Advocacy
KyCPA-PAC
Issue 2
May 31, 2024
By P. Anthony Allen
What is the KyCPA-PAC?
The KyCPA Political Action Committee (KyCPA-PAC) is a separate entity from the KyCPA that enables CPAs to help elect business-minded legislators who support our position on issues significant to the CPA profession. By pooling our resources, together we can ensure the accounting profession continues to have a strong presence in Kentucky's legislative and regulatory activities.
Contributions to the KyCPA-PAC are used to support candidates for the Kentucky legislature or constitutional offices who are educated on accounting issues and able to promote sound policies while defeating policies that hurt the CPA profession.
At various times throughout the year, the KyCPA-PAC will contribute to candidates based upon policies set by the PAC Trustees, which state that the KyCPA-PAC supports:
Contributions to the KyCPA-PAC are used to support candidates for the Kentucky legislature or constitutional offices who are educated on accounting issues and able to promote sound policies while defeating policies that hurt the CPA profession.
At various times throughout the year, the KyCPA-PAC will contribute to candidates based upon policies set by the PAC Trustees, which state that the KyCPA-PAC supports:
- Its own members running for office
- Incumbents running for re-election
- Political parties on a bi-partisan level
Donate to the KyCPA-PAC
In honor of KyCPA’s 100-year anniversary, consider contributing $100 or more to KyCPA-PAC in 2024. Your commitment will continue to strengthen our impact in Frankfort. Thank you for advancing the accounting profession in Kentucky!
Click here to learn more about KyCPA-PAC.
Download the KyCPA Advocacy in Action flyer.
Thank you to the following 2023 KyCPA-PAC contributors
A total of $18,195 was the total amount raised for the KyCPA-PAC in 2023.
- Deloitte PAC $2,100
- Alan Long $1,000
- Lori Klumpp $550
$270-500
$500- Diane Cornwell
- David Dick
- Lisa D. Foley
- Harry L. Freibert
- Kevin Gibbs
- Lee Groza
- Jon Harville
- William J. Jessee
- Joseph C. King
- Mark Loyd
- Rebecca Myers
- Alan Norvell
- Mark A. Schaeffer
- Bradley Smith
$300
- Dennis Buckles
- Timothy Eldridge
John "Bud" Lane $270
$250-300
$250
- Amanda Biven
- Larry T. Clark
- Shelly Compton
- Olivia Davis
- Myron D. Fisher
- Randall Franklin
- Kayla Gremillion
- Adam Hancock
- Christopher Hatcher
- Gregory McKale High
- James B. Hite
- Shelby Lee
- Malcolm Neel III
- Beth Overbey
- Neil Patton
- David Price
- Todd Renner
- Eric Scott
- James B. Stevison
- Kristin Stuedle
- Lee Ann Watters
$25-200
$200
- Walter L. Goggin
- William Stout
Kelly J. King $150
$100
- Earl Calhoun
- Kevin Doyle
- Thomas Hackney
- Glenn Jennings
- Kevin Moser
- Kevin Oakley
- David A. Smith
- Stephen Zink
Christopher Meriwether $50
Jennifer Estes $25
If you have any questions, comments or feedback, please feel free to reach out to the Society’s Government Affairs Director, P. Anthony Allen, at aallen@kycpa.org.