Lane Report

CORPORATE MOVES
New leadership for Kentucky businesses
BANKING/FINANCE
■ Farm Credit Mid-America, an agricultural
lending cooperative headquartered in Louisville,
has announced the following appointments:
Scott A. Smith – assistant vice president-market
strategy; Jonathan Carter – assistant vice president
of growing forward; and Joe Dagher – government
and legislative affairs officer.
■ Suzanne Bays has joined
Meridian Wealth Management
as vice president of
investments. Bays works at the
company’s Lexington office.
■ Paula Scott has been
named vice president at Lexington-based
Bank of the
Bluegrass & Trust Co. Laura
Martin has been named assistant
vice president.
CONSTRUCTION
■ Mike Cox has been named
chief executive officer of Lexington-based
Denham-Blythe
Co.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
■ Mable Duke has been named director of
workforce services for the Bluegrass Area
Development District (ADD).
EDUCATION
■ Lee Vermeulen Jr. has
joined the University of Kentucky
Center for Health Services
Research as director of
the Office for Value & Innovation
in Healthcare Delivery
and professor in the Division
of Biomedical Informatics
within the UK Department of
Internal Medicine.
Suzanne
Bays
Mike
Cox
Lee
Vermeulen Jr.
■ Michael O. Murray has been named general
counsel for the Kentucky Community and
Technical College System.
■ Cheryl Davis has been appointed associate
provost for research and creative activity at
Western Kentucky University.
■ Linda Medley has joined Midway University as
vice president of advancement. Ben Shaffar has
been appointed athletic development officer.
■ Brian G. Hutzley has
joined Centre College as vice
president, chief financial officer
and treasurer.
GOVERNMENT
■ LaDonna Koebel has
joined the state’s Personnel
Cabinet as chief of staff.
■ M. Blaine Hedges has been named executive
director of the Kentucky Commission on
Military Affairs. Hedges will continue to serve
as commissioner of the State Council for Kentucky’s
Military Interstate Children’s Compact
Commission.
■ Zeb Weese has been appointed director of the
Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission.
HEALTHCARE
■ Carri Chandler has been
appointed vice president of
the St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Foundation.
■ Dennis Skrajewski has
been named Louisville market
president for JenCare
Senior Medical Center.
Brian
Hutzley
Carri
Chandler
INSURANCE
■ Bill Jones has been named president of
WellCare’s Medicaid and Medicare Advantage
businesses across Kentucky.
MEDIA
■ Joel Christopher has been named executive
editor for The (Louisville) Courier-Journal.
NONPROFIT
■ Bill Goodman has been
named executive director of
the Kentucky Humanities
Council Inc.
■ Beth Malcom has been
appointed as the new chief
executive officer of the Kentucky
YMCA Youth Association.
■ Fran DeVasto has joined
Lexington-based Community
Ventures as president of the
organization’s lending division.
■ Ann Evans has been
named executive director of
Ronald McDonald House
Charities of the Bluegrass.
PROPERTY/FACILITIES
MANAGEMENT
■ Brian Wint has been named
chief financial officer of Divisions
Maintenance Group, a
Newport-based facilities management
services company.
Bill
Goodman
Fran
DeVasto
Ann
Evans
■ Betty Hollis has joined
Louisville-based Al J. Schneider Co. as vice
president of human resources.
SPORTS
■ Sarah Bosso has been named vice president
of business development for the Lexington
Legends baseball team.
TECHNOLOGY
■ John Emard has been named vice president
of sales for Louisville-based Matrix Integration
LLC.
OTHER
■ Matti Masanovich has been appointed
chief financial officer and senior vice president
of Highland Heights-based General
Cable Corp.
HELP TWO Great Organizations
with ONE Special HOLIDAY GIFT
WUKY and Stewart Perry of State Farm Insurance are challenging
Central Kentuckians to help them fill 500 backpacks for
God’s Pantry Food Bank’s Backpack Program, which provides
food weekly for hungry children.
For every donation made to WUKY until December 31st, Mr.
Perry will fill one backpack (up to 500 total backpacks). By
giving to WUKY this Holiday season, you are not only providing
food for your mind and soul, but food for a child in need!
Give today at WUKY.org.