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I had the opportunity recently to tour St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

We began the tour in the Danny Thomas Pavilion, the gold-domed structure that is the heart of the campus and acts as a museum to tell the story of the hospital. During the course of her tour, Nancy Newton, manager of public relations for ALSAC, the fundraising arm of St. Jude, told me that there are 31,000 fundraising activities per year to benefit the hospital. I had to ask her to repeat that number a couple of times, such was my awe.

Before entering the hospital proper, we stopped at the marble statue of St. Jude at the entryway. For the families who come for treatment from all over the world, this is the first place they’ll set foot on the campus. Nancy said that Danny Thomas’ hope was, not that one person would give a million dollars, but that a million people would give one dollar. A child approached the actor and philanthropist early during fundraising and offered three quarters to the cause. Thomas was so touched that he held on to those coins and they are now ensconced in the base of the St. Jude statue.

These are powerful stories, powerful images, powerful numbers. Memphis is full of them, from the banks of the Mississippi River to the Clark Tower to the Mississippi state line. For the seventh time in our 10-year history, Inside Memphis Business is celebrating such power with our POWER PLAYERS issue.

I consider the start of the second quarter as our new year, and this issue as a gateway where we’ll stand on the threshold to look at what’s happened and what might come. The past year was one where Tanger Outlets opened in Southaven, luring thousands to the suburbs for deals, while Bass Pro opened downtown with its lures and boats, giving locals and tourists alike a new shopping experience.

A new regime took over at city hall, filling both the mayoral seat and seven seats on the city council.

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Going forward, IMB plans to celebrate the decade by looking at other businesses the same age. We’ll celebrate the innovators with the fourth-annual Innovations Awards, and we’ll once again raise a holiday toast to the givers in town in the Philanthropy issue.

At the turn of the calendar year, we’ll once again turn to the leaders of the business and philanthropy worlds with our CEO of the Year awards. The awards in February saw a strong group of winners, which included Richard Shadyac Jr., CEO of ALSAC, who gave a heartwarming and gracious speech. He has the weight of the hospital’s mission on his shoulders and it’s a power he shoulders well. In an interview for our February/March 2016 issue, Shadyac shared a philosophy of leadership that might work for all of those who wield power, whether they be in the profit, nonprofit, or civic world: “You have to be an authentic human being, no phoniness. You also have to have passion for the company, the cause, and the mission. You have to have compassion and care about the people you’re leading.”

Thank you for picking up this issue of POWER PLAYERS and for your continued support of Inside Memphis Business. It promises to be an exciting and eventful year, and I’m thrilled you’re along for the ride.

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A 2012 survey conducted by The Chronicle of Philanthropy ranked Memphis second in that magazine’s list of per-capita charitable contributions for America’s 50 most-populous metro areas. Memphis-area residents and businesses give over $700 million to charity annually.

Because of this, Inside Memphis Business in 2015 started working together with local companies to highlight the good work being done in our community. This is our “Dig Deep for Memphis” partnership program. During 2015, we matched every advertising full page purchased by our

partners with a donated page for the charitable organization of their choice.

We are very pleased with the “Dig Deep” program and look to expand it this year.

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In the meantime, please join me in thanking our three Partners — Triumph, CBRE Memphis, and FedEx — for their support of philanthropy in the Mid-South, and their support for Inside Memphis Business in 2015.

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If all of the individuals featured in the pages of this special issue of Inside Memphis Business are “players,” then those featured on this particular list, the Business Hall of Fame, compose our city’s business all-star team. And what a dream team it would be, with the top players from such diverse and important industries as real estate, transportation, advertising, investing, fashion, hospitality, banking, security, and — two classic institutions in our city — cotton and music, to name a few. Here is a list of 15 Memphians whose achievements over the past several decades have done more than bring them personal and professional success; these are people who have truly changed the face of the city. They’ve put their unique stamp on Memphis and offer a shining example of what is possible for the generations of Memphians that follow in their footsteps.

JACK BELZ Chairman and CEO, Belz Enterprises, one of the South’s largest commercial real estate firms. Pioneered the factory-outlet mall concept. Renowned for work on development of The Peabody and Peabody Place. Master Entrepreneur Award, Society of Entrepreneurs, and Junior Achievement; Lifetime Achievement Award, Downtown Memphis Commission. Founder, Belz Museum of Asian & Judaic Art. Partnered with Henry Turley on Harbor Town and other downtown projects.

WILLIAM B. DUNAVANT JR. Founder and former CEO, Dunavant Enterprises. B.B.A., University of Memphis. Widely acknowledged as one of the world’s foremost experts on cotton and commodities trading with holdings around the world. Inducted into Futures Industry Association’s Hall of Fame. Founder, The Racquet Club of Memphis, and brought major-league tennis to Memphis. Avid hunter, sportsman, and philanthropic patron of Ducks Unlimited and the Memphis University School.

ART GILLIAM Chairman and President, Gilliam Communications, Inc. B.A. in Economics, Yale University; M.B.A., Michigan. Founded WLOK, first blackowned radio station in Memphis, in 1977. Named many times #1 Gospel Station in nation, Religion & Media Quarterly. WLOK recognized as a Tennessee Historic Landmark. Inducted into Society of Entrepreneurs in 2007. Longtime sponsor of WLOK Stone Soul Picnic. Received 2011 Visionary Award from Downtown Memphis Commission.

O. MASON HAWKINS Chairman and CEO, Southeastern Asset Management, Inc. B.A., University of Florida; M.B.A., University of Georgia.

Noted value investor, operates one of the most successful mutual-fund families in the world, founded in 1975; has been called “the Warren Buffett of the South.” Seeks to own highly competitive businesses “managed by honorable and capable people.” Inducted into the Society of Entrepreneurs, 1996. Played key role in the Grizzlies’ move to Memphis.

J.R. “PITT” HYDE III President, Hyde Family Foundations.

Founded AutoZone in 1979, now nation’s premier auto parts distributor.

Inductee, Automotive Hall of Fame.

Philanthropic activities include support for Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Ballet Memphis, ArtsMemphis, and Memphis in May. Helped found Memphis Bioworks Foundation, Memphis Tomorrow, and the National Civil Rights Museum.

Primary sponsor of AutoZone Park. Helped bring the Grizzlies to Memphis; part of minority ownership group.

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IRA A. LIPMAN Founded Guardsmark, LLC, and sold the company to Universal Protection Service in 2015. Wharton School Board of Overseers, Dean’s Medal.

American Business Ethics Award; Stanley C. Pace Leadership in Ethics Award, Committee for Economic Development.

Corporate Citizenship Award. Founding Chairman, Memphis Shelby Crime Commission. Honorary Life Chairman, National Chairman 1988-1992, National Conference of Christians and Jews. Honorary Chairman, National Chairman, Chairman Emeritus, National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Society of Entrepreneurs. Established the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism.

JOHN R. MALMO Chairman Emeritus, Archer Malmo, Inc., and Principal, John Malmo Marketing Consulting. Educated at Boston University. Entrepreneurial Fellow, University of Memphis.

Founded John Malmo Advertising in 1967. Former President, Memphis Advertising Federation. Former Director, American Association of Advertising Agencies. Recipient, American Advertising Federation Silver Medal Award. Trustee Chairman, Moore Tech. Regular radio commentator, and author of When on the Mountain there is No Tiger, Monkey Is King.

JIM MCGEHEE Former Chairman, Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority. Successfully secured Northwest Airlines hub status for Memphis and inauguration of transatlantic service. Director, Financial Strategy Group Investment Management and Pinnacle Airlines. Former CEO, McGehee Realty and Development Company and McGehee Mortgage Company. Served on Baptist

Memorial Advisory Board, Rhodes College Board of Trustees, and Campbell Clinic Foundation.

ALLEN B. MORGAN JR. Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Regions Morgan Keegan, Inc. Launched Morgan Keegan in 1969 and took the company to national prominence as leading investment firm in the South. Firm merged with Regions Bank in 2001 and was acquired by Raymond James in 2012. Named “Entrepreneur of the Year,” Memphis Society of Entrepreneurs, 1994. One of the three outstanding CEOs in the securities industry, Financial World magazine, 1995. Former Chairman, Securities Industry Association, 2002.

DAVID PORTER Founder and president, Consortium MMT. Songwriter, singer, and record producer. Grew up in South Memphis and was an integral part of the Stax Recording Studio success of the 1960s and ’70s. Along with Isaac Hayes, wrote numerous soul classics including more than 100 Billboard chart hits for Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Lou Rawls, and others. Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame, 2005. Heavily involved in Memphis small-business enterprises.

MICHAEL D. ROSE Chairman, First Horizon National Corporation. Succeeded Kemmons Wilson as CEO of Holiday Inns, 1981.

Expanded company brand to include Harrah’s Casinos, Crowne Plaza, and Hampton Inns. Split off Harrah’s and formed Promus Companies, 1990. Named one of “Corporate America’s 10 Outstanding Directors,” 2000.

Civic involvement includes Mike Rose Soccer Complex and sponsorship of the Michael D. Rose Theatre at the University of Memphis.

FREDERICK W. SMITH Founder, Chairman, President, and CEO, FedEx Corporation. Launched Federal Express, 1973. Since then, FedEx has become a Memphis institution and a global economic powerhouse. First implementer of airport-hub concept and pioneer of the “Just In Time” inventory concept.

Co-Chairman, Energy Security Leadership Council.

Trustee, U.S. Council for International Business. Member, Aviation Hall of Fame. Consistently named one of Barron’s “World’s 30 Best CEOs.” Chief Executive 2004 CEO of the Year.

PAT KERR TIGRETT Chairman and CEO, Pat Kerr, Inc. International fashion designer whose design firm specializes in bridal couture, with offices in London, New York, and Memphis. Widow of financier and philanthropist John Burton Tigrett, and a longtime “player” on the city’s music and cultural scene. Founded the Blues Ball, 1994, an annual festive salute to all forms of Memphis music, providing insurance benefits for Memphis’ legendary musicians and supporting children’s charities.

HENRY TURLEY Founder, Henry Turley Company. Real estate developer and “new urbanism” pioneer at the center of the downtown Memphis “renaissance” of the 1990s.

Conceptualized and created nationally acclaimed mixed-use Harbor Town community on Mud Island, 1985, now home to several thousand residents. Developed similar communities at South Bluffs and Uptown Memphis, where mixed-income housing replaced urban blight. Founding Member of the Society of Entrepreneurs.

JESSE TURNER JR. President and Chairman, Tri-State Bank of Memphis. Educated at University of Chicago, and succeeded his father, Jesse Turner Sr., as Tri-State Bank head in 1990. Founded in 1946 to serve the African-American community in the Mid-South, Tri-State played an influential community role in the civil-rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s.

Operates own CPA firm. Member of Christian Brothers High School Hall of Fame. Recently re-elected National Treasurer of the NAACP.

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RICHARD SHADYAC JR. ALSAC If fundraising is art, then there is no greater virtuoso practitioner than ALSAC, the organization charged with keeping contributions coming in for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

It’s a task that takes visionary planning, hard work, and the relentless asking of the question, “Can we do more?” — which is exactly the sort of thing that Richard Shadyac Jr. brings to the job as CEO of the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities.

When ALSAC was started in 1957 as part of the creation of St. Jude, one of the people founder Danny Thomas relied on was Richard Shadyac Sr., who helped get funding for the hospital and was on the board for decades. He was ALSAC’s CEO from 1992 until retiring in 2005.

Shadyac Jr. took the reins in 2009, bringing with him his own long involvement and a stint as chairman of the board.

Since that time, Shadyac Jr. has brought fundraising into the twenty-first century as the emergence of millennials, the variety of multicultural influences, and technology are having an impact on how information is processed.

The organization has recently embarked on a $1.17 billion series of capital projects, as well as a total addition of 2,000 to the workforce of ALSAC and St. Jude. “We have a mission second to none,” Shadyac says, “but you always have to improve.”

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KEVIN MCENIRY NEXAIR LLC The savvy CEO of nexAir LLC knows his business inside and out, and what it takes to stay ahead of the curve. The company provides a range of gases in cylinders that are used in manufacturing, welding, lighting, and medicine among other applications.

The family-owned business has been around for 75 years and McEniry is the third generation to helm the company.

The 45-year-old CEO has been guiding nexAir since 2007, but he started there when he was 13, working at odd jobs during the summer. “I’ve done a little of everything at the company over time,” he says, “from painting cylinders to being CEO.” In the past year, nexAir has completed a series of acquisitions, pushing its footprint deeper into Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. While the sales for nexAir grow, the company continues to adapt by taking the burden off of companies that have been providing their own tech support by offering tech teams who work with customers.

In the face of so much growth and change, McEniry continues to rely on the wisdom and experience of the team he’s built around him. “The biggest challenge is managing a growing company and the operations around it,” he says. “We have to have capable people at every level as we go — we don’t want to get spread so thin that we can’t grow.”

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RUSS WILLIAMS ARCHER MALMO In 2015, Archer Malmo acquired Austin-based agency Tocquigny, which added an additional 30 employees, bringing Archer Malmo’s population to 190. The branding/advertising/PR/digital marketing agency is now one of the top 30 independent agencies in the country of its size.

For CEO Russ Williams, the key to the agency’s success is that Archer Malmo is a talent-driven business. “I’m a big believer in a high degree of freedom for the talent,” he says.

The business today is 50 percent digital, with 60 digital specialists doing everything in-house. The company has remained strategic throughout its growth with a plan for more aggressive expansion in the future.

The advertising industry is notoriously volatile and Williams takes pride in the fact that, in the face of year to year uncertainty, it has provided a calm sea for its employees. “We’re not retail that has thousands or hundreds of thousands of customers,” he says. “The nature of our business is high customer concentration.

They change over time; the budgets they have can change dramatically from year to year. We’re trying to run a business that is stable for our employees and trying to sustain that over a long period of time in a business where the top line is destined to be volatile. That’s the hardest thing. And that’s chronic.”

Rolando Toyos TOYOS CLINIC

DR. ROLANDO TOYOS TOYOS CLINIC Dr. Rolando Toyos has a vision, which isn’t surprising for an ophthalmologist, but it’s not just about providing good eye care for his patients. It goes well beyond that, from the entrepreneurial (adopting the latest technological advances) to the charitable (providing free treatment for patients who can’t pay for it).

He started Toyos Clinic in 1998, not long out of his residency. Now, with six locations in Tennessee and Mississippi, Toyos specializes in vision, optical, and facial cosmetic surgery. But it’s more than mere business relying on the most up-to-date procedures and equipment, as he is just as interested in investing in the community as he is in new technology. “Giving back is the ultimate in what you do with your life,” he says.

To that end, he and his wife, Dr. Melissa Morrison Toyos, formed the Toyos Foundation to provide free care and contribute to various charities. “When I moved to Tennessee I started coaching and working with kids through churches.” That led to expanding his practice to include free care, which is done locally through the Eye Care America Project established by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and on medical mission trips that have taken him to Nicaragua, Honduras, and Haiti.

“I tell incoming employees it’s the mission of the practice to have a successful clinic and be part of the fabric of the community.”

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CHUCK DUNN TRU-D SMARTUVC Chuck Dunn, president and CEO of Tru-D SmartUVC, was approached by Dr. Jeffrey Deal to commercialize Deal’s invention that would work to eradicate hospital-acquired infections.

That invention was a machine that emits an automated, measured dose of UV-C light from a solitary position in a hospital room, ensures 99.99 percent pathogen reduction in a single cycle, and eliminates the threat of human error. UV-C light, which is manmade UV light, performs double-strand breaks to DNA and RNA in bacteria, to which there is no resistance.

“UV was used a lot in the 1930s and ‘40s, in schools and hospitals,” Dunn says. “Then penicillin came along as an effective antibiotic and the idea of disinfectants fell off. What we’ve seen in the past 10 or 15 years is that infections have become drug-resistant [to antibiotics].

We’re back to the elimination of the passage of pathogens.”

Through his family business, Lumalier Corp., Dunn spent time improving indoor air quality with UV technology to prevent the contraction of tuberculosis by HIV/AIDS patients with weakened immune systems.

When Dunn learned of Deal’s invention, he bought the exclusive patent rights to the innovation and technology.

During the Ebola outbreak of 2014, Dunn’s company sent two devices to Liberia to disinfect rooms where patients had displayed symptoms, had not yet been diagnosed, and were being moved to other rooms.

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DR. LISA JENNINGS UTHSC As a clinical professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Lisa Jennings has a far-reaching impact on the scientific and medical communities in Memphis.

As founder and co-founder respectively of biomedical companies CirQuest Labs LLC and Ariste Medical Inc., Jennings puts science into action for the benefit of the healthcare industry.

CirQuest Labs is a multiservice specialty laboratory and direct marketer of clinical trial logistics to the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, as well as public and private institutions at the forefront of clinical research.

Ariste Medical has developed a new class of implantable drug-delivering devices to improve patient outcomes and lower costs of care by reducing complications associated with surgical procedures.

That includes ways to remedy surgical infections, including a vascular graph closure that has a localized release of drugs that are known to prevent scar tissue.

“We’ve generated a lot of technology-related jobs in Memphis,” Jennings says. “We’re hoping the company grows and we can continue to provide jobs in the transitional biology sector.

And having CirQuest in Memphis may attract other industries to the city. It’s a win-win situation to have a company such as CirQuest in Memphis that can provide these services to our university colleagues who are doing the research for the industry at large.”

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BRETT NORMAN & CLAYTON PLYMILL AGSMARTS AgSmarts co-founders Brett Norman and Clayton Plymill are looking to “close the loop” between the automation of industrial and commercial spaces, and the need for supplemental irrigation in an agronomy that boasts an ever-increasing economy of scale with acreage in the thousands.

With sensors and software developed and patented by AgSmarts, a grower can get real-time readings from the soil on moisture content, temperature, mineral content, and nutrients, as well as rainfall and wind speed. That data is sent wirelessly to a mobile phone, handheld device, or desktop computer.

Information and data are collected, and, Norman says, allows farmers “to configure the farm and their field to have very specific scenarios set up, or models whereby the data that’s coming off the field is laid-over . . . to make it very relevant to what their cropping system and their environment looks like.”

The innovation is in the ability for fields to drive their own decisions, and the ability for the producer or farm manager to allow that environment to dictate what it needs when it needs it. Yields will be boosted and resources minimized to optimize that crop’s outcome.

The long-term vision for AgSmarts is artificial intelligence, and for the system to run and manage itself based on what it knows, and to continually learn about its environment.

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ANNE PITTS THE LEVITT SHELL The Levitt Shell, opened in September 2008 with its first free concert, is a lot of things today. It is first and foremost a gathering place for the community. It is a venue for free concerts with the ability to showcase many diverse genres of music.

It is a historical stage once graced by the likes of Elvis Presley who performed what many consider the first rockand-roll show in 1954. But it is also an economic engine. “All of our performers get paid and get paid a very fair wage,” says Barry Lichterman, president emeritus of the Friends of the Levitt Pavilion Memphis Inc. The opportunity for community-building was a vision seen by almost everyone involved from the beginning, and saw an immediate buy-in from the city council, the parks department, the other Overton Park stakeholders, and from big-name donors.

Renovation of the Shell ran $1.2 million with the city putting in half, Levitt Pavilions providing 25 percent, and the rest raised from private donations.

“The concept of what we were asking people to invest in,” says executive director Anne Pitts, “was a brand new idea and that was, ‘We’re going to turn this community around. First invest in us and we’re going to take that investment and we’re going to invest it in the community. We’re going to bring the community out here, we’re going to show them that they belong, that this is all for them, that we can be a connected city.’”

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The Lists 16 Architecture 18 Arts and Entertainment 22 Auto Dealers

25 Banking: Administration

26 Banking: Commercial Lending

28 Bioscience

30 Business Organizations

32 Certified Public Accountants

35 CEOs - Local Public Companies

36 Chief Financial Officers

38 Chief Operating Officers 41 Commercial Insurance 44 Commerial Real Estate

46 Construction

48 Employee Benefits

62 Engineering

64 Financial Planning

68 Higher Education

71 Hospitality

76 Information Technology

78 Investment Brokers

80 Law: Business Litigation 82 Law: Employment 84 Logistics 87 Manufacturing 88 Marketing and Public Relations

92 Medical: Group Practice Administration

94 Medical: Hospital Administration

96 Philanthropy

100 Public Service

106 Security

108 Staffing

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Architecture

Poets and philosophers have meditated on what makes architecture sing to the soul. Le Corbusier said, “Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.” Ludwig Mies van der Rohe said, “Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.” (And don’t forget George Costanza’s “You know I always wanted to pretend I was an architect.”) Humankind’s most lasting art form is architecture. When man added form to his shelter’s function, it was art.

When engineering and design were introduced, it was formal architecture. When it lasted lifetimes, it was truth. We’re fortunate to have these POWER PLAYERS who have mastered this city-enhancing art form. Their creations range from schools to hospitals, banks to municipal buildings, corporate centers to casinos.

STEPHEN C. BERGER Managing Principal, brg3s architects.

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Rhodes College. Bachelor of Architecture, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Local clients and projects include Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Youth Villages, West Cancer Center, Bounty on Broad, and the Memphis Slim Collaboratory. Member and Past President of the Memphis Chapter, American Institute of Architects.

L. KIRKPATRICK BOBO Founding Principal and Business Leader, Hnedak Bobo Group, Inc. Specializes in architecture, interior design, and master planning.

Memphis clients include International Paper, FedEx, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Elvis Presley Enterprises, LYFE Kitchen, and University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Member, College of Fellows, American Institute of Architects. Member, Chairman’s Circle, Greater Memphis Chamber. Past President, American Institute of Architects-Memphis, and Past Chairman, AIA National Practice Committee. Past Chairman, Methodist Healthcare Foundation.

METCALF CRUMP Chairman and CEO, The Crump Firm, Inc. Master in Architecture, Harvard.

Graduate studies at Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Firm includes architects, planners, and designers.

Clients include FedEx, Smith & Nephew, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, International Paper, Orpheum Theatre, Highwoods Properties, CBRE Memphis, and Commercial Advisors.

Past President, American Institute of Architects (AIA) Tennessee and AIA Memphis. AIA College of Fellows.

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DIANNE DIXON Founding Partner, Clark/Dixon Associates, Architects. Projects include SCSO Firing Range, Cancer Survivors Park, Raymond Skinner Center for the Disabled, and the library at the Metal Museum. Recipient, AIA Memphis Merit Award and Award of Excellence, AIA Tennessee.

Founding Board Member and architect, Memphis Farmers Market. Founder and Board Member, Riverfront Development Corporation. First woman President, Construction Specifications Institute of Memphis.

President, 2016 NAWBO Memphis and Board Member of the Memphis Regional Chamber of Commerce.

BILL FERGUSON Founding Partner, ANF Architects, offering sustainable architectural and interior design, site evaluation, master planning, and construction management. Projects include Christian Brothers University: Deal School of Arts, Cooper-Wilson Science Center, St. De LaSalle Statue Plaza, Boshwit Courtyard; Memphis College of Art: Metz LiveLearn Center, Gibson Administration Building; Teacher Town Commons; Overton Park: Rainbow Lake Playground, Overton Bark, Bike Gate Plaza. American Institute of Architects, National Chair Practice-Education Institute, recipient AIA National Intern Development Program Firm Award; TheatreWorks Board President; Memphis Regional Design Center Board Chair. Master of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania.

SCOTT FLEMING President, Fleming Architects, PC, offering architecture, interior design, planning, and feasibility studies.

Projects include University of Memphis Law School, Kroc Center, St. Mary’s School, New Collierville High School, Bellevue Baptist Church, St. Agnes Academy, Hope Presbyterian Church, Christ Community Health Services,

The Signature at Schilling Farms, Christian Brothers University Living Learning Center, Christian Brothers High School, U of M Student Housing. Past President, AIA Memphis. Past Chairman, Streets Ministries, National Council of Architectural Registration Board; Lambda Alpha, Urban Land Institute, Land Use Control Board; and Shelby Farms Project Board.

TIMOTHY N. GARRETT Director of Architecture, Belz Architecture. Graduated from University of Memphis. LEED Accredited Professional. Recent projects include NovaCopy, MLH South Entrance Renovations, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare North Entrance Renovations, and Charles Retina Institute. Member, AIA. Board of Directors (2011), Secretary (2012), Treasurer (2015), AIA Memphis. Advisory Board Member, Memphis & Shelby County Humane Society. Registered architect in Tennessee, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and New York.

JOSEPH HAGAN Principal and Co-Founder, Architecture, Incorporated. Master of Architecture, Tulane University. Clients include University Place, East High School, Legends Park, W.C. Handy Performing Arts Park, Memphis in May, and 100 North Main, LLC. Member, American Institute of Architects. Board Member, Southern Hot Wings Festival.

President, Kiwanis Club of Memphis. Board President, Memphis Heritage. Board Member, Orion Federal Credit Union.

REB HAIZLIP Principal, Haizlip Studio. Master of Architecture, Tulane. Practice specializes in education, museums, and nonprofits. Projects include U of M Student Center, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Island Play@Beale Street Landing, Danny Thomas/ALSAC Pavilion, and Rock ’N’ Soul

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Museum. Board member, Tulane School of Architecture.

Board Member, AIA Tennessee. Trustee, Aydelott Education Fund. Member, AIA Memphis, American Museum Association, Association of Children’s Museums, and Association of Science and Technology Centers.

CARTER HORD Principal, Hord Architects. Bachelor of Architecture, Auburn University. Master of Architecture, Cornell University. Firm specializes in master planning, architecture, and interior design for nonprofit and institutional clients, particularly churches and Christian schools. Received AIA 150 Design Award of Merit. Memberships in Memphis Chapter of American Institute of Architects, NCARB, Institute for Classical Architecture, and Congress for the New Urbanism.

TOM MCCONNELL Principal/Lead Architect, Pickering Firm, Inc. Bachelor of Architecture, University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Full service architectural/engineering firm specializes in industrial and heavy engineering projects. Projects include FedEx Ground Sort hubs, Riviana Rice Processing Facility, Smith & Nephew, Kroger stores, Nike-Northridge expansion, Wright Medical HQ, Kroger-Union Avenue, and Memphis Union Mission. Member, American Institute of Architects and National Fire Protection Association.

FRANK RICKS Founding Principal, Looney Ricks Kiss/ LRK. Graduate, U of M. Firm nationally recognized for sustainable community planning and urban design; and residential, office, retail, and mixed-use projects. Projects include Sears Crosstown, Overton Square, Chisca Hotel, FedExFamilyHouse, AutoZone Park, Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Old Dominick Distillery, Soulsville Charter School, and Tennessee Brewery. Chairman, Memphis Chamber Chairman’s Circle LRP Committee.

Board Member, Mississippi Riverfront Development Corporation, New Memphis Institute, and Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation. Member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects.

STEWART A. SMITH Senior Architect, A2H, Inc. Master of Architecture, Virginia Polytechnical Institute. Projects include Riverdale Elementary, Memphis Health Center, Lakeland Middle School, University of Memphis-Lambuth upgrades, St. Francis Hospital-Bartlett Women’s Center, and Baptist Medical Group clinics. EDAC Certified, The Center for Health Design. LEED Accredited Professional, U.S. Green Building Council. Certified Professional, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. Member, American Institute of Architects. Company specializes in architecture, interior design, engineering, planning, landscape architecture, and surveying.

MICHAEL TERRY Principal Owner, the Renaissance Group Architecture and Engineering.

Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Technology, University of Memphis. Firm offers architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, civil engineering, and electrical engineering design services. Clients include FedEx, the City of Memphis, and Shelby County Schools. Member, American Institute of Architects, the Bartlett Chamber of Commerce, and the Bartlett Design Review Commission.

JIMMIE TUCKER Managing Principal, Self + Tucker Architects. Bachelor’s, Architecture and Urban Planning, Princeton; Master’s in Architecture, Washington University, St. Louis. Projects include Cleaborn Pointe at Heritage Landing, Hattiloo Theatre, Memphis Business Academy, and National Civil Rights Museum. President, Memphis Chapter, National Organization of Minority Architects. Trustee, Memphis Regional Design Center, New Memphis Institute, and United Housing Inc. Adjunct Professor, Architecture, University of Memphis.

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BARRY ALAN YOAKUM Principal, archimania. Firm offers architecture, interior design, planning, and strategic visioning. Projects include Mercedes-Benz, Live at the Garden, Visible Music College, Central Animal Hospital, Conservation Hall at Tennessee Governor’s Mansion, Hattiloo Theatre, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, and Regional One. Graduated from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Recognized by AIArchitect, Architectural Record, Architecture, Architecture Week, Dwell magazine, and others. Fellow, American Institute of Architects.

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“The artist has a special task and duty: the task of reminding men of the depth of their humanity and the promise of their creativity,” said historian Mumford Lewis. While Memphis has given the world tangible goods and services that have reshaped the way we do business and experience the world — overnight delivery, modern-day hotels, grocery shopping — it has also produced its share of artists and entertainment entrepreneurs who have opened our eyes and turned the world on its ear. Alongside the names of Fred Smith, Kemmons Wilson, and Clarence Saunders, one might find Sam Phillips, Jim Stewart, William Eggleston, and Carroll Cloar. And the POWER PLAYERS listed here persist in the tradition of culture as business with their recording studios, theatres, music venues, record stores, art galleries and museums, and performing ensembles.

SCOTT BOMAR WARD ARCHER Owner and founder, Archer Records and Producer, composer, recording engiMusic+Arts Studio. Archer’s latest work neer, and owner of Electraphonic includes new releases from urban pop Recording. Composed scores for Hustle artist Tina Harris, electronica artist Rick & & Flow, Black Snake Moan, and Roy, new music videos from John Kilzer’s Mississippi Grind, which premiered at Hide Away album, and the non-stop the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. touring of Amy LaVere. Manages Blue Barrel Records, reProducer, Grammy-nominated song “Soul Music” from cently releasing Lift Up! by the Mighty Souls Brass Band, Soul Men soundtrack. Received Emmy Award for musical Lucky or Strong by Caleb Sweazy, All My Heart by Alex da contribution for the documentary I Am A Man: From Ponte, and an eponymous release by the popular Memphis, A Lesson in Life. Producer and Engineer, Cyndi Memphis Ukulele Band. Also records and mixes music and Lauper’s Grammy-nominated Memphis Blues. Leader of sound for many independent memphis films. the group the Bo-Keys.

EKUNDAYO BANDELE Founder and CEO, Hattiloo Theatre. From 2011-2013 he spearheaded a $4.3 million capital campaign, resulting in newly constructed theatre in Overton Square that opened, debt-free, in June 2014. A 3,200-square-foot expansion is already in the plans. Serves on the boards of the Overton Park Conservancy, Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau, and City of Memphis’ Youth Advisory Council. Received awards from the United Way of the Mid-South, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, as well as a Congressional Certificate of Honor.

BRETT BATTERSON President and CEO, Memphis Development Foundation dba The Orpheum Theatre, and the Halloran Centre for Performing Arts & Education.

B.A., Augsburg College; M.F.A., Tulane University. Offers annual touring broadway series; education, family, and community programming, and many other events. State Farm Insurance “Embrace Life” Award, citations from Michigan and Detroit for contributions to Michigan’s cultural life. Paul Harris Fellow with Rotary International. Member, Independent Presenters Network, The Broadway League, Dance USA. 18 |

NED CANTY General Director, Opera Memphis. B.A., Catholic University of America. Directed at Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Florida Grand Opera, New York City Opera, Israeli Vocal Arts Institute, and Shanghai Conservatory. Taught at Julliard, Curtis, Columbia, Amherst, and UC Santa Barbara. Charter Member, Lincoln Center Theater Director’s Lab and International Academy of Web Television. Serves on Opera America Strategy Committee.

PAUL CHANDLER Executive Director, Germantown Performing Arts Center (GPAC). A 25year veteran in entertainment, production, and the venue industry with a successful history in major fundraising. Leads a multidisciplinary venue presenting modern dance, ballet, theater, classical, physical theater, and music of every genre. Overseas educational programming and a large youth symphony orchestra while managing a venue widely used by IRIS Orchestra, the Memphis Symphony, and Opera Memphis.

Worked with Memphis Botanic Garden to create the Live at the Garden concert series.

TREY DEHART Owner, Minglewood Hall and 1884 Lounge. Offers full event booking, production, planning, and promotion. Concerts include Huey Lewis & the News, Megadeth, Eric Church, B52’s, Florida Georgia Line, Vince Gill, Elvis Costello, Alabama Shakes, and Deftones.

Special events include Hampton Inn, Big Brothers Big Sisters Sports Ball, Scion, Coke, Boys & Girls Club, Mitsubishi Electric, and Methodist Hospice. Voted Top 2 Best Venues for 5 years in a row, Memphis Flyer; Memphis Most, Commercial Appeal. Involved with several charities and fundraisers.

DAVID A. DEPETERS Executive Director, IRIS Orchestra.

B.A., Music, Curtis Institute of Music.

With IRIS Orchestra 12 years and in current position for four years.

Guest musicians include Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, and Martin Short. Full-time musician performing with New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Level 3 Certified Ski Instructor, Professional Ski Instructors of America. Top 100 Ski Instructors in America, Skiing Magazine (1993). Board Member, USA International Harp Competition.

ERIC FRIEDL Co-Owner and Founder, Goner Records. B.A., English, Pomona College. Has been with Goner Records for more than 20 years. In charge of record label, physical record store, online record store, and annual festival Gonerfest. Has released music of Ty Segall, Harlan T. Bobo, Guitar Wolf, Ex-Cult, Jack O. and the Tennessee Tearjerkers, and the late Jay Reatard, among many others. Founding member of Memphis rock legends the Oblivians.

