New Hires & Promotions
Community Trust and Investment Company has announced the promotion of Erin Serrate to vice president.
Sayre School has welcomed Linda Talbot Barnes as director of development and Dr. Anna Papero as head of lower school.
Assured Neace Lukens recently hired Jeremy Blair as a property and casualty insurance producer. Blair is based in the Assured Neace Lukens Lexington office.
Telford Community Center YMCA has named Sherrie Robbins as director of the PRIMETIME Afterschool program, to be operated in conjunction with the Madison County school system.
Katie S. Bowen, DMD, has joined the team at Beaumont Family Dentistry.
CMI Consulting has named Norma Taylor to head the company’s consulting and business development divisions. She will be based at CMI’s Lexington office on Palumbo Drive.
Verizon Wireless has announced the appointment of Lauren Love-Wright as region president for its Kentucky/Indiana/Michigan region. Love-Wright will be responsible for all sales, marketing, operations and financial performance and customer service in the three states.
Chad Hockensmith has joined The Hockensmith Agency, Inc., in Georgetown, Ky., as a property casualty insurance agent.
The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association has announced the re-election of Peter Willmott as chairman of the board of trustees. Also joining the board are Barbara Banke, Mike Caruso, Brant Laue and Kenneth McPeek.
Rodney Clevenger has joined the team at Don Jacobs Honda as the new car sales manager.
VisitLEX has announced the promotion of Lauren Campbell to project manager.
Lily Gonzalez has joined the Lexington office of Lord Aeck Sargent as an urban designer/intern architect.
Eastern Kentucky University has named Laurie A. Carter as executive vice president for student success and university counsel.
Lexington Clinic has announced the addition of Dr. Saranne Perman to the Lexington Clinic Family Medicine Department at Jessamine Medical and Diagnostics Center. She is board-certified in family medicine and will provide services in general family medicine for adults and children, geriatric medicine and preventative medicine.
Greyson Meers has been named director of quality at Link-Belt Construction Equipment.
Kudos
LEX 18 was honored with seven Regional Emmy Awards at the 50th Annual Ohio Valley Emmys Gala, held in Columbus, Ohio. LEX18’s seven Emmys, awarded in four different categories, were the most awarded to any Lexington television station. Its ten nominations were also the most by any station in the market.
GRW, a Lexington-based engineering, architecture and geospatial firm was recently ranked among the top firms of its kind in the 2014 Giants 300 Report.
Entomology professor Subba Reddy Palli at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment was recently named a fellow of the Entomological Society of America. Society members bestow this distinction on colleagues who have made outstanding contributions in research, teaching, extension and/or administration.
James H. Frazier, III, managing member of McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland PLLC, has been recognized in the 2014 edition of Chambers USA as a “Leader in Their Field” for real estate/zoning law in Kentucky.
Buffalo Trace Distillery received several honors from the 2014 International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC). All 12 Buffalo Trace spirits entered into the competition received high honors, including its new Wheatley Vodka, available exclusively at the Buffalo Trace Distillery Visitor’s Center.