NEW HIRES/PROMOTIONS
Bill Potter has joined Traditional Bank as senior vice president and head of retail lending.
Central Bank has hired Mark Kaufmann and Jason Smith as vice presidents/ commercial lending.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA) has announced that Walt Odisho has been named vice president of manufacturing at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky.
Russ Hopper has been promoted to vice president, manufacturing, for Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company, and Don Moore has been promoted to vice president, design engineering.
William J. George has joined the Lexington office of Frost Brown Todd as an associate in the insurance and tort defense practice group.
Gregg Long has been named new business development manager for Columbia Gas of Kentucky, and Ken Catron has been named damage prevention coordinator for the company.
LG&E and KU Energy LLC have announced that Brad Rives, chief financial officer, has been named to the newly created position of chief administrative officer. Kent Blake, vice president of corporate planning and development, has been promoted to CFO; and Gerald Reynolds, vice president, general counsel and secretary for the Eastern Division of American Water in Lexington, has joined the company as the new general counsel, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary.
Brydon D. Ross has joined the Council of State Governments' national policy and research staff in Lexington as director of energy and environmental policy.
Kentucky National Insurance has named David McMullen as its new president.
Forcht Bank has named Tucker Ballinger as its new president.
Robert K. Lewis, III has been named CEO of Global Advancement, LLC.
Trish Dever has joined the International SPA Association (ISPA), managed by Associations International, as its public relations director.
Jackson Kelly PLLC recently promoted five attorneys to membership status: Chris M. Hunter, Jennifer M. Mankins, Benjamin M. McFarland, K. Brad Oakley and Thomas A. Wilson.
Joe Brester is now affiliated with Rector Hayden Realtors in Lexington.
Sarah Piester has joined the Lexington Legends as director of community relations and special events, and Jared Gigli has signed on as corporate account executive.
Commonwealth Credit Union has named Karen C. Harbin as its president and chief executive officer.
Preston-Osborne has announced the following staff promotions: Bill Michul is now creative director; Dave Jones is now senior graphic designer; and Katelyn Rademacher is account manager.
BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Bluegrass Tourism Marketing Association has announced the following officers for its 2012 board of directors: Eli Mertens, TravelHost of the Bluegrass, as president; Kelly Bates, Commerce Lexington, as vice president of membership; Becky Trimble, Lexington Center Corporation, as vice president of programming; Anne Garlick, Homewood Suites of Lexington/Hamburg, as secretary; and Windy Lane, Hyatt Place Lexington, as treasurer. The board's directors-at-large include Rosalie Swann, Swann's Nest Bed and Breakfast; Linda Wharton, Lexington In Touch; Tiffany Yarborough, Avis Rent-a-Car of Lexington; Lisa Jackson, Kentucky Horse Park; and Sasha Higgins, Pillar Hotels.
The Board of the Kentucky Distillers' Association has named Jeff Conder of
Beam Inc. as its chairman. The board also appointed Tom Krekeler, vice president of product supply chain in North America for Campari Group, as vice chairman, and Joe Fraser, vice president of manufacturing at Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc., as secretary-treasurer. Other board members for 2012 include Chris Morris, master distiller, Brown-Forman; Andrea Wilson, director of distillation and maturing spirit, Diageo North America; and John Rhea, chief operating officer, Four Roses Distillery.
Hospice of the Bluegrass has announced the following board officers appointed for 2012:
Woodford Webb, the Webb Companies, as chair; Mark Nabity, Grayhawk, LLC, as vice chair; Jen Shah, Dean Dorton Allen Ford, PLLC, as treasurer; and Eric Frankl, Blue Grass Airport, as secretary. New members to Hospice's 2012 Board include: Bruce Brooks, Farmers Bank & Capital Trust Company (retired); and Dr. J.D. Miller, Appalachian Regional Healthcare.
The Council on Postsecondary Education has announced that vice-chair Pam Miller is the new chair of the council.
David Kitchen has been elected to serve as president of the Thoroughbred Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) in 2012.
Nathan Mick has been elected to serve on the Kentucky Humanities Council board of directors.
Ray Goodearl, vice president of international sales and marketing with Superior Battery, has joined the board of directors of the World Trade Center Kentucky.
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission elected the following officers to its 2012 Executive Committee: Sandy Canon as chair; Robert Murray as vice chair; Michael Ades as treasurer; and Kenneth Golphin as secretary.
The following officers have been elected to the board of directors of the Lexington-Bluegrass Association of Realtors for 2012: Mary Anne Simmons, Premier Real Estate & Home Services, as president; Al Blevins, Caswell Prewitt Realty, Inc, as president-elect; Linda Wiley, Keller Williams Bluegrass Realty, as treasurer; and Betty Musselman, RE/MAX Creative Realty, as treasurer-elect.
The 2012 LBAR board of directors also includes Barb Curtis, RE/MAX Creative Realty; Shirley DeBoor, Keller Williams Bluegrass Realty; Mila Ensor, Ensor/Cantrell Real Estate LLC;
Sha Fister, Rector-Hayden Realtors; Kristy Gooch, RE/MAX Elite Realty;
Mike Gooch, Gooch Auction Group; Todd Hyatt, Lois Ann Disponett Real Estate; Lura Justice, Rector-Hayden Realtors; Karen Mundy, Haymaker/Bean Residential Real Estate; Carl Tackett, Coldwell Banker McMahan; Casey Weesner, Weesner Properties; and Missy Winchell, RE/MAX Creative Realty.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
David C. Burks of Paladin, Inc. has received his BPI Certification (Building Analyst and Envelope Specialist). John Goodin, PE, LEEP AP BD+C, of Paladin, Inc., received his Certified Commissioning Authority (CxA) certification by the AABC Commissioning Group (ACG).