Les Baynham has joined Potter & Company, LLP as a principal. Carol Young and Stephanie Twehues have been hired by the company as staff accountants.

The following individuals have joined the firm of Crowe, Chizek and LLP (formerly Eskew & Gresham, PSC):

Vickie Carpenter, senior accountant
Will Harward, staff accountant
Tracy Madden, tax supervisor
Scott Smith, staff accountant
Patrick Whitmer, staff accountant

John Brock has joined Sheehy & Associates as a production artist

James M. Schrader has been appointed president and chief executive officer of First Southern National Bank's Lexington banking operations.

Tim Strohl has joined Central Bank & Trust Co. as vice president.

Michelle Oxley has been promoted to vice president of the financial planning group at Central Bank.

Kenneth L. DeLamar has been named area sales manager of the Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri region for Profit Management Consulting, Inc.

Art Amberg, vice president of engineering at CLARK Material Handling Company, has been appointed to a three-year term on the College of Engineering Dean's Advisory Board at the University of Kentucky.

James S. Fritz has been named president and chief executive officer of Bluegrass Family Health. Fritz comes to the company from Pyramid Health, Inc. of Pittsburgh, where he served as president and CEO.

Robert J. Brown, Mary L. Fullington and Philip D. Kessack have joined the Lexington office of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs.

E. Steve Stevens, former president and CEO of Crown Books Corporation, has accepted the position of president and chief operating officer of Wallace's Bookstore, Inc. Stevens succeeds Clisby M. Jennelle, III, who has been named vice chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the college wholesale book and bookstore management company.

UTILITIES

Blue Grass Energy has announced the following appointments:

Bob Kincer, executive vice president
Barry Drury, district manager
Chris Brewer, manager of engineering
Paulette B. Morris, manager of human resources
Anthony C. Warren, community & public relations coordinator

OTHER

Commonwealth Technology, Inc.'s laboratory division has announced the following appointments:

Joseph Bennett, quality assurance officer
Ann Gladwell, internal/external program manager
Rick Schrynemeeckers, laboratory director