2020 Best in Finance winners unveiled
Terry McWilliams • April 17, 2020
FEI Louisville applauds executive picks
Chad Dobson, Chief Accounting Officer at Churchill Downs, Inc., is one of the Louisville area financial executives to be honored.
Business First announced its 2020 Best in Finance class of CFOs and other senior financial executives who work in the Louisville region. FEI Louisville supports this effort and applauds the selections.
Their stories will appear in a special Business First publication June 15 and will be honored in a rescheduled event this fall. Here are the honorees:
- Matthew Bacon, CFO, Community Foundation of Louisville
- Larry Bergamini, CFO, Saint Xavier High School
- Jan Chambers, CFO, Bachman Auto Group
- Chad Dobson, vice president, Churchill Downs Inc.
- Gary Dryden, vice president, Jefferson Community and Technical College
- Kristine Gaines, director, LSS Holdings LLC
- Shelley Gast, vice president, Norton Healthcare
- Leslie Getz, controller, Miranda Construction
- Derrick Grigsby, CFO, Harrison County Community Foundation
- Tracy Hawkins, vice president, PMR Companies
- Mark Hohmann, CFO, Goodwill Industries of Kentucky
- Robert Kester, director, Blue & Co. LLC
- Lynnette Kokomoor, CFO, Bandy Carroll Hellige
- Marc McCormick, partner, Rodefer Moss & Co. PLLC
- Glenn Metten, CFO, Mister P Express Inc.
- Angie Morrison-Duncan, CFO, ARGI
- Jennifer Phipps, chief accounting officer, BrightSpring Health Services
- Samuel Riddick, CFO, Family Health Centers Inc.
- Charles Ritter, partner, KPMG LLP
- Ryan Sienkowski, CFO, Caesars Southern Indiana
- Kristin Stuedle, CPA & partner, Stuedle Spears & Co.
- Mitch Wagner, CFO, Maker's Mark
- Shawn Woosley, CFO, Wehr Constructors Inc.
- Adal Yousef, CFO, Denton Floyd Real Estate Group
- Steve Zagar, CFO, Farm Credit Mid-America
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