2018-2019 Leadership Kentucky Crushed Stone Class

1. Jared Curry - Vulcan Materials
2. Greg Bryant - Hinkle Contracting
3. Ryan Roppel - Roppel Industries
4. Robert Krutsinger - Brandeis Machinery
5. Damon Hughes - Nugent Sand Company
6. Scott Harrison - Rogers Group
7. Julie West-Morganti - Vulcan Materials
8. Andrew Boyd - Boyd Company
9. Jacob Spencer - Hinkle Contracting
10. Wes Omohundro - The Allen Company
11. Bert VanHouten IV - Harrod Concrete and Stone
12. Joey Hopper - Kenuckiana Seismic & Survey
13. JT Peake - Haydon Materials
14. Tave Parker - Mountain Enterprises
15. Josh Curtis - Rudd Equipment
16. Ross McMahan - Brandywine Explosives and Supply
17. Tyler Frye - Rock Drilling

Highlights from the 2018-2019 Leadership Kentucky Crushed Stone program. 

Session One: Leadership & Management

Louisville - Wednesday, September 12 - Friday, September 14 at The Seelbach hotel

Day 1 - September 12

• Arrive at noon: Lunch
• Session starts at 1pm with general overview of the Emerging Leader Program
• Theme of afternoon session will be “Getting to know each other.” 
• Participant Introductions 
• Stages of Team Growth
• The Appreciation of Differences (Social Style Model)
• Break-Outs/Debrief
• Day 1 debrief
• Adjourn at approximately 5pm
• Dinner/Social Event

Day 2: - September 13

• Breakfast at The Seelbach
• Guest Speaker:
• Building Cathedrals: The Power of Purpose
• Management & Leadership 
• Culture 
• Engagement 
• Lunch at The Seelbach

• Arrive at Nugent Sand Company, stop at workshop for safety presentation. Tom Nugent and Joey Griesbeck - Welcome and History of Nugent Sand

• Nugent’s Captain (Pilot) to speak about logistics, coast guard, permitting, envi- ronmental concerns, obstacles & water levels, etc.
  Tour property - Tour property/operation, view the off loading facility, 

• Day 2 debrief
• Dinner at Makers Mark's Bourbon Raw 
• Guest Speaker: Ankur Gopal, CEO of Interapt

Day 3: - September 14

• Breakfast at The Seelbach
• Speaker: Scott Jennings, RunSwitch PR
• Emotional Intelligence 
• Session one debrief
• Next steps/reading assignment 
• Preview Session two
• Lunch at The Seelbach - Adjourn

 

Session Two: Finance

Hotel: Hampton Inn Owensboro

Owensboro, KY - Wednesday, December 12 - Friday, December 14

Wednesday, December 12

• Lunch in the Riverwalk Room - 2nd floor
• Discussion on Management & Leadership - What is the difference?
• Debrief of the 10 Day MBA Book
• Dinner at Bar Louie (234 Frederica Street, Owensboro, KY 42301)

• Breakfast in the hotel lobby
• Meeting in the Riverwalk room
• Speaker: Mayor Tom Watson
• Chris Wooldridge, Murray State University, Small Business Development Center
• Topics: Finance, Economics, Balance Sheets, Cash Flow Statement, Budgeting 
• Lunch at the hotel
•  Load bus for Yager Materials Facility Tour
• Yager Materials Facility Tour
• Welcome and History of Yager Materials, Safety presentation, property and operation overview
• Tour property/operation, offloading of material and logistics Barge building facility, asphalt plant, asphalt terminal Return back to Hampton hotel for debrief
• Dinner at The Miller House
• Guest Speakers: Madison Silvert, Malcolm Bryant Corporation - High top side of bar in basement
• Dinner in Green Room on first floor

• Breakfast in the hotel lobby
• Strategic Planning and Problem Solving & Second Session
• Debrief 10:00 a.m. - Depart hotel for Moonlight BBQ
• Guest Speaker - Joe Bowen
• Topics: Leadership, Politics, KY Pensions, Small Business Owner, A look ahead at Frankfort Legislative & Policy session.
• 11:45 a.m. - Depart

Session Three: Legislative and Policy

Frankfort/Lexington - Wednesday, March 6 - Friday, March 8.

Hotel: 21C Downtown Lexington

Wednesday, March 6

• Lunch in Gallery 3 – 2^ndfloor - 21C Hotel
• How a bill becomes law / legislative process
• Social style models
• Breakdown of Kentucky’s Legislature
• Dinner at Goodfellas Pizza (1228 Manchester St., Lex, KY 40508)
• Battle Axes - https://battleaxesky.com

Thursday, March 7

• Breakfast in Gallery 3 – 2^ndfloor - 21C Hotel
• Depart 21C Hotel via vans for Capitol Annex in Frankfort
• House Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
• Individual/group meetings with your Legislator(s)
• Sit in House Gallery for presentation of 75th Anniversary Resolution
• Lunch at Frankfort Country Club
• Tour Kentucky Crushed Stone office
• Tour Kentucky History Center
• Dinnerat The Lexington Club
• Guest Speaker: Sean Cutter, MMLK

Friday, March 8

• Breakfast in Gallery 3 – 2^ndfloor of the 21C Hotel
• Depart hotel for Vulcan Quarry Tour - 1270 Manchester St, Lexington, KY 40504
• Vulcan Construction Materials Quarry Tour
• History of the mine, community engagement, mine overview, safety presentation
• Tour underground stone mine                                    
• Lunch at KSBar & Grille - 1030 S Broadway, Lexington, KY 40504
• Depart the conclusion of lunch 

 

 

Session Four:  Strategic Planning, Work/Life Balance, Negotiation

Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, May 8 - Friday, May 10 at Marriott Courtyard Somerset

Wednesday, May 8 at Courtyard Somerset

• Lunch in at hotel
• Soft Skills Training - Strategic Planning and Customer Service
• Dinner at The Harbor Restaurant and Tavern at Lee’s Ford Dock
• (451 Lee’s Ford Dock Rd., Nancy, KY 42544 - https://cravetheharbor.com)

Thursday, May 9

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Guest speakers:
•      Chris Girdler, Somerset Pulaski Economic Development Authority 
•      Somerset Mayor Alan Keck
•      County Judge Executive Stephen Kelley
•      Somerset Tourism Michelle Allen & Leslie Ikerd
• Continue the Soft Skills training
•       Jeff Wansley – Georgia Construction Aggregate Association 
• Lunch at the hotel
• Continue Soft Skills training - Customer Service
• Afternoon networking event – relax and enjoy the afternoon at a remote location in the foothills of Somerset, KY
•      Representative Ken Upchurch – (R-52^nd) Chairman of House Transportation Committee 

Friday, May 10

• Group breakfast at Baxter’s Coffee – Terry Tuttle, owner Baxter's Coffee
• Hinkle Contracting Quarry Tour (39 Garner School House Road)
• History of the mine, safety presentation, tour of the pre shot/blast, tour of crushing facility, tour of overall mine
• Watch the shot
• Tour new green space for future development
• Lunch at Buffalo Wings & Rings (10 minute drive from quarry)
•    (4065 South Highway 27, Somerset, KY 42501)
• Group departs