Bottley promoted to Life Care vice president
John Bottley, legal counsel for legal and risk services at Life Care
Centers of America, was recently promoted to vice president of legal and risk services for the Cleveland, Tennessee-based nursing home and senior living company.
Bottley oversees and coordinates all litigation, regulatory matters, contracts and other general legal matters for Life Care. He also advises executive leadership on various issues.
“It is an honor to work with John on a daily basis,” said Todd Fletcher, Life Care president. “He is very passionate in the way that he leads and performs his duties and has a heart for our residents and our Life Care associates.”
Bottley joined Life Care Legal and Risk Services in 2013 as legal counsel. Prior to that appointment, he clerked for state judges in Hamilton County.
A native of Lawrenceville, Georgia, Bottley is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, the Health Care Compliance Association and the Association of Corporate Counsel. He is licensed to practice law in both Tennessee and Georgia.
Bottley earned his law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville, and his bachelor’s degree in political science from Emory University in Atlanta.
“I am grateful to have the opportunity to lead a great group of people to support the tens of thousands of associates who work day and night to care for people in communities across the United States,” Bottley said. up-and-coming professionals for its third class of Leadership Tennessee NEXT, a program designed to offer personal and professional career development for Tennessee’s best early and mid-career professionals.
Over the course of the program, participants will have opportunities to grow their professional skills and connect to a cross-generation network of state leaders, while participating in collaborative, non-partisan dialogues on issues of state importance.
“One thing is evident, the future of the state is bright, with these upcoming leaders,” said Cathy Cate, Leadership Tennessee Executive Director.
In its eighth year, Leadership Tennessee has developed a network of over 300 members, which includes 55 Leadership Tennessee NEXT members. During the pandemic, the organization postponed in-person gatherings and quickly turned to a virtual setting, conducting more than 30 discussions on topics that included crisis leadership, racial inequality, mental health awareness, and industry-focused updates, along with sessions with special guests, such as,
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Class III will have nine leaders from Chattanooga, including Julia Bursch, director of operations and special projects at the River City Co.; Brittany Fulmer-Ennen, a real estate agent with Todd Henon Properties; Evann Freeman, director of government relations and economic development at EPB; Donna Elle Harrison, director of cultural tourism at the Chattanooga Tourism Co.; Miles Huff, senior director of talent initiatives at the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce; Ken Jones, director of procurement and vendor relation at EPB; Patrick O’Hagan, interim director of the Kimball campus of the Chattanooga State Community College; Daniela Peterson, senior advisor for The Trust for Public Land, and Callie Starnes, news director at WRCB-TV in Chattanooga.