News Releases

• Dean Dorton Ford Selects Web-Based Allscripts Electronic Health Record for Physicians in Kentucky

• Dean Dorton Ford Technology has met the resource requirements for Cisco Systems's SMB Specialization. DDF Technology is also a Cisco Systems Select Certified Partner.

• Jennifer Bathon has been elected to the Board of Directors of Lexington Youth Soccer Association to serve a two-year term as treasurer.
  
  
• David Parks and John Herring published an article entitled "Practice Valuation - Distinguishing Personal Goodwill from Business Goodwill" in the June 2009 edition of Medical News.
  
  
• Jaclyn Badeau has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Living Arts & Science Center in Lexington.
  
  
• Congratulations to Ashley Hays, John Calabrese, Lisa Wilson, Makenzie Layne, and Tabitha Wilson, who have all passed the CPA examinations and have become licensed CPAs. Congratulations also go out to Julie Whittaker, who has passed the CPA examination.
  
  
• Ozlem Fritz passed the four-part examination to obtain the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) certification. This credential denotes experitse in fraud prevention, detection, and deterrence.
  
  
• Phil Amshoff was awarded by the Kentucky Soccer Association for twenty-five years of service as treasurer, a position he has held since KSA's inception.
  
  
• Mike McCreary has been accepted into the Leadership Lexington program. Mike has also been named treasurer of Kentucky Pink Link, an organization whose mission is "to provide support by reducing and/or eliminating barriers to screening, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer."
  
  
• Paula Hanson has been elected to the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.
  
  
• Lance Mann has been appointed to the Auditing and Attestation Subcommittee of the American Institute of CPAs. This committee oversees the audit portion of the CPA examination and makes suggestions for improvements.
  
  
• Rachel Lester joins our firm as a Document Processing Specialist. She earned a B.A. in Art History from Virginia Tech University and comes to us with six years of experience in full- and part-time office work.
  
  
• Bryan Sherwood joins our support staff as an Administrative Assistant. Bryan has six years of office experience and has a B.A. in Ministry from Kentucky Christian College. He is working on his Master of Library and Information Science degree from Drexel University.
  
  
• Glenn Whitfield brings with him a twenty-year background in successful process improvement initiatives, strategic planning, organization alignment, and operations management, serving small, medium, and large businesses. He has worked with businesses in a variety of industries, including information technology, healthcare, automotive, foundry operations, manufacturing, consulting, and not-for-profit organizations. He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt. Glenn earned both his Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and Bachelor of Engineering Science degrees from the University of Louisville. As his experience suggests, he will be working with us as a consultant on client engagements.
  
  
• David Lewis has joined us as a Network Administrator. David earned his degree in Business Administration from the University of Kentucky and has nearly twenty years of work experience, primarily in the IT field.
  
  
• Monica Wesolowski has joined us as our receptionist in our Louisville office. Monica has eight years of experience in office work.
  
  
• Adam Shewmaker joins Dean Dorton Ford as a Senior Healthcare Consultant. Adam has eight years of healthcare consulting experience. He has a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration from Western Kentucky University.
  
  
• Julie Whittaker and Erin McClain are starting their full-time professional accounting careers with us after having recently earned Master of Accounting degrees at the University of Kentucky. Each previously worked as an intern with us. Julie has successfully completed all parts of the CPA examination.
  
  
• Jon Barclay, who also previously interned with us, has started full time after earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Business with a concentration in Accounting at Murray State University.
  
  
• Dean Dorton Ford’s Louisville office has been selected as a finalist for the Republic Bank We Care Award; the awards dinner is September 10, 2009.
  
  
• Dean Dorton Ford was named one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky for the fifth consecutive year.