Boon picked to head human resources at Community Trust

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Joanna L. Boon has been named senior vice president and director of human resources of Community Trust Bancorp Inc. and Community Trust Bank Inc.

Joanna Boon
Joanna Boon

That announcement was made by Mark A. Gooch, vice chairman, president and CEO of Community Trust Bancorp Inc. on Friday.

Boon’s responsibilities include managing the human resources department for Community Trust Bancorp to ensure the alignment of effective human resources strategies and delivery of advisory and operational services within the Bank’s business values, strategies and financial goals.

Boon has extensive and diverse human resources management experience in small to large size national and global organizations. Throughout her career she has provided leadership, guidance, and solutions to all levels of employees in growth, retrenching and established organizations through stages of creation, change and stabilization.

She earned a Bachelor of Science Administrative Management degree, with a minor in OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health), from Clemson University in Clemson, S.C. She volunteers as a coach and mentor, and she resides in Pikeville.

Community Trust Bancorp Inc., with assets of $5.4 billion, is headquartered in Pikeville and has 70 banking locations across eastern, northeastern, central, and south central Kentucky, six banking locations in southern West Virginia, three banking locations in Tennessee, four trust offices across Kentucky, and one trust office in Tennessee.