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JIM GREEN Founder and Owner, Green Machine Concerts. General Manager, BankPlus Amphitheater, Snowden Grove. Cofounder, TCB Concerts. National Tour Promoter. Producer, 2008 Presidential Debate Concert, Ole Miss. Former producer, IEBA Conference; Bikes, Blues and BBQ; Stax 50th Anniversary Concert. Former talent buyer, Beale Street Music Festival, Live at the Garden concert series, and Mud Island Amphitheater. Named to “40 Under 40,” Memphis Business Journal. Member, Board of Governors, The Recording Academy.

JON HORNYAK Senior Executive Director, The Recording Academy Memphis Chapter.

B.A., University of Memphis. An architect of the GRAMMY Foundation’s Living Histories video archives.

Executive Producer, Sounds of Memphis documentary. Involved in MusiCares assistance for music makers. Board member, GRAMMY Museum Mississippi. Multiple past Mid-South Regional Emmy Awards nominations. Voting Member, The Recording Academy, which produces the GRAMMY Awards.

Member, The Blues Foundation.

CARISSA HUSSONG Executive Director, Metal Museum, only organization in the U.S. dedicated to the art and craft of fine metalwork.

Bachelor’s, University of Washington and Boston University; M.B.A., University of Memphis; Whitney Museum of American Art Curatorial Fellow. Named one of “25 Who Shaped Memphis: 1989-2014,” Memphis Flyer and “40 Under 40,” Memphis Business Journal.

Recipient of Ellida Fri Leadership Award, 50 Women Who Make A Difference, and Memphis Center City Commission Vision Award. Former founding executive director of the UrbanArt Commission.

PRESTON LAMM CEO, River City Management, which includes Rum Boogie Cafe, King’s Palace Cafe, Pig on Beale, Mesquite Chop House (Southaven, Memphis, Germantown, and Oxford), and Spindini. Educated at Mississippi State.

Former Board Member, Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau, Memphis Music Commission, and the DeSoto Arts Council. Received Pioneer Award, 2004, Memphis Restaurant Association, for redeveloping restaurant business on Beale Street. Finalist, 2013 CEO of the Year Award, Inside Memphis Business.

DAVID LESS Co-Founder, Memphis International Records, Merless Publishing, LLC. B.A., Communication Arts, Rhodes College; M.A., African American Music, University of Memphis. Member, NARAS, Jazz Journalist Association.

Received Keeping the Blues Alive award, Blues Foundation. Former Board Member, NARAS, Memphis and Shelby County Music Commission, Levitt Shell.

Former Panelist, Folklore Advisor Panel for Tennessee Arts Commission. Former Partner, Memphis International Records.

DEBBIE LITCH Executive Producer, Theatre Memphis.

B.S., Mathematics; M.A., Guidance Counseling. Recipient, Memphis Symphony Orchestra Hebe Award for outstanding contribution to the arts; Germantown Arts Alliance Arts and Humanities Award; American Association of Community Theatre’s Twink Lynch Award; Gyneka Award from Women’s Theatre Festival of Memphis; and the “Janie McCrary Putting It Together” Ostrander Award. Holds National Planned Giving Institute Certification, College of William & Mary.

SHERRY MAY Co-Director, Live at the Garden summer concert series at the Memphis Botanic Garden. Former Director of Marketing, Development, and Special Events for Beale Street. With Co-Director Jamison Totten, has helped make Live at the Garden, now in its 16th year, a premier outdoor entertainment venue in the Mid-South with an annual attendance of more than 30,000 people and a new state-of-the-art permanent stage that opened in June 2014. Board Member, The Blues Foundation.

LAWRENCE “BOO” MITCHELL Chief Manager/Engineer, Royal Studios.

President, Memphis Chapter of The Recording Academy. Producer, Take Me to the River documentary. Has won several awards from NARAS for working on Grammy award-winning and nominated projects. Notable clients include Al Green, Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, the North Mississippi AllStars, Keith Richards, Robert Plant, Boz Scaggs, Wu-Tang Clan, and John Mayer. 2016 Grammy award for producer of “Uptown Funk.”

GEORGE MONGER Vice President and Executive Director, The Consortium MMT (Memphis Music Town). B.B.A., Economics, University of Memphis. Anticipated M.B.A. 2018, Finance, Southern New Hampshire University. Provides mentorship, insight, and investment in high-growth, start-up music industry ideas for music creators and music tech entrepreneurs. Responsible for the Biannual Epitome of Soul Award Benefit Concert. 2015, Memphis Business Journal “Top 40 under 40” and Memphis Chamber Top 10 Young Memphians. 2012, Memphis Flyer class of 20<30.

Leadership Memphis Executive Program, 2016.

EMILY BALLEW NEFF Director, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. B.A., Yale; M.A., Rice University; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.

Brooks is a leading art museum with a core mission of education and public service. Celebrates 100 years in 2016.

President, Association of Art Museum Curators. Fellow, Center for Curatorial Leadership. First Curator of American Painting and Sculpture at Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts, with expertise in American art, eighteenth-century art, and photography.

JACKIE NICHOLS Founder and Artistic Director, Circuit Playhouse/Playhouse on the Square.

Founder, TheatreWorks and United Professional Theatre Auditions.

Distinguished Achievement Award in Theatre, Memphis Theatre Awards; Gordon Holl Outstanding Arts Administrator Award, Tennessee Arts Commission; Rotary Club Outstanding Community Service Award; and Communicator of the Year Award, Memphis Chapter, Public Relations Society of America. Former Member, Theatre Advisory Panel, Tennessee Arts Commission.

ANNE E. PITTS Executive Director, Levitt Shell at Overton Park. Worked in arts for more than 10 years, serving in a variety of positions including manager, director, associate director, and lawyer. Former Board Member, Memphis Chapter of the Recording Academy and Music Maker Relief Foundation. Former Chair, Intellectual Property Section, Mississippi Bar. Co-compiler of the Oxford American’s annual Southern Music Issue for four years, including the 10th anniversary double issue. 2015 Innovation Award winner, Inside Memphis Business.

DOROTHY GUNTHER PUGH Founding Artistic Director, Ballet Memphis. Nationally respected leader in movement to diversify American ballet. Fellowships at Stanford and National Arts Strategies Chief Executive Program. Professional company tours

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internationally to prestigious venues including Kennedy Center. Recipient of the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis Legends Award, Women of Achievement Award for Initiative, Thomas W. Briggs Foundation Award for Community Service, and Gordon Holl Outstanding Arts Administrator Award. Member of the Dance-USA board of trustees, chair of its Art Director’s Council. One of five women artistic directors of major U.S. dance companies.

KEVIN SHARP Linda W. and S. Herbert Rhea Director, Dixon Gallery and Gardens. Leads museum and public garden with dynamic and diverse exhibition and education programs. Expanded Dixon’s audience, membership, donor base, and income yearly since 2007, and built collaborative relationships with museums across U.S. and in Europe. Oversaw Dixon’s AAM reaccreditation in 2011 and developed strategic plans in 2009 and 2012, and a comprehensive plan for the facilities and grounds in 2014.

KATIE SMYTHE Founder, CEO, and artistic director, New Ballet Ensemble and School. Performed with the State of Tennessee Ballet company, only non-professional artist selected by Director Norbert Vesak of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, past member of Loyce Houlton’s Minnesota Dance Theater.

New Ballet Ensemble has garnered national praise at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a 2014 recognition for afterschool programs from First Lady Michelle Obama, and from the Washington Post.

W. HOWARD STOVALL IV Managing Partner, Resource Entertainment. With Rollin Riggs, co-founded company. Resource provides private, corporate, festival, and casino clients with production services and entertainment, including regional party bands, touring acts, and national headliners.

Resource also manages rental venues including The Columns. Recent projects: CFP National Championship Game, Arizona Bowl halftime, Grizzlies MLK Day halftime, Mighty Mississippi Music Festival, and RiverArtsFest.

Clients include Grizzlies, Redbirds, Memphis Open, St. Jude, FedEx, AutoZone, and casinos including Horseshoe, Roadhouse, and Bally’s. B.A., Yale.

With ten locations across the Memphis area, Healthcare Realty is the go-to source for on Baptist Memorial Hospital campuses.

A variety of locations and levels of build-out provide move-in ready suites, time-share space and the ability to build to suit.

It’s your move.

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America is a car culture. Ever since Henry Ford started rolling Model T cars off an assembly line, the word has been GO. Innovations have turned a car into an art, into a muscle, into a magnet, into a lifestyle decision, into a political statement. We are our cars.

(And trucks and SUVs.) Most everybody remembers the first car they ever owned — it’s like your first kiss. That feeling can linger for a lifetime. From affordable to luxurious, from domestic to import, from basic to loaded with bells and whistles, a wide range of automobiles on the streets of Memphis can be traced back to the POWER PLAYERS who fill these pages. And when it comes to getting around our city from point A to point B, these are the folks who get the wheels — and heads — turning. We go to them when that magnet and muscle start drawing us in.

DAVID S. ANDREWS Founder and CEO, City Enterprises, LLC, parent company for City Auto Sales, Dealers Auto Auction Group, City Auto Finance, Pace Financial, and City Leasing. City Enterprises operates in two states with over 600 employees.

Crystal Award for Corporate Philanthropy, Association of Fundraising Professionals. Supporter of ALS, American Cancer Society, St. Jude, Le Bonheur, Porter-Leath, and a host of other organizations. Member, Board of Directors for the Better Business Bureau, National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. Advisory Board, Wells Fargo and Triumph Bank.

MARK GOODFELLOW Owner, It’s All Good Auto Sales.

Community service includes adopting Westwood and Kirby High Schools, the Red Day Program with Keller Williams, and Porter-Leath. “Favorite Used Car Dealership,” The Commercial Appeal, Memphis Most. Was a four-star athlete at Marion High School in Arkansas, excelling at basketball, baseball, football, and tennis. With Devin Donaldson, won the 2010 United States Tennis Association’s 7.0 Mixed Doubles National Championships in Arizona.

RUSSELL GWATNEY President, Gwatney Mazda of Germantown, Gwatney Saab of Memphis, and Gwatney Mazda of Jackson. B.A., Arkansas. Finalist, 2005 Time Quality Dealer of the Year.

Recipient, Andrew Jackson Award, and 2000 Tennessee Volunteer of the Year, Tennessee Society of Economic Development. Board Member and former Chairman, Tennessee Motor Vehicle Commission.

Member, Tennessee Automotive Association Insurance Trust. Former Chairman, Greater Memphis Chamber and Memphis Youth Initiative.

TRUDY HIGGINBOTHAM-MOODY Owner, Mercedes-Benz of Collierville.

B.A. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Also owns Mercedes-Benz and Porsche of Jackson, Mississippi; Winner of “Best Mercedes-Benz Dealership to Work For”

in nation, Mercedes-Benz “Best of the Best” Dealer, Porsche “Premier Dealer” winner. Involved with the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children and the Mississippi Animal Rescue League.

HENRY A. HUTTON President/Dealer, Chuck Hutton Chevrolet, Chuck Hutton Toyota, Scion, Mid-South Accessory Center, and Chuck Hutton Co. Graduate of the University of Tennessee with a degree in business, the Tennessee Banking School at Vanderbilt University, and the Banking School of the South at LSU. Board Member, Greater Memphis Automobile Dealers Association. President, Mid-South Chevy Dealers Local Marketing Group. Board Member, Memphis Zoo. JAMES J. KERAS JR. President, Jim Keras Automotive Group.

B.S., Business Administration, University of Tennessee. Familyowned business since 1949. Became dealer principal in 1978. Recipient, “Circle of Excellence,” General Motors “Select Dealer,” and “Mark of Excellence” awards.

Member, Board of Commissioners, Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority. Former President, 100 Club of Memphis and Greater Memphis Automobile Dealers Association. Volunteer pilot for Angel Flight missions.

ERNIE NORCROSS Owner/General Manager, Volvo of Memphis. Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Tennessee at Martin. Board Member and Past President, Greater Memphis Automobile Dealers Association.

Appointed to Volvo Retailer Advisory Board, Creative Forum Board, and Volvo Product Advisory Board.

Member, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memphis Club. Past Member, Houston High School Booster Club.

Supports Memphis Union Mission, Make-A-Wish MidSouth, and Alex’s Lemonade Stand.

AL GOSSETT President, CEO, and Owner, Gossett Motor Cars. Company operates 17 auto dealerships in Memphis and is the largest privately owned automotive group in the Mid-South. Gossett Motor Cars manufacturers include Volkswagen, Porsche, Audi, Kia, Hyundai, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Fiat, Maserati, and Alfa Romeo. Member, ownership group of Memphis Grizzlies.

Board Member, Landmark Community Bank. Director, Sequential Brands Group, Inc.

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JOSEPH H. SCHAEFFER III President, Wolfchase Honda and Wolfchase Nissan. Bachelor’s in Business Administration, Texas Christian University. Member of Honda Market Advisors Board, Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South, Greater Memphis Automobile Dealers Association, National Automobile Dealers Association, and Tennessee Automotive Association. Former Vice Chair, St. Mary’s Board of Trustees. Former Treasurer, Holy Communion Vestry. Active in Memphis Youth Services and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

STEFAN SMITH President, Lexus of Memphis.

Bachelor’s of Business Administration, University of Memphis. Co-Owner along with son, Bryan, who serves as Vice President and General Manager.

Past President, Lexus National Dealer Council. Past Member, Lexus National Advertising Advisor Board. Board Member, Gurus of Golf supporting Le Bonheur, Pink Ribbon Open (PRO), Board of Visitors, and the University of Memphis Board of Trustees.

Supports MOST, Neighborhood Christian Center, and Memphis Development Foundation.

FARRAR VAUGHAN President, Jaguar Land Rover Bluff City.

One of six female Jaguar dealers out of more than 170 dealers nationwide.

Reappointed by Governor Bill Haslam to be Commissioner to the Tennessee Motor Vehicle Commission representing the 9th Congressional District. Board Member, Tennessee Automotive Association. Life Member, National Rifle Association. Member, Ladies of St. Jude. Married to Rob Vaughan, with two children.

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Banking: Administration

When it comes to banking institutions, a strong leader is as good as gold. The POWER PLAYERS in Banking Administration have dedicated their careers to ensuring that their financial institutions run properly and that the money entrusted to them is in good hands. And these days, when it comes to our bottom lines, few things are more important than being able to trust the folks who oversee our hard-earned dollars. We have chosen administrators from local banks and from branches of national banks and from financial institutions that aren’t technically banks at all, credit unions. Regardless, their training and experience cover residential, commercial, and private banking with a strong focus on customer service. You may already know your banker or teller; now meet your financial institution’s administrator.

KIRK BAILEY Chairman of West Tennessee for Pinnacle Bank. Leadership positions in Memphis bank since 1980. Founded Magna Bank 1999. Born in Memphis.

Graduated magna cum laude from University of Memphis where he was captain of the golf team. Received a PMD degree from Harvard Business School. Very active in industry and community affairs, currently serving on the boards of five local organizations and has served in many capacities at Christ United Methodist Church.

TARA BURTON President and CEO, FedEx Employees Credit Association. B.S., Mathematics, University of Central Arkansas; M.B.A., University of Memphis. Named to position in 2014 and has been with organization for 16 years. NAFCU Certified Compliance Officer. Credit union serves FedEx employees and their families and households. In addition to savings, checking, online and mobile access, consumer loans, and mortgages, offers first-time auto and home buyer programs, credit restoration loans, and certified credit counseling.

HAROLD BYRD President, Bank of Bartlett. B.B.A. and M.S., Business, University of Memphis.

Co-Founder, Bank of Bartlett, Bartlett Mortgage, and Bartlett Travel. Former TN State Representative. Former Special Assistant to U.S. Senator Jim Sasser.

President, Memphis Rebounders. Former President, University of Memphis Alumni Association, Tiger Scholarship Fund. Recipient, Partner in Education Award, SCS and Distinguished Alumni Award, U of M. Board of Directors, U of M, Lane College, Crescent Club.

WILLIAM J. CHASE JR. Founding President and CEO, Triumph Bank. B.A., History and Business Administration, Vanderbilt University.

Attended University College, Oxford University. Graduate, National Commercial Lending School, American Bankers Association (ABA). Founded bank in 2005, specializing in commercial banking. Member, Economic Club of Memphis. Former member, Community Bankers Council Division (ABA). Former board member, Tennessee Bankers Association. Former President, Chickasaw Country Club.

CHARLES B. DUDLEY III Co-Founder, Co-Chairman, and CEO, Independent Bank. Former Chairman, President, and CEO of Boatmen’s Bank Arkansas, Inc. Leads Indpendent Bank with Susan Stephenson. Chair, Family Safety Center of Memphis and Shelby County. Board Member, Christian Brothers University, National Civil Rights Museum, and Memphis Society of Entrepreneurs. In addition, has served on numerous other nonprofit boards in Arkansas and Tennessee.

W. CRAIG ESRAEL President and CEO, First South Financial.

B.B.A. and M.B.A., University of Wisconsin. M.S., University of Arkansas.

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University. Named Executive of the Year, Memphis Business Journal. Chairman, St. Francis Hospital-Bartlett. Named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce. Named CEO of the Year, Inside Memphis Business. Profiled as one of The Fittest CEOs in America by Fortune and honored with the Tennessee Volunteer Commendation Award by the Governor of Tennessee. Also awarded the University of Wisconsin Distinguished Alumni Award.

JAMES P. “JAKE” FARRELL Chairman, President, and CEO, Landmark Community Bank. B.S., Business Administration, University of Arkansas; National Commercial Lending Graduate School, University of Oklahoma; Stonier Graduate School of Banking; Rutgers University; and International School of Banking, University of Virginia. Former Trustee and Vice Chair, St. George’s Independent School. Co-Chair, Dishes-For-Wishes (Make-A-Wish event). Supports Holy Apostles Episcopal Church.

MOTT FORD Vice Chairman and CEO, Commercial Bank and Trust Company. Educated at University of Tennessee and Stonier Graduate School of Banking, American Bankers Association. Has been with the company 20 years. Past President, Independent Bankers Division of the Tennessee Bankers Association. Board Member, Memphis Academy of Health Sciences (charter school) and the Memphis Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

CURT GABARDI President, CEO and Founder, Metropolitan Bank. B.A., University of Mississippi. Taylor medalist in Economics and Finance and Mississippi Young Bankers Scholar, 1986. Attended Tennessee School of Commercial Lending. Former Memphis Area President, Regions Bank-West Tennessee. Named to “Top 40 under 40 Business Executives,” Mississippi Business Journal.

Advisory Board Chairman, University of Mississippi School of Business Administration Banking and Finance.

Advisory Board Member, Millsaps College Else School of Management.

GENE HENSON President, Memphis Region, Trustmark National Bank. B.B.A., Accountancy, University of Mississippi; Graduate School of Banking, LSU. Past Board Member, Tennessee Bankers Association, and Chairman, Government Relations Committee. Past Member, Government Relations Council Administrative Committee, American Bankers Association. Member, Board of Governors, Greater Memphis Chamber. Past Chairman, Barret School of Banking, CBU. Past Member Board of Trustees, Memphis Museums, Inc. BRYAN JORDAN Chairman, President, and CEO, First Horizon National Corporation. B.A., Catawba College. Responsible for setting strategic direction for the 4,200-employee company, managing assets, and overseeing day-to-day operations. Named Best CEO, mid-cap category,

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Institutional Investor magazine’s 2013 All-American Executive Team. Board Member, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation, AutoZone, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Governor’s Foundation for Health and Wellness, Tennessee Bankers Association, Operation HOPE. Chairman, Youth Villages, Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America, and Memphis Tomorrows.

DAVID C. MAY Area President, West Tennessee, Regions Bank. Bachelor of Business Administration, Banking and Finance, University of Mississippi. Current Board Member, United Way of the MidSouth, Memphis Chamber of Commerce, and the EPIcenter. Former Board Member, Leadership Memphis and Christ Methodist Day School. Former Board Chair and Member, Service Over Self.

JOHNNY B. MOORE JR. President and CEO, SunTrust Bank, Memphis. B.B.A., Accounting, Rhodes College. Board Member and Chairman, Memphis and Shelby County Port Commission.

Board Member, Memphis Tomorrow, National Civil Rights Museum, and Memphis & Shelby County EDGE. Member, Board of Trustees, Rhodes College, Memphis University School, Hutchison School, New Memphis Institute, Promise Academy, and the Plough Foundation.

W. SCOTT STAFFORD President, CEO, and Director, Evolve Bank & Trust. B.S., Commerce and Business, University of Alabama. Board Member and Vice Chairman, Neighborhood Christian Center. Board Member and Treasurer, Young Presidents’ Organization (Southern 7 Chapter). Board Member, Presbyterian Day School. Member and Officer, Second Presbyterian Church. 2015 Inside Memphis Business CEO of the Year. Bank is a primary sponsor of U of M Women’s Basketball, Opera Memphis, and CooperYoung Festival.

WILLIAM R. TAYLOE President, Financial Federal Bank.

Member, Financial Federal Board of Directors. Bachelor of Arts, University of Mississippi. As President and Member of the Board, responsible for oversight and management of the bank as well as having an active role in business development, risk management, and strategic planning. Bank focuses on high-quality customer service and customized solutions in private banking, mortgage banking, and commercial banking.

SUSAN S. STEPHENSON Co-Founder, Co-Chairman, and President, Independent Bank. Former Chairman, President, and CEO, Boatmen’s Bank of Tennessee. First female Chairman and CEO of a Tennessee bank. Board Member, St. Louis Federal Reserve. Member, Memphis Society of Entrepreneurs. Former Chair, Executive Committee and Board, Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis and New Memphis Institute. Treasurer, Elmwood Foundation.

Member, Baptist Women’s Hospital Advisory Board.

DANIEL WEICKENAND President and CEO, Orion Federal Credit Union. M.B.A, University of Texas at San Antonio. Orion FCU is the largest credit union in West Tennessee with more than 60,000 members and $595 million in assets. Former Chief Financial Officer, FedEx Employees Credit Association.

Board Member, National Association of Federal Credit Unions. Board Member, Regional One Foundation and Levitt Shell. Advisory Board Member, Corelation Software Company.

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JIM ROUT President and CEO, BankTennessee.

Former Shelby County Mayor and Shelby County Commissioner.

Member, Tennessee Homeland Security Foundation. Former President, Memphis Rotary Club.

Former President, AutoZone Liberty Bowl. 2009 Optimist Citizen of Year from the Memphis and Shelby County Respect for Law Committeee, Optimist International. Tennessee Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board, appointed by Governor Bill Haslam. Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Memphis. Tennessee Republican Party Statesman of the Year Award, 2014.

ROBERT S. SHAW JR. Co-founder and CEO, Paragon Bank. B.A. and M.A., Accountancy, Ole Miss. Graduate, American Bankers Association National Commercial Lending School. CPA. Bank is service-oriented and community-focused with a comprehensive package of personal and business solutions.

Chairman, Board of Trustees, Woodland Presbyterian School, and Memphis Child Advocacy Center. Member, Economic Club of Memphis.

Former Board Member, Ole Miss Alumni Association, March of Dimes Memphis Chapter.

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Banking: Commercial Lending

Money is the oil in the engine of business. Without it, the machine simply will not go. Thankfully, banks were invented to lend dollars to citizens wanting to better themselves and their community. Today, commercial lending is a vital component of all sectors of business. In Memphis, you need only read the papers and drive the streets to see the good effects of commercial lending. These firms and POWER PLAYERS finance corporate office complexes, retail shopping centers, new subdivisions, or healthcare facilities. They handle mergers and acquisitions that keep our commerce humming. Without them, industries we now take for granted would never have been launched.

JEFF CAMP Executive Vice President, First Alliance Bank. Bachelor’s degree, business administration/banking and finance, Mississippi State University; graduate degree in banking, Southern Methodist University. Bank is locally owned and state-chartered and opened in Cordova in 1999. Previously held variety of leadership positions at M&F Bank, Deposit Guaranty National Bank, and Union Planters National Bank. Former Chair and Member, Board of Trustees, Southeastern Commercial Lending School, Vanderbilt University.

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WRIGHT COX Community President, BankTennessee.

B.B.A., Texas Christian; LSU Graduate School of Banking. Has 33 years’ experience in banking. Graduate, Rhodes College Executive Leadership Program.

Elected to Collierville Municipal School Board whose task is the founding of a new school system for the town of Collierville. Past President and Board Member, Collierville Chamber of Commerce and Collierville Education Foundation. Recipient, C.H. Harrell Education Award. Elder, Hope Church.

Multifamily lending (largest such lender in nation).

Former Chairman and CEO, Univest Financial Services.

Former Member, Fannie Mae US Advisory Council. Elder, Hope Church. Board Member, Bethany Christian Services and Banyan Group Foundation. Former Member, Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth.

MICHAEL FRICK Commercial Banking Market Executive — Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi; and Memphis Market President, Bank of America. Graduate of Rhodes College. An experienced banker with three decades of experience in the industry. In position, delivers the company’s deep resources to Mid-South companies to help them grow and become more competitive.

Chairman and board member, Memphis and Shelby County Redevelopment Agency. Board member, Economic Club of Memphis.

RICK HALL Executive Vice President and Senior Commercial Lender, Renasant Bank. B.B.A., University of Mississippi; M.B.A., Accounting, University of Texas; CPA-Inactive. Has 36 years’ experience in banking. Member, Lambda Alpha International, Economic Club of Memphis.

Founder and former Chairman, Westminster Academy. Board Member, The Center for Western Studies. Board member, former Vice Chairman, Association of Classical and Christian Schools.

Former elder, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church.

FLOYD HARVEY Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking Executive, Regions Bank. B.S., University of Tennessee. Involved in banking for 43 years.

Specialties include healthcare, mergers and acquisitions, food and beverage, transportation, technology and capital markets.

Board Member and past Board Chair, Service Over Self. Past Board Member, Treasurer, and President, Mid-South Chapter of Muscular Dystrophy Association. Past Board Member, Ronald McDonald House. Founding member and Elder, Grace Evangelical Church.

STEVE HAWKINS Executive Vice President, First Tennessee Bank. B.B.A., Finance, University of Memphis. Has been with bank for 37 years, in current position since 2012. Wholesale line of business director for all commercial loan and treasury activities, including commercial, corporate, and specialized lending and deposit relationships. Has been married to wife, Claudia, for 42 years, with two children.

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ROBERT MOREHEAD Senior Vice President, Memphis Market, BancorpSouth. Bachelor’s degree, Rhodes College. Has been in banking for 30 years. Responsible for all commercial operations in the Memphis market. Board Member, Porter-Leath.

Advisory Board Member, ALS Association (Tennessee Chapter). Involved with the Greater Memphis Chamber, Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce, and Rotary Club of Memphis East. Former Board Member, Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal School.

ANDY PIEROTTI Community President, Memphis, Commercial Bank & Trust Company.

B.B.A., University of Memphis; graduate of the Louisiana State University Graduate School of Banking. Has been in the banking industry for 29 years, the last 18 with CB&T. Formerly ran National Bank of Commerce private banking division. Has financed deals up to $18 million, including specializing in commercial, private, and medical banking. Alumni, New Memphis Institute.

WILLIAM H. POSEY III CEO and Executive Vice President, Greystone Servicing Corporation, Inc. B.A., Rhodes College. Responsible for Greystone’s Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae DUS Lending Platform, including Affordable, Seniors, and Small Balance

FRANK STALLWORTH Executive Vice President, Magna Bank.

With bank for more than 10 years.

Responsible for all commercial and multifamily real estate lending activities, including the placement of income property loans with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Member, Lambda Alpha International.

Former Member, Advisory Council, Freddie Mac’s Multifamily Seller/Servicer Council. Past President, Memphis Mortgage Bankers Association and Central Park Capital’s Western Division. Former Director, Tennessee Mortgage Bankers Association.

TOM STEPHENSON Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, Independent Bank.

Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville; degree from Southwestern Graduate School of Banking, Southern Methodist University in Texas. Has more than 40 years’ experience in banking in Memphis, the last 10 years at Independent Bank. Former Board Member, Partners in Public Education. Former President, American Cancer Society.

DICK WITTENBERG Senior Vice President, Private Banking, Evolve Bank & Trust. B.B.A., Economics, University of Memphis. Has 31 years’ experience in financial services industry, with five years at Evolve. Services include banking and mortgage services, trust and wealth management, and a nationwide Preferred SBA lender. Corporate Sponsor of CooperYoung Festival and Opera Memphis. Loaned Executive, United Way of the Mid-South. Member, Second Presbyterian Church.

RICHARD T. WOOD III Executive Vice President and Manager of Commercial/Multifamily Division, Financial Federal Bank. Involved in commercial ending for 37 years, the last 23 on behalf of Financial Federal.

Certified Mortgage Banker designation, Mortgage Bankers Association of America. Leads Financial Federal’s lending team in Memphis, Atlanta, and Nashville offices with highest production volumes since 2006. Bank services over $1 billion in commercial mortgages for Freddie Mac, life insurance companies, and master servicers. 2015 loan originations highlighted by multifamily construction and permanent loans across the Mid-South.

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Bioscience

Dating back at least to the start of the Plough Chemical Company in the early twentieth century and Abe Plough’s first product, Plough’s Antiseptic Healing Oil, the bioscience industry has been alive and well in Memphis. The Plough company turned into a giant and was joined by the likes of Richards Medical and the pioneering medicine of Neuton S. Stern, Willis C. Campbell, and John J. Shea Jr. The year 1962 saw another big bang when St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was founded. Today, the tradition of world-class bioscience not only lives on in the Bluff City — home to orthopedic titans, medical-research mavens, entrepreneurial dynamos, and sci-fi-sounding technologies — but is putting Memphis on the map in a huge, exploding field, thanks to the POWER PLAYERS on these pages. The future is indeed today.

BOB BEAN CEO, YX Genomics Holding Corp. and its two companies. Transnetyx, co-founded in 2000 to build the first fully automated genetic testing method to detect genetic mutations in mouse biopsies; research laboratories around the world. Harmonyx Diagnostics, formed in 2010, utilizes the companies’ fully automated testing system detecting genetic sequences that guide patients, pharmacists, and physicians in prescribing medications.

Named 2012 CEO of the Year, Inside Memphis Business.

JAMES BEATY Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics. M.D., UT Health Science Center. Board certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Board Chairman, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Board Member, Campbell Foundation, UT-Campbell Clinic.

Former Chief of Staff, Campbell Clinic; Former Director, Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship. President of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, and American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

EDWARD CHAUM Plough Foundation Professor of Retinal Diseases, Director of Research, Hamilton Eye Institute, UTHSC. M.D., Ph.D., Cornell University. Research Career Award from NIH. Senior Scientist Award from Research to Prevent Blindness. R&D 100 Award for the TRIAD Network from R&D Magazine. American Telemedicine Association Innovation Award for Hubble Telemedical. 2013 Innovation Award, IMB. Wheeley Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, serial entrepreneur.

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EUGENE ECKSTEIN Professor and Chair of the University of Memphis Department of Biomedical Engineering. Initial and Current Academic Coordinator, U of M-UTHSC Joint Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering.

Inaugural J.R. Hyde Chair of Excellence, UTHSC. Fellow and Past-President of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Xi, Member: BMES, EMBS, AAAS. Panel judge, Innovation Awards, Inside Memphis Business.

RICHARD MAGID Vice President and Director of Technology Transfer, University of Tennessee Research Foundation. Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech.

Since joining UTRF in 2006, has led out-licensing of UTHSC inventions and discoveries, including the launch of numerous Tennessee-based startups. Creator and teacher, “Entrepreneurship for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences,” UTHSC. Registered U.S. patent agent. Board Member, Life Science Tennessee.

KEVIN FOLEY Chairman and Director of Complex Spine Surgery, Semmes-Murphey Clinic. Director, Spine Fellowship Program, Department of Neurosurgery, and Professor of Neurosurgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Medical Director and Chairman, Medical Education & Research Institute. M.D., UCLA. Member, AOA Honor Medical Society. Board Member, BioD LLC, DiscGenics, and TrueVision Systems.

FRANK A. MCGREW III Director of Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Cardiologist, The Stern Cardiovascular Foundation. B.S., Johns Hopkins University; M.D., Case Western Reserve. Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine. Former Scientific Project Officer, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

Former Governor, American College of Cardiology for Tennessee. Member, Joint Civilian Orientation Committee of the Department of Defense. Former President, English-Speaking Union.

DOUG KING Senior Vice President and President, Medtronic Spine, Biologics, and Kyphon. Bachelor’s, Marketing and Business Administration, University of Oregon. Since joining the company in 1998, has held numerous sales and marketing leadership positions, including regional sales director, area vice president, vice president of spine and biologics sales, and vice president of sales and marketing. Previously worked in various positions at Space Labs Medical, Stryker Endoscopy, and U.S. Surgical.

DUANE D. MILLER Chairman and Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Associate Dean, College of Pharmacy, the UTHSC; Ph.D., Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington. Inducted into Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame, American Chemical Society. Received Volwiler Research Achievement Award. Member, American Chemical Society, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Inducted into National Academy of Inventors.

Authored numerous patents and articles.

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MARY V. RELLING Chair, Pharmaceutical Department, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Pharm.D. degree, University of Utah.

Elected to Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.

Awarded Pediatric Cancer Award from American Society of Clinical Oncology and Team Science Prize from American Association of Cancer Research.

Chairman of NIH-funded Pharmacogenomics Research Network. Member, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Committee, Children’s Oncology Group.

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LESLIE LYNN SMITH President, EPIcenter, a collaborative, community-wide initiative helping entrepreneurs conceive, launch, and scale businesses in the Mid-South. Vice President, Memphis Bioworks. Board member, International Business Innovation Association. Former CEO, TechTown Detroit, a business accelerator and incubator that has served 1,026 companies and created 1,190 jobs. Former Director of Business Acceleration for the Michigan Economic Development Corp., overseeing the state’s $300 million investment portfolio.

