Area locals among governor’s board and commission appointments

Several area residents are among the most recent appointments made by Governor Andy Beshear to multiple Kentucky boards and commissions.

Central Kentucky Community Foundation President and CEO Davette Swiney was reappointed to the Endow Kentucky Commission, which according to statute is “responsible for the planning, implementation, and direction of a strategic and collaborative philanthropic partnership to focus on building endowment funds that will address community needs through community foundations.”

Sierra Enlow of Hodgenville was appointed as a citizen-at-large to serve on the Kentucky Tobacco Research Board. Bill McCloskey of Bardstown was also appointed to that board to represent research and development.

Carl Kaelin of Leitchfield was appointed to the Veterans’ Program Trust Fund Board of Directors. Kaelin will represent the Veterans of Foreign Wars on the board.

Elizabethtown City Council Member Julia Springsteen was reappointed to the Animal Control Advisory Board. Springsteen represents the Kentucky League of Cities on the board.