NEW HIRES/PROMOTIONS
The Kentucky Distillers' Association has announced that Adam Johnson has joined the group as the first-ever manager of the KDA's Kentucky Bourbon Trail experience. Johnson previously served as executive director of the Danville/Boyle County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Tom Stultz has joined JMI Sports LLC as managing director of the company's newly formed Capital & Media Division.
James C. Baughman, Jr., co-founder and president of Office Suites PLUS, has assumed the role of chief executive officer. Baughman replaces co-founder Norwood Cowgill, Jr. as CEO, but Cowgill will remain as chairman of the board.
Office Suites PLUS has also appointed Brian Tucker as vice president of operations support. He previously served as director of operations support for the company. Tena Adams, who previously served as corporate controller for Office Suites PLUS, has been appointed vice president and controller.
First Security Bank of Owensboro, Ky., announced the recent appointment of Ryan M. Cooper as assistant vice president, commercial lending. Cooper will serve in the Lexington market.
Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC has announced that attorneys Erica L. Horn and Jennifer S. Smart have joined the firm's state and federal tax practice as counsel to the firm, and will be working out of the Lexington office.
Bank of Lexington has announced that Michele Terry has been named as assistant vice president-lending.
Jamy Tillman has joined Paul Miller Autogroup as Ford service manager.
Ralph Ross, deputy district director for the SBA North Florida district office in Jacksonville, Fla., is the new SBA Kentucky district office director.
Ross replaces Steve Ayers, who retired in July.
Rosemary Harney has been promoted to credit manager in the Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co. credit department.
BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS
Donald Mullineaux, a professor of finance at the University of Kentucky, has been re-elected as a director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati.
KUDOS
Bill Farmer, president of United Way of the Bluegrass, has been elected to serve on United Way Worldwide's National Professional Council, a leadership body advising on issues of importance to United Way both nationally and in local communities.
The Lexington-Bluegrass Association of Realtors (LBAR) has named Casey Weesner of Weesner Properties as the 2011 Realtor of the Year. LBAR also honored Jim McKeighen as the 2011 Good Neighbor award recipient. The Good Neighbor award program recognizes Realtors who are improving the lives of others through volunteer work.
Chef Michael Stoddart, co-owner of Seasons Catering & Special Occasions, emerged victorious from the National Ice Carving Association's (NICA) 2012 National Carving Championships, earning himself the title of the United States 2012 Professional Champion Ice Sculptor, as awarded by the NICA.
The American Pharmacists Association has named Joseph L. Fink III, professor of pharmacy law and policy in the UK College of Pharmacy, as the recipient of the 2012 Linwood F. Tice Friend of The American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) Award.