Billy is a nationally recognized expert on farmland conservation and Smart Growth. He is a 9thgeneration Central Kentuckian. He grew up on his paternal grandparents’ cattle and tobacco farm in Woodford County, Kentucky, on U.S. 60 between Versailles and Frankfort.
Prior to joining Justice Real Estate, he served as the American Farmland Trust National Director of Strategic Initiatives and Senior Advisor, where he worked for over a decade. He currently serves on the American Farmland Trust President’s Council.
His deep, national level professional expertise and connections to farm and ranch owners across the United States, provide a unique skill set to assist buyers and sellers in purchasing or selling farms.
Billy served over a decade with Lexington, Kentucky’s Purchase of Development Rights program, where worked to conserve over 28,000 acres of farmland.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Transylvania University, a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from the University of Kentucky, and a Master of Business Administration from Midway University.
Billy currently serves on the Lexington-Frankfort Scenic Corridor, Inc.’s Board of Directors and the Fayette County Farm Bureau Board of Directors.
He is a member of the Thoroughbred Club of America and the American Society of Landscape Architects.