PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
Here’s a look at promotions, hirings and other noteworthy business events in the Memphis area.
❚ Money Concepts Mid-America announced
joined the organization and in partnership allows Hammond Financial to better the financial health of the Memphis community.
is president of Hammond Financial Advisory.
❚ was named clinical director of the cardiovascular and medical intensive care units of Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown
Hammond Financial Advisory Hammond Cobb Ericka Liggins
Hospital.
❚ former executive vice president of corporate communications at First Tennessee and First Horizon National
Kim Cherry,
Corp., has formed Cherry and Company Public Relations. The new firm handles media relations, communications and community involvement.
❚ assistant professor in the department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, was provided a $418,000 award to continue his research repurposing compounds to fight against inflammation that results from vulvovaginal candidiasis. VVC is commonly known as a yeast infection.
Brian M. Peters,
❚ Counterpart Communication Design expanded its staff recently with numerous new hires. New copywriters are and
Rachel Baddorf Linda GoodwinParkinson; Paige Caperton
Christian Hunkus
joined as process manager; is a new CRM System support specialist; a new sales force marketing Cloud analyst is is a new marketing project manager and
is a new project coordinator; and Philadelphia-based
as project supervisor. ❚ Baker Donelson Memphis attorneys have been selected to participate in the 2018 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity programs. was chosen to the Fellows Program and
was selected to the Pathfinders Program. The Fellows program was created to identify, train and advance the next generation of leaders in
Jenny Demilio Sales Patrick Owens; Emily Ryan Wu Tullis Diane Kavita Shelat Mary
the legal profession, while Pathfinders trains early-career attorneys in career development strategies including leadership and the building of professional networks.
❚ founding shareholder of Hagwood Adelman Tipton, was named a finalist in the CLM’s Professionals of the Year awards. She was one of five attorneys honored in the outside counsel division.
❚ Obsidian Public Relations elevated
from account executive to account manager.
Rebecca
to
Adelman, Babu Christina
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