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KYPublic Service Commission
P.O. Box 615, 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky 40602-0615
Phone (502) 564-3940, Fax (502) 564-3460, TTY Users,   Simply Web 2000 - Talking Web


Chairman Mark David Goss


James W. Gardner
Vice Chairman, Kentucky Public Service Commission

Governor Steve Beasher appointed James W. Gardner as vice chairman of the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) on June 16, 2008. His term will expire on July 1, 2012.

Before joining the PSC, Vice Chairman Gardner was a partner in the law firm of Henry Watz Gardner & Sellars PLLC, where he specialized in bankruptcy law. He is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association and the Fayette County Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in Kentucky and federal district courts, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Vice Chairman Gardner has served as a bankruptcy trustee and has taught international business law and legal writing at the University of Kentucky College of Law.

Vice Chairman Gardner was elected to the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council in 1982 and served until 1986. He was a member of the Fayette County Board of Education from 1993 to 1997, serving as its chairman from 1995 to 1997. Vice Chairman Gardner was president of the Bluegrass International Trade Association from 1991 to 1992.

Vice Chairman Gardner is a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and serves on the consumer affairs committee and the committee on energy resources and the environment. In December 2008, he will co-chair the “Utilities of the Future: Implications of a Carbon Constrained World” conference, which is jointly sponsored by NARUC and the National Council on Electricity Policy.

A native of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Vice Chairman Gardner was raised in Frankfort, Kentucky. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics and philosophy from Georgetown College, graduating summa cum laude. Vice Chairman Gardner holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he was a member of the Kentucky Law Journal and Order of the Coif.

Vice Chairman Gardner, his wife Michelle and their son Will reside in Lexington and attend Maxwell Presbyterian Church.






Revised June 20, 2007