In early March, the focus of the governor’s office shifted quickly to monitoring developments and crafting a coordinated response to the appearance of the novel coronavirus in Kentucky, in the effort to minimize its impact across the state. Andy Beshear’s administration has brought his newly appointed chief of staff and general counsel La Tasha Buckner a sense of great opportunity-along with the swift and unanticipated public health challenge of COVID-19. See the excerpt below and follow the link to read more.
She is the first African American woman to serve as general counsel for the office.Īn article titled, Trials and Tribulations, will appear in the April issue of Business Lexington. (July 14, 2020) My fellow Kentuckians deserve better than an unemployment office that has been starved of funding for years and a system that was designed to tell them no when they need help. She is also the first woman, and first African American of any gender, to serve as chief of staff in the Kentucky governor’s office. Office of the Governor 700 Capitol Avenue Frankfort KY 40601 FRANKFORT, Ky. Buckner is the first person to hold both the general counsel and chief of staff positions simultaneously in Kentucky.
She began her career as a state prosecutor in the office of longtime Fayette Commonwealth’s Attorney Ray Larson. Buckner is a native of Glasgow, Kentucky. Andy Beshear’s chief of staff and general counsel and previously served as assistant deputy attorney general. La Tasha Buckner graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law, now the UK J.
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