This is a have a look at promotions, hirings, movers and newsmakers within the Memphis space enterprise scene:
Moira Home has been promoted to senior director of Strategic Operations at CBIZ Memphis. She is collaborating with key apply leaders to execute strategic enterprise plans and improve development, profitability, effectivity and effectiveness. Moreover, she’ll lead all operational features, together with Human Assets, IT and Advertising and marketing, and direct the workflow of administrative providers to inside and exterior shoppers in Memphis.
Baptist Memorial Well being Care has a brand new system chief nursing govt for Baptist Memorial Well being Care and chief nursing officer for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Mary Ellen Sumrall has been with Baptist for 34 years and beforehand served as interim CNE for Baptist and CNO at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus, Mississippi. As CNE, she’ll oversee all nursing operations for Baptist, and as CNO for Baptist Memphis, Sumrall will likely be liable for growth and implementation of all nursing and associated affected person care actions for the hospital. She earned her Grasp of Nursing and Nursing Administration from Union College and is board licensed by the American Nursing Credentialing Middle as a sophisticated nurse govt. Sumrall succeeds CNE Susan Ferguson who retired in Could 2021.
First Business Financial institution introduced not too long ago that Sam Lane was named the financial institution’s new chief growth officer. As one of many founding members of the First Business workforce, Lane has performed a key position in shaping the financial institution’s distinctive client-centric emphasis for greater than 20 years.
Dunavant Enterprises introduced a number of new hires and promotions throughout its world operations. William B. Dunavant IIIchief govt officer and president of Dunavant Enterprises, assumes the position of chairman of the board of Dunavant. Kelly Lomax takes over as president of Dunavant Logistics Group and can proceed serving as chief monetary officer of Dunavant Enterprises. He’ll be liable for speaking and implementing the group’s imaginative and prescient, mission and total route. He oversees all of the monetary elements of the corporate and maintains consciousness of alternatives for development. Chrissy Geibel assumes the position of chief working officer. She oversees all day-to-day world operations and administrative features of Dunavant Logistics Group. Dunavant’s new Cross Border and Mexico Operations arm has added a brand new workforce of Texas-based workers: Johnny Araiza is vp of Cross Border and Mexico Operations; Cruzberto Ortega has joined as director of Enterprise Improvement & Procurement for Cross Border and Mexico Operations; Melzie Wilsonwho joined Dunavant Logistics Group in 2021, is vp of International Operations. Wilson manages and leads all import, export and buyer brokerage actions. Tommy Miller joins Dunavant as supervisor, Cotton Logistics and works beneath Wilson’s world workforce. Mark Genereaux is senior vp of Buyer Expertise. Genereaux manages and leads all gross sales and enterprise growth, advertising and marketing and buyer care actions. Ray Scher joins Dunavant as vp of Buyer Care; Woodson Dunavant assumes the position of senior vp, Agriculture and International Community Improvement for Dunavant Logistics Group. He’s liable for development and growth of the cotton logistics enterprise and Dunavant’s world community of brokers.
The Memphis Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) introduced in late January that it had chosen WMC-TV Motion Information 5 anchor Joe Birch as its Communicator of the 12 months for 2021. The award was introduced nearly on the PRSA month-to-month assembly throughout which he spoke about his four-decade profession on the tv station, which started on the day of his commencement from Christian Brothers College. He has been a information reporter or anchor at WMC-TV since 1978.
The Federal Reserve Financial institution of St. Louis has appointed 4 new members to its Neighborhood Depository Establishments Advisory Council, which advises St. Louis Fed President James Bullard on the credit score, banking and financial situations dealing with council members’ establishments and native communities. The brand new members who will serve three-year phrases beginning this yr are Michelle ColemanCEO, Financial institution of Edmonson County in Brownsville, Kentucky; Luanne Cundiffpresident and CEO, First State Financial institution of St. Charles, Missouri; Robert “Jeff” Couldpresident and CEO, Banterra Financial institution in Marion, In poor health.; and Kevin Sparkspresident and CEO, Crane Credit score Union in Odon, Indiana.
Glankler Brown introduced Michael P. Courya member of the agency, has been named to the 2022 Lawdragon 500 Main U.S. Chapter and Restructuring Attorneys checklist. Lawdragon is a authorized media firm that gives on-line information and editorial options, together with guides to the nation’s main legal professionals, in addition to content material, advertising and marketing and branding providers for legal professionals and companies by way of the Lawdragon Press division. Coury is a Fellow with the American Faculty of Chapter.
Regional One Well being has promoted Rachel Kemp to affiliate chief nursing officer. She joined Regional One Well being simply greater than a yr in the past because the director of Medical Assist and Schooling Companies. On this position she was instrumental in establishing insurance policies and procedures for a lot of nursing initiatives together with nursing councils, skilled growth, and helping with constructing an alliance by way of tutorial partnerships to create a pipeline for hiring nurses. Previous to becoming a member of Regional One Well being, Kemp served in govt management and scientific roles at Methodist Healthcare and Embody Well being. She brings to Regional One Well being over a decade of expertise in creating and implementing greatest apply fashions, nurse apply and empowerment initiatives, in addition to scientific analysis. She has expertise in a number of departments together with medical-surgical, inpatient rehab, working room, cath lab, labor and supply, NICU and GI lab. Kemp earned a Grasp of Science in nursing and well being administration from the College of Phoenix.
NOTEWORTHY
On March 4 Porter-Leath and the College of Memphis hosted the grand opening of the Early Childhood Academy at Orange Mound.
— Compiled by Daniel Ginsburg
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