New Hires & Promotions
Xerox has announced Dennis Brian as the new chief financial officer for Commercial Healthcare Services.
Lexington architectural firm Omni Architects has announced a new hire and promotion. H. Wayne Cowan has been hired as the director of construction administration. Marketing manager Deborah Cuts has been promoted to senior associate.
Eastern Kentucky University has announced the selection of Dr. Thomas Erekson as the new dean of its College of Business and Technology. Erekson, who has served as the dean of the College of Business and Technology at Western Illinois University since 2006, will join EKU on Aug. 1.
Realtor Stefany Robinson-Thorpe has joined the company sales team at Bluegrass Living.
Forcht Group of Kentucky has named Leslie Jarvis as its corporate human resources director.
J.P. Gentry has been appointed as an agent with Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance.
Bank of the Bluegrass & Trust Co. has announced the promotion of Chris French to relationship manager, commercial lender – specializing in SBA lending.
Donald R. Riggs has been named chief compliance officer for Baptist Health.
Creative Lodging Solutions has welcomed the addition of Sarah Brown as vice president of marketing.
Jeri Allison has been selected as director of development of the Baptist Health Foundation, Richmond.
Nicholasville Road Animal Hospital has announced the addition of Tom Riney, DVM as an associate veterinarian for the hospital.
Wayne Thomas, P.E. and Jenny Leitch, P.E., both engineers at Staggs & Fisher Consulting Engineers, Inc., have become principals of the mechanical and electrical consulting engineering firm.
Kentucky League of Cities has announced two new hires: J.D. Chaney as deputy executive, and Doug Goforth as deputy executive director.
Central Bank has announced that Beth Lakes has joined as vice president, risk management officer, Robin Oliver has joined as senior vice president, financial planning, and Justin Whipple has joined as vice president, employee benefits officer. Brenda Oaks has been promoted to assistant vice president, Internet banking, and Julie Szymanski has been promoted to vice president, special assets.
Lexington's Shatterbox, a branding and design firm, has hired Kate McClung Evans as account director and Jeremy Richie as art director.
Dr. Walaa Ayoub, MD, has joined the endocrinology department of the Lexington Clinic.
Transylvania University has named Michele Gaither Sparks as its first vice president for marketing and communications.
Amy O’Connell, RN, MSN, APRN-BC, has been named the new system director of CIN support services at KentuckyOne Health Partners.
Commission & Committee Appointments
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC is pleased to announce that Robert T. Watson, member, has been elected to the Kentucky Bar Association’s Attorneys’ Advertising Commission, which has general responsibilities for implementing the lawyer advertising rules.
Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLLC has announced that Kevin W. Weaver was appointed by University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto to serve a four-year term on the UK College of Law Visiting Committee. He will also join the Leadership Kentucky Class of 2014.
Kudos
Dr. William J. Wood, Chairman of the Board of Retina Associates of Kentucky and The Macular Degeneration Institute was awarded the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Lexington Clinic has become the first medical group practice in Kentucky to receive a three-year accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).
The Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning was awarded one of the 2014 Governor’s Awards in the Arts, for “extraordinary and significant contributions to the arts in Kentucky and beyond.”