2026 Kentucky General Election

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My degrees are listed below. I grew up in a rural community of about 2,000 people in Ohio.

Faculty and Staff | Western Kentucky University - Dr. Becky Gilfillen, Ph.D

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Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Plant & Soil Science, 1999.

MS, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Agronomy, 1994.

BA, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, General Sciences, 1989.

Education
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Plant & Soil Science, 1999.

MS, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Agronomy, 1994.

BA, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, General Sciences, 1989.

BS, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, Biological Sciences, 1989.

Education
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Plant & Soil Science, 1999.

MS, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Agronomy, 1994.

Education
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Plant & Soil Science, 1999.

Becky Gilfillen grew up in a rural community of about 2,000 people in Ohio. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in general sciences and a Bachelor of Science in biological sciences from Northern Kentucky University, a master's degree in agronomy from the University of Kentucky, and a Ph.D. in plant and soil science from the University of Tennessee.

Dr. Becky Gilfillen, Ph.D
- Professor of Agronomy (Soil Science)

I have been at WKU since 1998. I am the WKU Soil Judging Coach and we compete both regionally and nationally. I also am a co-advisor to the Agronomy Club.

Becky Gilfillen is a professor of agronomy (soil science) at Western Kentucky University. She is the university's soil judging coach and a co-advisor to its Agronomy Club.

Becky is a professor of agronomy (soil science) at Western Kentucky University. She is the university's soil judging coach and a co-advisor to its Agronomy Club.

As of September 15, 2026, Becky Gilfillen’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Garnett M Owens

Ms. Wilcher has a B.S. in Biology from Western Kentucky University, and a J.D. from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University.

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Ms. Wilcher has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 2009. She serves on the Salmon P. Chase College of Law Board of Visitors, the WKU Ogden College Advisory Council, the Warren County Conservation District and the Friends of Mammoth Cave National Park Board. She and her husband, Ed Tivol, live in Alvaton, Kentucky, where they operate Scuffle Hill Farm, growing alfalfa hay and grass-fed, free-range, Angus cattle.

Attorney Lajuana Wilcher Quoted in Bloomberg News Story

Lajuana S. Wilcher earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Western Kentucky University and a law degree from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University. She lives in Alvaton, Kentucky, with her husband, Ed Tivol.

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LaJuana S. Wilcher - ELPO Law

LaJuana Wilcher is a nationally known environmental attorney who has served in top-level environmental policy positions in federal and state government currently serving as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Federal Agriculture Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac). LaJuana is also a Fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers.

LaJuana S. Wilcher - ELPO

Previously, Ms. Wilcher was a partner in a D.C. law firm; a Special Assistant to the General Counsel and an Assistant to the Deputy Administrator at EPA; a Special Assistant to the General Counsel at die USDA; a litigation attorney; and a naturalist/interpreter at Mammoth Cave National Park.

Lajuana S. Wilcher is an environmental attorney and serves as chair of the board of directors for the Federal Agriculture Mortgage Corporation. She was previously a partner in a Washington, D.C., law firm; a special assistant to the general counsel and assistant to the deputy administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency; a special assistant to the general counsel at the U.S. Department of Agriculture; a litigation attorney; and a naturalist and interpreter at Mammoth Cave National Park.

Supervisors & Term Ending:
Troy Ellis (2026)
Garnett Owens (2026)
LaJuana Wilcher (2026)
J. Mark Chapman (2028)
Rhodes L Hester (2028)
Benjamin Hudnall (2028)
Emily Sharp (2028)

Warren County Conservation District Information

Lajuana serves as a supervisor of the Warren County Conservation District, with a term ending in 2026.

Lajuana serves as a supervisor of the Warren County Conservation District.

LaJuana told reporter Amena H. Saiyid that Congress ultimately needs to act. “It’s astonishing and frustrating for people trying to comply with the law that we can’t explain clearly and with certainty the reach of the Clean Water Act or the definition of a solid waste under RCRA after all these years,” LaJuana told the reporter. RCRA is the Resource Recovery and Conservation Act.

Calls for Congress to clarify the Clean Water Act's reach and the definition of solid waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

- Calls for Congress to clarify the Clean Water Act's reach and the definition of solid waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

As of September 15, 2026, Lajuana S. Wilcher did not have a website or any information online.

Lajuana S. Wilcher

As of September 15, 2026, Lajuana S. Wilcher’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Isaac Brickman

As an assistant administrator in the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water, advanced watershed management, state nonpoint-source pollution grants, and wetland-development mitigation requirements.

As an assistant administrator in the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water, initiated stormwater-discharge permitting and outreach to accelerate drinking-water enforcement and compliance.

- Soil and water conservation district supervisors are elected to a seven-member board. The purpose of this board is to promote the conservation and management of land, water, trees, and other natural resources of the district.
- District supervisors raise awareness and provide education on conservation and resource management to local citizens. 
- District supervisors coordinate local, state, and federal resources and provide other services, programs, and assistance to landowners. 
- District supervisors are elected to four-year terms on a staggered basis during non-partisan elections that take place every two years. 
- District supervisors work voluntarily and do not receive a salary. 

Works to ensure the conservation of your county’s natural resources.

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