Keynote Speaker

Craig Turner

  • Michigan native
  • Attended Eastern Ky Univ graduated with a Political Science degree in 1975
  • Worked for the Commonwealth of Ky - Commerce Cabinet. Director of Industrial Development (Econ Dev) under 2 Governor’s
  • Started private Development Company 1985 
  • Founder of CRM Companies 1996 
  • Currently employ about 825 employees. 
  • Largest P3 developer in KY (w/Commonwealth of KY)
  • Raising Cane’s in KY & SC
  • MOD Pizza in KY & Ohio
  • Hotel developer/owner since 1990. Currently owner/operator of Aloft Hotels (Marriott) in Louisville and Westerville, OH - ranked number 1 and 2 worldwide in the Aloft brand
  • Chair Lexington Center Corporation (Rupp/Convention Center/Opera House)
  • Chair EKU Board of Regents
  • Co-founder of the Lexington Police Foundation