GARY STEVENSON Managing Partner and Co-Founder, MB Venture Partners. B.S., Accounting, University of Missouri; M.B.A., Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University. CPA and Chartered Financial Analyst. Firm has invested in more than 40 medical-device and biotech startups, including 18 in Shelby County. Participated in financing GTx and BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. Board Member for several current and former MBVP portfolio companies. Board Member, ZeroTo510 and Life Science Tennessee.

ROBERT WILLIAMS President and Chair, Department of Genetics, UTHSC, and UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair in Genomics; B.A. and Ph.D., University of California; Fellowship, Yale University. Developer of open access web sites for scientific discovery since 1994, including most prominently GeneNetwork, and new experimental methods and models to test how well we can predict disease risk just using genetic data. Numerous Medical Grant Awards.

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KEN WOODY President, Innova Memphis. Innova invests in and mentors early-stage medical device companies, biosciences, and technology companies. Has 36 equity investments and eight portfolio company board seats. Former U.S. Army Infantry Captain. Former Vice President, General Electric and Johnson & Johnson. Moved to Memphis in 2004 as Senior Vice President, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics. Board Member, FedEx Institute of Technology and Life Science Tennessee.

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Business Organizations

They encourage growth, development, economic prosperit y, and new opportunities. They’re forums for networking, exchanging views, educating the public, and uniting toward a common goal. Whether generalized or geared toward a specific interest or industry, these groups help make Memphis stronger, better, and more forward-thinking. Some member rosters boast the city’s movers and shakers, while others hone and shape the next generation who will lead Memphis and the Mid-South far into our future. Still others promote diversity, or they serve as a base to launch civic improvement projects. Whether or not you recognize the names, faces, or organizations, our city and region are better for these groups and for the POWER PLAYERS who lead and direct them.

STEVEN J. BARES President/Executive Director, Memphis Bioworks Foundation. Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, M.B.A. Co-founder/Board Chair, Innova LLC and TriMetis. CoFounder, Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering. Board Chair, Life Science Tennessee. Board Member, Economics Club.

Member, inaugural class of Leadership Tennessee. Former executive, International Paper, Hewlett-Packard. Former President/Co-Founder, Sparcom. Has authored nine patents and published numerous articles.

JAN BOUTEN Partner, Innova Memphis. B.S., Software Engineering, Fontys University, Holland; M.Sc., Human Computer Systems, DeMontfort University, England; M.B.A., Duke. Investor in early stage startup companies, active leader in the Memphis entrepreneurial ecosystem, and recognized as a Wall Street Journal Startup Guru. More than 20 years of international business and investment experience. Board Member, Memphis Shelby Growth Alliance, FedEx Institute of Technology, iScreen Vision, Quire, Restore Medical, and Digitalsmiths.

SCOTT A. BROCKMAN President and CEO, Memphis Shelby County Airport Authority. Accredited Airport Executive (AAE); Second Vice Chairman, Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE); International Association of Airport Executives (IAAE) Board. Former President, Southeast Chapter of AAAE; Chairman, 2011 AAAE National Airports Conference; Chairman and Southeast Chapter representative, AAAE Board of Examiners; Chairman, AAAE Audit Committee; Chairman, Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) Economic Affairs Committee, North America representative, ACI World Economic Board. AAAE Distinguished Service Award, May 2013.

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NANCY COFFEE President and CEO of New Memphis Institute. B.A., Dartmouth; M.A., University of Chicago. Featured on cover of Newsweek as a face of “generation Global.” Named to “Top 40 Under 40” and 2012 “Super Women in Business.” Memphis Business Journal.

Board Member, Greater Memphis Chamber, Fogelman College of Business & Economics, New Leaders, and People First Partnership. Community Advisory Board Member, Mid-South Minority Business Council Continuum.

PEARSON CRUTCHER Executive Director, The Society of Entrepreneurs. B.S. and Master’s, Social Work, University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Caters to Mid-South business owners, presidents, and other key executives through programs such as monthly Entrepreneurs Roundtable meetings, the Insights Group, and the Annual Dinner and Awards Banquet. Named to “Top 40 Under 40,” MBJ. Graduate, Leadership Memphis.

Founders Committee, University of Tennessee/West Institute for Cancer Research.

REID DULBERGER President and CEO, Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE) for Memphis and Shelby County. M.S., Carnegie-Mellon; M.A., Georgetown. Responsibilities include Foreign Trade Zone-77, loan programs, industrial sites, Port of Memphis, and PILOT/TIF incentives. Chief Economic Development Officer, Memphis and Shelby County.

Former Vice President, MemphisED Administration, Greater Memphis Chamber. Certified Economic Developer and Economic Development Finance Professional.

GWYN R. FISHER Greater Memphis Regional Director of Economic and Community Development, State of Tennessee.

Founder and CEO, Revolution Strategy.

B.A., Scripps College; J.D., University of Memphis. Former Executive Director, MPACT Memphis. Contributing Author, Smart City Memphis. Named to “Top 40 Under 40,” Memphis Business Journal. Participant in British Council Transatlantic Network. Program Coordinator, Marshall Memorial Fellowship. Former Chair, Mayor Mark Luttrell’s YP Collaborative.

BETH FLANAGAN Director, Memphis Medical Center.

Former independent consultant in commercial real estate and urban development. Former Vice President, Commercial Tennessee. Board Member, Economic Club of Memphis, Neighborhood Christian Centers, Memphis Regional Design Center, Success for Public Charter Schools, Coalition for a Better Memphis, and Victorian Village Community Development Corp. Member, Memphis Rotary Club. Graduate, Leadership Memphis and New Memphis Institute Masters Program.

DON GLAYS Executive Director, West TN Home Builders Association. B.B.A. and Diploma of Renewable Resources Technology. Organization hosts the VESTA Home Shows and the annual Best of Home Expressions Show.

Organization is largest local home builders association in Tennessee. Member, several local chambers of commerce. Member, MLGW Community Advisory Council.

Serves on Construction Safety and Health Committee and Executive Officers Council, the National Association of Home Builders.

JOHN E. GNUSCHKE Director, Sparks Bureau of Business and Economic Research and the Center for Manpower Studies. Professor, Economics, University of Memphis.

Director, Applied Information Technology Center. Co-Director, Center for Real Estate Research. B.S., Utah State; Ph.D. and M.A., University of Missouri at Columbia. Former President, Association for University Business and Economic Research. Joined University of Memphis’

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Millionaire’s Research Team for receiving more than $1 million in research grants for 15 straight years.

advance PK-12 education reforms that have put Memphis at ground zero for national reform.

ANGELA GRAI Association Executive, Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA) of Memphis. Attended University of Memphis, Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management.

Organization offers education and networking opportunities to local Commercial Real Estate professionals. Attends BOMA International’s Annual Issues Conference in Washington, D.C. Visits congressional delegation to advocate interests of commercial real estate industry in Memphis.

LAURIE TUCKER Executive Director, Economic Club of Memphis. Co-Founded Calade Partners, a strategy and marketing consultancy.

Former Senior Vice President of Marketing, FedEx Services, where she successfully led rebranding initiatives and critical go-to-market strategies. University of Memphis Board of Visitors. Board Member, Regional One Health Extended Care Hospital and Alliance Data Systems.

RANDY HUTCHINSON President and CEO, Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South. B.A., Western Maryland College; M.B.A., Wilmington College. Organization represents 3,700 BBB Accredited Business members. Organization provides more than 1.2 million reports on Mid-South businesses annually to consumers. Member, Rotary Club of Memphis. Graduate, Leadership Memphis. Member, Board of Trustees, Concord Academy. Serves on the Bureau Operating Committee, Council of Better Business Bureaus.

ERIC MATHEWS Founder and CEO, Start Co.; B.S., Chemistry, Rhodes College; M.S., Cognitive Science, University of Memphis. Longtime advocate and builder of high-growth potential tech startups in region. Architect of regional startup economy. Early stage startup investor. Creates a culture of entrepreneurship, engages community leaders and investors in economic change, and develops a portfolio of startup companies. Former Interim Executive Director, Emerge Memphis. Former Associate Director, FedEx Institute of Technology.

JEREMY C. PARK President, Lipscomb Pitts Breakfast Club (LCBC)/ Member of LLC, Lipscomb Pitts Insurance, LLC. LPBC is a philanthropic privately funded catalyst for the Mid-South, hosting more than 150 events annually. Launched “Power of the Dollar” (Buy Local) and “Memphis Rocks” campaigns.

Author of “Giving Back” Column in The Commercial Appeal and books, Giving back with Purpose and Giving for Growth.

LINN SITLER Commissioner, Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission.

B.A., University of Tennessee; M.A., Broadcasting and Film, University of Memphis. MovieMaker magazine selected Memphis as one of “Top 10 Best American Cities to Live, Work, and Make Movies.” CoFounder, Berlin-Memphis and Shelby County Alliance.

Co-Founder, Memphis & Shelby County Film Commission Production Training Program. Longest continuously serving Film Commissioner in the world.

DAVID J. SPANN Director, U.S. Dept. of Commerce/U.S. Commercial Service/Memphis USEAC. B.A., Arkansas State University; J.D., University of Arkansas Law School; MPA ABT, University of Arkansas. Ten years in current position, 30 years with U.S. Commercial Service. Recipient, Director General’s Star Award (2009), Outstanding Performance Award (2014).

Arkansas Bar/Attorney’s License. Senior Pastor, New Hope Church of the Nazarene; Executive Secretary, West Tennessee District Export Council.

BLAIR TAYLOR President, Memphis Tomorrow. B.A., Connecticut College; M.B.A. and M.S.W., Columbia University. Group is an association of CEOs of Memphis’ largest enterprises. Founded and leads Memphis Fast Forward, a nationally recognized public/private sector collaborative action initiative that since 2007 has helped create more than 17,000 jobs, reduce violent crime by 21 percent, and

DAVID WILLIAMS President and CEO, Leadership Memphis. B.A., Journalism, University of Memphis; M.B.A., University of Colorado at Denver. Organization prepares leaders to work together for the good of the whole community.

Leading the Executive, FastTrack and Grassroots Programs, Criminal/Juvenile Justice Program, Memphis Talent Dividend/Graduate Memphis, Volunteer Memphis, and Success High Schools. Chair, Board of Trustees, Memphis Public Library and Information Center. Board member, People First Partnership and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

ROBY S. WILLIAMS CEO, Black Business Association of Memphis. B.A., History, LeMoyneOwen College. Has been with organization since 2002. Assists minority and women business owners to achieve success in their business operations.

Formerly employed in Branch Division, Commercial and Retail Lending, and Marketing Division, First Tennessee Bank. Formerly employed in Business Marketing for South Central Bell and AT&T in Memphis. Works to be an “opportunity facilitator.”

LUKE YANCY III President and CEO, Mid-South Minority Business Council Continuum. B.S., Economics, LeMoyne-Owen; M.B.A., University of Memphis. Leads nonprofit focused on growth of scalable minority- and women-owned businesses to impact job creation. In partnership with Delta Regional Authority to support minority- and women-owned businesses growth in Delta. Board Member: First Horizon, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Greater Memphis Chamber, and LeMoyne-Owen.

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Certified Public Accountants

Keeping our money straight can be a terrifying prospect to many people — the meticulous attention to detail required can be daunting, to say the least. And if we’re not careful enough, we can face an audit, and nobody wants that headache. But soaring in like the Batman of bookkeeping to save us all from financial misadventures are Certified Public Accountants (CPAs), those fearless heroes who know more about financial law than most can dream of. W hether providing ser vices for individuals, organizations, or certain types of businesses, or working exclusively for a corporation, these POWER PLAYERS can operate in virtually any area of finance — from estate or financial planning, to auditing or income tax services, to venture capitalism. Cool.

GREG BARNES Managing Partner, Memphis office, KPMG, LLP. B.B.A., Accounting and Economics; and M.S., Finance, University of Memphis. Graduate, Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Business Executive Development Program. Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst. Advisory Board Chair, University of Memphis School of Accountancy. Advisory Board Member, University of Memphis Fogelman College of Business and Economics. Board Member, Greater Memphis Chamber. Member, Leadership Memphis.

DAVID L. CUICCHI Managing Director and Tax Director, Cannon & Company CPAs, P.C. B.B.A. and J.D., University of Mississippi.

Certified Public Accountant. Firm offers full array of accounting, tax, and consulting services to individuals and businesses. Past President, Estate Planning Council, Memphis Chapter of the Tennessee Society of CPAs, and Germantown Charity Horse Show. Past Treasurer, Memphis Rotary Club and longtime Rotary Reader for elementary students. Treasurer, World Cataract Foundation.

JUD CANNON CEO, Cannon Wright Blount. Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Memphis. With his two partners, Doug Wright and the late Richard Blount, started Cannon Wright Blount more than 15 years ago, offering business, software, and outsourcing solutions for clients beyond general accounting services. Firm offers tax and audit services, and technology, accounting, and consulting solutions. Professional concentrations include healthcare, business improvement, and outsourcing.

VINCE DEGUTIS Office Managing Partner and Tennessee Tax Managing Partner, Deloitte LLP. 33 years of experience in professional services. Serves as Tax or Advisory Partner for publicly held, privately owned, domestic, and international companies. Graduate, University of Memphis, M.S. and B.B.A. Board Member at Brooks Museum. Advisory Board Member at University of Memphis School of Accountancy. Advisory Board Member at University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, Member of American Institute of CPAs, Tennessee Society of CPAs, and Massachusetts Society of CPAs.

P. ANTHONY CLARK Market Managing Partner, Memphis/ Dallas-Fort Worth, DHG. Bachelor of Accountancy, University of Mississippi.

Industry leader for firm’s Hospitality and Resorts practice. Also serves clients in construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, and distribution. Member, Advisory Council, University of Mississippi Patterson School of Accountancy. Chairman’s Circle, Greater Memphis Chamber. Member, American Institute of CPAs, Tennessee and Florida Society of CPAs. 32 |

DAVID L. DELBROCCO Owner, DelBrocco & Associates. B.B.A., University of Memphis. Member, Tennessee Society of CPAs and American Institute of CPAs. Has owned company since 1990. Firm serves manufacturing, distribution, real estate, and nonprofit companies throughout Mid-South.

Chapter Chairman, March of Dimes, Crossroad Music Exposition. Past Treasurer, Leadership Memphis.

DOUGLAS A. GARNER Managing Partner, Fouts & Morgan CPAs, PC. B.B.A., University of Memphis. Has been with firm since 1979 and in current position since 1989. Member, Tennessee Society of CPAs and American Institute of CPAs. Member of the Peer Review Committee for the Tennessee Society of CPAs. Oversees firm’s staff of 30 professionals, paraprofessionals, and support personnel. Fouts & Morgan is a member of CPAmerica International.

RANDAL L. GREGORY Managing Partner, Fouts & Morgan, CPAs, P.C. B.A., Mississippi University for Women. Member, American Institute of CPAs and Tennessee Society of CPAs. Member of Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. and West Tennessee Home Builders Association. With the firm since 1991, serving clients in construction, home building, nonprofit organizations, and professional service businesses.

Experienced in both tax and audit, and partner in charge of marketing. Oversees firm’s staff of over 30 professionals, paraprofessionals, and support personnel. Firm is a member of CPAmerica International.

JOHN M. GRIESBECK Managing member, Reynolds, Bone & Griesbeck PLC. Graduate of University of Memphis. Has been with firm more than 35 years. Member, past Chairman, and current Personnel Committee chairman of Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants. Chairman of Allinial Global, Inc., an association of approximately 100 independent North American accounting firms. Member, American Institute of CPAs. Member, Christian Brothers High School Hall of Fame. Director, Truth Seekers Fellowship and Worldshine USA. JOHN D. IVY JR. President, Frazee Ivy Davis, PLC. Oversees management of 30-person firm. With partners Jerry Davis, Jim Dilley, and Alex Ivy, the company focuses on auditing, tax, and valuation matters for owner-managed enterprises in various industries. Member, Tennessee Society of CPAs and American Institute of CPAs. Board Member, Second Presbyterian Church Foundation and Trezevant Episcopal Home. Member, EDGE Finance Committee.

J. KENNETH (CHIP) MARSTON JR. CEO and Founder, The Marston Group, PLC. Focuses on advisory, tax, transactional financial reporting, and entrepreneurial ventures. Advisor to several companies, families, trusts and foundations. Trustee, Dixon Gallery and Gardens; trustee, DGG Endowment Board. Nexus: Mentor – Class of 2011; Rotary Club of Memphis East, Paul Harris Fellow; Past Vice Chairman/Board Member, Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis; University of Memphis School of Accountancy-Advisory Board.

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POWER IN NUMBERS We salute our many clients and friends selected as this year’s Power Players.

Your commitment and leadership inspire our community and far beyond.

KEVIN MCADAMS Office Managing Shareholder, Memphis Office, Elliott Davis Decosimo.

Joined firm in 2005. Has over 20 years of experience in tax planning, compliance, and consulting. Responsible for administration, daily operations, and organization of office. Firm was founded in 1925 and has more than 800 professionals located in offices across six states. Elliott Davis Decosimo is one of the Top 30 accounting, tax, and consulting firms in the United States.

B. ROBERT PAYNE President and Managing Partner, Brundige, Payne & Company, PC. Cofounded firm in 1977, providing accounting, tax, and consultation services. Former Member, Advisory Board, University of Memphis School of Accountancy. Charter Member and former officer, Germantown and Whitehaven Rotary Clubs. Former Board Member, Evangelical Christian School. Member, American Institute of CPAs. Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow. Elder, First Evangelical Church.

RICK SCHREIBER Managing Partner-Memphis, Ernst & Young. Graduate, Auburn. Has been with firm 22 years. Audit Partner, specializing in distribution, manufacturing, software, real estate, and biosciences.

Board Treasurer, Finance, and Executive Committees, ArtsMemphis. Board Member and IT Committee, CBU. Member, Greater Memphis Chamber, Financial Executives International, American Institute of CPAs, Georgia Society of CPAs, and Southern Capital Forum. Manages EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year program in Memphis market.

JEFFREY L. THOMASON Chief Manager, Watkins Uiberall, PLLC. B.S., Commerce and Business Administration, University of Alabama.

Responsible for strategic direction of the firm and manages day-to-day operations. Has 25 years’ experience in the industry. Member, Tennessee Society of CPAs and American Institute of CPAs. Associate Member, Tennessee Bankers Association and Mississippi Bankers Association.

Board Member, Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence.

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N. GORDON THOMPSON Managing Director, CBIZ MHM. Managing Member, TD Capital Management. Certified Public Accountant, Personal Financial Specialist, and Certified Valuation Analyst. Board Member, American Health Companies, Inc., and Evolve Financial Group.

Director and Finance Chairman, Memphis Leadership Foundation. Past President, Memphis Museums, Inc. Member, Advisory Board, University of Mississippi Patterson School of Accountancy.

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CEOs - Local Public Companies

Every Memphian has an investment in our city. Our endeavors help to steer the growth of our community. A few corporate giants make an impact here and well beyond. You’ll find these titans and the numbers by which they’re measured on the stock exchange. The individuals must guide their companies across the perilous seas of business health and stockholder happiness. And not only are their names connected to Memphis by investors and business insiders worldwide, but they are often the names behind civic ventures that help make our city complete.

Through strategic direction and day-to-day operations, these POWER PLAYERS help their companies hit their marks. Own a share in these firms and you own a share in the future of Memphis.

H. ERIC BOLTON JR. Chairman and CEO, Mid America Apartments. Bachelor, Accounting, and M.B.A., Finance and Real Estate.

Named 2007 Distinguished Alumni, University of Memphis Fogelman College of Business & Economics, and 2001 Multifamily Executive of the Year. Board Member, EastGroup Properties, Inc. (NYSE: EGP). Board Member and Executive Committee, National Multi Housing Council. Member, Advisory Board of Governors, National Association of REITs. RANDALL CHURCHEY Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, EdR Collegiate Housing since January 2015; formerly President and CEO. Founder and Co-Chairman, Board of MCR Development, LLC; Member, Board of Trustees of Med Equities Realty Trust. Former Interim Chief Executive Officer, Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.; Member, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trust’s Board of Governors, and the Policy Advisory Board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at the University of California – Berkeley.

BRYAN JORDAN Chairman, President, and CEO, First Horizon National Corporation. B.A., Catawba College. Responsible for setting strategic direction for the 4,500 employee company, managing assets, and overseeing day-to-day operations.

Named Best CEO, mid-cap category, Institutional Investor magazine’s 2013 All-American Executive team.

Board Member, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation, AutoZone, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Governor’s Foundation for Health and Wellness, Tennessee Bankers Association, Operation HOPE. Chairman, Youth Villages, Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America, and Memphis Tomorrow.

BILL RHODES Chairman, President, and CEO, Customer Satisfaction, AutoZone. B.S., University of Tennessee-Martin; M.B.A., University of Memphis. Leads Fortune 500 company with net sales of $10 billion in 2015. Serves on industry and community boards: Coalition for Auto Repair Equality (CARE), Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA, Chairman), Memphis Tomorrow, Youth Programs, Inc. (Vice-Chairman), the National Civil Rights Museum

(Treasurer), Teach for America (Chairman), Rhodes College Board of Trustees and is a member of the Dollar General Board.

FREDERICK W. SMITH Founder, Chairman, President, and CEO, FedEx Corporation. Launched Federal Express, 1973. Since then, FedEx has become a Memphis institution and a global economic powerhouse. First implementer of airport-hub concept and pioneer of the “Just In Time” inventory concept.

Co-Chairman, Energy Security Leadership Council.

Trustee, U.S. Council for International Business. Member, Aviation Hall of Fame. Consistently named one of Barron’s “World’s 30 Best CEOs.” CEO of the Year, Chief Executive magazine, 2004.

MARK SUTTON Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, International Paper. Started at International Paper in 1984 as an engineer in Louisiana, worked his way up to mill manager in Wisconsin, and in 2000, was promoted to director of European corrugated packaging operations where he helped run the company’s operations in seven countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Later, Senior Vice President of industrial packaging. Sutton returned to the United States in 2005 as Vice President of corporate strategic planning.

CHARLES L. TREADWAY CEO, Thomas & Betts Corp., since May 2012. B.S. and M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Louisiana and Clemson University, respectively; M.B.A., Harvard University. Served as President and COO previously, and Senior Vice President and Group President of Electrical since 2009. Responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to Thomas & Betts’ electrical products businesses on a global basis, including leveraging the strong brand and broad product portfolio and sharing best practices across geographies.

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Chief Financial Officers

If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that a dependable Chief Financial Officer is the cornerstone of any corporation. A CFO must be trustworthy, a straight-shooter, anchored by experience but with a sharp eye out for new opportunities. Without the backing of a strong CFO, a corporation can fall prey to any number of pitfalls. But it’s not just about the for-profit sector — CFOs are also responsible for nonprofits and the donations given to them in good faith. Nonprofits could not survive without CFO know-how to maximize the effectiveness of funding for their cause.

The POWER PLAYERS listed here are smart, savvy, solvent, and most importantly, they are behind some of the biggest names in Memphis business. These individuals ensure its financial footing is solid as a rock.

ALBERT M. CAMPBELL III Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, MAA (Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.).

Bachelor of Professional Accountancy, magna cum laude, Mississippi State University. Certified Public Accountant.

Named 2012 CFO of the Year, Memphis Business Journal.

Board Member, National Multifamily Housing Council.

Began career with Arthur Andersen and has served in finance and accounting roles with Thomas & Betts Corporation. Has been with MAA since 1998 and CFO since 2010.

DAVID L. DUNAVANT Chief Financial Officer, Monogram Food Solutions. B.B.A. and M.B.A., University of Memphis. Certified Public Accountant. Responsible for all aspects of company’s finance, treasury, accounting, information technology, M&A, and financial planning activities. Previously held accounting/finance/planning positions with LEDIC, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Kellogg’s Company, Jimmy Dean Foods, and the U.S. Navy. Former Board Member, YMCA, Leadership Memphis, and The Family Link.

THOMAS “TAD” FEENEY Chief Financial Officer, The Bryce Company. B.S. and M.B.A., Syracuse.

Completed CalTech Industrial Relations Center Project Management Program.

Certified Public Accountant. Company manufactures packaging products with locations in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas.

Past Memphis Chapter President and National Chairman, Chapter Enhancement Action Committee, Financial Executives International. Chairman, Healthy Memphis Common Table.

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WILLIAM (BILL) T. GILES Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Finance, Information Technology, and ALLDATA, Customer Satisfaction, AutoZone. B.S., Accounting and Management, Alfred University. Named one of the top 25 CFOs of public companies in U.S. in 2012 by The Wall Street Journal; 2010 CFO of the Year by Memphis Business Journal. Certified Public Accountant. Board Member, Brinker International, AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Lausanne Collegiate School, and Youth Villages.

ALAN B. GRAF JR. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, FedEx Corporation.

M.B.A., Indiana University, where he is a member of the Academy of Alumni Fellows. Responsibilities include all aspects of FedEx Corporation’s global financial functions. Board Member, NIKE, Inc., Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. Member, Dean’s Advisory Council, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University.

GREG GREGORY Chief Financial Officer, Youth Villages.

Directs the organization’s financial planning and accounting practices.

Since joining Youth Villages in 1991, organization has grown from $6 million to more than $160 million in revenue. Established investment policies for Youth Villages and oversees the investment portfolios of the foundation and pension plans. Oversees company’s new construction and renovation projects. Named “CFO of the Year” in 2010, Memphis Business Journal.

ALAN HAUGHIE Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, ServiceMaster Company. Bachelor, University of Manchester (U.K.). Former Senior Vice President and CFO, Federal-Mogul Corporation, a diversified $6.7 billion global supplier of aftermarket products for automotive, light commercial, heavy-duty, and off-highway vehicles. Concurrently served as CFO for the company’s powertrain division, its largest business segment. Chartered Accountant. Has been with ServiceMaster since 2013.

WILLIAM C. LOSCH III EVP and CFO, First Horizon National Corporation. B.S., Business Administration, University of Richmond; M.B.A., Virginia Commonwealth University. Leads the corporation’s financial activities including treasury, accounting, controls, tax, financial planning, strategic planning, investor relations, corporate development, vendor management, and corporate real estate. Chairman, Dixon Finance & Audit Committee; treasurer, Dixon Board of Trustees; Board Member, First Tennessee Foundation.

CHARLES D. MAXWELL Vice President, Financial Reporting, Executive Board Secretary and Treasurer, Raymond James / Morgan Keegan, a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial. B.S., Accounting, Harding University. Named CFO in 2006 and responsible for all financial reporting, accounting, and finance. Licensed CPA. Member, Tennessee Society of CPAs and AICPA. Board Member, United Way of the MidSouth. Deacon, Highland Church of Christ.

CHRIS MCLEAN Executive Vice President of Finance, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. Has been in position since 2001. B.S., Accounting, Christian Brothers University; M.B.A., University of Memphis. Began working at Methodist in 1984 in corporate finance. Has worked for several health systems in East Tennessee. Previously Vice President of Methodist’s Mississippi division. Member, Tennessee Society of CPAs and Healthcare Financial Management Association. Board Member, Wesley Housing and Health Choice.

JEFFREY PEARSON Chief Financial Officer, ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Holds degree in accounting, University of Memphis. Certified Public Accountant. Has been with ALSAC for

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20 years, and in current position since 2006. Former Chairman, Evangelical Christian School. Finalist, 2010 CFO of the Year Award, Memphis Business Journal. Married to wife, Mindy, with two children, Hannah and David.

LARRY PENNINGTON Vice President of Finance and Administration, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis. B.S., Accounting/ Business Administration, University of Memphis. B.S., Nonprofit Administration, Southwestern Seminary. Oversees all things financial, IT, facilities, and human resources. Twenty years’ experience with for-profits and 20 years’ experience with nonprofits.

Oversaw the completion of the Oakhaven facility and upgrading of other existing facilities.

DON POUNDS Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Baptist Memorial Health Care. B.B.A., University of Mississippi.

Certified Public Accountant.

Responsible for all areas of finance for the Baptist system, including treasury management, external and internal reporting, supply chain, tax, and general accounting. Former CFO, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County. Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Health Care Financial Management Association.

FRANK REID CFO, Duncan-Williams Inc. Graduate of CBU. Certified Public Accountant.

Oversaw transition to the Pershing system while maintaining independence as a fully computing FINRA member. Created internal reporting & cost accounting system, and an in-house, self-directed 401(k) plan for employees with no outside administration costs. Licensed Financial & Operations Principal; General Securities Principal; Registered Options Principal; General Securities Representative.

CAROL L. ROBERTS Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, International Paper. B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Yale Uni- versity. Began working with IP in 1981 as an Associate Engineer at the Mobile, Alabama, paper mill. Former General Manager, Kraft Paper & Packaging. Previously served IP as Vice President, People Development–HR; Vice President–Container, The Americas, Industrial Packaging; and Senior Vice President, IP Packaging Solutions. In addition to duties as CFO, leads the company’s global finance organization.

BRIAN ROBINSON Senior Executive Vice President/CFO, all Crye-Leike Affiliated Companies.

President, Crye-Leike Insurance Agency.

B.S., Business Administration, University of Memphis. Has worked for Crye-Leike Inc. for 29 years. Notable projects include national relocation services for Fortune 500 companies, national and regional financial institutions REO foreclosure services, and federal government agencies REO foreclosure services. Former Board Member and Treasurer of the West Tennessee American Heart Association.

LINDA SAWYER Vice President, Administration/CFO, Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau.

B.S., CBU. Manages all finance and accounting functions, and oversees human resources and administrative operations. CPA, Chartered Global Management Accountant. Member of Tennessee Society of CPAs, American Institute of CPAs, American Payroll Association, and Plan Sponsor Council of America.

Named 2014 CFO of the Year for nonprofits with $8+ million in annual revenue by MBJ. PENELOPE A. SPRINGER Chief Financial Officer, CB Richard Ellis Memphis, LLC. Bachelor of Accountancy, University of Mississippi. Has spent 20 years with company. Started with CB Richard Ellis Memphis as Controller, promoted to CFO in 2006. Board Member, American Society of Women Accountants (ASWA). Mentor for University of Memphis MILE program.

Supporter of Church Health Center and MIFA. Previously worked for Coopers and Lybrand.

management programs, tax planning, compliance, and long-term financial planning for all Loeb-related entities. As COO, works with heads of Asset Management and Brokerage and Development. Former Corporate Controller, Belz Enterprises. Licensed Certified Public Accountant in Tennessee.

JIMMIE D. WILLIAMS Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Belz Enterprises. B.S., Accounting, University of Tennessee at Martin. Company is one of the largest commercial and industrial developers in the South. U.S. Army Officer Training School, Finance Corps. Board Member, ArtsMemphis and Repairing the Breach. Member, Board of Trustees and Development Committee, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. Chairman, Mid-America Student Housing, Inc. Member, Lambda Alpha International and American Institute of CPAs. DAVID ZETTERGREN Vice President, Business and Finance, University of Memphis. B.S. and M.S., University of Memphis. Certified Public Accountant. Ensures fiscal, human, and plant resources are managed responsibly and appropriately in accordance with the Tennessee Board of Regents policies and that the university has a knowledgeable and service-oriented workforce. Received 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award, Memphis Business Journal; Named 2013 CFO of the Year, Memphis Business Journal. Board member, Memphis Minority Business Council and Better Business Bureau.

RICK WAGERS Senior Executive Vice President and CFO. Oversees finance, materials management, security, engineering, facilities development, safety, and the revenue cycle. Alumni, Leadership Memphis.

Member, Health Financial Management Association Solutions Group. Recipient, 2012 CFO of the Year, Memphis Business Journal; and the 2015 Senior Executive Meritorious Service Award, Tennessee Hospital Association.

EARL WILLIAMS JR. Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Loeb Properties. As CFO, responsible for all internal and external financial statement reporting, management information systems, employee benefit programs, risk

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RICHARD W. HUSSEY Chief Operating Officer and Principal, Southeastern Asset Management, Inc. Bachelor of Science, Applied Economics and Business Management, Cornell University. Company, founded in 1975, is an independent global money manager investing in undervalued securities for clients worldwide. Former Global Technology and Operations Associate, J.P. Morgan in New York. Also previously served as Director, Datacomm Solutions and Connectivity What good is a pilot without a co-pilot? Or a ship without a fi rst mate? The same in Memphis, and Vice President, Circle H Farms in is true of the relationship between companies and their Chief Operating Officers Memphis.

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Chief Operating Officers

(sometimes called Chief Operations Officers). These POWER PLAYERS hold a crucial role in the way their companies run on a daily basis and how they meet the RICHARD W. MCDUFFIE long-term goals of the company. They put the “organization” in any organization.

Chief Operating Officer, Dunavant Global Logistics Group. For the last five This isn’t a uniform bunch: The role of a Chief Operating Officer in the company years he has been providing the vision depends upon the company, and upon the chief executive with whom they work. and leadership in building Dunavant’s Their decisions affect not only their businesses but the community as well. Chief logistics division into a recognized Operating Officers drive the businesses that drive the Memphis economy, and this global logistics service provider. selection of outstanding professionals is proof.

KENNARD BROWN Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operations Officer, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, and Department of Surgery, College of Medicine; Chief Administrative Officer, UTHSC campus. Ph.D., Health Science Administration, UTHSC; J.D., University of Memphis. Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives. Previous Director, Office of Equity and Diversity, Office of Employee Relations and Center on Health Disparities.

