Town Hall Forum

Pike Chamber, AT&T host Town Hall Forum with Stumbo and Williams

The Pike County Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the upcoming Town Hall Forum. Kentucky Senate President David Williams and Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo will be the featured speakers.

The Town Hall Forum is open to the public and is an event provided free of charge by the Chamber and event sponsor AT&T. At the Forum, both Williams and Stumbo will have an opportunity to speak, addressing business issues and issues pertainent to eastern Kentucky. Following their speeches, a moderator will pose questions to both men and the audience will have time for a question and answer session.

David L. Williams (born May 28, 1953) is President of the Kentucky Senate. He grew up in Cumberland County, Kentucky, attended and graduated from the University of Kentucky, and later earned his Juris Doctorate from the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. He was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1985, and served through 1986, and then was elected to the Kentucky Senate in 1987 where he continues to serve, representing the 16th District of Kentucky that is based out of Burkesville. Upon the Kentucky Senate gaining a Republican majority for the first time in the history of the Commonwealth, he was elected the President of the Kentucky Senate.

Gregory D. "Greg" Stumbo is the Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives. Stumbo, a member of the Democratic Party is a former Kentucky Attorney General from 2003 - 2007 and, prior to his election as attorney general, served in the Kentucky House of Representatives for twelve terms from 1980 - 2003. During this time, Stumbo was Kentucky's longest-serving House Majority Leader (1985 - 2003). Stumbo returned to the House of Representatives not long after his Attorney General term ended. On January 6, 2009 he was endorsed by Democratic lawmakers to be the party's nominee for Speaker of the House. He was sworn in as Speaker the next day, January 7. A native of Prestonsburg in Floyd County, Stumbo served as Assistant Floyd County Attorney and held the position of Martin city attorney for three years. He also served as trial commissioner to the Floyd County District Court for one year.