Debra Hensley describes herself as a social entrepreneur, community builder, and socially responsible civic servant. She is the owner of the Hensley Agency of State Farm Insurance Companies in Lexington. She has worked in insurance and financial services since 1974. In the late 70’s and early 80’s, Debra focused her volunteer and advocacy work towards…
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Audrey Tayse Haynes was appointed Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) by Governor Steve Beshear on April 16, 2012. Since being named Secretary of the Cabinet, Haynes has successfully overseen the transition from a fee-for-service delivery model to managed care for the majority of Kentucky’s Medicaid population, saving taxpayer dollars, while…
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Jean Hale, Chairman, CEO and President of Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. received a well-deserved, standing ovation at the March Roundtable, and it had to be because her presentation was filled with good advice and great examples for succeeding in business. Jean admits to being an over-achiever all her life. “I wanted to be good and…
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I think it 2004 when the Board of Women Leading Kentucky carved out its mission of creating opportunities for women to lead, learn, achieve and give back to the community. We spent a lot of time discussing whether learning should come before leading, but that was due, mostly, to our affection for order and logic.…
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Welcome to our new website and blog. Keeping up and communicating via blog will be a challenge for me; I want to be sure it’s relevant to you, your concerns and interests, so let me hear from you. Entrepreneurship seems to be the hot button here in Lexington these days. Yesterday, I attended the Lexington…
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Author & 2011 National Book Award Winner for Head Off & Split Nikky Finney, winner of the 2011 National Book Award for poetry, and one of Lexington’s most beloved literary figures came to Lexington in 1990 as a one-year visiting professor at UK. She wrote her second book of poetry, Rice, in a cubbyhole desk at…
DetailsLindy Karns, a CPA and director at Blue and Company, describes her career path as a tortured one. “Someone once said if you are a reader, you’ll read a cereal box rather than not read. In my case, it is certainly true. I loved reading novels and eating chocolates and mistakenly believed that it could…
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Hale was recently named among the “25 Most Powerful Women in Banking.” This recognition by American Banker magazine placed Hale in the company of industry titans such as Irene Dorner, CEO of HSBC USA; and Beth Mooney, CEO of Key Corp. In ranking Hale at No. 24, American Banker noted Community Trust’s improvements in key…
DetailsLouisville attorney Vickie Yates Brown, Co-Chair of the Healthcare Services Team at Frost Brown Todd, has been recognized as a national leader in health care law when she was selected as an author in the recently released book, The Impact of Recent Health Care Law Developments. Brown has been recognized as one of the best…
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