Lt. Gov. Coleman given leadership role in Lieutenant Governors Association

August 31, 2021

Steve Rogers,

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) – Kentucky’s Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman has been elected to serve on the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) Executive Committee.

NLGA is the professional association supporting lieutenant governors and the officeholders first in line of succession to governor in all 50 states and the U.S. territories.

As Kentucky’s 58th Lt. Governor, Coleman will serve as the South Region At-Large member of the NLGA Executive Committee.

“Her peers find Lt. Gov. Coleman to be an engaged leader who works across party, state, regional and territorial lines to develop and share ideas from education to economic development and creating jobs of the future,” said NLGA Director Julia Brossart.

Lt. Gov. Coleman was selected by a bipartisan vote of lieutenant governors across the country and her service begins immediately. She will serve through July 2022.

“It is an honor to be appointed to this national leadership position by my fellow lieutenant governors, both Republican and Democrat. My time with this organization has been a rewarding lesson in statesmanship as we remain nonpartisan in our shared commitment to finding solutions to the challenges of today,” said Lt. Gov. Coleman.

The committee meets quarterly and is responsible for charting the course of issues and professional development to be pursued by the nation’s second-highest state officeholders. In addition to its specific duties, the committee addresses issues of mutual concern to all states and territories.

Lt. Gov. Coleman was elected to office in 2019 and her accomplishments include: launching a free GED program for Kentuckians; committing $1 million to diversifying the teaching workforce and implementing implicit bias training for Kentucky’s school employees; establishing the Commonwealth Education Continuum to build a cohesive education system from early childhood education through post-secondary; and helping Kentucky’s education community navigate COVID-19 and maximize federal funding to build a stronger educational system for Kentucky’s most precious resource – its children.