DON BRUNSON Chief Operating Officer and Secretary, Monogram Food Solutions. B.B.A., Emory University, M.B.A., George Southern. Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy (Retired). Board Member, Community Coffee Company; Former Board Member, Memphis Family Shelter. The company produces value-added meats including the brands it owns, such as King Cotton, Circle B, Hannah’s, Farmer’s Pride, Wild Bill’s, and Hickory’s Best; it licenses brands such as Johnsonville, Butterball, Bass Pro Shops Uncle Buck’s, Team RealTree; and private label.

DON CLANTON Chief Operating Officer, DuncanWilliams, Inc. Former Executive Vice President, Debt Capital Markets, Duncan-Williams. Member, FINRA’s Business Conduct Board. Member, Bond Dealers of America. Former President, Memphis Investment Bankers Association, and Commerce Investment Corporation, a subsidiary of National Bank of Commerce. Former head of Union Planters Investment Bankers Group, which under his leadership grew to one of the Southeast’s leading brokerage and investment banks.

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MIKE EDWARDS President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board Member, Paragon Bank. B.A., Political Science, Rhodes College.

Attended Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at SMU and Barret School of Banking at The University of Memphis. More than 30 years’ experience in banking and financial services. Board Member, Orpheum Theatre, Shelby Farms Park Conservancy, St. Francis HospitalMemphis, and United Way of the Mid-South. Past Chair, Germantown Industrial Development Board, Germantown Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Germantown, and Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

THOMAS L. GRIMES JR. Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, for Mid-America Apartment Communities. B.A., Emory University; M.B.A., University of Memphis. Oversees the company’s portfolio of approximately 80,000 apartment units located in 15 states. Leads the company’s Property Management and Asset Management Divisions. Named to “Top 40 Under 40 National Industry Up and Comers,” Multifamily Executive Magazine. Board Member, Innova and Soulsville Foundation. Chairman of the Board, Shelby Farms Park Conservancy.

MARK HALPERIN Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Boyle Investment Company. Appointee, EDGE for Memphis and Shelby County. Founding Board Member, Triumph Bank. Named 2008 Commercial Broker of the Year, Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council, and 2012 Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser, Memphis Chapter of Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Recipient, 2008 Realtors Commercial Alliance National Award, National Association of Realtors, Commercial Division.

Formerly: Vice President, Supply Chain for AutoZone; Vice President of Global Logistics, Williams-Sonoma.

Board of Directors, Dunavant. Board of Trustees, Bridges USA, Chairman of the Board in 2014 and 2015. Board of Trustees, St. George’s Independent School and Concord Academy.

DAVID T. POPWELL President and Chief Operating Officer, First Tennessee Bank. B.S., University of Alabama; J.D., Washington and Lee University School of Law; LL.M., NYU School of Law. Responsible for all aspects of banking for Memphis-based First Horizon National Corp. Former Chairman, President, and CEO, SunTrust bank in Memphis; Executive Vice President, National Commerce Financial Corp.; and Shareholder, responsible for mergers and acquisitions practice group, Baker Donelson et al.

DAWN RAPOPORT Chief Operating Officer, Waddell & Associates. B.A., Economics, Tulane University. Holds Certified Financial Planner designation. Responsible for managing strategy, execution, and business operations for company. Has more than 20 years’ experience in financial services industry, including working at Raymond James & Associates, Ernst & Young, and Charles Schwab.

Former Board Member, National Capital Chapter, Financial Planning Association, and for The Young Benefactors of the Smithsonian.

CHRISTINE J. “CHRIS” RICHARDS Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, EdR Collegiate Housing. B.A., Education, University of Memphis. Oversees operations of owned and joint-venture collegiate housing portfolio along with directing management services division. Former Vice President of Operations and Regional Director with EdR. Vice Chair and 2015 Chair, National Apartment

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MICHAEL O. UGWUEKE President and Chief Operating Officer, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. President and CEO, Methodist Healthcare Memphis Hospitals. B.S., Shaw University; M.P.H., Emory; and D.H.A., South Carolina. 2012 Modern Healthcare Top 25 Minority Executive. Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives. Member, National Association of Health Services Executives. Board Member, Memphis Academy of Health Sciences, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis, and the American Heart Association, Greater Southeast Area.

EARL WILLIAMS JR. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Loeb Properties.

As COO, works with heads of Asset Management and Brokerage and Development; as CFO, responsible for all internal and external financial statement reporting, management information systems, employee benefit programs, risk management programs, tax planning, and compliance, along with long-term financial planning for all Loeb-related entities. ULI District Council Chair (2014-16); Board Member, Memphis Leadership Foundation & Leadership Empowerment Center. Licensed CPA.

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If you’re in business, you need insurance. Large and small companies need protection from the insurmountable costs property damage, debt, lawsuits, and theft can create. Commercial insurers must be able to take both a macro and micro view of the company they’re representing. The POWER PLAYERS in this category are savvy in risk management, strategic retail or wholesale insurance, property and casualty, and warehousing or manufacturing risk, to name just a few areas. Helping clients take a business to market, manage risk, consult them on claims, and address larger issues in the industry are all of premium importance. Servicing day-to-day needs is just as crucial to a successful relationship. Everyone experiences misfortune at some point, and when that happens, commercial insurance is there to save you.

JOHN D. CROW CEO and Founder, Crow Friedman Group, a Risk Strategies Company.

Offices in Memphis, Nashville, Birmingham, and Atlanta. Specializes in risk management and loss prevention programs for architects, engineers, health, legal, and financial professionals. Speaker and risk management consultant. Involved in continuing education for professional affiliates and construction-related organizations. Charter Member and Board Member, Professional Liability Agents Network.

LARRY E. CRUM Began career with Nationwide Insurance in an apartment and has grown to one of the largest Nationwide Insurance agencies in the U.S. Inducted into the Nationwide Insurance Hall of Fame and consistently an All-Star Agent, the top 12 agencies. Larry has a staff of 40 licensed agents in nine offices (including a Vietnamese and a Hispanic office) in Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri. The agency is licensed in 37 states. Portfolio is well diversified with 60 percent personal lines, 30 percent commercial lines, and 10 percent in financials.

EDDIE FLOYD President of Kemmons Wilson Insurance Group, LLC. Bachelor of Science, Education, University of Memphis. Began career with the company in 2007. Responsible for corporate risk management for Kemmons Wilson, Inc., and for day-to-day operation of the Insurance Group, which provides commercial, hospitality, private client, and aviation insurance. Board Member, Insurers of Memphis. Chairman, Fire Museum of Memphis and River City Youth Development.

CINDI GRESHAM President, Boyle Insurance Agency, Inc. Provides insurance for all lines of personal and business needs including industry programs for senior care, professional liability, contractors, apartments and condominiums, and nonprofit organizations. Certified Insurance Counselor.

Past President, Insurors of Tennessee and Insurers of Memphis. Member, Secure risk, Professional Insurance Association, and Insurors of Tennessee. Former Chairman, Customer Service Representative Council.

Member, State Auto Agents Council.

JEFFERY S. HALL President, McDonnell Insurance.

Specializes in large commercial and group employee benefits with a focus on warehousing, contracting, and transportation. Manages company’s production staff and marketing. In business since 1919, company provides business/commercial insurance, personal insurance, bonds, and health and life insurance. Member and former President, Insurors of Memphis. Former Board Member, Insurors of Tennessee. Former Trustee, Evangelical Christian School.

MARK E. HARRIS Principal, Harris, Madden, Powell, Stallings & Brown, Inc. (HMP Insurance). B.A., Emory University; J.D., University of Memphis. Expertise in heavy casualty, construction, surety, management liability, and manufacturing risk. Former Director, Insurors of Memphis. Former President, West Tennessee Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors; and Collierville Chamber of Commerce.

Berkley Southeast agent of the year (2013); premier partner agent, Amerisure; and Travelers Leadership Council.

W. JOSEPH LAMMEL Executive Vice President, Lockton Memphis. Specializes in transportation, construction, surety, and financial risk.

B.B.A., Risk Management, University of Memphis. Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation, American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters.

Serves on the Board of Mid-South Regional Blood Center.

President of the Board of the SRPA. Past Board member of The Memphis Development Foundation, The Orpheum Theatre, and St. Agnes Academy.

S. EUGENE MATHIS JR. CEO, Menard, Gates & Mathis, Inc. Principal, Insight Risk Management, LLC. Surety bonding, contractors’ insurance, workers compensation, general liability, employee benefits, and inland marine coverages. Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter, Associate in Risk Management.

Adjunct professor, University of Memphis. Former President, Memphis Chapter, Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters, and Builders Exchange of Memphis.

Sponsor of Fire Museum of Memphis.

JEFF MICHAEL Vice President, Clay & Land Insurance, Inc. B.S. in Business, University of Memphis.

Joined father, Mike Michael, at Michael Insurance Agency in 1975. Merged with Clay & Land Insurance in 1982. Firm is a full-service, independent, and family-owned agency providing all lines of insurance. Services include professional liability, property, and general liability.

Member, Central Board, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis, Inc. Lifelong member of St. John’s Methodist Church.

DALE MORRIS Secretary-Treasurer, Memphis Insurance Group, Inc. Owner and Principal, Morris & Associates. B.A., Hampden-Sydney College.

Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter and Past President, Memphis Chapter.

Associate in Risk Management. Past Chairman, Memphis and Shelby County Insurance Advisory Committee and Greater Memphis Insurance Council. Former President, Windyke Country Club Board of Directors. CoSponsor, Child Advocacy Center’s Annual Works of Heart Art Auction & Exhibit.

STEPHEN L. OSEMAN President and Owner, Oseman Insurance Agency. A graduate of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Formed the agency in 1985 and has grown the business to one of the largest independent agencies in Tennessee with 16 employees. With offices in Memphis and Jackson, Mississippi, specializing in the automotive industry, healthcare P&C, education, social services, entertainment and transportation. Is licensed in almost every state and specializes in healthcare property and casualty, transportation,

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KENNETH DAVID PAYLOR CEO and President, USI of Tennessee, Inc. Master of Business Administration, University of Memphis, with concentration in management. Accountable for executive management and handling large risk management programs.

Company has more than 100 offices in the U.S. Certified Insurance Counselor and Associate in Risk Management.

Received Certificate of Achievement for Advanced Consultancy Practice I. Former Board Member, Sister Ruth Ann Center.

JOHN ROBERT PITTS Partner and Owner, Lipscomb and Pitts Insurance, LLC. B.S., University of Tennessee. With partner Mat Lipscomb III, majority owner of largest locally owned insurance agency in the Mid-South. Board Member, Youth Villages, Boy Scouts, Insurors of Tennessee Large Agency Committee, and Governor Haslam’s Tennessee Business Partnership. Board member, Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers. Active in Carnival Memphis. President’s Club Member, University of Tennessee.

KIRK RIGGINS Partner, Page, Chaffin & Riggins Insurance.

B.S., Economics with minor in Business, University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Agency is very hands-on in dealing mainly with Main Street America business, with licenses in multiple states. Currently holds Certified Insurance Counselor Designation. Has served on many trade, community, and private boards and committees. Member, Insurors of Tennessee and Professional Insurance Agents Association.

BRAD V. SMITH President, Smith-Berclair Insurance.

Former President, Cecil Smith Insurance.

Purchased Berclair Insurance Center and merged two companies into SmithBerclair Insurance. Board Member, Liberty Bowl. NCAA Division I college football official. Former President, Insurors of Memphis and Insurors of Tennessee. Tennessee member on the national Board of Directors, Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America. Board Member, Trusted Choice. Elder, Grace Evangelical Church.

PAUL WOODS Managing Director and Client Executive, Marsh USA, Inc. B.B.A., Risk and Insurance Management, University of Memphis.

Member of Marsh’s Southeastern Partnership Management team. Special industry knowledge includes transportation/logistics and wholesale/retail segments. Board Member, Page Robbins Adult Day Care Center. Member, Board of Chapter Advisors, Phi Gamma Delta, Mu Tau Chapter.

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The city’s Commercial Real Estate (CRE) market is constantly in flux. There is always a business considering relocating from one part of the city to another and new businesses looking for a location. CRE professionals are the ones businesses seek out to help them fi nd that perfect location for their needs. We asked: When it’s time for your office, retail, or industrial deal, who do you want brokering it? CRE development requires a different set of skills and a determination to take properties from seed to fruit, from inception to conclusion. Whether renovating properties, repurposing old spaces, or imagining the potential of undeveloped parcels and carrying out their vision, these POWER PLAYERS are the facilitators of growth in Memphis and its environs. They’re not just developing properties, they’re developing our business environment.

J. KEVIN ADAMS Senior Managing Director, CBRE Memphis, LLC. B.B.A., SMU. CEO and Chairman, Green Ballast, Inc. (GBLL) Other business ventures include Locally Global Investments (LGI), H2O Properties, Bluff City Realty, and The Realty Advisors of Sun Valley, LLC. Past and present board memberships include Magna Bank, Carnival Memphis, New Memphis Institute, LEDIC Property Management, Diversity Institute of Memphis, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Orpheum Theatre, and Make-a-Wish.

RONALD “RON” BELZ President and CEO, Belz Enterprises. One of the largest commercial and industrial developers in the South. Developments include more than 25 million square feet of property, including Shelby Oaks, Goodlett Farms, Appling Farms, The Peabody, Peabody Place, and numerous office and industrial parks. Specializes in the development and management of industrial, retail, office, and residential properties across the country. Board Member, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and The Assisi Foundation.

PAUL BOYLE President, Boyle Investment Company.

Graduate, Washington and Lee, New Memphis Institute, and Leadership Memphis. Member, Chairman’s Circle, Greater Memphis Chamber. Advisory Board Member, Baptist Memorial Health Care. Board Member, Urban Land Institute, Brooks Museum of Art. Executive Committee Member, Commercial Real Estate Owners’ Alliance. Former Board Member and Treasurer, Hickory Hill Chapter, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis. Founder, West Institute for Cancer Research.

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DANNY BURING Managing Partner Memphis Office, The Shopping Center Group, LLC. B.A., Psychology, University of TennesseeKnoxville. Company provides full assortment of retail real estate advisory services to landlords, developers, investors, financial institutions, and retailers throughout the Eastern U.S. Notable clients include Fresh Market, Dick’s, Bed Bath & Beyond, Panera Bread, Chipotle, LA Fitness, and Fleming’s Steakhouse. Member, International Council of Shopping Centers.

Board Member, Memphis Light, Gas and Water and Memphis Shelby Crime Commission. Received Pinnacle Award for Commercial Broker of the Year in 2004.

ANDY CATES CEO and President of Brokerage Services for Colliers International in Memphis.

Involved in nearly 750 transactions totaling more than 50 million square feet. Recipient of Colliers Everest Award and numerous Memphis Area Association of Realtors Pinnacle Awards including Commercial Broker of the Year, 2012. SIOR Memphis Chapter President, 2013; Memphis Chamber Board of Advisors, 2015.

DARRELL T. COBBINS President and Principal Broker, Universal Commercial Real Estate, LLC. B.A., Rhodes; M.B.A., University of Memphis. Chairman’s Circle/Board of Directors, Greater Memphis Chamber.

Board of Directors, National Civil Rights Museum. 2013 Board Chairman, New Memphis Institute.

Past Chairman, Memphis Light, Gas & Water. Recipient, 2011 Agent of Change Award, MULYP, and 2012 African American Male Image Award for Business, HobsonGoodlow Foundation.

JOHN ELKINGTON Chairman and CEO, Elkington Real Estate Group. Nationally known for development and stewardship of the Beale Street Historic District, the winner in a 2013 USA Today readers’ poll as “Most Iconic American Street.” Has been involved in the successful development of over 50 properties, including Lenox School in Midtown; Beachwalk Villas at Sandestin, Florida; and Union Station in Nashville. Recently served as a consultant for The Banks entertainment district in Cincinnati and Grand Center in St. Louis. Currently leading the development of 300 acres near Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and Red Square entertainment district in St. Louis. Member, Germantown Park Commission. Named 2015 Rotarian of the Year by the Memphis Rotary Club.

THOMAS FARNSWORTH Partner, Farnsworth Investment Company and Holdings. Has been a real estate developer and investment builder for more than 40 years, building more than 10 million square feet in 60 warehouse buildings and 25 office buildings. Member, Society of Office and Industrial Realtors (SIOR). Recipient, Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Broker Lifetime Achievement Award, the Lambda Alpha International Excellence in Real Estate Lifetime Achievement Award, and Carnival Memphis Cook Halle Award, among others.

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ERIC FUHRMAN President, Crye-Leike Commercial.

Certified Commercial Investment Member. Member, National Association of Realtors, Memphis Area Association of Realtors, and Tennessee Association of Realtors. Recent clients have included Henco, Keystone Healthcare Management, and Fred’s.

Awarded the “Circle of Excellence” by company founders Harold Crye and Dick Leike in 2010. Involved with sons in the Boy Scouts of America Troop 95 in Somerville.

STEVE GUINN Vice President, Highwoods Properties.

B.B.A., Baylor. Has more than 30 years’ experience in commercial real estate.

Received the Pinnacle Award’s Commercial Broker of the Year in 2009.

Certified Public Accountant and LEED Accredited Professional. Member, Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. Certified Commercial Investment Member. Member, Lambda Alpha International. Board Member, Soulsville Foundation. Project Board Member, Shelby Farms Park Conservancy.

LAWRENCE “LARRY” JENSEN President and CEO, Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Advisors.

Represents and advises families, corporations, and institutions on real estate. Instrumental in Smith & Nephew’s acquisition of their orthopedics headquarters building. Other clients have included FedEx, ServiceMaster, and AutoZone. Honors include 2005 Commercial Broker of the Year and 2008 Office Broker of the Year. Former President, Memphis Tomorrow. Board Member, Shelby Farms Park Conservancy. Past Chairman, Greater Memphis Chamber.

CARMA C. JUDE Portfolio Manager, Healthcare Realty.

B.S., Business Management, Louisiana Tech University; M.B.A., Finance and Real Estate, University of Memphis.

Certified Commercial Investment Member. Company is a publicly traded REIT that focuses on owning, managing, acquiring, and developing outpatient medical facilities throughout the U.S. Company owns seven properties totaling 516,000 square feet in Memphis. Clients include Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation and numerous physician practices in the Mid-South.

MICHAEL A. LIGHTMAN Owner, Michael Lightman Realty Co., a regional leader in commercial-property brokerage and land investment.

Developed Shelby Business Park, a 500,000-square-foot high-end industrial park, Germantown’s Exeter Village, Centennial Place, the 230,00-square-foot South Lake

Centre in Southaven, and multiscreen movie theater complexes for Malco Theaters. Recently expanded into the Nashville area. Currently completing phases VI and VII on Memphis’ Fieldstone Apartments, as well as Phase IV of Centennial Gardens Apartments in Memphis. Inducted into the Commercial Hall of Fame, Memphis Area Association of Realtors.

ROBERT “BOB” LOEB President, Loeb Properties, Inc. B.S. and M.B.A., Southern Methodist University. Portfolio of more than 2 million square feet of office, multifamily, and industrial space, including more than 100 retail properties in Memphis noted for their architectural designs.

Current projects in Memphis include the redevelopment of Overton Square Theater District, Broad Avenue Arts District, and University District revitalization.

Trustee, Memphis University School and Memphis College of Art. Director, Playhouse on the Square and Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. Member, Overton Park Conservatory Board.

LEWIS K. MCKEE JR. Partner and Broker, McKee and McFarland, Inc. Full-service real estate firm actively engaged in the acquisition, development, management, and marketing of commercial and industrial properties. Has represented corporate clients including Prudential Insurance Company of America, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Holly Farms Corporation, and Tyson Foods. Licensed Real Estate Broker in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri. Began career with Trammell Crow Company.

TIM MOORE Marketing officer, IDI Gazeley. B.S. in Biology from Rhodes College.

Responsible for the marketing and leasing of both IDI Gazeley-owned development properties and thirdparty-owned buildings in Memphis; DeSoto County, Mississippi; and West Memphis, Arkansas. Recognized as CoStar Power Broker for Memphis Industrial Market for 2008 and 2009. Prior to joining IDI Gazeley in 2005, was Regional Marketing Director at The Pauls Corp. in Colorado.

JOSH POAG President and CEO, Poag Shopping Centers. BSE in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University.

Commercial Real Estate services include management, leasing, development, and acquisition of lifestyle centers. Notable clients include Tanger Outlets Southaven, Highland Row, Carriage Crossing, and Graceland. ISCSC and ULI certified. Chairman,

Communify LIFT. Former Chairman, River City Capital. Lives with wife, Amy, and three daughters, Celia, Charlotte, and Alexandra.

GARY PROSTERMAN President and chief executive officer, Development Services Group, Inc. B.S., University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Georgetown (Comparative Economics Systems). Founder, Symbion in 1998. Projects include redevelopment of historic federal courthouse in Tampa into Le Meridien Hotel. Current projects include adaptive reuse of major office buildings into hotels in downtown Houston and downtown Atlanta.

Board Member, Hapten Sciences, Inc., University of Tennessee College of Consumer Services, and Housing Foundation of West Tennessee.

EDWARD “EDDIE” SAIG President, NAI Saig Company, a full-service industrial, retail, and office brokerage firm. Has business degree from University of Arkansas. Earned Pinnacle Award as the Highest Producing Commercial Real Estate Broker. Recently received the NAI Gold Club Award. Served as president of Memphis Chapter of Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR). Has SIOR and Counselor of Real Estate (CRE) designations. Member, Lambda Alpha National Real Estate Chapter.

CHARLES H. SEVIER Chief Manager and Partner, Crump Commercial, LLC/CORFAC International. B.S. from Christian Brothers University. Company has won six annual top industrial transaction awards from CORFAC International. Clients and projects have included Durham School Bus Services and Shearer Supply. Former President of Society of Industrial and Office Realtors Memphis Chapter, former president of CCIM Memphis Chapter, and 2011 president of CORFAC International. University of Tennessee; M.S. and M.B.A., University of Memphis.

JOSEPH L. STEFFNER Senior Vice President, Regional Managing Director, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Memphis operations. Recipient, multiple MAAR Commercial Pinnacle Awards and 2005 Broker of the Year, Office Sales. President-Elect, Memphis Area Association of Realtors. Chairman, Children’s Museum of Memphis. President, Carnival Memphis.

B.A., University of Tennessee; M.S. and M.B.A., University of Memphis.

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If you build it, they will come.” With that declaration, the construction industry could be said to operate. But a lot of meaning is in the simple statement. To “build it” is no mean feat. It takes the minds and muscles of professionals, skilled laborers, farsighted foremen, and multitasking managers. The structure exists on paper, but pragmatic hands are required to turn wishful thinking into a realized vision. In the Architecture category, we quoted Le Corbusier: “Architecture is the learned game … of forms assembled in the light.” So, who do you think does all that assembling? A construction site is one sure sign of economic progress. Whenever cranes dominate the urban or suburban skyline, you can almost hear the economic engine revving. A designer dreamt the city up. The POWER PLAYERS in construction put it on the map.

JACK BEARDEN Vice President, Belz Construction LLC. Firm offers design, design-build, and general contracting services. Focuses on healthcare, industrial, office, retail, government, and education construction. Clients include Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, St. Jude, Nike, Saint Francis Healthcare, and Campbell Clinic. LEED Accredited Professional. Member, Associated General Contractors, American Society of Healthcare Engineering, U.S. Green Building Council, and Memphis & Shelby Co. Building Code Board.

RUSTY LINKOUS President, Linkous Construction Company, Inc. Firm specializes in general contracting, construction management, and consulting. Recently completed projects include Malco Theatres, Michael Lightman Realty, CBHS, Briarcrest Christian School, Lausanne Collegiate School, MCR Safety, Poplar Healthcare, FedEx, Highland Church of Christ, and Financial Federal. Recipient, Platinum Safety Training and Evaluation Process Award and multiple Excellence in Construction Awards, Associated Builders and Contractors.

KEVIN MOYES Division President and Executive VP, Flintco, LLC. Firm caters to healthcare, hospitality, correctional, educational, research, and commercial fields.

Clients include St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, FedEx, Corrections Corporation of America, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation, Memphis Bioworks Foundation, and National Civil Rights Museum. Past President, West Tennessee Chapter, Association of General Contractors. Advisory Board, The Salvation Army - Memphis.

FRED GRINDER President and CFO, Grinder, Taber and Grinder. Firm offers general contracting, design/build, construction management, and LEED-certified projects.

Projects include The Crosstown Project, Rhodes College, Christian Brothers University, Wolf River Medical, Enoble Building, LYFE Kitchen, Hutchinson School, and KPMG. Other clients include Second Presbyterian, Presbyterian Day School, and FedEx. Recipient, AIA Awards for Excellence for MIFA and Christ Community Medical Center. Member, Associated Builders and Contractors.

H. MONTGOMERY MARTIN Founder & CEO, Montgomery Martin Contractors. B.S., Auburn. Firm specializes in retail, office, healthcare, multi-family, hospitality, urban redevelopment, and institutional. Clients include Shelby Farms Park, Rael Development, Highwoods Properties, Henry Turley Company, AutoZone Park, Kroger, CBU, Regional One Health, and Dixon Gallery and Gardens. Board Member, WKNO and Independent Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis International, Urban Land Institute, and Memphis Chamber’s Chairman’s Circle.

ERNEST M. OWENS SR. President and Chairman of the Board, Bricks, Inc. Associate’s degree, Business Administration, Southwest Tennessee Community College. Has 46 years’ experience in all aspects of construction, from field supervision to project management. Projects have ranged from $1 million to $20 million. Clients have included Coors Brewing Company, Shelby County government, Memphis Housing Authority, Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, Shelby County Schools, and federal government.

PAGE INMAN Executive Vice President, Inman-EMJ Construction. Firm offers commercial general contractor and construction management services. Clients include Baptist Memorial Health Care, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Campbell Clinic, University of Memphis, UTHSC, and University of Mississippi. Recipient, Associated Builders and Contractors Excellence in Construction Award. Board Member, Regional One Health Foundation and State of Tennessee Quality in Construction. Member, Greater Memphis Chamber.

CHRIS MCDERMOTT Owner, Grinder Haizlip Construction.

BSCE, Oklahoma. More than 30 years’ experience in the field. Firm specializes in commercial, industrial, and residential construction. Projects and clients include Wright Medical HQ, Grizzlies Sportsplex, Mellow Mushroom, Gossett Porsche/VW/Audi, Trinity Ridge Business Park, OrthoMemphis, Valero, FedEx, Cargill. Board Member, Ronald McDonald House.

Recipient, District 6800 Rotarian of the Year.

Professional engineer, LEED professional, and Leadership Memphis ‘03.

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CLYDE L. PATTON JR. President, Patton & Taylor Construction Company. Firm offers services in general construction, construction management, and value engineering.

Projects include Harbor Town Landing, The Carrington at Schilling Farms, Civic Center Apartments, 88 Union Center, Centennial Garden Apartments Phases 2, 3, & 4, Fieldstone Apartments Phases 2-6, Memphis Cotton Exchange, and Taylor Bend Apartments in Oxford, MS. Named Builder of the Year, MAHBA. Member, Memphis Area Association of Realtors, Lambda Alpha International, and Associated Builders and Contractors.

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JOE T. SAVAGE Owner and CEO of Metro Construction, a commercial General Contractor founded in 1981. Company offers pre-construction, project management, and design-build services; specializes in commercial renovation and new construction of cold chain, education, historic, hotel and condo, industrial, office, religious, restaurant, and retail projects. Projects include: Kuehne+Nagel, Green Mountain Consulting, DLSS, Expeditors, Gould’s Salon, Fox 13 News, Memphis College Prep, Char Restaurant, and the Memphis Jewish Community Center.

ALLEN WAGNER President, Wagner General Contractors, Inc. Holds a B.B.A. from Harding University. Wagner General, a commercial general contractor licensed in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas, is Diamond Level certified in the ABC Safety Training and Evaluation Process, and it is the culmination of a dream to have a company where employees and clients are treated with respect and always dealt with honestly.

CHRIS L. WOODS President, Chris Woods Construction Co., Inc. Founded in 1985, the firm services include general contracting and construction management. Clients and projects have included Tennessee Air National Guard, Memphis Land Bank, FedEx, Memphis Shelby County Airport Authority, Bayer Crop Science, Main Event Entertainment, Bumpus Harley-Davidson, MGM Resorts International, ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, Baptist Memorial Healthcare Corporation, Indmar Marine, First Baptist Church, Enterprise Holdings, and Allure Bridals.

Recipient, multiple Excellence in Construction Awards, Associated Builders and Contractors. Member of ABC, American Institute of Architects, and the U.S. Green Building Council.

“We exceed our clients’ expectations through quality construction in a cost-effective and timely manner”

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Quality health and financial benefits packages not only make employees happy, they make companies more competitive and efficient — and what business owner or manager doesn’t want that? Professionals in this category broker these high-quality benefits and balance the needs of employers and employees alike. Not only do these POWER PLAYERS have an expert understanding of fi nancial advising, they know what benefits and amenities are most important to employees, including healthcare plans, pension plans, and, in some cases, even childcare, transportation, and cafeteria plans. Being the middleman isn’t always easy, but these professionals know how to meet everyone’s needs at once — and keep companies running as smoothly as possible in the fast-paced, ever-changing fields of healthcare and fi nance.

J. AUSTIN BAKER III President, HRO Partners, a human resources consulting and outsourcing firm representing private sector and public sector municipal and governmental entities with more than 45,000 employees and retirees. Top 40 under 40, Leadership Memphis, and Nexus Graduate Entrepreneur of the Year (2010) from University of Memphis Fogelman College of Business & Economics. Co-founder, J. Austin Baker III Memphis Institute for Leadership Education Program. Board member, Workforce Investment Network & Economics Club. Co-owner, Owen Brennan’s restaurant.

ED BARNETT Founder and President, The Barnett Group. Member, American Association of Life Underwriters.

Lifetime Member, Million Dollar Roundtable, and recipient of the Top of the Table Award. Received Order of Excalibur, AXA Advisors. Named to AXA Advisors Hall of Fame. Recipient, 2013 Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Living Award for Inspiration in Faith and Health. Former Board Member, Make-A-Wish, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Foundation, and the MS Society.

ROBERT “BOB” BROWN Partner, UCL Financial Group, LLC. Chartered Life Underwriter. Past President, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Memphis Association of Life Underwriters, and Tennessee Association of Life Underwriters. Recipient, Tennessee Association Insurance Professional of the Year (2000) and Lester A. Rosen Humanitarian and Achievement Award. Hall of Fame, Union Central. Board Member, Life Insurance Foundation for Education. 2013 Robert E. Musto Tennessee Insurance Hall of Fame, MTSU. 48 |

Committees and is a multi-year Leaders Club qualifier. Member, National Association of Health Underwriters, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Professional Insurance Agents of Tennessee, Colonial Country Club. Board Member, Memphis Golf Association.

KELLY O. FINNELL President, Executive Financial Services, Inc. Bachelor’s and J.D., University of Memphis. Has been with company more than 30 years. Author, The ESOP Coach: Using ESOPs in Ownership Succession Planning. CLU and AIF designations.

Member, Advisory Board, Renasant Bank. Former Board Member, Economic Club of Memphis. Former Vestry Member and Treasurer, Holy Communion Church. Former President of the Board, Family Services of Memphis.

TIMOTHY J. FINNELL President and Founder, Group Benefits LLC. B.B.A., University of Memphis.

Company provides ACA strategic planning and employee benefits design. Frequent speaker on ACA and has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal and CNNMoney. Executive of the Year Finalist and 2015 Pacesetters Award Honoree, Memphis Business Journal.

Certified Healthcare Reform Specialist and Chartered Financial Consultant. Member, Memphis Health Underwriters Association and American Society of Financial Service Professionals.

MARK FORRESTER CEO, Regions Insurance of Tennessee.

B.B.A., Insurance and Risk Management, University of Memphis. Responsible for company operations in Memphis and Nashville with focus on property, casualty, employee benefits, executive life, HR, and risk management consulting. Senior Vice President, Regions Insurance Group. Former President, Insurors of Memphis and Greater Memphis Insurance Council. Former State Director, Insurors of Tennessee. National Advisory Board Member, AIG and Zurich Insurance.

KAREN W. BUCKNER Partner and Office Leader in Memphis, Mercer. B.A., Mathematics, Vanderbilt University. Company is a human resources consulting firm and subsidiary of Marsh and McLennan Companies.

Consulting actuary for large retirement plans. Member, Society of Actuaries and American Academy of Actuaries. Enrolled actuary for DOL and IRS. Mercer recognized by Memphis Business Journal as largest employee benefits firm in Memphis. Leadership Memphis Executive Class of 2013.

KEITH A. JAMES President, CEO, and Chief Manager, The James Group, LLC. B.A., North Carolina; M.B.A., East Carolina. Founded company in 2003. Achieved Lifetime Status in the National Health Association Health Underwriters Leading Producers Round Table. Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives.

Past President, Mid-South Association of Health Underwriters. Leadership Germantown graduate, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Broker Advisory Council, and Tennessee Long Term Care Partnership Training.

TODD DYSON Partner & Vice President, Clay and Land Insurance, Inc., founded in 1968.

Started with company in 1989. Specializes in employee benefits consulting and administration.

Serves on multiple Broker Advisory

PHILIP JOHNSON Employee Benefits Practice Leader, Regions Insurance of Tennessee. B.B.A., Baylor University. Former Partner, Argyle Benefits Consultants. Healthcare Reform specialist with speaking engagements to a variety of groups including civic clubs,

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Certified Employee Benefits Specialist. President, MidSouth Association of Health Underwriters. Member, National Association of Health Underwriters and Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for Tennessee Insurance Exchange Initiative.

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JAMES “JAY” F. KEEGAN JR. Chairman and founder of Bodock, Inc., a holding company with four operating subsidiaries. President and CEO, Adams Keegan, a national HR services and software company.

