Two professional enterprise persons joined Pulaski group’s board
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solutions heart in Pulaski County and the president and CEO of a expanding hospitality group are SPEDA’s latest board users.
Tina Hamm and Ameet Patel swap Ron Pfaff and Cody Gibson — Pfaff’s expression on the board finished, although Gibson remaining for other pursuits.
“Ron and Cody’s tricky perform and commitment were critical to launching the SPEDA firm and for that, we increase our greatest appreciation and gratitude,” SPEDA President and CEO Chris Girdler reported.
The two ended up introduced with plaques commemorating their assistance in December.
Appointed to a four-calendar year expression by Pulaski County Choose-Executive Steve Kelley, Hamm is the co-founder of Phoenix Favored Care, which has offered behavioral overall health expert services to Pulaski County’s little ones and people for additional than 20 a long time.
There, she serves as the main fiscal officer as properly as a licensed qualified clinical counselor supervisor. As these, she educates clinicians, consults for courses throughout the state, and oversees much more than 40 workforce who deliver solutions to nearly 1,100 little ones each year at dwelling, college, in the local community and via telehealth.
Hamm obtained her master’s diploma in schooling with an emphasis in mental wellness counseling from Western Kentucky College in 2005. She gained her bachelor’s diploma in psychology from Japanese Kentucky University in 1997.
She is past president of Somerset-Pulaski Morning Rotary and carries on to be an active member. She is also a member of the Association for Perform Remedy, Kentucky Association for Perform Treatment and the Kentucky Counseling Affiliation. Along with her spouse, Mark, she is a lifelong resident of Pulaski County. They have two daughters, Zoey and Lily, who are pursuing their publish-secondary education.
Appointed by Somerset Mayor Alan Keck to fill a two-calendar year emptiness, Patel was born in Bowling Inexperienced, but has identified as Somerset and Pulaski County home for the previous 22 many years. A graduate of Southwestern Large University and the University of Kentucky, he retains levels in accounting, finance, and management.
Just after becoming a member of 1 of the nation’s most significant public accounting corporations throughout his senior yr, Patel decided to return to Somerset and aid his parents retire following 45 a long time in the hospitality industry. He has considering the fact that employed his loved ones business enterprise as a system for enlargement by forming Thoroughbred Hospitality Team, which operates resorts in Somerset, Louisville, Georgetown, Lexington, Danville and Columbia.
Patel has also served on the British isles College of Business enterprise and Economics Rising Leaders Board and Preference Resorts International Climbing Stars Board, and was recently chosen to get the Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce Mounting Star Award. The son of Arvind and Hansa Patel, he has 3 older sisters and not long ago married his school sweetheart, Jessica.
“Tina and Ameet are excellent examples of true community servants and have so a great deal to provide SPEDA’s board with their skills in the non-public sector,” Girdler explained. “I look forward to performing with them as we continue to construct momentum for financial progress and make development in Somerset and Pulaski County.”
