New Hires & Promotions
Chacey R. Ford recently joined Jackson Kelly, PLLC, as an associate in the firm’s Lexington office and is practicing in the firm’s Commercial Law and Health Care and Finance Practice Groups.
Kinkead & Stilz, PLLC, has announced that Robert C. “Coley” Stilz III has been elected to the membership of the firm, and Melissa H. P. Palmer and Erin Fulkerson Hall have joined the firm as associates. In addition, Melissa E. Coombs has joined the firm as manager of its tax compliance practice.
David Dean, owner of Dean Builds, Inc., has been named the 2013 president of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Kentucky.
Bridgett N. Fields has been promoted to the position of Eastern region operations manager of Community Trust Bank. Fields previously served as vice president of the bank.
Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLLC, has announced that R. Douglas Martin has joined the firm. Martin is a partner of Sturgill Turner with a practice that will focus on real estate law, business law, governmental law and health- care law. Martin most recently served as the 10th District representative to the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council.
Jacob Schirmer has been named senior vice president and commercial lender for United Bank in Lexington.
Board Announcements
Robert L. Brown has been appointed as executive director of the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB).
The Kentucky Community and Technical College (KCTCS) Foundation board has announced the election of two new officers. Lee Hess, BB&T regional president for central Kentucky, and Mark Bailey, president and chief executive officer of Big Rivers Electric Corp., will each serve a two-year term on the board.
The Lexington Medical Society recently elected the following officers for 2013: Thomas H. Waid, M.D., as president-elect; David S. Kirn, M.D., as vice president-elect; and Jason P. Harris, M.D., as secretary-treasurer-elect. Taking office on Jan. 1, 2013, will be Larry L. Cunningham, Jr., M.D., as president; Thomas K. Slabaugh, Jr., M.D., as vice president; and Kaveh R. Sajadi, M.D., as secretary-treasurer.