Founder and CEO, Staff Line, a multistate staffing firm. Co-Founder, The James Group, a multi-state life and health insurance agency. Member, Young Presidents’ Organization, Chairman’s Circle of Greater Memphis Chamber, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s Memphis Club. Leadership Memphis and New Memphis Institute alumnus. Past Chairman and Director, EmergeMemphis. Former director, Navy League of Memphis.

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MICHAEL S. MCMANUS Senior Partner and Founder, McManus Reilly Financial. B.A., Economics, University of Tennessee.

Company provides financial strategy services including employee and executive benefits and retirement planning. Chartered Life Underwriter. Member, Society of Financial Professionals. Life Member, Million Dollar Round Table. Member, Estate Planning Council of Memphis and Economic Club of Memphis. Board Member, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis.

Advisory Board Member, Rotary Club of East Memphis.

JIM E. MEEKS JR. Managing Partner, Northwestern Mutual of Memphis. Territory covers West Tennessee, Arkansas, North Mississippi, and Southern Missouri.

Business specializes in investment strategies and products, life insurance, employee and executive benefit programs, education funding, estate analysis, and retirement analysis. The Northwestern Mutual Memphis office was first established in 1965 and Meeks became managing partner in 2009. Has qualified for Million Dollar Round Table many times.

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WM. ASHLEY PACE Producer Partner, Lockton Companies.

Graduate, University of Tennessee.

Excels in effective benefit plan design, risk management strategy, compensation, and retirement strategies to position organizations to reduce insurance costs and increase productivity.

Recipient, Presidents Club Award. Member, International Foundation of Employee Benefits, National Business Group on Health, and Society of Human Resource Managers. Mentor in NEXUS Leadership Program and Board Member of the American Heart Association.

SHANNON DYSON Vice President, Shoemaker Benefits Corporation. Graduate of the University of Tennessee. Responsible for Group Benefit operations in Memphis and Nashville with a focus on Group Health, Life, and Disability benefits plans. Specializes in creative plan design and long-term benefits planning to help employers provide value to their employees by using sometimes unconventional products and services. National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, MidSouth Association of Health Underwriters.

CHARLES SIMS JR. President and CEO, the Sims Financial Group, Inc. Certified Financial Planner, Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow, and Certified Mutual Funds Manager. Member, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors. Life and Qualifying Member, Million Dollar Round Table. First African-American member of John Hancock’s Hall of Fame. Life and Founding Member, Crescent Club of Memphis. Board Member, First American Bank and WKNO. DARREL SUMNER Vice President, Strategic Financial Partners Benefits. B.A., University of Memphis. Services include strategic design, funding, and marketing of group health, dental, life/accidental death and dismemberment, short and long-term disability, voluntary benefits, and employer solutions. Multiple terms served on various Field Advisory Committees of a number of leading insurance companies.

STUART ZALOWITZ Senior Vice President, Employee Benefits Division, Regions Insurance, Inc. Bachelor of Science, University of Oklahoma. NAHU Certified Healthcare Reform Consultant. Estate Planner, National Association of Health Underwriters Golden Eagle Award Winner. Member, National Associations of Estate Planners and National Association of Health Underwriters. Certified LongTerm Care Specialist.

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2016 Inductees

Founded in 1991 to recognize the contribution of business owners and key executives to the Memphis community, and to foster the development of the entrepreneurial spirit that makes this city great, the Society of Entrepreneurs each year welcomes new inductees into its fold.

The honor of inclusion is significant because it is one bestowed by peers to established and proven businessmen and women. In the process of consideration, it has been determined that each has exhibited the following characteristics and successes: personal business achievement, self-direction, leadership, personal integrity, determination, creativity, and the ability to transform a vision into a dynamic business achievement.

This year’s three inductees have indeed transformed their visions to realize impressive goals.

Along with the annual inductees, the Society of Entrepreneurs and Junior Achievement of Memphis honor a Master Entrepreneur, one who best exemplifies what it means to work within this community.

On behalf of all of us at Inside Memphis Business, congratulations to this year’s honorees.

Patrick Lawler | Bob Loeb | Carolyn Chism Hardy | Nat Landau

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Patrick W. Lawler Youth Villages Inc.

The CEO of Youth Villages started out getting it all wrong.

Well, not entirely, since Patrick W. Lawler was a natural as a social worker and knew how to connect to troubled youth and help them out.

But he couldn’t have been more of a novice when it came to running an organization.

But as often happens with the best entrepreneurs, he learned what it took to get it right.

“While most of our work in the early years was making decisions from our heart, because we’re social workers and that’s what we do,” he says, “we had to learn to make decisions from our head.”

His success in guiding the nonprofit since he started it in 1980 reflects a gift for making decisions from both the heart and the head.

Youth Villages started with a few dozen young people in the early 1980s in Memphis.

It is now in 72 locations in 12 states with some 2,800 employees working with more than 22,000 children and families each year; revenue has ballooned to more than $200 million a year. It’s got a strong board, ongoing recognition, and plenty of praise — including by the White House — for innovation and commitment.

Pretty heady stuff that he couldn’t have imagined 43 years ago.

Back then, Bill Key, Lawler’s football coach at Bishop Byrne High School, was also the executive director of Tall Trees Youth Guidance School. He asked Lawler, a graduating 18-year-old, if he wanted to work there. While his buddies were getting ready to study business in college, Lawler thought there was nothing better he could do than live at the facility and work with some of the most troubled kids in the city.

“I was drawn to them, maybe because they demanded so much attention,” he says.

In his mid-20s, he was a probation

counselor at Memphis and Shelby County Juvenile Court and was asked by Judge Kenneth A. Turner to close down a failing residential program. Dogwood Village was a mess with no money, its license in peril, and board members quitting.

“I went out there and spent a couple of weeks. I asked Judge Turner if he’d let me be responsible for it and try to keep it going. He said I could go ahead and try.”

It could be characterized as enthusiasm triumphing over common sense.

“I had no idea how to get money for a place like that, or what a budget was,” Lawler says. “I didn’t know you had to have a license. I didn’t know what a board of directors was. I knew a little about taking care of kids. I read a quote once that probably described me: ‘I’m not young enough to know everything anymore.’”

He figured it out along the way, though.

With 26 young people and nine on staff, and a budget of $150,000, “We owed everybody in town,” he says. “But we finally grew to serve 40 kids and I worked out some of our financial problems and went to the bank to borrow money.”

Lawler says he wasn’t making much traction since he figured a charity was supposed to scramble from day to day, hoping that food would be donated and the occasional used couch show up from a friend.

That started to change in 1983 when Jim Pickle joined the board and convinced Lawler that it didn’t need to be that way. Lawler grew more savvy about running the organization and in 1986 it merged with Memphis

Boys Town to become Youth Villages.

It was in the late 1980s and early 1990s that Youth Villages started collecting outcome data to see how the young people fared after leaving the program. It wasn’t encouraging. Lawler said that prompted something of an epiphany in the mid1990s — that families weren’t the source of the problems, they were the solution.

“We started over from 1994,” he says.

“We changed every job description, we even changed one of our values that we believe young people are raised best by their families.”

Youth Villages started working closely with families trying to come up with sustainable solutions for the young people. Its Evidentiary Family Restoration program involves working with the child and family, measuring outcomes, keeping young people in the community and providing accountability. It claims “success rates twice that of traditional services at one-third the cost of traditional care.”

To pull this off requires more than considerable expertise and devotion to young people. “We also spend as much time with state and federal governments to try to reform the system,” Lawler says. “We believe the child welfare system is broken and in order for us to have the greatest impact, there have to be significant reforms.”

He knows he’s asking a lot: “You must build a strong culture, a culture of caring, a culture of commitment, a culture of people who are going to do whatever it takes every day, seven days a week, 24 hours a day, who are really willing to make a sacrifice in their own lives to benefit the lives of others.”

Lawler believes that everyone with a stake in young people should have a commitment to them that is equal to that of his and Youth Villages’ motto: “We don’t give up on kids.”

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Bob Loeb Loeb Properties

Bob Loeb will take a moment to point out who’s who in a series of remarkable images hanging on the walls of Loeb Properties.

The framed newspaper advertisements offer the sort of nostalgia that brings a smile to Memphians of a certain age. Bob and his siblings were prominently featured in the decades-old ads that touted the enterprises of their father, Bill Loeb, who put the entrepreneurial family’s name on stores all over the region, selling, among other things, laundry and dry cleaning services, and Loeb’s Tasty Bar-B-Q (“The Best Little Pig on the Market”).

The family business started almost 130 years ago and would get involved in more than a dozen ventures. In the 1960s and 1970s, Bill Loeb expanded his laundry, convenience store, and barbecue operations into strip center buildings throughout the city.

That was how Bob started, with summer jobs doing whatever needed doing from sales and service to janitorial. But it took a while for him to get into the family business.

“After college, my first job was a startup business venture in the then-Memphis State area, a saloon that brother Lou and I ran. That might have been work avoidance,” he jokes, “but we did it for a couple of years and did pretty well.”

He also picked up some real estate experience working for Phillip McNeill and Dan Stewart before going into his father’s business. But he only stayed a year — he still wasn’t committed to being part of the fourth generation to carry on the business. He went to Southern Methodist University to get his MBA and figured he’d stay in Texas. But the 1986 oil crash left Texas limping and Memphis, meanwhile, was looking better and better.

Bill Loeb had essentially retired and Bob’s brother Lou was focusing on the company’s real estate management. “I joined brother Lou and he and I got out of the retail operations and focused on real estate investment and development,” Bob says. “That was a very transformational time in the company.”

The retail operations weren’t doing so well, “and the future looked worse than the present, so we figured how to navigate from

being a retailer to a real estate investment company. Over a five-year period of time we transitioned and it was a good move.”

Since then, Loeb Properties has continued to make good moves.

“We were generalists, buying up and fixing up old stuff,” Bob says. “The tax code favors exchanging from property to property and deferring your gains, so we played the trading game, trying to upgrade a portfolio of properties and expand into different areas and learn what would be attractive areas to be in.”

One attractive area the company had long been interested in was Overton Square and when it got the opportunity, it grabbed it.

Bob’s vision of what it could be was shaped by the notion that, as he says, “Marketing 101 is giving people what they want.”

With that, he held community meetings to get those details and determine which ideas were compatible and sustainable.

Bob saw to it that the buildings were fixed up as well as the spaces between buildings.

Tenants were carefully chosen and the area was opened up to public events.

Loeb Properties has also committed to being part of the remarkable changes going on around the University of Memphis campus. “My high school classmate Cecil Humphreys drafted us into it saying, ‘Bring some of that Overton Square stuff to the University District,’” Bob says.

The company has joined the nonprofit University Neighborhood Development Corp., acquiring and improving most of the property in the old Highland Strip. But it’s much more than that. “You can’t kid

yourself,” Bob says. “The paint-up/fix-up is the easy and fun part. The intensive property management to keep it safe and clean is the important part.” Hence its active role in making it a more livable community with support for pedestrians and bicyclists, as well as the commercial development in the area.

Another area Loeb Properties has boosted is along Broad Avenue, where it owns some industrial space. “A group of merchants were redeveloping that place and it was really obvious that we ought to partner with them and support them,” Bob says. It made a loading dock courtyard available which, with a gift from ArtPlace America, has made it a place for hosting public events. Further, it has made possible a redo of the water tower that provides an artistic beacon to the burgeoning arts and business district.

Bob says that the company enjoys doing projects like Overton Square, but as fulfilling as it is, it’s also time consuming. “We want to remain very local, like a 50-mile radius around Memphis, and we need to pursue some profitable lines of business so we can stay alive.”

Creating and sustaining these projects lets him put his entrepreneurial philosophy to work. He says he’d tell up-and-coming entrepreneurs to follow their passions: “Trust your instinct, get good advice, find mentors, take measured risks, prioritize what it is you want to go after; have fun.” Bob also says focus is particularly important. “There’s danger in trying to do too much at once, not prioritizing, and not executing well.”

He says he and brother Lou work well together “because of our different interests. We’ve been involved in different areas of our family business together.

We seldom step on each others’ toes because he’s in one area and I’m in another and we trust each other implicitly.”

Bob also cultivates a positive workplace: “I try to create an environment where my employees can thrive, where they can enjoy themselves, express themselves, and be creative.”

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Carolyn Chism Hardy Chism Hardy Investments

Carolyn Chism Hardy remembers well when she became an entrepreneur.

She was all of 9 years old.

A younger sister had ordered greeting cards from a magazine, despite their mother’s warnings not to do such things. They were stuck with them, Hardy says, and they were broke. “We were talking one day about how to get some money for candy. I said to my sister, ‘You’ve got those cards and we’re going to sell them!’ This was my first opportunity to sell and we went into the neighborhood and knocked on doors. I had that sale down.”

They were out for a few hours and came back with money instead of cards. “That,” she says, “was my first foray into sales.”

Hardy would go on to the University of Memphis to get a degree in accounting and a master’s in management. Her first job out of college was with J.M. Smucker Co. as a staff accountant. She wasn’t content to merely count jars of jam. There was room for advancement and she got familiar not only with how things works, but how they didn’t work.

She got to know the plant’s quality manager who would tell her about particular problems he was having.

She’d take notes, analyze, and come up with solutions. When he was promoted, she got that job — the first woman and first African American to hold it.

The up-and-coming executive turned things around on several fronts. In the mid1990s, she was promoted to plant manager and continued to innovate. Although she knew she wasn’t getting the money her male counterparts were, it didn’t bother her. “They were using me and I was going to use them,” she says. “When you want to do creative things, you need the company to believe in your capabilities. I felt our approach to manufacturing was off base and I wanted to change it. I was willing to accept less pay so I could play in their sandbox. If it worked, I would get more money. It did and I doubled my salary.”

Her understanding of how the world worked and her analytical mind would

eventually get her to the Memphis plant of the Coors Brewing Co. The brewer wanted her to run the plant and she had her work cut out for her. “My first week on the job I analyzed their financials and told them they were going to close the plant.” They asked what she would do. “I like a fight,” she says now. “No one else would care. We need to keep those jobs in Memphis.”

For the next five years, she did just that, turning it from the worst performing plant in the Coors network to making it as efficiently run as any. Then things got really interesting.

Coors decided to close the plant, despite the much-improved operation. But the product wasn’t getting market share and that brought the Coors era to an end in Memphis. Facing that, Hardy did what she does, she analyzed the situation and came up with a plan: Buy the plant herself.

She had competition from City Brewing Co., which eventually dropped out, but it was difficult for Hardy to seal the deal.

The banks were hesitant and Coors was skittish: “I felt if I’d been a male, Coors would have sold me the facility at a fair price. I saved Coors $20 million a year, but it couldn’t see that I could own a brewery.”

They underestimated the girl who enterprised the greeting cards and who had, over the years, been sharpening her game.

Hardy outmaneuvered the doubters and she and her investors finally bought and opened the plant in 2006. There were adventures ahead for the new Hardy Bottling Co.

“When I started the business, Coors was my first customer,” she says. She would get some 50 customers and, as she puts it, working for 50 CEOs “is about as much fun as you can imagine it.” But she knew how to deal with egos and how to deliver top service. As she tells emerging entrepreneurs: “Make sure your concept and strategy builds a better mousetrap. Offer something to the customer he can’t get.”

In 2008, a devastating tornado ripped the brewery to pieces. It had $50 million in damages and the company had $25 million of insurance. Operations came to a halt, the building had to be rebuilt, and inventory had to be relocated. She was advised that it was time to walk away. “I said, ‘We’ve got to figure out how to make this work,’” she says. “Companies weren’t building breweries that size anymore.

It was important to our community.”

She pulled off what many said was impossible and in May 2011, Hardy, who had bought the plant for $9 million, sold it for $30 million — to City Brewing.

Since then, she’s been developing her transloading business (which she thoroughly researched and analyzed, of course). Now, with her two daughters, she is specializing in grain containers and carving a niche in this enterprise that is especially suited to multimodal Memphis.

She’s also passionate about local workforce development and was instrumental in creating the Industrial Readiness Training program to improve the quality of workers that businesses want to hire.

In addition, Hardy is this year’s chairman of the board for the Greater Memphis Chamber and is ready for whatever role she’s called on: leader, adviser, mentor, risk-taker, entrepreneur. As she puts it: “If I’ve got my iPhone and myself, I’m in business.”

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Nat Landau Landau Uniforms

Nat Landau is modest and not given to bragging about his achievements even though he had enough savvy to take a small retail uniform shop to the big time as one of the world’s leading quality healthcare apparel manufacturers.

Landau Uniforms has come a long way since Rudolph Landau started selling workman’s uniforms in 1938, traveling from one garage to another in his Model A Ford. Eventually he opened a retail store in Memphis’ medical center and focused on providing uniforms for the healthcare community.

Rudolph died in 1957 and Nat, just coming out of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, started helping his mother with the business.

As Nat puts it, “I was headed to Wall Street but I haven’t gotten there yet.”

He and his brother, Ferdinand, decided to expand the business to include manufacturing. “We did it with five people in the basement of our little store,” he says. “I must admit I liked manufacturing — I loved equipment and I love to make things, so that was fun for me.”

And, he says, “We’ve grown since then.”

True enough — he took the enterprise from the store to a group of buildings, then later to Brooks Road and when it grew out of that, to Olive Branch. Landau Uniforms had manufacturing plants in Mississippi and Tennessee, but eventually those would close and now it has facilities around the globe.

The company makes and sells some related items, but the largest part of its sales and manufacturing going to some 20 countries is healthcare apparel with an emphasis on top-quality goods. (Its slogan: “Landau. Made Better.”).

While Nat is modest about himself, he sings the praises of his wife Leslie and sons Bruce and Gregg, who have been a key part of Landau Uniforms.

“I had some extremely loyal and very, very good associates who worked with me,” he says, “but I have to give my wife credit. She put up with me and my constant travel and

she was my original designer. We introduced colors and that was mostly her doing. We were also the first people to introduce prints.”

Nat says that his sons taught him an essential lesson in entrepreneurship. “My sons are both attorneys, who came back at different times to Memphis. They’ve built what I believe is an extremely good management team. I think I was rather slow in doing that and missed some good opportunities. I was, for the most part, a one-man business until they built a team.”

If he were advising aspiring entrepreneurs, Nat says he’d ask them first if they were sure that being successful is a priority and if they’re comfortable with risk. “When something doesn’t work out, you don’t worry about it, you go on to the next thing,” he says. “I don’t like to lose, but believe me, I’ve had my share of losses.”

He says he’s always worked to put himself in the place of the customer. “We’ve always tried to help our customer grow and become more sophisticated,” he says.

As for the workplace, Nat says it’s essential to cultivate it as a place that people want to come to. “When I started, we had benefits and salaries that were more than competitive. We’ve had health insurance since the 1960s when it really wasn’t required.

I started a profit-sharing plan in the late 1970s and we’ve never missed a year that we didn’t contribute. But I also had an environment where people were not afraid to take on responsibility. If they made a

mistake, that was okay and they got the confidence to make decisions. We’re a good place to work. We allow people to grow.”

At 80, Nat has nearly six decades of helming Landau Uniforms, taking it from a retail shop to a leading manufacturer and seller on a global scale. That gives him a keen take on what works and what doesn’t, but also a perspective on how business has changed.

“Knowing what I know now, I guess I didn’t really have any capital and I did things you do when you don’t have capital — you put off doing things,” he says. “The smarter people today find a way to get capital so you can do it right the first time. Times have changed so much I don’t think you could do it anymore. I thought I had a hard time building the business. Some of my biggest competitors could just sell something below my cost.

Today it’s even more difficult and more challenging. I’m not talking about technology, but a basic company like this I don’t know that you could do it the way I did it anymore.

And I don’t know if that’s good or bad.”

Nat’s modesty notwithstanding, he does have a way of assessing his own abilities in his own somewhat self-deprecating way.

During the course of the interview he said these three things: “If I have any ability at all, it’s that I know how to take risks.

Risk doesn’t bother me.” And: “If I had any ability at all, and there’s a lot of doubt about that, it was taking people who might have been not quite up to the job and teaching them how to move up.” And: “I didn’t micromanage. If I have an ability that’s it.”

Outside of the company, Nat enjoys reading history and biographies. For exercise, he walks. He’s actively involved with the Memphis Jewish Home, the Memphis Jewish Federation, and his synagogue. And when he really wants to get away from it all, he goes to work. “I think I must like it here!”

He may just make it to Wall Street yet.

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MARK GREY Associate Vice President of Business Development, South, Buchart Horn, Inc. M.B.A., University of Memphis. Company offers full architectural and engineering services pertaining to transportation, environmental, and facilities. Projects include I-40/240 interchange, I-69 segment design near Millington, Memphis Main Street to Main Street Trails Project, and DEMO project helping the city remove eyesore properties in town. Member, Society for Marketing Every day we rely upon engineers in incalculable ways — or at least in ways Professional Service and American Public Works Association, incalculable to us but certainly not to these experts. Our bridges, electrical systems, Tennessee Chapter.

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homes, and cars are the products of expert engineering; just ask any of the POWER PLAYERS on this list. They represent some of the most prestigious engineering JOEL T. JOHNSON fi rms in Memphis, helping to turn innovative ideas into a functional reality and President, Burr & Cole Consulting answering the eternal design questions: Will it work? And how? And why? And Engineers, Inc. B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Memphis; Master of where? And to what extent? And for how long? Civil engineers are at the vanguard Engineering Management, Christian of civilization’s material existence — the tip of the spear of humanity’s desire to Brothers University. With Burr & Cole since overcome a stubborn natural world. The city’s engineers are poised to make the 1988. Professional Engineer in Tennessee, greatest impact in Memphis’ future. Plus, they’re good at math. Respect.

JEFF L. ARNOLD President and CEO, Fisher Arnold, Inc. B.S., Civil Engineering, Christian Brothers University. Co-Founded firm providing engineering, architectural, and environmental consulting services in transportation, energy, parks and recreation, land, and water.

Registered Professional Engineer. Projects include I-69, SR-385, and University of Memphis University Center. Member, CBU Engineering Advisory Board. PAC Trustee, American Council of Engineering Companies, and past President of Memphis Chapter.

MARK W. ASKEW President, A2H, Inc. B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Memphis.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary of “Creating an Enhanced Quality of Life for Our Clients & Community,” A2H specializes in architecture, engineering, planning, landscape architecture, and surveying.

Chairman of the Board, Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce, since 2014. Member, Advisory Board, Herff College of Engineering, University of Memphis.

SCOTT BARRY Senior Principal, Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. (SSR). Certified in Plumbing Design and as a LEED AP. SSR is a long-time leader in comprehensive engineering design and facility consulting services, specializing in engineering design for civil, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, instrumentation and controls, and structural, transportation, construction management, and inspection. Current projects include Ballet Memphis, City of Memphis property maintenance relocation, Central Station renovation, St. Jude building expansion, and I-40/I-240.

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RICHARD C. BURSI President and CEO, OGCB, Inc. Mechanical and Electrical Consulting Engineers. B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Memphis.

Member, Tennessee Architectural and Engineering Board of Examiners.

Member, Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers.

Member and Past President of Memphis Chapter, American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee. Past Funded Member, ARCOM MasterSpec Engineering Review Committee. Member, Executive Board, Memphis Italian Festival. Past Board of Trustees, St. Agnes Academy/St. Dominic School.

JAMES F. COLLINS Principal, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. B.S., Civil Engineering, U of M. Specializes in transportation planning, traffic engineering, and sustainable design. Projects include Environmental Impact Statement for a new multimodal bridge over the Mississippi River in Memphis, design of Elvis Presley Boulevard improvements, industrial warehouses, I-240/Airways interchange, Memphis/ Shelby County traffic signal coordination, and redesign of Saddle Creek South. 2010 ACEC Featured Engineer.

PHILLIP G. COOP Chairman and Co-Founder, EnSafe, Inc. A.B. degree, Harvard University. CoFounded EnSafe in 1980. With offices throughout the U.S., the company provides environmental consulting and engineering, industry safety and hygiene consulting, and geographic information services. Member, White House Advisory Panel on Sustainability. Charter Member, Hazardous Materials Control Institute. Recipient, Herff Honor Award for Distinguished Service in Engineering. Elected into the Society of Entrepreneurs in 2011.

Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Georgia. Has worked on recent projects with the State of Tennessee, University of Memphis, Lausanne Collegiate School, Rhodes College, Shelby County, and Coca-Cola.

MICHAEL POHLMAN President/CEO, Pickering Firm, Inc. B.S., Christian Brothers. Firm specializes in professional engineering and architecture, civil engineering and planning, surveying, transportation design, and natural resources. Past Director, Western Region, Tennessee Economic Development Council. Member, Greater Memphis Chamber’s Chairman Circle. Past President, American Council of Engineering Companies. Advisory Board, U of M and CBU Schools of Engineering. Winner, 2012 Inside Memphis Business CEO of the Year Awards. 2014 CBU Alumni of the Year.

NISHA POWERS President, Powers Hill Design, LLC. B.S., Civil Engineering, UT-Knoxville. Appointed

by Governor Bill Haslam and Chairman of Tennessee Aeronautics Commission.

Women’s Foundation Board and Co-Chair of Grants Committee, Visible Music College Advisory Board. Projects include Main Street to Main Street Trails Connector, Overton Square Garage Detention Basin, and Elvis Presley Boulevard Road Improvements.

Recognitions include Memphis Business Journal’s “Super Woman in Business” and “Top 40 Under 40,” the Ruby R. Wharton Outstanding Community Service Award, and Woman of Excellence by the Tri-State Defender. Proud Mom of 2-year old Lucas.

JAMES H. TOLES Principal, Toles & Associates, Inc. Established company in 1987. B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Memphis.

Former Structural Technician and Structural Design Engineer, Pickering.

Former Project Manager and Administrator, MLGW. Former Project Manager, FedEx. Registered

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Professional Engineer in many states. Member, Consulting Engineers of Tennessee, Society of American Military Engineers, and Memphis and Shelby County Land Use Control Board.

CHRIS TRIPLETT Manager, Memphis Office, and Vice President, Barge, Waggoner, Sumner, and Cannon. B.S., Civil Engineering, U of M. Project Management Professional, Professional Engineer, and Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control.

Recipient, 2011 Dan B. Barge Jr. Award. Leadership Memphis 2015 class. Member, Bartlett Design Review Committee, Memphis Kiwanis Club. Projects include Shelby County Resiliency Competition, Patterson Street Realignment Design, Cotton Creek Sewer System Design, and Bartlett Disaster Relief Design.

MATTHEW D. WOLFE President, ETI Corporation. B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi. Has been with company for 20 years and president since 2012. Involved in detailed design of civil engineering and land development projects, including roadways, hydrology, and industrial and commercial site development.

Current projects include work for City of Memphis, State of Tennessee, and multiple municipal airports.

Member, American Society of Civil Engineers and Society of American Military Engineers. Registered Professional Engineer.

J. WESLEY WOOLDRIDGE Civil Department Manager, Renaissance Group, Inc. B.S., Mississippi State. Professional Civil Engineer. Certified Arborist.

Specializes in site planning and engineering, as well as state and municipal permit compliance. Clients include Shelby County Schools, Collierville School System, FedEx, MPD, and Vita Property Management Group.

Involved in multi-family, hotels, assisted living, and small-lot infill urban development. Current work includes the new CHS, single-family subdivisions in Collierville and the City of Memphis.

MICHAEL YOUNG President and CEO, Allen & Hoshall, Inc. B.S., Civil Engineering; M.S., Engineering, University of Tennessee. Firm specializes in professional engineering, energy management, and surveying.

Registered Professional Engineer in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Ireland. Former President, American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee; and Member, UT Dean of Engineering’s Board of Advisors.

Clients include Memphis Public Works, MLGW, Methodist Hospital, and TVA.

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Money ain’t easy. It can be hard enough to obtain, so when it comes to growing your dollars, choosing the right fi nancial planner is critical. A good fi nancial planner moves easily between devising long-term comprehensive fi nancial plans and tackling very specific goals such as buying a home or investing an inheritance.

He or she has a command of sound investments and is prepared to assess the risks and possible outcomes of a variety of plans. In addition to bringing strong credentials to the table, the planner must also possess a more personal trait — the gift of making clients feel comfortable and confident in their decisions. The POWER PLAYERS listed here have built solid reputations in their field. Several have been recognized as Five Star Wealth Managers by Memphis magazine.

CHARLIE AUERBACH President and Co-Founder, Wealth Strategies Group, Named Top 50 Independent Financial Advisor, Business Week. Certified Financial Planner, Chartered Financial Consultant, Chartered Life Underwriter, Enrolled Agent, and Accredited Tax Advisor. Former President, Mid-South Chapter of Financial Planning Association and Temple Israel Brotherhood. Member, Better Business Bureau Board and LPL Financial Retirement Partners Group. Recognized as an ERISA 3(38) Investment.

ROBERT CREMERIUS Principal, Cremerius Wealth Management. B.S., Accounting, Christian Brothers University.

Certified Public Accountant. Personal Financial Specialist, a financial planning specialty credential issued by American Institute of CPAs. Previously worked for a Big Eight public accounting firm. Has worked as a financial executive for several Mid-South companies. Has worked in retirement planning and investment business since 1996.

RAY BRANDON CEO, Brandon Financial Planning.

Bachelor’s, Economics and Finance, Vanderbilt University; M.B.A., University of Texas. Certified Financial Planner, Chartered Financial Analyst, Chartered Life Underwriter, and Chartered Financial Consultant. Third-generation financial planner. Writes weekly column in Memphis Daily News. Listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in Finance and Industry. Member, CFA Institute. Sergeant at Arms, Downtown Rotary Club.

MICHAEL DEUTSCH Managing Director, United Capital Memphis, Nashville offices. B.A. and M.B.A., Christian Brothers University; M.A., St. John’s College. Certified Financial Planner and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst. Has 20 years of experience working in wealth management, including client care, information systems, business development, and management. Board Member, Binghampton Christian Academy, 2013-2015.

Ambassador, 2015 St. Jude RIDE Race. American Cancer Society “Real Men Wear Pink” Pacesetter 2015.

CHIRAG CHAUHAN Partner and Director of Financial Services, The Barnett Financial Group.

Certified Financial Planner. Dispute Resolution Arbitrator, FINRA. Accredited Investment Fiduciary.

Certified Healthcare Reform Specialist.

Million Dollar Round Table, lifetime member. Advisory Council, Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown. Board of Directors, The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis Hickory Hill, Memphis Development Foundation, and Leadership Memphis. Recipient, 2011 to 2015 Centurion Producer Award, AXA Advisors.

BRIAN DOUGLAS Experienced Memphis Certified Financial Planning Practitioner with Guidingpoint Financial Group working with those approaching and in retirement to develop and implement retirement income strategies and intergenerational planning practices. The only Accredited Domestic Partnership Advisor (ADPA) in the Mid-South, working with non-traditional families, single parents, and LGBTQ individuals and couples to better understand and manage their complex financial planning concerns and needs.

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KATHLEEN FISH President and Founder, Fish and Associates Financial Services. M.B.A., University of Memphis. Certified financial Planner, Chartered Life Underwriter, and Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor. Member, Financial Planning Association and Society of Entrepreneurs. Founding Partner, Fusion Advisor Network.

Board Member, Playhouse on the Square, Playback Memphis, and Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at University of Memphis. Past Board Chairman, Playhouse on the Square. Ambassador, Baptist College of Health Sciences.

Member, Insights Group of Society of Entrepreneurs.

JIM S. FORBIS President, CFH Financial Services, Inc. Chartered Life Underwriter, Chartered Financial Consultant, Certified Senior Advisor, and Accredited Investment Fiduciary Studies. Life and Qualifying Member, Million Dollar Round Table.

Member, Top of the Table, Forum 400, and Pinnacle Study Group. Received Volunteer of the Year Award in 1990 for founding Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-South and has served as a national board member and officer of MakeA-Wish Foundation of America.

SAMUEL N. GRAHAM CEO and Co-Founder, Diversified Trust Company. B.S., University of TennesseeKnoxville; M.B.A., University of Memphis; ABA Graduate Trust School, Northwestern University, and Cannon Financial Institute Trust School. Certified Trust and Financial Advisor. Past President, Memphis Estate Planning Council.

Master’s alumnus, New Memphis Institute. Board Chair, Memphis University School. Board Member, Teach For America Memphis region. Trustee, Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis.

HAMPTON A. HOLCOMB Executive Vice President and Co-Manager Memphis Office, Strategic Financial Partners.

D.D.S., University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Company specializes in high net worth individuals and business transition planning. Metlife Securities Masters Level Achievement for seven years. Founding Elder, Fellowship Church. Supporter of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Board Member, Agape, Hope Christian Community Foundation, Downline, Young Life Memphis Urban, and Northrise University in Zambia, Africa.

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JIM ISAACS President and Chief Executive Officer, Legacy Wealth Management. Certified Financial Planner professional. Bachelor of Arts, Ithaca College; Master of Business Administration, Finance, Seton Hall University. Member of CBU Board of Trustees, Vistage International, and Economic Club of Memphis. Five Star Wealth Manager, 2009-2015, Memphis magazine.

MARTY KELMAN Chairman and Co-Founder, KelmanLazarov Inc. Certified Financial Planner.

B.A., University of Virginia; M.Ed. (counseling). and M.B.A. (finance), University of Memphis. Former President, Memphis Chapter for the International Association of Financial Planning. Trustee, National Board of Facing History and Ourselves and Past President, Memphis Chapter.

Member of Holocaust Memorial Committee of Memphis Jewish Federation; Member, Jewish Community Partners,.

Trustee and Former President, Lausanne Collegiate School.

