of Directors meetings.

Vice-Chairperson
The Vice-Chairperson is voting member of the KFTC Steering Committee and Executive Committee, as well as the Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Directors of KFTC and the Kentucky Coalition. He or she presides in the absence of the Chairperson at all Annual Meetings, Steering Committee meetings, Executive Committee meetings, and Board of Directors meetings.

Secretary-Treasurer
Serves as Secretary-Treasurer for KFTC and the Kentucky Coalition. She or he also serves as a voting member of the KFTC Steering Committee and Executive Committee, as well as the Board of Directors of KFTC and the Kentucky Coalition.

At-Large Representative
The At-Large Representative is a member elected from a county without a chapter. He or she serves as a voting member of the KFTC Steering Committee and Executive Committee, as well as the Board of Directors of KFTC and the Kentucky Coalition.

Requirements:

• A statewide officer must be a member of KFTC.
• A statewide officer cannot be a paid employee of KFTC or Kentucky Coalition.
• A statewide officer cannot serve in the same position for more than two years.

To nominate yourself or someone else to the Executive Committee, click here.