COMMUNITY TRUST BANK ANNOUNCES BRIDGET ABELL PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, RETAIL LOAN OFFICER

PIKEVILLE, KENTUCKY: Mark A. Gooch, Chairman, President and CEO of Community Trust Bancorp, Inc., is pleased to announce that Bridget Abell has been promoted to the position of Assistant Vice President / Retail Loan Officer of Community Trust Bank, Inc.

Ms. Abell’s responsibilities include providing consumer, residential, and commercial lending options to new and existing clients, as well as offering a variety of financial solutions to individuals and businesses.  She is also the Executive Administrative Assistant to the South Central Region President of Community Trust Bank, Mr. Ricky Sparkman.  Her office is located at 1218 East Broadway in Campbellsville, Kentucky.

Ms. Abell has worked for Community Trust Bank since 2017.  Her previous positions at Community Trust were as a Commercial Loan Officer Assistant and as a Teller.  She is a graduate of Butler County High School in Morgantown, Kentucky and Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis on business.  She resides in Campbellsville, Kentucky with her husband, Thomas and son, Henry.

Community Trust Bancorp, Inc., with assets of $6.7 billion, is headquartered in Pikeville, Kentucky and has 71 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.