New Hires & Promotions
Jeff Fields has been named by Central Bank as vice president/ Central Investment Center.
Craig Olive has joined LM Communications Broadcast Media Group as general manager. Olive brings more than 30 years of sales and senior management experience to LM Communications and most recently served as senior vice president of sales for FourthWall Media, an advertising TV company.
Wallingford Law, PSC has announced that Brendan J. Shevlin has joined the firm as Of Counsel. Most recently, Shevlin ran his own solo practice since 2009.
Certifications
The Professional Picture Framer’s Association (PPFA) recently awarded Michael Drury, co-owner of South Hill Gallery, the Master Certified Professional Framer (MCPF) designation. Drury joins only one other framer in Kentucky and 60 framers worldwide who have attained the highest level of expertise measured by the PPFA.
Kudos
Women Leading Kentucky has announced the following three winners of the Martha Layne Collins Leadership Award for 2013: Jean Hale, chairman/president and CEO, Community Trust Bancorp, Pikeville, Ky.; Lindy Karns, CPA and director, Blue & Co., Lexington; and Vickie Yates Brown, president/ CEO, Nucleus: Kentucky's Innovation Parks, LLC, Louisville, Ky.
The Home Builders Association of Lexington (HBAL) was recognized by the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) and Insulate America through its “Best Idea” award program for HBAL’s role in promoting the building of energy-efficient homes in the Lexington housing market.
HBAL was the first association in the nation to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with RESNET, vowing to encourage 100 percent of its builder members to get all their homes rated using the HERS Index, an industry standard for the rating of the energy performance of a home, similar to the MPG sticker used for cars by the automobile industry.
Becky Jones, vice president of marketing and research for Viamedia, was recently named as one of Multichannel News “40 Under 40” for her innovation and influence on the cable and telecommunications world.
The Lexington Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) has named Patsy Todd as this year’s Winners’ Circle Award recipient, the chapter’s highest honor.
Women business owners also were honored in several award categories. Dr. Alice Mills, DVM, owner of The Lexington Hospital for Cats, was named as Woman Business Owner of the Year. Janey Moores, owner of BJM & Associates, Inc., was honored as this year’s Public Policy Catalyst, and Cathy Stafford, president of Ad-Ventures Promotions, was named as NAWBO Member of the Year.
Corporate Partner of the Year was FOX 56, and a special Hall of Fame award was presented to Becky Naugle of the Kentucky Small Business Development Center.
Thomas Stone, MD, partner and retina specialist with Retina Associates of Kentucky, has recently been named as the 2013 Editor of the Preferences and Trends Survey of the American Society of Retina Specialists.