Carla Berry has been promoted from senior vice president and private banking lender to senior vice president and manager of healthcare relationships. Berry’s success in private banking has made a significant positive impact on Paducah Bank. Her reputation for providing excellent customer service, along with her vast number of existing relationships within the medical community, make her a perfect fit for this new role. Berry’s primary duties will be to maintain existing relationships and develop new opportunities within this segment.

“Our ability to serve western Kentucky continues to be enhanced,” said Paducah Bank President Mardie Herndon. “The health care segment of our economy is a bright spot and one in which we continually invest. Carla is passionate about this opportunity, and we look forward to seeing accelerated growth from this strategic alignment.”

Berry brings 16 years of experience with Paducah Bank to this new role. She is an active member of the PRDA Board (Paducah Riverfront Development Association), Paducah Convention Center Board, Paducah Main Street Board, and Chairman of the Board of LTAC (Long Term Acute Care) Continue Care Hospital at Baptist Health in Paducah.

Paducah Bank is an award winning, locally owned bank with banking centers in six locations in the city and county. Paducah Bank was named the Best Place to Work in Kentucky among medium-sized companies in 2006. In 2008, Paducah Bank was chosen by the Wall Street Journal as one of the nation’s Top 15 Small Workplaces and was named Best Bank in the Paducah Sun Readers’ Choice Awards in 2012, 2013, and 2014. Recently, the bank received 10 TELLY Awards for their television commercials, and was named one of the Top 50 Banks in the nation for effective use of social media by ICBA. Paducah Bank was the only Kentucky bank to make the list.