KAREN M. KRUSE President, Advisory Services at FTB Advisors, Inc. and SVP at First Tennessee Bank, 25 years in financial planning, investment & trust services industry, B.A. and M.B.A., University of Memphis. Team currently working with clients on goalsbased financial planning & investing. Certified Financial Planner, Accredited Investment Fiduciary and Certified Retirement Counselor. Member FTB Advisors Investment Committee and First Horizon Pension and Investment Retirement Committee; alumna New Memphis Institute; Trustee, Gestalt Community Schools; Mentor through Streets Ministries.

JOHN N. LAUGHLIN Principal, Senior Vice President, and Advisor, Summit Asset Management LLC. B.A., Economics, Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude, and M.B.A. in Finance with honors, Vanderbilt. Chairman, firm’s Financial Advisory Committee. Board Member, Hope Christian Community Foundation of Memphis and Memphis Opportunity Scholarship Trust (MOST). Investment Committee, Second Presbyterian Church Foundation and Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA) endowment. Member, Professional Advisory Group, Jewish Foundation of Memphis and Philanthropy Advisory Council, BRIDGES. Elder, Second Presbyterian Church. Previous Board Member, Presbyterian Day School Alumni Association and Christ Community Ministries.

CHARLES R. (MACK) MCKINNEY Managing Principal and Financial Advisor, Waddell & Reed, Inc. B.B.A., Managerial Finance, University of Mississippi. Named to the 2011, 2013, and 2014 Waddell & Reed Circle of Champions, and 2012 Advisor Medalist Program. Awards based

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on sales management activities. Joined the firm in 2009 and promoted to current position in 2011.

Enjoys golfing, hunting, playing lacrosse, and supporting local community organizations and initiatives.

JIM E. MEEKS JR. Managing Partner, Northwestern Mutual of Memphis. Territory covers West Tennessee, Arkansas, North Mississippi, and Southern Missouri. Business specializes in investment strategies and products, life insurance, employee and executive benefit programs, education funding, estate analysis, and retirement analysis. The Northwestern Mutual Memphis office was first established in 1965, and Meeks became managing partner in 2009. Has qualified for Million Dollar Round Table many times.

JOHN PHILLIPS V Chief Investment Officer, Red Door Wealth Management. Educated at University of Virginia. Company provides personal, comprehensive asset management, and maintains strategic relationship with Cannon Wright Blount, PLLC. Named to “Top 40 Under 40,” Memphis Business Journal. Certified Financial Planner and Chartered Financial Anaylyst.

Member, Thorn Society (MUS). Board Member, Presbyterian Day School Alumni Association, MPACT Memphis, Nexus Leadership, Memphis Athletic Ministries, and Osiris.

DAVID PICKLER President and CEO, Pickler Wealth Advisors. Senior Partner, The Pickler Law Firm and Pickler Accounting Advisors, Collierville.

Named in 2015 to the Financial Times 400 Top Financial Advisors list and cited twice by Barron’s as among the top advisors in the state of Tennessee. Recipient, Altruism Award, Registered Rep magazine, 2011.

President, American Public Education Foundation.

Past President, National School Boards Association.

LAURENCE V. PLUMMER SR. Founder and CEO, Plummer Financial Services. Life Member, Million Dollar Round Table.

Licensed, FINRA Series 6 and Series 23. Member, National Association of Life Underwriters and IAFP. Inducted into John Hancock Financial Network Hall of Fame, was first African American inducted into Life Membership in its President’s Cabinet, and in 2009 named #1 representative nationally. For more than a decade, recognized as leading platinum producer, John Hancock Financial.

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JIM SHOEMAKER President, Shoemaker Financial. Certified Financial Planner, Chartered Life Underwriter, Chartered Financial Consultant, and Certified Fund Specialist.

Registered Representative of Securian Financial Services. Member and former Chairman, Kingdom Advisors. Member, National Association of Family Wealth Counselors, Institute of Certified Financial Planners, and Society of Financial Service Professionals. Board Member, Premier Resource Group. Named Volunteer of the Year, GAMA International.

CHARLES SIMS JR. President and CEO, the Sims Financial Group. Certified Financial Planner.

Fellow of Life Underwriter Training Council and Certified Mutual Funds Manager. Member, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors. Life and Qualifying Member, Million Dollar Round Table. First African-American member of John Hancock’s Hall of Fame.

Life and Founding Member, Crescent Club of Memphis.

Board Member, First American Bank and WKNO. DOUGLAS SMITH Managing Director and Founding Member, TD Capital Management, LLC. Chief Investment Officer. Certified Public Accountant and accredited by American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as a Personal Financial Specialist. Former adjunct professor of economics and business, Rhodes College, University of Memphis, and Christian Brothers University. Former Chair, Tennessee Society of CPAs, Personal Financial Planning Committee.

ROBERT SMITHWICK III Managing Principal, Diversified Trust.

Graduated cum laude, Washington and Lee University. Chair, firm’s Business Development Group, and member of its Investment Strategy Group. Member of Greater Memphis Chamber Chairman’s Circle. Chair, GreenSpace Committee. Former Member and past Chair, Board of Governors, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. Former Member and past Chair, Board of Trustees, Memphis College of Art. Former Member, Board of Trustees, St. George’s Independent School.

DAVID WADDELL CEO, Waddell & Associates. B.A., Economics, University of the South; M.B.A., Babson College. Certified Financial Planner. Contributor to The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and Fox News.

Named “Top 40 Under 40,” Small Business Awards Finalist, and Executive of the Year, Memphis Business Journal. Past Chairman, New Memphis Institute and RISE Foundation. Board Member, MIFA, and President’s Council, Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

Founding President, MPACT Memphis.

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Higher Education

Memphis boasts an array of higher education institutions. You can pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in virtually all disciplines. You can go to a school and begin your learning adventure as you gradually decide what you want to achieve. You can work toward a strong liberal arts education, or set your sights on science or math. You can study to be an artist or musician, or enter the field of medicine or law. And those directing the institutions of higher learning in our city and region must bring the right attributes to the job and commit themselves to students’ success. Whether they run a small college or a sprawling university, the POWER PLAYERS in this category are masters of organization with keen intellects and an eye for what makes a campus conducive to learning.

ROBIN COLWELL Campus Director, Memphis Campus, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide. B.S., English, Franciscan University of Steubenville; M.S., Management, Embry-Riddle. Board Member CSCMP Mid-South. Member Greater Memphis Chamber, Traffic Club of Memphis, JETs Memphis, Memphis World Trade Club, Memphis College Consortium, FedEx Services College Consortium, Memphis Talent Dividend. Named to 2012 “Top 40 Under 40,” Memphis Business Journal.

DANIEL (JAY) EARHEART-BROWN President and Professor of Theology, Memphis Theological Seminary. Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia; M.Div., Memphis Theological Seminary.

Ordained Minister, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and serves on denomination’s Theology and Social Concerns Committee and Unification Task Force. Visiting Accreditation Team Member, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and Association of Theological Schools. 2013 Executive Class, Leadership Memphis.

DR. TRACY D. HALL President of Southwest Tennessee Community College. Earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, master’s degree from Wichita State University, and a doctoral degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Previously served as Vice President of Academic Affairs at St. Louis Community College-Forest Park. A member of the Higher Learning Commission Peer Review Corp, the American Association of Women in Community Colleges, the Missouri Community College Association, and the National Council of Instructional Administrators.

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DON W. JONES Assistant Vice President, Enrollment and Student Services, Belhaven University. B.S., Bethel University; Ed.S., Arkansas State University; M.B.A., University of Phoenix. Co-author of two textbooks. Recipient, White House Volunteer Service Award, University of Phoenix Service Award, and Mississippi Emergency Service Medal.

Member, Golden Key, Phi Delta Kappa, and Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Societies. Commander of the 210th MP Battalion for the Mississippi State Guard. Rotarian/ Member, the Lion’s Club.

RON JONES President, Memphis College of Art. B.A., Shepherd University; Master’s, Arizona State University; and Ph.D., Aesthetics Education, University of Maryland.

Former Dean, College of the Arts, University of South Florida. Former Chair, West Virginia Arts Council. Founding Member, Mid-Atlantic Arts Consortium. Invited to White House to discuss arts in higher education. Selected to co-Chair the national arts education council of Americans for the Arts.

Serves on several nonprofit boards.

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BETTY SUE MCGARVEY President, Baptist College of Health Sciences. Earned Ph.D. in Nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Received the Distinguished Alumni Award from University of Tennessee Health Science Center School of Nursing, the University of Memphis Lowenberg School of Nursing, and Baptist College of Health Sciences. Board Member, Tennessee Baccalaureate Education System Trust.

ANDREA LEWIS MILLER President, Lemoyne-Owen College. M.S. and Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology. Post Doctoral Fellowship from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Over 20 years experience in higher education. Previously worked as chancellor for Capital Area Technical College and Baton Rouge Community College. Former Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, Southwest Tennessee Community College. Assistant Dean, College of Human and Community Sciences at the University of Nevada, Reno.

LEWIS REICH President, Southern College of Optometry. Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, on the Maintenance of Fellowship Committee and the Optometric Education Section’s Diplomate Program Committee. Past inaugural Chair of the OptomCAS and Committee Chair of the Optometry Admissions Test Committee for Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry. His research has been funded by the National Eye Institute and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. Previously taught at Pennsylvania College of Optometry and Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry.

DAVID RUDD President, University of Memphis.

Ph.D., Psychology, University of TexasAustin, Administration, research and teaching spans almost three decades with previous stops in Texas and Utah.

Led the University of Memphis to a record fundraising number of $38 million in his first year.

Efforts at campus expansion and growth are well under way, with a total of almost $500M in public and private funds to be expended on campus and the neighboring university district over the next five years. Leading an effort to grow the university’s national footprint and research impact.

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STEVE J. SCHWAB Chancellor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). Internationally recognized physician and researcher in kidney disease. Led UTHSC to position as one of the region’s largest healthcare providers and the state’s largest healthcare educator with major campus and practice locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville. Board Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, UT Medical Center (Knoxville), Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, and Saint Thomas Health System (Nashville).

JOHN SMARRELLI JR. President, Christian Brothers University. Doctorate and master’s, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Has received awards for teaching, been published in scientific journals, obtained funding for research, and authored textbooks.

Board Member, St. Mary’s University, Rotary Club of Memphis East, Catholic Charities, The Salvation Army, Memphis Talent Dividend, Teacher Effectiveness Initiative Advisory Board, Gulfsouth Conference, the TN Independent Colleges and Universities Association, and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

KEN STEORTS President and Founder, Visible Music College. B.F.A., Commercial Music-Recording/ Engineering, and M.M., Music Composition, University of Memphis; Ph.D., Integration of Religion and Society, Oxford Graduate School.

Founder, Madison Line Records and Visible Community Music School (nonprofit after-school music program). Nominee (songwriter), Dove Awards. Has several number-one rock songs as artist and songwriter with Skillet. Current band the beep. Downtown Memphis Commission Vision Award, 2013.

WILLIAM E. TROUTT President, Rhodes College. B.A., Union University; M.A., University of Louisville; Ph.D., Vanderbilt. Won Distinguished Alumnus Award from Vanderbilt’s Peabody College and named one of nation’s most effective college presidents by study funded by Exxon Foundation.

Former Chairman, American Council on Education, National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education, and National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Trustee, Memphis University School.

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Hospitality

Where you stay when you visit a city can make all the difference in your sojourn — and determine whether or not you will ever come back. POWER PLAYERS in the hospitality industry understand the importance of quality lodging and conference accommodations in a tourist destination such as Memphis. From downtown to East Memphis and beyond, this city knows how to take care of you. Even if you’re a Memphian, chances are you’ve encountered the expert work of some of these hospitality leaders at conventions or events around town. Their leadership has earned them and their facilities recognition and awards in a highly competitive business. Next time you plan a vacation, you might consider spending a weekend in a local inn or hotel. You might be surprised to enjoy a relaxing “getaway” right here in your very own city. Just ask any of these folks.

DOUGLAS BROWNE General Manager, The Peabody Memphis.

President, Peabody Hotels & Resorts.

Educated, Paul Smith’s College, Hotel and Restaurant Administration, and Florida International. Chairman, Tennessee Hospitality Association and AutoZone Liberty Bowl. Named Peabody Hotel Group’s “General Manager of the Year” and received award of same name from Metropolitan Memphis Hotel and Lodging Association and Tennessee Hospitality Association. Recipient, Spirit of Memphis Award, Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau.

PACE COOPER President and CEO, Cooper Hotels. B.A., Columbia College; M.B.A., Harvard.

Recipient, Developer of the Year Award, Hilton Worldwide, and Hotel Owner of the Year Award, HotelWorld Network.

Member, Tennessee and American Hotel and Lodging Associations. Chairman, Multi Franchise Organization. Member, Hilton Advisory Board. Past Chairman, International Association of Holiday Inns.

Commissioner and Vice Chairman, Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority. Partner, Memphis Grizzlies. President, Baron Hirsch Synagogue.

PHIL CORDELL Global Head, Focused Service and Hampton Brand Management, Hilton Worldwide. Focuses on strategy, international development, and growth of Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Hotels, Homewood Suites by Hilton, and Home2 Suites by Hilton. Has overseen growth of the Hilton brand to encompass more than 2,000 properties. Frequent speaker and panelist on industry topics. Joined Promus in variety of hotel management positions for Holiday Inn hotels. Joined Hampton Hotels division as area director and corporate team as vice president of franchise operations.

BILL DUNCAN Global Head of All Suites Brands, Hilton Worldwide’s new brand category involving Embassy Suites, Homewood Suites, and Home2 Suites by Hilton. Six consecutive “Top Extended Stay Hotel” honors from J.D. Power & Associates. Recipient, Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association’s “Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in Sales & Marketing” award in 2009, and Memphis Corporate Volunteer Council Executive Leadership Award. Executive Sponsor of Hilton Worldwide’s Memphis Community Outreach Program.

KARL FRIEDRICH General Manager, River Inn of Harbor Town. B.B.A. degree.

Attended hotel management school, Bad Hofgastein, Austria. Oversees operations of hotel and restaurants, including overall performance of property. Former general manager at small luxury hotel in Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. Former President, International Hospitality Management, a management and consulting firm specializing in luxury Jamaican resorts. Managed four-star and five-star hotels throughout the Caribbean.

ANGIE HINES General Manager, Madison Hotel.

Education from Bradley University / Goizueta Business School at Emory University. At Madison Hotel three years, and with Rebel Hospitality nine years. Services include hotel, restaurant, event space, and rooftop venue. Best of the Best Winner – IHG. Member, CHA; TNHLA; MMHLA. Active with MDA, Boys & Girls Clubs, Women’s Heart Association, and Cancer Foundation League.

MATT HUSS General Manager, Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel.

Recipient, Employee Satisfaction Hotel of the Year (Davidson Hotels) 2006, 2012, and 2013; Director of Meeting/Convention services of the year for Wyndham International 1996; Agoura Hills Business of the year 2012; Conejo Valley sponsor of the year. Manager of the Year, Wyndham Milwaukee center 1994. Board member and planning committee, MMHLA. THOMAS B. JOHNSON Managing Director, Wilson Conference Center Group, Holiday Inn University of Memphis, Fogelman Executive Conference Center. Bachelor of Business Administration, Baylor University.

Recipient of eight Torchbearer Awards from InterContinental Hotels Group. Member, Metropolitan Memphis Hotel and Lodging Association, International Association of Conference Centers. Member, Advisory Board, Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality & Resort Management.

PATRICK JORDAN General Manager, Westin, Beale Street. Has 27 years of experience in hospitality industry. Former Vice President of Operations for Ameristar Casino and GM for several International Hotel brands. Board Member, Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau and Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality & Resort Management. Seven-time recipient of AAA Four Diamond Award for Quality and Service Excellence, four at the Westin Memphis Beale Street.

KEVIN KANE President and CEO, Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau.

President of its subsidiary, MMG LLC. Graduate, University of Memphis.

Chairman, Destination Marketing Association International and Memphis Rock ’N’ Soul Museum. Board Member, U.S. Travel Association, Blues Foundation, Riverfront Development Corporation, International Tennis Hall of Fame, Christian Brothers High School, MMHLA, and Greater Memphis Chamber.

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PIERRE LANDAICHE Vice President and General Manager, Memphis Management Group, Memphis Cook Convention Center, and Cannon Center for the Performing Arts.

Incoming President and Board Member, Memphis Rotary Club. Former Chairman, Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South.

Board Member, Metropolitan Memphis Hotel and Lodging Association, Hospitality HUB and Dorothy Day House, and St. Peter Catholic Church Parish Council.

Recipient, Billy Hicks Award, MCVB. Named to “Top 40 Under 40,” Memphis Business Journal.

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BILL SPENCER General Manager, Memphis Hilton.

B.A., Trevecca University in Nashville.

Certified Hotel Administrator. Has been with Davidson Hotels for 17 years.

Former General Manager, Hilton Raleigh Durham Airport. Hotel specializes in banquet catering functions for companies and social events; works specifically with corporations, social groups, and athletic teams. Former President, Hotel Motel Associations. Board Member, Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau. Member, Skål International.

WAYNE TABOR General Manager, Holiday Inn Select Downtown. Attended Holiday Inn University General Manager’s School.

Recipient, Billy Hicks Award, Memphis CVB, and Fiduciary Responsibility Award, Hospitality Management Advisors. Metropolitan Memphis Hotel and Lodging Association Award. Chairman, MMHLA. Member, Tennessee and American Hotel and Lodging Associations.

Former Board Member, Fogelman YMCA and Memphis Restaurant Association.

Ladies, wear your largest most beautiful hat, and men, your nicest seersucker suit and head down to Overton Square to attend the live viewing of the Kentucky Derby benefiting the Down syndrome Association of Memphis and the Mid-South!

Food, drink, live music, fashion show, and silent auction. You don’t want to miss this event!

Tickets cost $75.00.

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The Flying Elvi were among the dignitaries on hand to celebrate the grand opening of Bass Pro Shops in the Pyramid.

Ten stories that helped shape the business and culture of Memphis over the past 12 months.

THE $40 MILLION GIFT THAT WILL KEEP ON GIVING

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n anonymous donor bestowed Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) with a $40 million gift, the single largest donation in the systems’ histories. Half of the gift will go to the Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute for equipment and upgrading patient rooms, while the other $20 million will go to support advanced research at nearby UTHSC. Methodist CEO Gary Shorb says the gift will “greatly impact” the care given by the hospital, specifically the transplant program, as it is transformed to the next level. Funds will be used for a new comprehensive transplant facility providing state-of-the-art accommodations for all stages of the transplant process. In December, Methodist announced it will build a new $275 million facility on its Midtown campus.

Dr. James Eason, UTHSC Professor of Surgery and Director of the Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, said, “This gift will further our vision of Memphis being a healthcare hub not only for the Southeast, but for the entire United States.”

The gift added to an ongoing $2.8 billion transformation of the Medical District’s campus of world-class healthcare institutions.

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fter a months-long national search, yielding more than 50 candidates, to replace outgoing president Paul Morris, the Downtown Memphis Commission board unanimously approved Terence Patterson as the new president and CEO of the DMC. Patterson is a native Memphian and most recently served as treasurer of the

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company in the industry, and provides an innovative mix of traditional security services with cutting-edge systems and technology.

Universal operates nationwide in 100-plus locations, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The combined company will employ approximately 60,000 security professionals across the United States and Canada.

“The combination of Guardsmark and Universal will establish the largest

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emphis-based Guardsmark was acquired by Universal Protection Service, a division of Universal Services of America and a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus and Partners Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but Bank of America Merrill Lynch acted as financial advisor to Guardsmark, while Credit Suisse acted as such for Universal Protection Service.

Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP acted as legal counsel to Universal Protection Service, and Fried Frank LLP acted as legal counsel to Guardsmark.

Founded in 1963 by Ira A. Lipman, Guardsmark is one of the world’s largest security service companies, with over 125 offices serving more than 400 cities in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom. Headquartered in Santa Ana, California, Universal Protection Service has been the fastest growing security services

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ership and, with the election of Jim Strickland as mayor, perhaps a change of focus as well.

Robert Lipscomb oversaw the organization for 23 years before a sex scandal last year saw him relieved of duty — suspended with pay before being replaced by deputy director Debbie Singleton. In the following days, Lipscomb was suspended with pay from his role as director of the Memphis Housing Authority, as well.

HUD has had a hand in a myriad of largescale developments throughout the city over the years, capping the Lipscomb era with the $215 million renovation of the Pyramid arena into a Bass Pro Shops. Strickland has said that Memphis cannot continue to put public money into projects to be handed over to private entities.

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Center City Development Corp., one of several subsidiary bodies of the DMC, and as education program director for the Hyde Family Foundations.

He received a bachelor’s degree in government from Harvard University, and an MBA in finance and marketing, as well as a juris doctor, from Northwestern University.

He’s worked with Walt Disney Co. as a financial analyst, practiced corporate law with Kirkland & Ellis, and served as the interim executive officer of new schools for the Chicago Public Schools system.

He returned to Memphis in 2011 to work with Hyde.

Boards Patterson sits on include Shelby County Schools Teacher & Leader Effectiveness Advisory Board, KIPP Memphis Collegiate Schools, and Green Dot Public Schools Tennessee.

“This guy loves Memphis; it’s his hometown,” Morris, who resigned after many years with the DMC to work for his father’s business, Jack Morris Auto Glass, told the Memphis Flyer. “He’s lived in Los Angeles and Chicago and with his credentials, he could work anywhere in the world he wants to. He wants to make this place better and recognizes how important Downtown is to making Memphis better.”

Jim Strickland beat out three challengers, including incumbent A C Wharton, to become mayor of Memphis.

American-owned security services company,” Lipman said. “Steve Jones [CEO of Universal Services of America] is a remarkable leader and clients and employees will benefit from the merger. Never in history has there been a greater need for serious security and our partnership delivers this for our customers.”

“The culture of both companies revolves around professionalism and customer service,” Jones said. “We believe that this will bring great opportunities to our customers and our employees. Ira is a legend in the private security industry and I am honored to have worked with him to put our two great companies together. I am also honored to have him join our company as vice chairman of the board. Together we will create the industry leader in the private security arena.”

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emphis Housing and Community Development underwent a change of lead-

ass Pro, the mega-retailer of all things outdoors, opened in the Pyramid to huge crowds and a media frenzy. The massive store features wildlife; Big Cypress Lodge, a 103-room hotel; and Uncle Buck’s Fishbowl and Grill, a 420seat restaurant with bowling alley.

A freestanding elevator takes the curious more than 300 feet to The Lookout and a staggering view of the Memphis skyline.

Memphis issued $197 million in bonds for the project, money to be paid back over the next 20 years, with taxes collected from sales in the Tourist Development Zone in and around the Pyramid. Total sales taxes for the new retailer are projected to be $8.3 million. For its investment, the city will get a rent payment of at least $880,000 in the first year and $1 million in the years after. Or, the city will get 2 percent of Bass Pro sales every year — whichever figure is larger.

In addition to the potential sales tax revenue, rent, and a sigh of relief at having the Pyramid mortgage off the city books, is the promise of crowds the destination retailer will bring to The Pinch district and other surrounding areas.

“This will be a national destination,” David Hagel, Bass Pro store manager, said just before the opening. “We’re going to bring in people from all across the country. We’re going to show them what Memphis has to offer.”

(See our profile of Bass Pro architect Tom Marshall in the February/March 2016 issue of Inside Memphis Business.)

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verton Square has seen rapid success over the years with its revitalization as an entertainment district, and the new construction of Hattiloo Theatre and a three-story parking garage. Next on the agenda is one of the last large parcels among the puzzle — the building of a new home for Ballet Memphis on the northeast corner of Madison Avenue and Cooper Street.

The 1.7-acre parcel, once home to the long-closed French Quarter Inn, was expected to be home to another boutique hotel.

Instead, it will be the headquarters of the nonprofit with designs by archimania calling for a mostly glass building with six studios, the largest of which will front the sidewalk so passersby can get a sense of what the institution is all about.

The move by the ballet adds to the growing roster of live performance venues in the Square, including Playhouse on the Square, Circuit Theater, Theatreworks, Hattiloo, and Lafayette’s Music Room.

(See our profile of Loeb Properties president Bob Loeb on p. 57 of this issue)

JIM STRICKLAND WINS MAYOR AL R ACE, FACES COUNCIL TURNOVER

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im Strickland won the mayoral election with 42 percent of the vote over Harold Collins, Mike Williams, and incumbent A C Wharton, who held the office for six years.

In his inaugural speech, Mayor Strickland noted that the city still has many problems ahead, including debt, large payments due to the city’s pension fund, and a “tax base that is moving away.” He ensured he’s ready to meet those challenges head-on and move the city forward: “Over the next four years I will do everything in my power to restore trust where it is broken and hope where it is lost. I’ll work every single day to make our streets safer, our city stronger, create jobs and increase wages, improve roads and transportation.”

In addition to the challenges of running the city, Strickland is facing a plethora of new city council members, including Philip Spinosa, Worth Morgan, Martavius Jones,

Frank Colvett Jr., Berlin Boyd, Patrice Robinson, and Jamita Swearengen.

FIRST TENNESSEE BUYS TRI-STATE BANK

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he corner of Main and Beale streets in the storied Beale Street Entertainment District is famous for more than just gut-bucket blues and the Orpheum Theatre. It is also the home of Tri-State Bank, an institution founded 70 years ago

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t. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and its fundraising arm ALSAC announced upcoming investments totaling $9 billion between the two institutions. Those investments include an addition of 2,000 to their collective workforce, and a growth of their campus designed to allow more patients in the hospital.

Richard Shadyac Jr., CEO of ALSAC, and named an Inside Memphis Business 2016 CEO of the Year, told the magazine, “We have a mission second to none, but you always have to improve. What was good for the first 40 years isn’t necessarily the right way to go for the next 10 or 20 years. We have to look for ways to do things better and challenge the status quo.”

Those changes will bring new in-patient and outpatient facilities, housing, a research building, data center, and an expansion of the hospital’s International Outreach Program. Of the $9 billion, $2 billion will go to ALSAC to increase its staff and facilities.

“We’re in a position to think about the next 50 years,” Shadyac said. “And we always ask, ‘Can we do more?’ If we believe we can, we have a moral obligation.”

(Read our profile of Richard Shadyac Jr. in the February/March 2016 issue of Inside Memphis Business.)

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FORMER OVERTON SQUARE HOTEL SITE SELLS

Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell (right) won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year for the Royal Studios-recording of “Uptown Funk,” performed by Bruno Mars.

to service the needs of a black population firmly entrenched in the Jim Crow era.

In December 2015, First Tennessee purchased 88,000 shares of TriState preferred stock, valued at $1.5 million. Tri-State will receive a matching amount from the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund, which helps spur economic growth in distressed areas in the U.S. It was also announced that Christine Munson, a former First Tennessee executive vice president and head of corporate banking for First Horizon Corp., will head Tri-State as its new CEO. The bank will continue its operation and its mission, having recently sold their Beale property to Belz Investco GP for $3 million. TriState will lease the building from Belz until its headquarters is moved east.

GR AMMY COMES TO MEMPHIS

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emphis reminded the world of its musical pedigree when “Uptown Funk” won Record of the Year at the 2016 Grammy awards. Among the honored were co-producer Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell and his family’s fabled Royal Studios in South Memphis.

The song made it to number one on the charts last year, the first such designation for the studio in nearly 40 years, back when it was Al Green who hit that high-mark.

“Uptown Funk” is co-produced by Mark Ronson and performed by Bruno Mars. Mitchell told Memphis magazine last year about Ronson and his team’s first visit to Royal: “Mark knew the history, but had never been here. They were just fascinated that it was still intact and just from the vibe.”

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Curveballs. Inducted into the 2011 Christian Brothers High School Hall of Fame. Board Member, BanCorp South and Better Business Burea of the Mid-South Executive Committee. Former Board Chairman, Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South. Former Board Member, Boy Scouts of America Chickasaw Council.

Goodness knows that most of us have spent at least a few hours in front of the computer, staring at a spinning beach ball or a stagnant hourglass, wondering, “How does this make my life easier, again?” But the truth is, without the help of complex programming and databases and networks, we would be a fraction as efficient and nowhere near as connected. Enter Information Technology professionals. If your business needs help with its technology infrastructure, data storage, or any problems that may arise, don’t succumb to the whims of an inadequate system or the limits of your own abilities. Call in the experts. These are the POWER PLAYERS in Information Technology. Whether they deal in website software, data protection, audiovisual integration, product development, or any other tool of the technical world, these folks know their stuff.

GAYLE S. ROSE CEO and Founder, EVS Corporation.

Chairman, Rose Family Foundation.

Bachelor’s, University of Northern Iowa; Master’s, Management and Public Administration, Harvard. Chair and active supporter, Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Founder, Team Max. Co-founded the Chopra Companies with Deepak Chopra. Named one of Tennessee’s 100 Most Powerful People by BusinessTN. 2012 CEO of the Year, Inside Memphis Business. Recipient, Changing Face of Philanthropy Award, International Women’s Funding Network, and Woman of Achievement Award.

J. MICHAEL DRAKE CEO, masterIT LLC. B.B.A., Finance, University of Memphis. Founded company in 2005 to serve the 20-500 person organization with a complete outsourced IT process providing dramatically better results through cloud, managed, and mobile services. Former 13-year President/CEO of Econocom USA, Inc. Inaugural MSPmentor Hall of Fame member for top managed service experts, entrepreneurs, and executives globally.

Board Member, Methodist Healthcare Foundation.

STEPHEN J. SCHAEFGEN President and Managing Partner, Vaco Risk Solutions. B.S., Business Administration and Accounting, Christian Brothers University. CPA and CITP with more than 30 years of global leadership experience in CIO, CFO, and partner positions for both publicly and privately held companies. Specializations include enterprise risk management and internal audit. Board Member, Treasurer of Germantown Trails Neighborhood Association. Former Board Member, Treasurer for Society for Information Management.

STEVE BARGIACCHI Co-Founder and CEO, ProTech Systems Group, Inc. Co-founded ProTech over 20 years ago and has grown it into a top Mid-South technology and talent provider. His influence has driven recognition for ProTech, most notably with Boys & Girls Clubs, earning the U.S. organization’s highest awards of National Silver Medallion and National Award of Merit. Board member for the Greater Memphis IT Council, Ingram Micro’s National Advisory Board, and Boys & Girls Clubs. ProTech earned a Torch Award for corporate involvement, has been a finalist in the SPARK Awards, and was named a “Top Work Place”

by The Commercial Appeal.

GARY BELLANTI Owner and President, Open Road Technologies. Attended the University of Memphis before becoming a National Business Development Manager with Vanstar/Apple. Open Road Technologies partners with most major technology vendors to provide services to the SMB, education, and government markets. Member of MMHLA, as well as the Sales and Marketing Society. Civic activities include MDA, Special Olympics, and the Child Advocacy Center.

JAY MYERS President and CEO, Interactive Solutions, Inc. Founded company in 1996 with focus on videoconferencing and audio-visual integration. Author of the business book Keep Swinging, which won the 2010 Ethan Award.

Recently had his second book published, Hitting the

SYLVESTER TATE President and CEO, Tate Computer Systems, Inc. Educated at University of Memphis, Southwest Tennessee Community College, U.S. Navy, and Tennessee Technology Center.

Graduated Executive Management Institute, Christian Brothers University. Company is

WAYNE COOK Chairman, Founder, and CEO, Cook Systems International Inc. Has more than 35 years of IT leadership and service experience. Founded the company in 1994. Previously was president of Eagle Systems Technology, Chief Operating Officer for SCB, and Director of MIS for First Tennessee Bank. Ensures that Cook Systems International has exceptional operational talent and technology to deliver the most successful IT solutions to Fortune 1000 clients and government entities.

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Authorized Apple Reseller and Repair. Recipient, Minority Business of the Year Award, Mid-South Minority Business Council Continuum. Named Alumnus of the Year, Southwest Tennessee Community College. Board Member, STCC. PAUL TOMES President and CEO, WorldSpice Technologies. Bachelor of Computer Science, University of Memphis; degrees in electrical and computer engineering technology, State Technical Institute. Manages ongoing strategic direction of the company, which provides Data Center Co-Location, Cloud/Virtual computing, Integrated Voice/Data (VOIP) systems, high speed internet, and Wide Area Network services. Board member of ISP/Telco organization FISPA. org. Board member, Memphis IT Council.

ADAM UNDERWOOD Partner and President, Mellon Consulting Group, LLC. Bachelor of Business Administration, Rhodes College. Specializes in custom designed medical software applications, database integration, website development and marketing, and disaster recovery solutions. Specializes in all aspects of business management, new market development, and financial responsibilities. Board Member, Mid-South Medical Group Management Association, Leadership Germantown 2015, and Germantown Farm Park Advisory Board. Active Lifeblood donor.

JIM VAN DE VUURST Principal Owner, Vanick Digital.

Graduate, University of Memphis.

Company provides web-based software, websites, mobile application development services, and SAP consulting services, and is the exclusive provider of the TOTUS Marketing/Sales platform. Recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the 5,000 fastest growing companies in the U.S. Active with Church of the Incarnation, Greater Memphis Chamber, University of Memphis MIS Advisory Committee, and Collierville High School Boosters Club.

MIGNONNE WRIGHT Owner and CEO, Macadvantage.

Also owns Profitous Business Management. Guest Lecturer, University of Mississippi.

Developed and taught interactive classes for Hope Church. Volunteer, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Memphis and Heal the Hood. Instructor, Folio conference. Lecturer, The Santa Barbara Conference with Ray Bradbury.

Named “One to Watch in the Marketing Industry,” Forbes, and “Innovative Marketer,” The New York Times. Received key to the city and Addy award for CrimeStoppers campaign.

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The right technology.

