30 young professionals join local Rotaract Club
The Rotaract Club of Chattanooga, a Rotary-sponsored service club for young professionals who are age 22 to 35 years old, has welcomed 30 new members for 2023. New members were selected from a competitive nomination process and represent a wide variety of industries.
“This is an impressive group of young professionals,” Cassidy Barnett, senior account manager for CBI Workplace Solutions, said in an announcement of the new class. “Our goal is to help cultivate strong leaders who will continue to positively impact change in our community. “
The Rotaract Class of 2023 includes Andrew Austin, director of development at Austin Real Estate; Alayna Best, program officer at the McKenzie Foundation; Avery Boggess, new market tax credits program manager at BrightBridge Capital; Sam Campbell, operations director at Chattanooga Bakery, Inc.; Austin Cantrell, vice president of Bridge Public Affairs; Jack Carroll, III, senior financial analyst at Shaw Industries, Inc.; Amie Cohorst, corporate recruiter for Axle Logistics; Emily Danek, director of employee and business operations for Ntracts; Frazier DeVaney, vice president for NAI Charter Real Estate; Emerie Germ, assistant account manager for Marsh McLennan; Lane Gutridge, alumni affairs and special initiatives coordinator for the UTC-UC Foundation; Kortney Hobbs, executive assistant for the chief operating officer of the city of Chattanooga; Tatem Holton, benefits specialist for the Silberman Group; Maggie Ingvalson, social media specialist for Southern Surgical Arts; Sean Jagels, warehouse associate for the Chattanooga Area Food Bank; Abigail Jansen, fiduciary officer for Pendleton Square Trust Company; Kelsey Keef, associate attorney at Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams, PC; Danielle Kelvas, a local physician; Will Moore, sales representative for Reliable Heating and Air Conditioning Co.; Emily Osborne, executive assistant for the Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer; Azurae Redmond, founder and CEO of Young, Black & Widowed Inc.; Dylan Rivera, director of policy planning and implementation for the city of Chattanooga; Ivory Roberts, director of community engagement, college access and athletics at Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy; David Serodino, project manager for Southern Marine Construction Co.; Katelyn Statom, legal assistant for Burd Raulston Attorneys; Logan Threadgill, associate attorney at Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.; Jarrah Vella-Wright, Sr., ticket partnership manager for the Chattanooga Lookouts; Stephanie Wood, benchmarking specialist at FreightWaves; Patrick Wright, an attorney at Rainey Kizer, Reviere & Bell, and Lauren Ziebold, business development officer and relationship manager for FirstBank.