James C. Baughman, Jr. Email & Phone Number

Lexington, Ky, Us

Lexington, Ky

Serving as an Independent Trustee of Dupree Mutual Funds. The Funds are pioneers of no-load, tax-free, and AMT-free income since 1979. Investors get the benefit of a diverse, professionally managed portfolio of tax-free municipal, taxable municipal, and government bonds with the ability to buy and sell shares daily at NAV. Current roles include Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee, and member of the Auditing, and Valuation Committees.

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Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTBI) is a bank holding company headquartered in Pikeville, Kentucky. Currently, CTBI serves small and mid-sized communities in eastern, northeastern, central, and south central Kentucky, southern West Virginia, and northeastern Tennessee. CTBI engages in a wide range of commercial and personal banking and trust activities.

Danville, Ky, Us

Teaching core concepts in family-owned businesses, focusing on the unique challenges and opportunities they face. Topics include governance, succession planning, conflict resolution, and leadership dynamics, with an emphasis on practical applications and strategic management.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa has over 600 locations in the United States and Canada, each independently owned and operated. This spa is the first in Central Kentucky, and has realized significant growth. Our philosophy is simple: Consistently deliver the highest quality professional massage and facial services at affordable prices seven days a week with convenient hours. Guests entering Hand and Stone Massage and Facial Spa will be enveloped in soothing aromas and sounds while leaving behind the stress of deadlines and hectic schedules. Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa offers deluxe experiences perfect for both the spa beginner, seasoned veteran, and couples.

Lexington, Us

Delivering a range of business advisory services tailored for early-stage to medium-sized companies, family businesses, and non-profit organizations. We excel in elevating outcomes across various areas, including board and family governance, leadership development, strategic analysis, corporate finance, revenue and profitability enhancement, and business succession and transition planning. Utilizing virtual, research-based assessment tools, we can empower every member in a family-owned business to have a voice, providing an anonymous and confidential platform for honest feedback. Two of these assessment tools are the FEAT® (Family Enterprise Assessment Tool), which offers a foundation for family governance, and a pathway for succession planning; and Family 360, which explores individual perceptions of family dynamics without considering the business.

Remote, Us

National leader in providing secure, online entries for equestrian events. Created new model to expand support services offered to equestrians at all stages of development, in a variety of disciplines. Provides unrivaled user experience through a website that has become the central location for organizers to list their events (including unrecognized schooling shows), and for riders to search and enter online. Sold company in 2021.

Lexington, Ky, Us

Co-founder of company formed to develop and operate a network of full-service, branded office suites. Created original business plan, and managed the implementation of the company’s growth and development. The company constructed new office buildings and designed leased office space pursuant to a set of standardized plans and specifications. Responsible for raising over $30 million of private equity, and negotiating two commercial lines of credit.Expanded operations into nine states, guided company’s growth to be identified as the fifth largest office suite operator in North America, and recognized twice on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies. Corporate leadership responsibilities required strategic planning, delivering on company performance targets, producing and giving board and shareholder presentations, and supervision of accounting, human resources, marketing, operations, real estate, and technology departments. Led merger negotiations on behalf of company that resulted in a combination with world’s largest office suite operator, The Regus Group (LSE: RGU), in 2013.

Washington, Dc, Us

Office Suites PLUS joined with two other leading operators of office business centers in the United States to joint venture a revolutionary endeavor in the space as a service (SpaaS) industry. With one master contract, companies can unlock access to hundreds of workspace locations around the world, providing employees with a breadth of choice and shortened commute times. Sold to partners in 2013.

Washington, Dc, Us

Board Chair, nominated and elected by organization's membership. Helped reposition this international trade association with a mission of advancing workspace-as-a-service by providing a forum for knowledge exchange, community, and research; promoting the value of our members and the industry; and accelerating the adoption of space as a service (SpaaS). Members included companies from many countries that provided office suites, shared office space, coworking, virtual offices, meeting rooms, and related support services.

Joined company in 1994, to help finance growth of this extended-stay hotel brand that had 16 locations in operation and two under development, located in five southeastern states. Successfully navigated company’s efforts through initial public offering (NASDAQ: SPHI) and secondary offering, raising over $140 million in equity, and negotiated four separate lines of credit totaling over $440 million. Studio Plus was the first extended-stay hotel company to come public. Responsibilities included P&L ownership, all required SEC filings, participating in road shows, leading investor relations, providing earnings guidance to lodging analysts, speaking with institutional investors, and making presentations at investor conferences. Led negotiations to merge with another publicly traded lodging company, Extended Stay America in 1997, and moved the listing for the combined companies from NASDAQ to the NYSE (ESA). Following the merger, negotiated a $500 million line of credit for the combined companies, participated in presentations to bond rating agencies, and spoke at the company’s annual meeting of shareholders. At time of personal departure, the Studio Plus brand had 65 hotels in operation and 20 under development, located in 23 states.

Executive Education, Corporate Financial Strategies

Mba, Finance

Ba, Mathematics, Computer Science