ProTech is a Memphis-based technology solutions company with offices in Nashville and has provided talent and technology for large and small businesses for more than 20 years. We design our talent acquisition, outsourced solutions and management consulting programs to offer expertise with personalized customer service. ProTech’s intense focus on a positive customer experience and business value has driven more than two decades of steady, profitable growth. This, along with our dedicated and professional team, has kept us in the forefront as a leading technology company in Tennessee.

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Investment Brokers

How long should I be investing? What kind of returns can I expect? Am I putting too much money in one investment? How much risk am I willing to accept? As potential investors, we turn to the experts to handle some of our most important, and personal, financial questions, and to help us ensure, as much as possible, that our funds will carry us comfortably through our retirement years. These companies are not only helping hardworking residents make the most of their dollars, they’re also investing in the city and helping the local economy grow.

Keeping an eye on your money is a full-time job; it would be impossible for us to keep track of every rise and fall in the global economy. We trust these POWER PLAYERS to do it for us, and as far as we’re concerned, their stock is rising.

JOSEPH R. HEINZ Executive Director, UBS Financial Services Inc. Bachelor of Business Administration, Iowa; Master of Management, Duke University. Firm provides tailored investment service including asset management and estate planning. Specializes in Wealth Management and Financial Planning. Certified Financial Planner.

Awarded Wealth Management Executive Education Certificate and Directors Council from UBS Financial Services. Married to Mary Jo Heinz, with six children, 11 grandchildren.

MICHAEL E. KISBER President, FTN Financial. Company is a division of First Tennessee Bank and has an average daily trading volume of $5.5 billion. Marketing degree, University of Memphis. Joined FTN Financial in 1993. Awarded recognition of Colonel Aide de Camp, highest honor to a Tennessee citizen for outstanding achievement and civic contribution in 2013. Serves on the University of Memphis Board of Visitors, as well as the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Foundation Board of Directors.

HAMPTON HOLCOMB Executive Vice President and Comanager Memphis office, Strategic Financial Partners. D.D.S., University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Company specializes in high net worth individuals and business transition planning. Metlife Securities Masters Level Achievement for seven years. Founding Elder, Fellowship Church. Supporter of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Board member, Agape, Hope Christian Community Foundation, Downline, Young Life Memphis Urban, and Northrise University Zambia Africa.

ARI M. LITVIN Senior Vice President and Complex Manager, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. B.A., Political Science, University of Colorado at Boulder; California Lutheran University MBA Program.

Graduate, American College’s Certified Financial Planner curriculum. Named to list of Wall Street Top 100 Branch Managers. Wells Fargo Advisors Premier Manager Award Winner. Branch Manager Development Committee. Crescent Club Board of Governors. Member, ASPCA, and supporter of Habitat for Humanity.

LANCE HOLLINGSWORTH Principal, Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Summit Asset Management LLC. B.B.A., magna cum laude, University of Memphis.

Certified public accountant. Has been with firm since 1995. Active in the St. Francis Home and School Association, St. Vincent de Paul, and Memphis chapter of Families with Children from China. Volunteers as youth basketball coach and with youth golf development. Member of the Tiger Scholarship Fund.

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MARK A. MEDFORD President and CEO, Vining Sparks.

Master’s, University of Mississippi.

Certified Public Accountant and accredited by American Institute of CPAs. Former President and CEO, FTN Financial. Former Managing Partner, National REIT Leader, and National Bank and Thrift Tax Leader. Served on the Southeast’s Merger and Acquisition Team, and on the National Securitization Team, all with KPMG. Chairman, Regional Bond Dealers Association. Former Board Member, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

RANDY PATTON Branch Manager and Senior Vice President, Investments, Raymond James & Associates. B.B.A., Economics, University of Memphis. Specializes in financial planning, asset management, and investment banking. Member, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Compliance and Legal Society, and Economic Club of Memphis. Private Client Group awards for Management, 1994 and 2000, and Compliance, 1997. Volunteers for Memphis Adopt-A-School and the Italian Greyhound Club of America Rescue.

DUNCAN F. WILLIAMS President and CEO, Duncan-Williams, Inc. Business Marketing degree, University of Alabama. Former Member, FINRA’s National Adjudicatory Council.

Former Chairman and Member, FINRA’s District 5 Business Conduct Committee.

Member and past Chairman, New Memphis Institute.

Advisory Board Member, SunTrust Bank. Member, MCVB Board of Directors. Board of Directors Executive Committee, Greater Memphis Chamber and Co-chair, Chairman’s Circle. 2012 CEO of the Year, Inside Memphis Business. 2013 Inductee, Society of Entrepreneurs.

Former Member, Economic Club of Memphis Board.

STEVEN WISHNIA President and Managing Director, Highland Capital Management, LLC. Bachelor of Business Administration, Pace University. Founded Highland Capital in 1987. Registered Investment Adviser, managing equity, fixed-income, and short-term cash portfolios for endowments and foundations, institutions, municipalities, and high net worth clients. Chairman, Pension and OPEB Committee, Memphis Light, Gas and Water. Trustee, Plough Foundation.

GARY WUNDERLICH Founder and CEO, Wunderlich Securities, Inc. since 1996. Received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia, 1992; M.B.A. from the University of Memphis, 1995. Inducted into the Society of Entrepreneurs in 2014 and named University of Memphis Entrepreneur of the Year in 2009. Current member of the SIFMA Regional Firms Committee and former Chairman of the FINRA District 5 Committee. Also serves on the boards of ArtsMemphis and Memphis University School, and the advisory boards of Memphis Botanic Garden and Children’s Museum of Memphis.

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Law: Business Litigation

In the grayscale world of business law, you’re going to need someone who can discern just what victory is — and how best to achieve it. When a case goes to court, not losing is often a victory. And unlike the cases in television dramas, many can drag on — which means you’ll need an expert who knows when to settle and when to keep negotiating. In compiling this POWER PLAYERS list, we set to fi nd out: Who are the top local lawyers when you must go to trial or argue before a judge? Who’s the one person you want as your general when you wade into legal battle? Who’s the one you pray you never fi nd yourself opposite in a court of law? Who can help you make the tough decisions that are in your fi rm’s best interests? Check out these folks. You may be calling on one some day.

LEO BEARMAN JR. Senior Counsel, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC. J.D., Harvard. Litigator of the Year, Tennessee Bar Association; listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, and Mid-South Super Lawyers.

Former President, Tennessee Junior, Memphis, and Shelby County Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Elected Member, International Association of Insurance Counsel, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Received Pillars of Excellence Award, University of Memphis Alumni Association.

NATHAN BICKS Member, Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC. B.A., Brown; J.D., Georgetown.

Practice focuses on complex litigation with emphasis on white-collar crime, healthcare fraud, and class-action matters. Named by BusinessTN one of “150 Best Lawyers in Tennessee.” Serves as Town Attorney for Collierville. Former appointee, hearing panelist for Tennessee Supreme Court Board of Professional Responsibility. President, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Past President, Memphis Jewish Community Center.

construction. Chair, firm’s litigation practice. Former President, Memphis Bar Association. Member, FINRA Arbitration Board, and Mediation Panel, U.S. District Court, Western District of TN. AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Mid-South Super Lawyers.

MICHELE HOWARD-FLYNN Managing Partner, HF Law Group, PLLC. B.A., Political Science and History, Morehead State University; J.D., Tulane University. Practice areas include business litigation, estate planning, and probate and estate administration.

Immediate Past President, Association for Women Attorneys. Member, Tennessee and American Associations for Justice and Tennessee Bar Association.

Member, House of Delegates, Memphis Bar Association.

Past Board Member, Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women.

ALBERT C. HARVEY Partner, Lewis Thomason. B.S. and J.D., University of Tennessee. Areas of practice include business and commercial, construction, healthcare, intellectual property, and product and professional liability. Former President, Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations. Former Member, American Bar Association Board of Governors. Recipient, Lawyers’ Lawyer Award, Memphis Bar Association.

Former Chairman, Tennessee Bar Foundation. Retired from U.S. Marine Corps Reserve as Major General.

MICHAEL G. MCLAREN Member, Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, PC. B.A., Yale University; J.D., Loyola University. Practices in federal and state litigation, commercial litigation, professional liability, insurance coverage, environmental law, construction law, and fidelity and surety law. Former Vice President and General Counsel, Wright Medical Technology. Named in Mid-South Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America. Appeared in films such as A Time to Kill, The Firm, and The People vs. Larry Flynt.

JOHN J. HEFLIN III Member, Bourland, Heflin, Alvarez, Minor & Matthews, PLC. B.A. and J.D., Vanderbilt. Areas of practice include complex commercial litigation, breach of contract, fraud, insurance, intellectual property, securities and

JOHN MCQUISTON II Shareholder, Evans Petree, PC. B.A., Rhodes College; graduate, U.S. Naval Justice School; and J.D., Vanderbilt.

Experience includes banking, construction, securities, fraud, antitrust, breach of fiduciary duties, and

RICHARD GLASSMAN Senior Shareholder and President, Glassman, Edwards, Wyatt, Tuttle & Cox, PC. J.D., University of Memphis.

Practice devoted to litigation dealing with professonal liability and malpractice. Certified as Civil Trial Specialist and Civil Pretrial Practice Advocate. Fellow, Memphis Bar Foundation. Member, American Board of Trial Advocates.

Original Member, Tennessee Judicial Evaluation Committee. Recipient, 2012 U of M Distinguished Alumnus Award. Founding Member, Trucking Industry Defense Association.

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ROBERT F. MILLER Member, Farris Bobango, PLC. B.A., Vanderbilt; J.D., University of Memphis.

Specializes in general civil litigation, commercial litigation, railroad litigation, construction litigation, bankruptcy law, insurance defense litigation, and domestic relations law. Member, Memphis, Tennessee, and American Bar Associations. Honored numerous times in Mid-South Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America. Former Member and Chairman, Board of Directors, St. Agnes/St. Dominic Schools.

Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers.

President, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government.

Former Treasurer, American Bar Association. Vice President, Tennessee Bar Association.

GLEN G. REID Partner in Charge, Memphis office, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs. Member, Intellectual Property Protection and Litigation Service Team. J.D., University of Memphis. Areas of practice include banking litigation, commercial litigation, products liability litigation, and white collar criminal defense. Named 2014 Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year, The Best Lawyers in America. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Master, Leo Bearman Sr. Chapter, American Inns of Court.

RICHARD J. MYERS Member, Apperson Crump, PLC. B.A., Loma Linda University, M.A., University of Chicago, and J.D., Cornell School of Law. Areas of practice include litigation, real estate, and public law and governmental relations. Member, Memphis Bar Association. Joined firm in 1997. Serves as City Attorney for Oakland, Tennessee. Elected Member of Board of Directors, World Cataract Foundation. Advisory Board Member, University of Memphis’ Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

JOHN C. SPEER Member, Bass, Berry & Sims. J.D., University of Kentucky. Practice is focused on business litigation.

Represents banks and other financial institutions in disputes involving commercial loan and public bond defaults and federal and state laws and regulations. Also represents companies in critical business disputes.

Recognized by Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America and Mid-South Super Lawyers. Memberships include: Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, Inns of Court (Master), Memphis Bar Foundation, Memphis Symphony Orchestra (Board), and Jacob’s Ladder Community Development Corporation (Advisor).

RANDALL D. NOEL Partner, Butler Snow LLP. J.D., University of Mississippi. Practice includes business litigation, data security and products defense. Listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Best Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, and Super Lawyers. Former President of Tennessee Bar Association, American Counsel Association, and Tennessee Legal Community Foundation. Fellow, American, Tennessee and Memphis Bar Foundations. Member, Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments.

DAVID WADE Director and Shareholder, Martin Tate Morrow & Marston, PC. J.D., University of Memphis. Areas of practice include civil and criminal litigation, land use, and administrative law. AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell. A distinguished mediator for cases on state and federal levels. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Former President, Memphis Bar Association. Former Chair, City of Memphis Civil Service Commission. Master and Former President, American Inns of Court.

LUCIAN T. PERA Partner, Adams and Reese, LLP. A.B., Princeton. J.D., Vanderbilt. Focuses practice on commercial litigation, media law, and legal ethics work. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America.

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers, and BusinessTN. Member, American Law Institute. Recipient, President’s Award, Tennessee Bar Association; Sam A. Myar Jr. Memorial Award, Memphis Bar Association; and Justice Joseph W. Henry Award for Outstanding Legal Writing. Former President,

GEORGE WHEELER Member, Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh, PLLC. B.S., with honors, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; J.D., Vanderbilt.

Areas of practice include business and corporate law, healthcare, intellectual property, and personal injury. Member, Litigation and Health Law sections, American Bar Association. Member, Health Law section, Memphis Bar Association. Named to The Best Lawyers in America and Mid-South Super Lawyers. AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell.

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Law: Employment

If you never have to call upon any of the professionals in Employment Law, count yourself fortunate. They navigate ordinances that uphold workers’ rights for better conditions and fair standards in the workplace and, inversely, the rights of employers to moderate the powers of workers’ organizations and to keep labor costs low. Some specialize in such on-the-job issues as harassment, discrimination, or wage and hour claims. Others focus on corporate compliance, business contracts, workers’ compensation, personal injury, or regulatory issues. But whether you’re the plaintiff or defendant in an employment-related dispute, or there’s a question concerning an employment contract, it’s good to have experts like these POWER PLAYERS around to lend a hand.

W. KERBY BOWLING Shareholder, Evans Petree PC. J.D., University of Memphis. Serves as co-leader of the Labor and Employment Law Practice Group.

Worked at Kellogg as a unionized laborer before helping father in combating union-organizing meetings. Assists clients in remaining non-union and avoiding employment litigation. Admitted to practice before Tennessee Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third, Fifth, and Sixth Circuits. AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. The Best Lawyers in America, 2015 and 2016 for Administrative/ Regulatory Law. Board Member, National Foundation for Transplants.

LOUIS P. BRITT III Regional Managing Partner for Memphis, Nashville, and Dallas Offices, FordHarrison LLP. B.A., University of Memphis; J.D., Tulane. Represents management in all areas of employment law including litigation, discrimination, wage and hour, and labor relations. Clients have included ALSAC/St. Jude, ServiceMaster, MAA, Shelby County Government, and City of Memphis. Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Tennessee Bar Foundation, and Memphis Bar Foundation.

ALAN CRONE Attorney and founder of The Crone Law Firm, PLC. B.A., Memphis State University; J.D., Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. Licensed in TN and AR. Practice areas include employment law, business formation, partnerships and litigation; human resources, wrongful termination, overtime, wage and hour disputes; intellectual property, non-competes, trademarks, trade secrets, and more.

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DONALD DONATI Co-Founder, Donati Law Firm. J.D., Tennessee. Certified Trial Specialist.

Certified Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy.

Member, Tennessee Association of Justice, National Employment Lawyers Association, American Inns of Court, and NOVA. Named 2012 Memphis Lawyer of the Year, Employment Law-Individuals, The Best Lawyers in America. Named one of top 100 lawyers in Tennessee by Mid-South Super Lawyers, and one of top six lawyers in U.S. by Lawyers USA in 2006.

EUGENE S. FORRESTER JR. Member, Farris Bobango, PLC. B.A., cum laude, Vanderbilt University; J.D., Washington and Lee University.

Practice concentrates on employment, workers’ compensation, and civil litigation. Member, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Memphis Bar Associations. Former President, MBA. Young Lawyers Division. Former Chair, Tennessee Bar Association. Greater Access and Assistant Project. Named MBA 1994 Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year. Licensed in Tennessee and Arkansas.

DEBORAH GODWIN Partner, Godwin, Morris, Laurenzi & Bloomfield, P.C. B.A., magna cum laude, University of Michigan; J.D., Boston College. Areas of practice include ERISA, labor and employment, civil rights, and personal injury.

Director of the firm’s ERISA Law Section. American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section and Committee on Developing Labor Law. Named to The Best

Lawyers in America and Top 50 Women Attorneys in the Mid-South Super Lawyers. AV-rated, Martindale-Hubble.

MYRA HAMILTON General Counsel, Hamilton Entertainment Employment Law, LLC. Practice areas include employment and labor, HR and corporate compliance, and business contracts. Represents clients before the U.S. EEOC, Tennessee Human Rights Commission, and various U.S. District Courts. Member, Memphis and American Bar Associations. Included on the Attorney Referral List with U.S. EEOC in several jurisdictions.

Member, ABA Forum, Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity, and ABA Presidential Advisory Council on Diversity.

CHARLES HILL Member, Glankler Brown, PLLC. Practice includes employment law, broker/dealer litigation, contracts, and commercial litigation. Experience in litigation over restrictive covenants, covenants against disclosure of proprietary information, protection of trade secrets, and creating social media policies. Member, Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations and Defense Research Institute. Board Member, Greater Memphis Chamber. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Named to The Best Lawyers in America.

DAVID JAQUA Labor and Employment Group, Butler Snow LLP. Practice includes employment litigation (defense), arbitration and mediation, NLRB hearings, labor negotiations, representation campaigns, and management counseling and training. AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell. Named to The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA’s America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and Mid-South Super Lawyers.

Fellow, American and Tennessee Bar Foundations.

LISA KRUPICKA Member, Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC. Practice includes employment law, healthcare law, and ADA Title III compliance. Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Named to The Best Lawyers in America and “Top 100 Lawyers in Tennessee” by Mid-South Super Lawyers. Former Adjunct Professor, University of Memphis. Former Board Member, Memphis Bar Association, and former Chair of its Labor & Employment Section. Board and Executive Committee Member, National Civil Rights Museum.

LISA LICHTERMAN Shareholder, Littler Mendelson, PC. J.D., Vanderbilt University. Practice includes employment law and HR compliance.

Selected Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Named to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers USA. Frequently named to Mid-South Super Lawyers in Labor and Employment Law and selected as a Mid-South Top 50 Women Attorneys for 2015. MartindaleHubbell AV rating. Former Board Member, Memphis Bar

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Association, and former Chair of its Labor & Employment Section. Trustee, Pink Palace Family of Museums.

CARL MORRISON Shareholder, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC. B.B.A., Alabama; J.D., University of Memphis. Former senior attorney, Litigation Division, FedEx Express, and recipient of its Five-Star Award. Former Senior Vice President and Counsel, First Horizon National Corporation. Member, Memphis Bar Association, Employment Law Section, American Bar Association, and International Association of Defense Counsel. AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2014.

JAMES R. MULROY II Managing Principal ­— Memphis, Jackson Lewis. B.A., Rhodes; M.B.A., University of Memphis; and J.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Practice includes class actions and complex litigation, general employment litigation, and wage and hour. Member, Tennessee and American Bar Associations, and DRI. Commander, Judge Advocate General Corps, U.S. Naval Reserve. AV Preeminent-rated Lawyer, Martindale-Hubble. Frequently named to The Best Lawyers in America and Mid-South Super Lawyers.

DAN NORWOOD Partner, Norwood & Atchley. J.D., University of Memphis. Represents clients involved in discrimination, retaliatory discharge for whistleblowing, workers’ compensation claims, and breach of contract. Named to The Best Lawyers in America and Mid-South Super Lawyers in Labor and Employment law. Featured on cover of Memphis magazine as the “Giant Killer” for success in suing government and discriminating employers. Member, Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations and the National Employment Lawyers Association.

ROBIN H. RASMUSSEN Founding Member, Dinkelspiel Rasmussen & Mink, PLLC. B.A. and J.D., University of Memphis. Areas of practice include employment law, workers’ compensation, and civil litigation. Boutique firm founded in 2010. Member of Memphis, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Federal Bar Associations.

Licensed in Tennessee and Mississippi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Real Estate Transactions. Certified Yoga Instructor.

STEPHEN L. SHIELDS Founding Partner, Jackson Shields Yeiser & Holt. Graduate, University of Toledo College of Law and Yale Law School.

Practice represents employers in private and public sectors. President, Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators.

Past President, Memphis Bar Foundation, and past Chair of its Section on Labor and Employment Law. Member, Memphis, Tennessee, and American Bar Associations.

Author, Alternative Dispute Resolutions in Tennessee and Alternative Dispute Resolution: Staying in Business and Out of Court.

BRUCE M. SMITH Member, Apperson Crump PLC. J.D., University of Memphis.

General Counsel, Memphis Area Transit Authority. Practice includes employment law, litigation, and transit law. Frequent lecturer on public transit system labor and regulatory issues, ADA regulations, and legal ethics. Former Chair, Transportation Research Board Committee on Transit and Intermodal Transportation Law. Former Hearing Panel Member, Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation.

JEFFREY C. SMITH Partner, Waller Lansden Dortsch & Davis. Practice includes employment law, commercial construction litigation, and counsel in construction, equipment distribution, franchise, and healthcare industries. Has defended employers against discrimination claims, unfair competition, and wrongful termination. Member, American Bar Association’s Forum on Franchising, Appellate Practice Committee, and Commercial and Business Litigation Committee. Board Member, Tennessee Justice Center.

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Represents management in labor and employment cases. Named U.S. News-Best Lawyers of America’s 2016 Law Firm of the Year for Labor & Employment Litigation. Selected for The Best Lawyers in America for 20 years, Chambers USA’s listing of leading employment attorneys, Mid-South Super Lawyers, and World’s Leading Labour and Employment Lawyers (U.K.).

Chairman of the Small Business Council of the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce. Board Member, Chickasaw Council of the Boy Scouts of America and Memphis Orchestral Society.

EDWARD YOUNG Shareholder, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz.

B.S., University of Memphis; J.D., Vanderbilt. Represents employers before NLRB in employment litigation, collective bargaining, and labor arbitration. Achieved landmark judgment against the EEOC for $750,000, which was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Member, Labor and Employment Law Section and Committee on Equal Employment Law, American Bar Association. Former President, Economic Club of Memphis and Memphis Jewish Federation.

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As the earth gets flatter and more crowded, businesses are profiting from emerging markets. For companies trying to reach customers, wherever they may be, the specialists they need are logistics service providers, aka third-party logistics (3PL) firms. An essential link in the supply chain, the best 3PLs know how to get the product where it needs to be in the most timely and cost-effective manner. Clients may contract with these POWER PLAYERS for storage, warehousing, order fulfilment, cartage, drayage, and delivery of countless kinds of goods via air, land, ocean, and river. There are also a host of dynamic trucking companies with local, regional, and national reach. If the world map is flat, globalization puts Memphis right in the middle. Crowded? Sounds like an opportunity.

JIM ETTER Vice President, Facilities and Storage Operations, Dohmen Life Science Services. B.S., Business Marketing, Indiana University. Specializes in warehousing, distribution, and medical services. Member, Memphis Bioworks Biologistics Steering Committee, Warehousing Education and Research Council, and Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. Supports Central Church Men’s Ministry, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and Leadership Memphis. St. Jude Memphis Marathon volunteer.

BUZZ FLY Vice President, Patterson Warehouses, Inc. Winner of 2011 Michael S. Starnes Leadership in Logistics Award. Former President, Greater Memphis Chamber Uniport Association. Member, Warehousing Education Research Council and Memphis Regional Logistics Council. Elder, First Evangelical Church. More than 27 years’ experience in transportation and warehousing business. Operates 2 million square feet of modern food-grade space and provides complete inventory, fulfillment, and order management services for 22 accounts. Additional services include cross-dock operation, intermodal drayage, and retail freight consolidation.

CHARLIE ANDREWS Chief Operating Officer, Nickey Warehouses, Inc. B.B.A. in Marketing, University of TennesseeMartin. Services include warehousing, order fulfillment, reverse logistics, international shipping, and transportation management. Has been with company for more than 10 years. Member, International Warehouse & Logistics Association, Mid America CropLife Association, Southeast Warehouse Association, and Warehousing Education and Research Council.

CHERYL BURCH CITRONE Partner and Executive Recruiter, Vaco Logistics & Operations. B.P.S., University of Memphis. Board Chair, Society of Female Transportation Professionals. Member, National Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. Board Member, Mid-South Roundtable.

Advisory Board Member, Junior League of Memphis and University of Memphis Department of Marketing & Supply Chain. Super Women in Business 2014, Memphis Business Journal. Winner of University of Memphis’ Intermodal Freight Institute Outstanding Industry Professional.

DAVID BRONCZEK President and CEO, FedEx Express.

Graduate, Kent State University.

Member, Senior Management Committee, FedEx Corporation.

Appointed to National Infrastructure Advisory Council. Member, Board of Governors, International Air Transport Association.

Board Member, Airlines for America, International Paper, FAA Management Advisory Council, and Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Vice Chairman, Board of Visitors, University of Memphis.

Member, Memphis Tomorrow.

MICHAEL L. DUCKER President & CEO, FedEx Freight Corporation. Former President, international business, FedEx Express Asia Pacific in Hong Kong. Executive committee, American Trucking Associations (ATA) and Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations for the Obama administration.

Chairman, International Policy Committee. Executive Board Member and Vice Chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Board Member, Coalition of Service Industries, Salvation Army, Amway Corporation, and International Flavors and Fragrances.

MARK H. GEORGE Chairman, IMC Companies. Founded Intermodal Cartage Company in 1982 with wife, Melinda; and IMC Companies in 2009, now one of largest intermodal carriers in the country with more than 1,500 employees.

Additionally, he serves on the Intermodal Association of North America’s Board of Directors, American Trucking Association Intermodal Motor Carrier’s Board of Directors, the Memphis World Trade Club advisory board and Agape Child and Family Services’ Directors Council. Vice Chairman and one of 11 founding members of the North American Chassis Pool Cooperative (NACPC).

LANNY CHALK Terminal Manager, Fullen Dock and Warehouse, Inc. Attended Jacksonville State University.

Company is a full-service, intermodal river terminal and warehousing facility. Clients include barge brokers, freight forwarders, and manufacturers requiring barge, harbor, and tug services, transshipment, trucking, and storage. With Port 740, Inc., company owns two tugs. Has been with company since 1994. Member, Inland River Ports & Terminal Association and Area Maritime Security.

WILLIAM B. DUNAVANT III CEO and President, Dunavant Enterprises, Inc. Board Member, Memphis University School, New Memphis Institute, National Advisory Board, Jefferson Scholars Foundation, University of Virginia. Advisory Board, Baptist Memorial Hospital. Past Chairman, Cotton Council International, New Memphis Institute, St. George’s Independent School. Past President, American Cotton Shippers Association, World Cotton Exporters Association, Memphis Botanic Garden, The Chickasaw Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

KEN HAZEN President and CEO, CTSI-Global. B.B.A., University of Memphis. Formed transportation consulting company MultiModes before purchasing Continental Traffic Service. Co-author, The Role of Transportation in the Supply Chain and The Role of Freight Bill Payment and Transportation Information in the Supply Chain Industry. Former Chairman, Associated Catholic Charities of West Tennessee. Former President, University of Memphis Alumni Association and Board of Visitors. Fundraising leader for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

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CLIFFORD F. LYNCH Principal, C.F. Lynch & Associates.

Member, Warehousing Education and Research Council. Certified Member, American Society of Transportation & Logistics. Past President, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. Recipient, CSCMP Distinguished Service Award. Named AST&L Outstanding Transportation/Logistics Executive in 1997.

Author of five books on logistics and supply chain management. Adjunct Professor, Supply Chain Management, University of Memphis.

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W. NEELY MALLORY III President of Mallory Alexander International Logistics. Has overseen growth from cotton forwarding to ocean transportation, intermodal trucking, warehousing, and distribution. Recently accepted the President’s E Star Award for Excellence in Exporting and the Governor’s GATE Award for facilitating global trade. Past President, Memphis World Trade Club.

Former Board Member, National Cotton Council, Cotton Council International, and the Agriculture Transportation Coalition. Current Board Member, Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce. Chairman, Regional Logistics Council of Memphis and the Mid-South.

CALVIN W. OZIER President, UWT Logistics. B.S., Industrial Management, University of Tennessee. Specializes in order processing and shipping, transportation services, and repackaging services. Member and former President, Southeastern Warehouse Association.

Member, International Warehouse and Logistics Association and Greater Memphis Chamber. Director, Land Bank of Mississippi. Went on 17-year medical mission trip to Peru with United Servants Abroad and South America Mission.

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BOB PHILLIPS Chief Executive Officer, Versant Supply Chain. Company offers comprehensive supply chain services, going above and beyond traditional third-party logistics in that they add a depth of expertise in transportation, distribution, and staffing to the mix. Has been with Versant for 11 years and was responsible for developing one of the firm’s key business units. Is now responsible for guiding the growth of the company as a leading national supply chain services provider.

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Made employees partners by selling private stock to them under the government approved ESOP. Past Chairman and former Board Member, Intermodal Conference of the Transportation Intermediaries Association. Transportation Clubs International Person of the Year, 2011. Supports Alois, Youth Villages, The Forsaken Children (Ethiopia), Coaching For Literacy, Make A Wish, and charter schools in low-income areas of Memphis.

SCOTT TALLEY Partner and Vice President of Worldwide Distribution, PFSweb. B.B.A., University of North Texas; M.B.A., New York Institute of Technology. Services include logistics and end-to-end eCommerce solutions.

Responsible for daily operations at distribution complex in Memphis and for strategic resource and technology deployment decisions for all company distribution facilities. Has been in position since 1999. Member, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and Association for Operations Management.

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2011 Executive in Residence, University of Memphis Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute. Member, Board of Visitors, University of Memphis. Recipient, 2012 Humanitarian Award, Diversity Memphis.

KAREN WHITE Regional Vice President, OHL. Named to Inbound Logistics Top 100 3PLs. Selected as Participant in U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Broker Self-Assessment Outreach Pilot. Certificate of Appreciation, Department of Homeland Security for supporting TSA Truck Security Forum “Linking Government & Industry.” Member, Board of Advisors, Greater Memphis Chamber. Member, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and Memphis Cargo Task Force.

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Manufacturing

Look around your home and office and city. Now imagine those same spaces without the goods and necessities that make living and working in today’s modern world possible. Right here in Memphis, manufacturing companies are producing everything from paper, chemical, and agricultural products to motorized equipment and cleaning solutions. Even solar panels and air-conditioning systems are made here, along with such diverse products as sports apparel for dance teams, and medical/orthopedic devices that relieve pain and improve our mobility — all of which enhance our quality of life and provide much-needed jobs. Memphis is an ideal location for manufacturing companies, offering economic incentives and a centralized location from which to ship their products. Advancements in the industry are made every day, and these POWER PLAYERS are leading the way to a more efficient, safer future.

KATHY BUCKMAN GIBSON President and COO, Buckman. Bachelor’s degree, Duke University; M.B.A. & J.D., Emory University. Chairman, Pre-K Initiative of the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce Chairman’s Circle.

Member, National Civil Rights Museum Board. National Board Member, Girls Inc. Past Member, TAPPI Foundation Board of Trustees. Past Vice Chairman, Board of Executives, Sloan Center for Paper Business Industry Studies. Campaign Chair, United Way of the Mid-South, 2008. Past Board Member, Memphis Bioworks Foundation.

KUNIO KAMIMURA President, Sharp Manufacturing Company of America (SMCA). Over 33 years of experience at Sharp. Formerly division general manager, worked in the Solar Business Planning Department, and was a solar engineer for satellite use. Joined Sharp in 1983 after graduating from Tokai University graduate school with a degree in Aerospace Engineering. Memphis operations include a Health and Environmental Division and a Business Solutions Group.

KEVIN OHNECK Vice President and Plant Manager, Hino Motors Manufacturing. Facility located in Marion, Arkansas. Has A.S. degree, Applied Science. Plant is one of Hino’s most productive and has been in operation since 2006. Hino Motors supplies rear driving axles and rear suspension components for light trucks and SUVs. Notable clients include Toyota and Hino trucks. Past President and Board Member of ACT!, a nonprofit for persons with disabilities.

ALLEN W. PIERCE SR. General Manager, Manufacturing, New and ReCon Parts, Cummins Inc. B.S., Chemistry and Mathematics, North Carolina A&T State University; M.B.A., Duke University. Previous positions in company include XPI Fuel Systems JV, PowerCare Manufacturing, and Diesel Recon divisions. Leadership Memphis, class of 2000. Member, Finance Committee Chair, LeMoyne-Owen College. ODI Certified Facilitator. Founding Member, Executive Board, Remanufacturing Industries Council.

JACK SAMMONS President, Ampro Industries. Company manufactures personal care products.

President, River City Laboratories. Former Chairman and Current Board Member of Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority. B.B.A., University of Memphis.

National President, Ethnic Product Manufacturers Association. Former Chairman of Memphis City Council, served four terms as Council Member. Chief Administrative Officer, City of Memphis, for Mayor ProTem Myron Lowery and Mayor A C Wharton. Former Chairman, Tennessee Athletic Commission. General Chairman, FedEx St. Jude Classic. President, Youth Programs Inc. Former Board Member, Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.

KARL SCHLEDWITZ Co-founder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer of Monogram Foods, a leading manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of ready-to-eat further processed meats including jerky, corn dogs, precooked bacon, appetizers, and hot dogs.

Monogram operates eight plants in seven states with over 2,500 employees. Longtime member of the Memphis Zoo Board, the Orpheum Theatre Board, and a Trustee Emeritus of the University of Tennessee Board of Directors.

LEIGH SHOCKEY CEO, Drexel Chemical Co., manufacturer and formulator of chemical products for agriculture. Business Degree, UT-Martin.

Chair, West Tennessee District export Council, Greater Memphis Chamber.

Board member, Liberty Bowl, Tennessee Board of Regents, Memphis in May, Crop Life America, University of Memphis Business School Board of Advisors.

