MEMPHIS PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
Here's a look at promotions, hirings, movers and newsmakers in the Memphis area business scene:
Neel-schaffer announced Anna Marie Chapman has been hired to fill the new role of director of human resources and will oversee the team that provides support for all Neel-schaffer employees and the employees of two affiliate firms, True North Emergency Management and Maptech. She has more than 25 years of progressive experience in the human resources field, strategic HR planning, talent acquisition, talent management and development, compensation, benefits, and safety and risk management. Chapman earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of South Alabama.
The Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association announced recipients of its 2021 awards during its virtual Music City Veterinary Conference on Feb. 20. Award winners are nominated and chosen by an awards committee of their peers. The winners included Dr. Susan Moon, who has spent her career at Brooks Road Animal Hospital. She was presented the Distinguished Service Award by the TVMA. Moon is a 1984 graduate of Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine and began working at Brooks Road Animal Hospital in July 1984. She purchased the practice in 1990. Moon is a past president of the Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association, program chair for the Music City Veterinary Conference, and Alternate Delegate to the American Veterinary Medical Association. She is a member of the AVMA, the Memphis and Shelby County VMA, and is a trustee for the Tennessee Veterinary Medical Foundation.
Lehman-roberts Co. and its sister company Memphis Stone & Gravel appointed Melissa Negron as human resources generalist and Mike Crowson and Andrew Ray as safety coordinators. Negron has a SHRM-CP certification through Society for Human Resource Management. Crowson previously served on the quality control team of the companies since spring 2019. Ray has been a member of the companies' Construction Division since late 2018, previously having served within paving operations.
Former Semmes Murphey Clinic Fellow Dr. Sonia Eden has been named head of adult neurosurgery at Detroit Medical Clinic. She is the first Black woman to hold the role. Dr. Eden lived in Memphis and was a fellow under Dr. Kevin Foley, Semmes Murphey neurosurgeon and board chair. Only about 8% of neurosurgeons are women. Of those women, approximately 33 identify as Black.
Black women in neurosurgery make up approximately 0.5% of neurosurgeons in this country. Dr. Eden is the second Black woman in America to ever receive the title “Head of Neurosurgery” behind Dr. Alexa Canady, according to Semmes Murphey.
All three partners in Thrive Nonprofit
Consulting have earned the designation of Standards for Excellence Licensed Consultant, an A-Z resource for best practices for nonprofit governance, management, policies, procedures and legal compliance. The recipients of the distinction are Bridget Ciaramitaro, Kim Cherry and Geordy Wells. Thrive Nonprofit Consulting will use the standards to guide their work with nonprofits of all sizes. The program identifies benchmarks for six areas of nonprofit governance and management. Ciaramitaro has been a consultant to Mid-south nonprofits for 30 years, having developed and delivered the program that the Assisi Foundation of Memphis offered and which more than 1,000 nonprofit leaders have completed. Cherry is an experienced executive, fundraiser and reputation manager. Wells has worked with Fortune 500 companies in advertising and communications, and with nonprofits as an advancement executive and consultant on board development and training. — Compiled by Daniel Ginsburg
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