Leadership

Executive Director

Jennifer Inman serves as the Executive Director of the Kentucky Financial Empowerment Commission (KFEC). Prior to her role at KFEC, Inman was an educator, teaching business and finance courses at Boone County High School in Florence, KY, and providing financial literacy instruction for Northern Kentucky University. Her dedication to education extended to her involvement with the John Jay Center for Learning, a non-profit technical education center in Portland, IN. Inman has an extensive career in banking, accounting, and financial management.

Inman earned her B.S. from Indiana Wesleyan University and pursued further academic endeavors, obtaining an M.A. in Teaching Business & Marketing from the University of the Cumberlands. She expanded her knowledge in economics and finance through graduate studies at Northern Kentucky University. Her commitment to financial education was recognized with the Kentucky Master Teacher of Personal Finance Designation, awarded by the St. Louis Federal Reserve and the Coalition for Financial Literacy in the Commonwealth.

Beyond her professional roles, Inman actively contributes to various organizations within her community. She serves as the Board President of the KY Jump$tart Coalition, the Board Treasurer of the KY Guardianship Association, and is a member of the Bank On Louisville Executive Committee.


KFEC Board Meeting 08/11/23

The Board

  • State Treasurer Mark Metcalf (Chair of the Board)

  • Dr. Abdullah Al-Bahrani is the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research 

    Haile College of Business at Northern Kentucky University.

  • Dr. Laurel Raimondo Martin of Lexington is the President of Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass.

  • Edward King of Louisville is an attorney whose practice areas include bankruptcy, digital currency, lending, and finance and who serves on the Kentucky Bar Association’s Credit Abuse Resistance Education Executive Committee.

  • David Sandlin of Walton teaches business at Walton-Verona High School and served on the Kentucky Standards Revision and Writing Committee for Financial Literacy.

  • Carolyn Wheeler of Lexington works with the Human Development Institute at the University of Kentucky and has over thirty years of experience in program development, training, and advocacy on behalf of people with disabilities and their families.

  • Jim Kasch of the Kentucky Credit Union League

  • April Perry of the Kentucky Bankers Association (Vice-chair of the Board)

  • Seema Sheth, Senior Vice President and Regional Executive, Louisville Branch of the St. Louis Federal Reserve

  • Marni Gibson, Commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions

  • Dr. Beth Hargis, Associate Commissioner in the Office of Career and Technical Education (OCTE) at the Kentucky Department of Education

Kentucky State Treasury 01/02/24

KFEC Board Meeting 11/09/23

KFEC Board Meeting 05/18/23