NEWS RELEASE

Campbell County Office of Emergency Management Agency

8774 Constable Drive
Alexandria, KY 41001

For more information contact:

Turner, William, Director
859-635-1111

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Alexandria, KY — May 6, 2009 —Today, Judge Steve Pendery announced the
appointment of William Ray Turner as the Director of the Campbell County Office of
Emergency Management. Turner replaces Ken Knipper who retired March1, 2009. “Bill
Turner’s extensive experience in disaster planning made Bill stand out among the
candidates for the Campbell County Emergency Management Director, said Robert
Horine Campbell County Administrator. Bill has had a very successful tenure as
emergency management director for 10 years”, whatever the circumstances at the end
of his tenure, there was nothing that took away from the overall success of his tenure.
There were a lot of people in Butler County who gave him a very strong
recommendation.”

“I am extremely happy and very honored with the appointment as Director of the
Campbell County Office of Emergency Management. I appreciate the faith and support
of Judge/Executive Pendery in naming me as the replacement of my good friend Ken
Knipper. This was the position I had in mind when I left the Butler County Emergency
Management Agency in March so both I and the family are very excited about the move
to Kentucky, Turner said.

Turner added, “I also appreciate the support of a number of Butler County officials who
wrote letters of support and talked directly with Judge Pendery about my efforts on
behalf of Butler County and the positive record I have achieved while serving as Butler
County EM director”.

Turner comes to Campbell County having served the past ten plus years as Butler
County, Ohio’s Emergency Management Director. Turner spent the prior ten years
serving as the Area 10 Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator for the Kentucky
Division of Disaster and Emergency Services (DES). He is a graduate of Owsley County
High School and Eastern Kentucky University.
Mr. Turner has a broad background in emergency management and emergency
services having worked as Owsley County DES Director prior to working for Kentucky
State Government. Turner has also served as Chairman of the Owsley County Chapter
of the American Red Cross, Chairman of the Owsley County Local Emergency Planning
Committee, as both President and Secretary/Treasurer of the Owsley County Rescue
Squad, Chief of the Booneville-Owsley County Fire Department and Secretary of the
Owsley County Fire District Board of Trustees. Turner was also a member of the
Kentucky Emergency Management Assistance Committee for the state of Kentucky and
served on the Governors Health Care Reform Round Table on Emergency Management
and Medical Services.
While serving as Area Coordinator, Turner lead the response to thirteen separate
Presidential Disaster Declarations which included floods, tornado’’s and winter storms.
As Area Coordinator, Turner coordinated eight county emergency management
agencies and supervised eight county EMA Directors. While serving as Owsley County
director Turner obtained funds and supervised construction of the Owsley County
Emergency Management Center and gained county funding for both the county EMA
program and the county rescue squad.
Mr. Turner has been recognized for his work in being named Outstanding Employee of
the Year with in the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs in 1991, the Meritorious
Service Award by the Kentucky Division of Disaster and Emergency Services in 1998
and named the Volunteer of the Decade by the Owsley County Emergency
Management Agency in 1995.
While serving as the Director of the Butler County Emergency Management Agency, Mr.
Turner lead in the creation of the Butler County Technical Rescue Team and the
enhancement of the Butler County Hazardous Materials Emergency Response
Cooperative. Mr. Turner was also instrumental in the creation of an 800 Mhz
Countywide Public Safety Communications System. During his tenure as the EM
director in Butler County, Turner obtain over $25 million dollars for emergency
management and public safety improvements. Turner left Butler County in March with
nearly one million dollars in Homeland Security Grants available for the county to
construct a new emergency operations center.
Mr. Turner has served as Vice President (1999) and President (2000-2001) of the
Western Ohio Emergency Management Association. Turner is a member of the
International Association of Emergency Managers, the Emergency Management
Association of Ohio and the Western Ohio Emergency Management Association. Turner
serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Hamilton Safety Council, is a member of
the Butler County Local Emergency Planning Committee, Butler County Homeland
Security Advisory Committee, the Butler County 911 Technical Advisory Committee, and
the Butler County 800 Mhz Communications Committee.
Mr. Turner and his wife Laurie have two children Jessie and Tyler.