At its June meeting, the University of Kentucky’s Board of Trustees – at the recommendation of President Eli Capilouto – accepted a $1 million commitment from Forcht Bank. The pledge is part of UK’s Gatton College of Business & Economics’ $65 million capital campaign for the renovation and expansion of the Gatton College building. “Partners…
Forcht Group of Kentucky has named Leslie Jarvis as its new Corporate Human Resources Director. Ms. Jarvis was most recently Vice President and Human Resources Director at Town & Country Bank and Trust Company in Bardstown, KY. Prior to her position with Town & Country Bank, she worked for 23 years for Lexington-Fayette Urban County…
Forcht Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Forcht Bank, N.A., announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of Grant County Bancorp, Inc. of Williamstown, KY, the holding company of Grant County Deposit Bank. Upon regulatory and shareholder approval, Grant County Deposit Bank will be merged with and into…
Eddie Woodruff, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer for the Forcht Group of Kentucky, has been appointed to the Forcht Bank Board of Directors. Woodruff has been with the Forcht Group since 2007 and is responsible for the strategic direction and implementation of the marketing and communications initiatives of the Forcht Group’s business lines. He is…
Customers and the general public in Forcht Bank’s twelve community markets responded to the bank’s “Warm Hands, Warm Hearts” glove drive by generously donating 9,863 pairs of new gloves for children in need. The glove drive ran from November 16th through December 31st, 2013. Glove donation centers were set up in each of Forcht Bank’s…
Forcht Bank is asking the public to donate new winter gloves for children in need during their “Warm Hand – Warm Hearts” glove drive starting November 18th. The public is encouraged to drop off new pairs of gloves – sized infant to teen – at any Forcht Bank location between November 18th and December 31st.…
Beechwood’s Alexis Hunter and Monroe County’s Chad Wilson were honored as the statewide winners of the 2013 Forcht Bank/KHSAA Sportsmanship Recognition program at the 17th annual awards banquet on Sunday in Lexington. Hunter and Wilson were each awarded a $3,000 scholarship, and were chosen from a pool of 32 regional winners. Each regional winner received…
Terry E. Forcht, Chairman and CEO of the Forcht Group of Kentucky, was inducted into the Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Lexington on November 13, 2012. The Entrepreneur Hall of Fame celebrates the stories of Kentucky’s most successful entrepreneurs. Its mission is to raise awareness of the impact that entrepreneurship has…
A management team from Forcht Bank recently visited Extraco Banks in Waco, Texas to observe how they are providing comprehensive financial services to their customers. Extraco Banks has been on the forefront of the community bank financial center concept that serves all the financial needs of their customers including banking, insurance, investments, mortgages, retirement planning,…
Terry E. Forcht was inducted into the University of Louisville’s College of Business Entrepreneurship Circle of Fame at a ceremony in Louisville on November 1, 2012. The ceremony was held to recognize the accomplishments of “our business innovation champions,” said Charles Moyer, the College’s dean. Names of the honorees are now carved into a granite…