New Hires & Promotions
J. Keith Fowlkes has been named director of information technology services and chief information officer (CIO) at Centre College, beginning May 1. Fowlkes most recently served as vice chancellor for information technology and CIO at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise.
Miller Wells, PLLC has announced that Earl (Chip) Hamm and Michael T. Hymson have joined the firm.
The Lexington Cemetery & Crematory has named Mark C. Durbin as president and general manager. He succeeds Daniel R. Scalf, who has retired effective February 1, 2013. Prior to this promotion, Durbin served as assistant general manager.
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC has announced that Brittany C. MacGregor, formerly of Fogle Keller Purdy PLLC, has joined the firm’s real estate practice group as an associate.
Lexington Clinic Foundation has announced that Allen McDaniel has been appointed as development manager.
Jeremy Cron has joined Forcht Bank’s commercial banking team. He previously worked for PNC.
Frost Brown Todd has recently named Richard E. Plymale and David C. Trimble as members of the firm.
Shannon Antle Hamilton, an employment law attorney with Stites & Harbison, PLLC, has been named to fill the firm’s newly created position of chief talent officer. Hamilton will oversee the firm’s efforts to attract and retain top legal talent in its nine offices throughout the southeastern United States.
Kudos
Local engineering firm Stantec has received the Grand Conceptor top award for engineering excellence in the American Council of Engineering Companies/Kentucky Engineering Excellence Awards for its design of the reconfigured Harrodsburg Road (US 68) interchange at New Circle Road (KY4) in Lexington. The design solution, known as a Double Crossover Diamond (DCD), was the first in the state and only the sixth in the nation when it opened to traffic in August 2011. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has credited it with improving safety, saving costs and easing congestion at the highly travelled interchange.
Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC is pleased to announce that the firm has been named a Client Service A-Team for 2013 by BTI Consulting Group, a leading provider of strategic market research for professional firms. Also, attorney Kendrick Riggs was chosen as a BTI Client Service All-Star for a second consecutive year.