New Hires & Promotions
Teresa Cole has joined Lexington Diagnostic Center & Open MRI as financial manager, and Davonna Saier has joined the company as marketing director.
Rob Day, Renee Peden and Vee Pryor have joined Fifth Third Bank as mortgage loan originators. Kurt Simpson has been named business banking relationship manager, and Zach Voog has been named financial center manager at Fifth Third’s Bellerive banking center.
S. Nichelle Graham, MD, has joined Lexington Clinic at Saint Joseph Office Park in the Hospital Medicine department. Dr. Graham is board-certified in internal medicine.
Leizel Miles has been named executive vice president, chief credit officer for the Frankfort-based bank holding company Farmers Capital Bank Corporation.
Steve Bale has joined Ale-8-One as general sales manager. He most recently worked with Dr. Pepper Snapple Group out of Jackson, Miss.
Baptist Health has announced the appointment of Barry A. Stumbo to serve as the regional foundation executive for the I-75 Region, serving foundations of Baptist Health Lexington, Richmond and Corbin. Most recently, Stumbo served as the president and CEO of the Saint Joseph Hospital Foundations in Lexington, Berea, London and Mount Sterling, Ky.
Matthew J. Koch has joined the Lexington office of McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC as an associate in the corporate practice group. Koch is both a licensed attorney and CPA.
Jonathan Quinn has joined Fazoli's as vice president, marketing.
Emily Rives has joined the team at Berkshire Hathaway de Movellan Properties.
Commerce Lexington Inc.’s Economic Development Division recently added two new staff members to its team: Hannah Huggins as project manager for the existing business visitation program and Travis Lane as research director.
Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance (KEMI) has announced the promotion of three individuals as well as the hiring of a new manager. Toni Howard has been promoted to director of application development. Jeff Floyd has been promoted to loss education and safety manager, and Ryan Peters has been promoted to software development manager. Gregory Hamlin has been named as claims manager for KEMI.
Right Place Media (RPM) has announced the promotion of several staff members and the addition of new employees. Promotions include: Devin Johnson, senior vice president; Joey Banks, vice president; Stephanie Dowdy, vice president; Amy Dickinson, media director; Tara Prather, account/ production supervisor; Bill Rice, senior interactive marketing manager; Jeff VanDeursen, senior media planner/buyer; Morgan Withrow, account manager; and Adam Dahl, digital account coordinator. New additions to the staff include: Bita Fesharaki, media director; Amanda Laborio, media planner/buyer; and Kody Little, interactive marketing coordinator.
Jay McCoy has rejoined the staff at Morris Book Shop in the role of general manager. Natalie Cunningham has joined the bookstore as community engagement coordinator. She most recently served as public relations coordinator for the Lexington Rescue Mission.
Brian Hershinow has become president of Lug Nuts Auto Club, LLC, and Danny Puchalski is now director of garage operations.
Eric M. Case has joined Fowler Bell PLLC as Of Counsel in the firm’s Real Estate and Commercial Litigation Groups. He was previously a founding member and managing partner of McConnell, Eisele & Case, PLLC.
Board Announcements
Bill Alverson, president of Traditional Bank, has been appointed to the Kentucky Bankers Association (KBA) board of directors.
Bank of Lexington has announced the addition of Phil Greer, CEO of Greer Companies, to its board of directors.
Kendall Shelton, Kentucky Monthly's vice president of sales and marketing, has been named to the board of the International Regional Magazine Association (IRMA), a group representing 37 publications in the United States and Canada.
Eddie Woodruff, chief marketing and communications officer for the Forcht Group of Kentucky, has been appointed to the Forcht Bank Board of Directors.
Jay McKinney has joined Thermal Equipment Sales as the company's new outside sales engineer. McKinney will serve on the TES Lexington sales team. He was previously with Cummins Mid-South in Mobile, Ala.
Porter Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBIB), parent company of PBI Bank, has announced that N. Marc Satterthwaite of Brown Forman and Mark F. Wheeler of PT Development have been appointed as new members to the boards of directors of Porter Bancorp Inc. and PBI Bank Inc.
Women Leading Kentucky has appointed the following community members to its board of directors: Sonia Goforth of Wells Fargo Advisors, Susan Mobley of Baptist Health Lexington, and Amy Sohner of Bluegrass Greensource.
Eight new members have joined Central Bank’s Lexington Advisory Board. They include Bill Brewer, trustee, Poole Enterprises; Tom Jones, president, Taper Roller Bearings, Inc.; Mike Kerwin, president, Mike Kerwin Homes; Craig King, president, R.J. Corman Company; Ralph Pawsat, president, Wald, LLC; Christine Riordan, provost, University of Kentucky; Dr. William Rood, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital; and Bill Thomason, president, Keeneland Association, Inc.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass has announced the following board officers for 2014: Vicky Myers (UK HealthCare Chief Development Officer) as president; Richard Johnson (Johnson Legal Network, PLLC) as president-elect; Mike Wallen, (MHR Production) as secretary; and Harvey Thompson, (Barr, Anderson, Roberts) as treasurer. New board members for 2014 include: Joe Turley, architect; Brant Welch, Fifth Third Bank; and David Winters, Merrill Lynch.
Commission Appointments
VisitLEX has announced the appointment of Porter G. (P.G.) Peeples, president and CEO of the Urban League of Lexington, as the newest member of the VisitLEX Commission.