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The Memphis office of Financial Federal Bank hired Angie Bindbeutel, Salima Hajiani and Tyler Wilson to its commercial and residential loan operations. Bindbeutel is a loan operations associate, Hajiani is the new loan analyst and Wilson is the post closer. At the National Association of Independent Schools annual conference, Ross Peters, head of school at St. George’s Independent School, was voted to the organization’s board of trustees. Peters is one of 20 independent school leaders who were named to the board, which represents more than 1,800 The Wolf River Conservancy announced that Mark Jordan was appointed its director of development. He’s now managing fundraising goals and corporate giving. Previously, he was director of development at the Memphis Child Advocacy Center.
Toof American Digital Printing, and Brandon Conners and Jay Martin Jr., two employees of Champion Awards, recently purchased the controlling shareholders’ interests in Champion Awards. The sale was made from the estate of Mike Bowen and his immediate family, founders of Champion in 1970. Champion is a supplier of screenprinted and embroidered apparel, promotions and awards to schools, industry and other organizations, and will be rebranded as Champion Promotion. Champion also hired Lee R. Marshall as its new president and Steve Hergenrader as vice president of finance. Conners and Martin were promoted to chief operations officer and executive vice president of brand promotion, respectively. Youth Villages today announced the addition of Candace Steele Flippin to its 15member national board of directors. She is executive vice president and chief communications officer at First Horizon National Corp.
Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-south received a $65,000 grant from International Paper to help the organization provide financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship education for local students in grades K-12. The grant will support JA’S largest annual fundraiser — “Bowlin’ on the River Bowl-a-thon, as well as JA Biztown, a five-week curriculum culminating with area fifth-graders visiting the JA facility and running their own simulated city for the day.
In May, 275 Food Project was launched by Heather Jamerson and Diane Terrell to actualize the economic and social potential of local food in Memphis. Initiatives of the project that have begun include 409 South Main Food Hall — partnering with Inconceivable Inc., a local restaurant management group to re-launch Memphis’ first food hall for early stage restaurants or food retail owners; New South Produce Cooperative, a local food aggregation and distribution network, which was awarded a grant by 275 Food Project to expand operations into Memphis; and 275 Food @ Harbor Landing , a partnership with Memphis River Parks Partnership to open a newly renovated space at Harbor Landing.
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