Boards & Commissions

Helping to ensure the state’s economic development efforts remain cutting edge and business focused, the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development is led by the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership Board, some of the Commonwealth’s most prominent business men and women. In addition, several state boards and commissions also support Kentucky’s efforts to improve the local workforce, encourage business growth and help small businesses succeed.

Partnership Board

Comprised of 14 public-private sector members, the Partnership Board provides strategic governance to the Cabinet. The Partnership Board provides oversight of strategic plans, goals and structure for the Cabinet. Current members include:

Voting Members

Non-Voting Members

The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority

The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA) is responsible for awarding most of the financial incentives offered by the Cabinet, including job growth and retention tax credit programs, loans, industrial revenue bonds, economic development bond grants and tax increment financing. Current board members are as follows:

The Bluegrass State Skills Corporation

The Bluegrass State Skills Corporation (BSSC) oversees the approval of Skills Training Investment Credits and Grant-in-Aid projects to encourage workforce development in Kentucky. Current Members are as follows:

The Commission on Small Business Innovation and Advocacy

Is a regulation, law or mandate affecting your small business? As a small-business owner, you need a voice in state government. The Kentucky Commission on Small Business Innovation and Advocacy (CSBIA) is that voice.The CSBIA is an independent state commission that relies on the expertise of a thirteen-member board, appointed by the Governor.

The CSBIA provides information on proposed state legislation, regulations and recently enacted state law that impact small business. The Commission looks at issues such as licensing/permitting requirements, taxes, and other areas of government that affect small business.

The CSBIA exists to accomplish the following:

• Address matters of small business as it relates to government affairs
• Promote a cooperative and constructive relationship between state agencies and the small business community to ensure coordination and implementation of statewide strategies that benefit small businesses in the Commonwealth
• Coordinate and educate the small business community on federal, state, and local government initiatives of value and importance to the small business community
• Create a process by which the small business community is consulted in the development of public policy
• Aid the small business community in navigating the regulatory process, when that process becomes cumbersome, time consuming, and bewildering to the small business community
• Advocate for the small business, as necessary when regulatory implementation is overly burdensome, costly, and harmful to the success and growth of small businesses in the Commonwealth
• Collect information and research those public policies and government practices which are helpful or detrimental to the success and growth of the small business community
• Review administrative regulations and provide advisory opinions on potential impact to small business
• Promote awareness of the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Enforcement Act of 1996 which was designed to help eliminate and/or reduce the cost of regulatory compliance for small businesses.

Interested parties may review proposed new regulations and legislation and provide comment.

To review proposed new regulations, visit the RegWatch page.
To review proposed and new legislation, the Legislative Research Commission page.

If you have questions or comments about the impact of government regulations on small business, please email CSBA@ky.gov or call 800-626-2930.

The CSBA is overseen by a board of business owners and is appointed by the Governor.

Current members

CSBIA 2024 Meeting Dates (Frankfort)

• February 9, 2024 (11 a.m.)
• May 10, 2024 (11 a.m.)
• August 9, 2024 (11 a.m.)
• September 13, 2024 (11 a.m.)