JEFF WEBB Founder and CEO, Varsity Brands, Inc. Company is world’s largest provider of apparel, educational camps, clinics, and competitions for cheerleading and dance teams. Educated at University of Oklahoma. Founder, Universal Cheerleaders Association, U.S. All Star Federation, and International Cheer Union. Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, Organization of Spirit Industry Providers. Civic causes include Cheer for the Cure events, Make-A-Wish, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

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Marketing and Public Relations

Ours is an increasingly image-conscious world. As technology has introduced new forms of media for mass consumption, a key principle in business has consistently been underscored: It’s not enough to be good at what you do. You’re sometimes only as good as the market thinks you look. With the quickly changing landscape of new media, and with social networks reaching into all aspects of life, being able to rely on marketing and public relations professionals is more important now than ever — it can be a matter of business life and death. Whether your company needs an image makeover, wants to launch a new brand, product, or service, or simply seeks better exposure in the marketplace, hiring a marketing and PR agency can go a long way toward ensuring that your message is in tune with your target audience and pitch-perfect.

RALPH BERRY Executive Vice President, Public Relations, Sullivan Branding. Has represented clients in healthcare and bioscience, nonprofit, transportation, financial services, hospitality, logistics and distribution, manufacturing, retail, entertainment, restaurants, and apparel for more than 30 years. Former President, Thompson & Berry Public Relations. Recipient, Pyramid Award for Ad Man of the Year, 2004, Memphis Advertising Federation, and has won award for PR Professional of the Year. Member, Board of Trustees, WKNO.

JERRY EHRLICH President, The Brand Squad. Firm focused exclusively on launching new brands, products, special initiatives, and revitalizing underperforming brands. Client industries include hospitality, medical, manufacturing, nonprofit, agriculture, technology, government, and financial services. Board Member, University of Tennessee College of Communications and Facing History & Ourselves. Former Memphis Advertising Federation President of the Year and Vice President of The Boy Scouts of America Chickasaw Council

BILL CARKEET CEO, Principal and Co-Owner of Oden.

B.S., Education, University of Memphis. Company is a 43-year-old B2B marketing, communications, and branding firm. Leads shaping of firm’s future, opportunity assessment, and services. Chair of management team.

Former Vice President of Marketing, First Tennessee Bank. Board Member, ArtsMemphis, and Chair, Marketing Council. Former Board Member and President, Chicago-based Association of Professional Design Firms.

COURTNEY ELLETT Founder and CEO, Obsidian Public Relations. Firm has offices in Memphis and was named Small Business of the Year, Memphis Business Journal. PR Director of the Year, Memphis Business Journal. PR Director of the Year, Memphis Advertising Federation. “Top 40 Under 40,” Memphis Business Journal; “50 Women Who Make A Difference,” Memphis Woman. Recipient of six Silver VOX Awards, Memphis Chapter, PR Society of America, and Addy Awards’ Best of Show, Memphis Advertising Federation. Finalist, 2013 CEO of the Year, Inside Memphis Business. Executive of the Year in 2014, Memphis Business Journal.

DOUG CARPENTER Principal, DCA, an advertising, public relations, and consulting firm. Has provided business and communications solutions for public and private sector clients since 1988.

Instrumental in successful efforts to recruit Grizzlies NBA franchise to Memphis, develop the Salvation Army’s Kroc Center, retain professional tennis in Memphis, revitalize the Sears Crosstown building, lure shoppers and visitors to Carriage Crossing, and reimagine the historic Tennessee Brewery, among many other campaigns and initiatives.

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CHARLES T. GAUSHELL Chief Idea Architect/President, Paradigm Marketing & Creative.

Differentiating businesses and organizations since 1992, Paradigm is a full-service branding, marketing, creative, and advertising firm. Clients include Pyros Fire Fresh Pizza, Semmes Murphey, Poag Shopping Centers, RVC Outdoor Destinations, a wide variety of startups, and dozens of real estate developers around the country. Recipient of numerous Addy, Telly, and Davey Awards. Finalist, Best Places to Work and

Small Business Awards, Memphis Business Journal.

Leadership Memphis Alumni; judge for national Davey and Telly Awards; cancer survivor.

TRACE HALLOWELL Founder and Managing Partner, Tactical Magic. Has received numerous national and international honors for advertising, branding, and creativity. With more than 30 years in the business, his work is published in numerous books, magazines, and even college textbooks that highlight the best in creative marketing. Clients include Leadership Memphis, Progressive Technologies, Sterling National Bank, New York, and Trousseau.

MARK HENRY President and Co-Founder, Signature Advertising. Has been with agency for more than 20 years. Signature has won numerous Addys, MarComs, Tellys, and The Wall Street Journal “Best Of” awards.

Provides pro bono services to many community nonprofits. Alongside University of Memphis Professor Lurene Kelley, created mentorship program for school’s Department of Journalism. 2013 recipient, University of Memphis Charles E. Thornton Outstanding Journalism Alumni Award.

AMY D. HOWELL Founder/CEO of Howell Marketing Strategies, LLC. Client industries include real estate, insurance, healthcare, aviation, and small business. National speaker on effective use of social media for business including Twitter, Facebook, and blogging. Public relations veteran and Vox Award winner.

Winner of 2012 PR Daily Awards for the “Best Use of SEO.” Civic involvement includes Circle of Red, AHA. Recently published Women in High Gear, available on Amazon.

CHRISTI KELLEY President and CEO, Kelley & Associates Advertising, Inc. Represents clients in the medical, agricultural, industrial, real estate, financial, retail, and B2B industries.

Recipient of numerous awards including Addy, Telly, SIAA, MIRM, NAMA, PIAS Graphic, MarCom, and International Communicator Awards.

Board Member, First South Financial. Involved with Catholic Charities of West Tennessee and Porter-Leath among other nonprofits.

JERRY KLEIN Owner and President, Kossman/Klein & Company, founded in 1981. Longstanding clients include John J. Campbell Co., Bluff City Jaguar Land Rover, and Air Repair, Inc. Founder and First President, Germantown Rotary. Recipient, Dean Campbell Award, Germantown Rotary; Unversity of Memphis Herbert Lee Williams Outstanding Career Accomplishment Award. Past Chairman, Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Chairman, Germantown Economic Development Commission.

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STINSON LILES Co-Founder and Co-Principal, Red Deluxe Brand Development. With partner Martin Wilford, guides the firm’s regional and national clients, which have included the national American Red Cross and HGTV. Works with some of the city’s top brands, including Baptist Memorial Health Care, Memphis Grizzlies, Hyde Family Foundations, and Duncan-Williams. Named 2012 CEO of the Year, Inside Memphis Business magazine.

JOHN R. MALMO Chairman Emeritus, Archer Malmo Inc., and Principal, John Malmo Marketing Consulting. Educated at Boston University. Entrepreneurial Fellow, University of Memphis. Founded John Malmo Advertising in 1967. Former President, Memphis Advertising Federation. Former Director, American Association of Advertising Agencies.

Recipient, American Advertising Federation Silver Medal Award. Trustee Chairman, Moore Tech. Regular commentator on WKNO-FM, and author of When There’s No Tiger on the Mountain, Monkey Is King.

DEIDRE MALONE Founder, President, and CEO, The Carter Malone Group, LLC, and CEO of Malone Sullivan Public Strategies. B.S., Jackson State University. Founding Member of the Tennessee Public Relations Alliance.

Member, PRSA, National Association of Women Business Owners, EDGE Board, Baptist Health Sciences College Board. President, Tennessee Women’s Political Caucus. Former Shelby County Commissioner.

Former Chairman, Shelby County Commission. Former Democratic Nominee, Shelby County Mayor.

VALERIE MORRIS President and CEO, Morris Marketing Group, a strategic marketing, public relations, communications, and planning firm. Clients include West Cancer Center, Memphis in May, Caesars Entertainment, Shelby Farms, Memphis Open, Visha Skin Care, and Phillip Ashley Chocolates.

Creative communication specializing in helping organizations achieve success in the public eye, on their balance sheet, and in their day-to-day operations for more than 20 years.

HOWARD ROBERTSON JR. Principal and CEO, TRUST Marketing & Communications, Inc. TRUST is the oldest African American-owned marketing firm in this part of the country.

Client roster includes City of Memphis, Methodist-LeBonheur Healthcare, Durham School Services, Shelby County Government, Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, and others.

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CYNTHIA H. SAATKAMP President and Co-Founder, Hemline, building tailored brand strategies for clients including Hilton Worldwide, Church Health Center, Ballet Memphis, Onyx Medical, AutoZone, and LEO Events. “Top 40 Under 40,” Memphis Business Journal. Recipient, Marketing Professional of the Year and Communications Firm of the Year, American Advertising Federation. President-Elect, American Advertising Federation; Senior Warden, Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church; Board Member, Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal School.

TIM SELLERS Co-Founder and Partner of inferno, providing strategic counsel and marketing communications solutions to clients in bioscience, healthcare, logistics, and financial services. Recognized

by AAF Memphis as “Advertising CEO of the Year” and “Ad Man of the Year”. Former Board Member, CASA of Memphis and Shelby County, Hope Youth Ministries and AAF Memphis. Currently serving on the Board of Visitors, University of Tennessee College of Communication and Information.

SHEPERD SIMMONS Founder and president, Counterpart.

Offices in Memphis and Dallas, providing campaign planning, concept/creative, web content management, and onsite specialists. Clients served: P&G, Progressive, FedEx, Regions, International Paper, Express Scripts. Has earned 500+ awards, national and international, including The One Show, Graphis, and New York Festivals. “Top 40 Under 40,” Memphis Business Journal. Former Board Member, Memphis Advertising Federation. Home and school association officer, cub scouts photographer, Sunday school teacher.

BRIAN SULLIVAN Principal and CEO, Sullivan Branding.

Helped create award-winning creative campaigns, internal communications, company culture, training programs, and developed brands for clients locally, regionally, and nationally, including hospitality, healthcare, entertainment, professional sports, tourism, and education. Board Member and Area Vice President, USTA Tennessee. Vice Chairman, Marketing Committee, USTA Southern. Past Trustee, New Memphis Institute. Board Member, Beale Street Caravan.

ELIZABETH TATE Chairperson and CEO, Signet, Inc. Clients include International Paper, FedEx, Chick-fil-A, ServiceMaster, Thomas & Betts, and First Tennessee.

Founding Member, PeerNet industry consortium. Member, Mid-South Minority Business Council, Promotional Products Association International, and AAF Memphis. Former

Vice-Chair, Board of Trustees, St. Agnes Academy.

Finalist, Robert Church Awards for the Minority Business of the Year, and listed in ASI Counselor’s Best Places to Work for five straight years. WBENC certified company.

LORI TURNER-WILSON CEO and Founder, RedRover Sales & Marketing. Helps clients improve the productivity of their sales force and return on their marketing investment. Syndicated “Guerrilla Sales & Marketing” columnist in publications including Memphis Daily News and Nashville Ledger. President of AMA Memphis. Company featured

by Greater Memphis Chamber as one of “Top 10 Companies to Watch in 2014.” Small Business Awards, Executive of the Year finalist, Memphis Business Journal. “Top 40 Under 40,” Memphis Business Journal.

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Recipient, numerous Telly, Addy, Vox, and MarCom awards for clients including Tennessee Department of Tourist Development and Higher Education Commission, McDonald’s, Thomas & Betts, and Lucite International. Named Outstanding Alumnus, University of South Florida School of Mass Communications. Former Governor, River City States Council, American Association of Advertising.

Recipient, Memphis Symphony’s Hebe Award. Board Member, Ronald McDonald House.

BECKY JONES WEST President and Founder, WestRogers Strategic Communications. Services include strategic planning, political and public affairs, crisis communications, brand management and professional services. Specialties include healthcare, economic development, energy, entertainment, sports promotions, and real estate. Reach includes healthcare marketing in China. Trustees Chair and Board Member, Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis. Advisory Board, Ole Miss Meek School of Journalism and New Media. Board Member, Ole Miss Women’s Council; Metropolitan Bank Group.

RUSS WILLIAMS CEO, Archer Malmo, an integrated agency founded in 1952 with 190 employees. A 25-year veteran of strategic action and an avid supporter of the downtown Memphis creative community. Recipient of the Memphis American Advertising Federation “2016 Silver Medal Award” and Inside Memphis Business 2016 “CEO of the Year.” “Top 40 Under 40,” Memphis Business Journal. M.B.A. from University of Virginia School of Business and B.S. from Christian Brothers University.

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Medical: Group Practice

The healthcare industry is ever-changing, from insurance regulations to dayto-day expenses. The business chiefs at clinics have many responsibilities, many employees, and many bosses. They oversee everything from practice management and privacy policies to fi nances, insurance, and human resources. Their fi rms may specialize in one area, such as pulmonology, orthopedics, oncology, cardiology, gastroenterology, or ambulatory services, or they may offer a full range of medical services. Add to that the knowledge that their “customers” are sick and need help, and that the family members who accompany them may need guidance and support. For these POWER PLAYERS, fi nding a way to provide the best clinical outcome in a challenging environment is just another day at the office.

PAM ALEXANDER President and CEO, MidSouth Healthcare Management. Previous experience includes various positions with MPL and practice management as Chief Operating Officer of Symbion Physician Services. Opened Midsouth Healthcare Management in 2010 providing practice management services to include oversight management, accounts payables and monthly financials, human resources, and billing and collection services to all specialties. Certified Medical Coder.

KIM AVERY Administrator and General Counsel, Mid-South Pulmonary Specialists, P.C. B.B.A., International Business and Economics; M.B.A. in Healthcare Economics, and J.D., University of Memphis. Clinic is one of largest pulmonary and critical care practices in the Southeast, specializing in the treatment of patients with respiratory illnesses as well as sleep medicine and intensivist services. Has been with the practice for 18 years. Also consults for primary care and other specialties.

KEN E. BEASLEY CEO, MSK Group P.C. Leads the three divisions of MSK Group: Memphis Orthopaedic Group, OrthoMemphis, and Tabor Orthopedics, which deliver subspecialty services to those with orthopedic-related injuries or conditions. Formerly, Ken spent over 14 years with Baptist Hospital Memphis as VP and ultimately as the CEO for the last four years. He completed his Master’s of Science in Health Administration and Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Finalist, Healthcare Administrative Excellence, Memphis Business Journal. Actively involved with Arthritis Foundation. Member, American College of Orthopaedic Executives and Medical Group.

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JIM BOSWELL Vice President of Physician Services and CEO, Baptist Medical Group (BMG), an affiliate of Baptist Memorial Health Care. M.B.A., University of Chicago. Multispecialty group practice has more than 500 physicians in 43 specialties. Since April 2009, group has acquired a number of primary care and subspecialty practices. Former CEO, NEA Baptist Clinic in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Also former CEO, CFO, and COO of several physician-owned group practices around the United States.

DREW BOTSCHNER CEO, University Clinical Health.

M.B.A., Xavier University; law and bachelor’s degrees, Wake Forest University. Private practice arm of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Offers clinical practices in dermatology, family medicine, nephrology, ophthalmology (Hamilton Eye Institute), plastic surgery, neonatology, dermapathology, neurology, minimally invasive surgery, pathology, and hematology. Held leadership and legal roles in hospital systems throughout Ohio prior to joining University Clinical Health in 2014.

DAVID CRISLIP COO, The Jones Clinic. B.S.N. and M.B.A., University of Memphis.

Fellow, ACHE. Former Chairman, Community Health Council of Fayette County. Only independent oncology clinic in the region, maintaining more than 20 clinical trials at all times.

Recognized for excellence in pneumonia care, Leapfrog, and The Joint Commission. Fellow, American Health Care Executives; Board of Directors, Mid-South Health Care Executives. Youth leader, Germantown United Methodist Church.

DEBBIE EDDLESTONE CEO, Stern Cardiovascular Foundation.

B.A., Education, LSU. Practice offers comprehensive approach to wellness and preventive medicine with 11 MidSouth locations. In 2011, Stern partnered with Baptist Memorial Health Care and in 2012 merged with Memphis Heart Clinic, making it the largest cardiology group in the area.

Board Member, American Heart Association, MGMA, National Association for Professional Women, and Medaxiom. Named to Memphis Business Journal Superwomen in Business.

SUSAN GENT Chief Nursing Officer, West Cancer Center. Key member of the senior management team, working with nursing team members and nurse practitioners in continued expansion and integration of the Center’s comprehensive services. Previously served as Administrative Director of Nursing with Vanderbilt Medical Group. With more than 25 years of experience at Vanderbilt, played a key role in strategic development, system-wide planning, and operations.

JOHN R. GROSS Practice Administrator, Shea Clinic.

B.A., LSU. Comprehensive ENT medical practice and surgery center specializing in treatment of chronic hearing and balance disorders. Member, Leadership Council and Association of Otolaryngology Administrators. Elected National Program Chairperson, AOA Annual Institute in San Francisco. Starkey Foundation 2013 Director’s Award for providing outstanding help to the hearing impaired within the Memphis community. Starkey Foundation 2014 Millennium Award in recognition of those whose lives embody their mission of “So the World May Hear.”

DAVID HARANO CEO, Gastro One, and CEO, TN Gastro.

B.B.A., Finance, Emory University.

M.B.A. and M.H.A., Georgia State.

Former Chair, Medical Group Management Association’s Gastroenterology Administration Assembly. Board Member, Preventing Colorectal Cancer.

Chairman, Colorectal Cancer Committee, Tennessee Cancer Coalition. Member, Tennessee Group Practice Coalition, Memphis Medical Group Management Association, Baptist Healthcare Services Group Advisory Board, and MetroCare Physicians Practice Advisory Forum.

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DAN HEIN CEO, Memphis Orthopaedic Group, and Co-CEO, MSK Group, P.C. B.S., The Citadel; M.B.A., South Carolina. Former Major, U.S. Army. President, Tennessee Medical Group Management Association. Certified Medical Practice Executive, American College of Medical Practice Executives. Past President, MidSouth Medical Group Management Association. Member, American Association of Orthopaedic Executives. Board Member, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis and Wolf River Conservancy.

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Master of Business Administration, Christian Brothers University. Certified Public Accountant, a Fellow in the American College of Medical Practice Executives, and Certified in IT Project Management.

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ANGIE WILSON Administrator, Memphis Gastroenterology Endoscopy Center East and Memphis Gastroenterology Group, PC. Clinic offers colonoscopy, endoscopy, and other gastroenterological services. Serves on MetroCare Advisory Forum and Baptist Health Services Group Provider Committee. Former President, Mid-South Medical Group Management Association. Certified Medical Practice Executive. Former Assistant Business Manager of OB/GYN, UT Medical Group.

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Medical: Hospital Administration

Doctors and nurses aren’t the only ones keeping our hospitals running, and the people in the business of saving lives aren’t always the ones wearing stethoscopes. The following POWER PLAYERS are responsible for making healthcare delivery run smoothly, so that doctors can do their jobs and you can get the care you need. Administrators make sure hospitals operate efficiently and provide appropriate medical care to patients. While doctors strive to keep the blood flowing and the heart beating, the hospital administrator is doing his or her job keeping the hospital alive and healthy. These individuals also have their fingers on the pulse of change and growth in the healthcare industry and the need to expand, raise money for such expansions, and purchase the most state-of-the-art equipment for every area of the hospital.

DAVID L. ARCHER President and CEO, Saint Francis Hospital. CEO, Saint Francis Healthcare.

B.S., Purdue; M.P.H. and M.B.A., Columbia. During his tenure, expansions include Saint Francis-Bartlett, Ambulatory Surgery Center, Heart & Vascular Center, and Saint Francis Medical Partners.

Board Member, Greater Memphis Chamber, American Hospital Association Regional Healthcare Policy Board, Tennessee Hospital Association, Christian Brothers University, and Executive Steering Committee of Health Shelby.

MERI ARMOUR President and CEO, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. M.S.N. and M.B.A., Case Western Reserve University.

Appointed in 2007. Led Le Bonheur to become one of the nation’s Best Children’s Hospitals as named by U.S. News & World Report. Focus on expanding community programs, research, recruiting and retaining top talent.

Opened 255-bed hospital in 2010, currently planning a $65 million expansion. Board Member, Memphis

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Research Consortium, Urban Child Institute, Hospital Wing and Children’s Hospital Alliance of Tennessee.

REGINALD COOPWOOD President and CEO, Regional One Health. Board-certified surgeon.

Immediate Past Chair, Tennessee Hospital Association Board and American Hospital Association’s Governing Council on Metropolitan Hospitals. Chair, MidSouth e-Health Alliance and Memphis Division March of Dimes. Member, March of Dimes Tennessee State Chapter and BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Board. Recipient, 2010 Individual Leader in Health, Community Health Charities of Tennessee; 2013 Tennessee Hospital Association Diversity Champion; and 2014 CEO of the Year Award, Inside Memphis Business.

JAMES R. DOWNING President and CEO, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Research focused on improving treatment of childhood cancers. Instrumental in launching Pediatric Cancer Genome Project— made TIME’s 2012 list of top 10 medical

breakthroughs. 2013 finalist on TIME’s 100 most influential people in the world list. Elected to Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Architect of new six-year plan to expand St. Jude clinical care and research programs in Memphis and around the world.

JASON LITTLE President and CEO, Baptist Memorial Health Care. Former Executive Vice President and COO, Baptist; and CEO and administrator, Baptist Golden Triangle, Baptist Collierville, and Baptist Memphis. Recipient, Early Career Healthcare Executive Award, American College of Healthcare Executives. Chair, Board of Trustees, New Memphis Institute. Chair, Alumni Board, University of Tennessee; Board Member, Church Health Center, American Heart Association, Greater Memphis Chamber, and The Hospital Wing.

GARY S. SHORB President and CEO, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. B.S., Clemson University, M.B.A., University of Memphis. Led expansion of Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown and new Le Bonheur hospital. Methodist Healthcare named Corporation of the Year, Memphis Business Development Corporation, and best hospital in Memphis, U.S. News & World Report. Board Member, National Civil Rights Museum and Memphis Bioworks Foundation. Former Chairman, Memphis Tomorrow.

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Philanthropy

Give and take. It’s a phrase bandied about most often when a compromise is involved.

But for an altruistic group, the “take” part simply doesn’t apply. These POWER PLAYERS don’t seek the spotlight, and their work quietly improves the fabric of the city in countless areas — from hunger and homelessness to racial reconciliation, education, the arts, healthcare, and the environment. Behind the scenes, they feed the poor, heal the sick, and provide more than just the basic necessities of life. They do so leading foundations and organizations that collectively give hundreds of millions of dollars to the region.

But most importantly, they give those they serve a sense of hope and dignity. The term “give till it hurts” is not in their vernacular, as they happily give and ease the hurt of those they serve. And the city is better because of them.

CHARLES BURKETT Chairman, First Tennessee Foundation.

B.B.A., University of Memphis; Graduate, University of Virginia School of Banking and University of Tennessee Executive Development Program.

Retired in 2011 as President of Banking of First Tennessee. Organization focuses community investment on education, economic development, health and human services, and arts and culture. In 2015, total foundation giving reached nearly $6 million through grants to 525 nonprofit organizations. Since its inception in 1993, the First Tennessee Foundation has donated more than $65 million to strengthen communities.

MAURICIO CALVO Executive Director, Latino Memphis.

B.S., Christian Brothers University. Has been working to promote growth among the Latino middle class in Memphis since 2008. Latino Memphis provides aid and support to the Memphis Latino community, such as assistance in health care, college advice, and immigration services. Also puts on over 30 events during the year, including an annual festival and a 5K. Top 10 Young Professionals, The Memphis Chamber in 2011. “12 Who Made a Difference in 2012,” The Commercial Appeal. “Top 40 Under 40,” Memphis Business Journal, 2014. Board Member, Memphis Chamber of Commerce and YMCA of the MidSouth. NCLR, Southeast Affiliate Representative.

MIKE CARPENTER Executive Director, Plough Foundation since 2013. B.A., International Relations/Political Science, University of Memphis. Foundation makes grants within Shelby County to meet community needs. Current initiatives address

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the aging population. Grantees include the Family Safety Center, Memphis Crime Commission, and the Memphis Zoo. “Top 40 Under 40,” Memphis Business Journal, 2009. Appointee to the Governor’s Task Force of Aging, 2013. Former Shelby County Commissioner.

Board Member, Family Safety Center and People First.

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, including hospice, community health disparities initiatives, and the comprehensive sickle cell center. Board of Trustees President, Temple Israel. Board Member and former Executive Director, Jewish Foundation of Memphis and Memphis Grantmaker’s Forum.

BOB FOCKLER President, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. A.B., Princeton University. Works with individuals, families, and their professional advisors to establish and manage charitable giving plans tailored to their personal needs. Leads the largest grant maker in the area, allocating approximately $114 million in 2015.

Board member, Southeastern Council of Foundations, Memphis University School, and MIFA.

LAURA K. LINDER Executive Director, Jewish Foundation of Memphis.

Executive Director, Memphis Jewish Federation. Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and Psychology, Indiana University. Certified Fundraising Executive. Named to “Top 40 under 40,” Memphis Business Journal. Emerging Young Leaders Award, National Council of Jewish Women, Milwaukee. Past President, Memphis Planned Giving Council. Past Secretary, Memphis Grantmaker’s Forum. Past Board Member, Playhouse on the Square/Circuit Playhouse.

BARBARA ROSSER HYDE President, J.R. Hyde III Family Foundation and J.R. Hyde Sr. Foundation. Dedicated to improving the quality of life in the Memphis area. Involved in public education reform, including KIPP Academy, Teach for America, and New Leaders. Founding Member and Former Board Chair, Shelby Farms Park Conservancy. Former Trustee, New Memphis Institute and Yale University Art Gallery. Named one of “Top 100 Most Powerful People in Tennessee,” BusinessTN, 2004.

PAULA JACOBSON President, Methodist Healthcare Foundation. B.A., American Studies, Tulane University; M.A., Guidance and Counseling, SMU. Leads fundraising for clinical priorities and community health initiatives of

JENNY NEVELS Executive Director, Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation. B.A., Rhodes College. Foundation raised over $8.5 million in 2013 for causes including Baptist Operation Outreach, a mobile clinic providing primary care to the homeless; scholarships for Baptist College of Health Sciences; Baptist Heart Institute transplant program; and Kemmons Wilson Family Center for Good Grief. Member, Association of Health Care Philanthropy and Association of Fundraising Professionals. Named one of “50 Women Who Make a Difference,” 2005. Actively participated in establishing the pilot Universal Parenting Place at Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women in partnership with Knowledge Quest.

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MAUREEN O’CONNOR Vice president of Institutional Advancement for Le Bonheur. In her role, she leads the efforts of the Le Bonheur Foundation, Marketing, Public Policy, Trauma Administration, and Injury Prevention teams. Prior to joining Le Bonheur in January 2009, worked for The New York Times Company in advertising, marketing, and sales in New York, and served as vice president of Sales and executive vice president and station manager for WREG-TV News Channel 3 in Memphis. Bachelor’s degree in marketing from Iona College; M.B.A. from Christian Brothers University.

DEANO ORR Executive Director, International Paper Foundation. B.B.A., University of Mississippi. Responsible for oversight, development, and strategic alignment of all IP giving programs, with more than $11 million in donations and charitable contributions annually around the globe with a primary focus on environmental education and literacy. Member, Ole Miss Alumni Association Executive Board. Tri-State Defender 2012 Men of Excellence Inductee. Inaugural Recipient of the International Paper Diversity and Inclusion Impact Award.

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TAMMIE RITCHEY Executive Director, Regional One Health Foundation. Serves as relationship manager connecting philanthropists to programs, causes and clinical leaders who can fulfill their desire to change healthcare and impact lives. A native Memphian and graduate of Rhodes College. Certified Fundraising Executive. Member, Memphis Downtown Rotary Club, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Association of Healthcare Philanthropy, and the Health Management Academy.

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CEO and Founder, EVS Corporation.

Bachelor’s, University of Northern Iowa; Master’s, Management and Public Administration, Harvard. Chair and active supporter, Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Founder, Team Max. Co-founded the Chopra Companies with Deepak Chopra. Named one of Tennessee’s 100 Most Powerful People by BusinessTN. 2012 CEO of the Year, Inside Memphis Business. Recipient, Changing Face of Philanthropy Award, International Women’s Funding Network, and Woman of Achievement Award.

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Recipient, Outstanding Alumni Awards from University of Tennessee and University of Memphis; Outstanding Air National Guard Nurse. Member, Institute of Global Ethics, Southeastern Council of Foundations, Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau, and Military Order of World Wars. Organization awarded grants of more than $10 million in 2013.

LAUREN W. YOUNG Executive Director, Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation. B.S., Early Childhood Education and English, Vanderbilt University; M.Ed., Early Childhood Special Education.

Foundation received Crystal Award from Association of Fundraising Professionals, and the Community Advocate Award from Memphis Child Advocacy Center. Chair of Memphis Grantmakers Forum. Chair, Juvenile Intervention and Faith-Based Follow Up. Board Member, Hope Christian Community Foundation and Baptist Memorial Healthcare Foundation. Owner, Sweet LaLa’s Bakery.

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Public Service

No city can thrive without the support of a vibrant public service community. From feeding the hungry to promoting diversity to establishing and preserving green spaces in the city, public service keeps us moving toward a better tomorrow. The following POWER PLAYERS represent active organizations and waves of folks volunteering their time, money, and expertise for the good of the community. They work hard every day to aid those in need by providing essential services, solve and prevent serious problems, help ensure our safety, and advance the common good. Their focus extends to children, youth, seniors, and the disabled, to improved race relations, health and fitness, spiritual and emotional needs, and the arts. Their efforts drive the inspiration in all of us to make a difference, and thanks to these POWER PLAYERS we have a better Memphis to show for it.

JEN ANDREWS Executive Director, Shelby Farms Park Conservancy. Oversees services, amenities, and operations at Shelby Farms Park and Shelby Farms Greenline, including implementation of Master Plan. Former Director of Development and Communications with the Conservancy. B.A. English Literature, Rhodes College.

Memphis Flyer, “Top 20 under 30”, former board member for Playhouse on the Square. Member, New Memphis Institute, Leadership Memphis, City Parks Alliance, National Recreation and Parks Association, Mid-South Regional Greenprint Communications Committee.

ADRIENNE BAILEY President and CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Memphis. B.A., Mass Communications, Stephens College. Began as Executive Director of the organization in 1995. Former Chair, Memphis in May Children’s International Festival. Former Community Relations/ Volunteer Coordinator, Memphis Food Bank. Local Community Hero Torchbearer for the U.S. Olympic Torch Relay. Delegate, “President’s Summit for America’s Future.” Husband, D’Army Bailey, was founder of the National Civil Rights Museum.

SUSAN BERRY-BUCKLEY President and CEO, Lifeblood. B.S., Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Ball State University; M.S., Human Resource Development, Indiana University.

Holds MT(ASCP)SBB certification, American Society of Clinical Pathology.

Leadership Memphis, Class of 2011. Organization is the only independent nonprofit blood center in the Memphis area. Provides more than 100,000 blood components to area hospitals annually. Has been in position since 2009. Owns a small horse farm in Lexington, Kentucky.

RUBY BRIGHT Executive Director and Chief Administrative Officer, Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis.

Named Foundation of the Year, MPACT Memphis. Former Chair, Women’s Funding Network. Recipient, Henry Logan Starks Award, Memphis Theological Seminary;

KENNETH R. BENNETT Founder, Street Ministries. B.S. and M.S., U of M. Executive Director, SOUL (Sending Out Urban Leaders), responsible for hiring staff to train, develop, and fund urban leaders across the city. Received Thomas W. Briggs Community Service Award, East Memphis Rotary Citizen of the Year, Memphis Theological Seminary’s Humanitarian Award, Lyndhurst Prize, and 2015 Memphis Fatherhood Hall of Fame award.

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Changing Face of Philanthropy Award, Women’s Funding Network; Kate Gooch Award, Leadership Memphis; J.A. McDaniel Award, Urban League; Ruby R. Wharton Award for Community Service; Women of Achievement Vision Award; and Evie Horton Award. 2014 Memphis Business Journal “Super Women in Business.”

KEVIN DEAN Executive Director, Literacy Mid-South.

Bachelor, Communications, University of Memphis; master’s, Executive Leadership, Christian Brothers University. Because of work in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, appointed to serve on National Disaster Advisory Council through Points of Light Foundation. Named to “Top 40 Under 40,” Memphis Business Journal. Recipient, 2013 Ruth J. Colvin and Frank C. Laubach Award for Excellence in Community-Based Adult Literacy, ProLiteracy; 2014 Innovation Award, Inside Memphis Business; and 2015 Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership Award, Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence.

RICHARD L. FISHER CEO, Chickasaw Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Graduate, University of Kansas. Has served 26 years with Scout councils, primarily in the Midwest. Oversees a $3.8 million annual budget, a staff of more than 30, and about 4,000 Scout leaders. The Chickasaw Council is serving 7,500 youth in 17 counties with 2,500 volunteers.

2016 is their 100th anniversary. Has written a gang guide for volunteers in troubled communities, created a basketball tournament to recruit older boys to Scouting, and developed a program for Scouting activities at correctional facilities where parents of Scouts are kept.

H. DALE HALL Chief Executive Officer, Ducks Unlimited Inc. Organization celebrating 79th anniversary as world’s leader in wetlands and waterfowl conservation.

B.S., biology and chemistry, Cumberland College; master’s in fisheries science, LSU. Spent 30 years with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the last four as Director, appointed by President George W. Bush. Formerly owned a natural resources consulting company. In current position since 2010. Author of numerous published papers on wetlands, fisheries ecology, and other topics.

CYNTHIA HAM President/CEO, BRIDGES. B.A., Journalism, U of M. Former Principal and Chief PR Officer, Archer Malmo.

Served as Executive Director, Memphis in May, from 1987 to 1996, where she launched Beale Street Music Festival.

Opened Mud Island in 1982. First Marketing Director, Beale Street Historic District. President, Beale Street Caravan. Outstanding Journalism Alumni Award, 1999.

Lifetime Achievement Award along with husband Jeff Sanford, Downtown Memphis Commission, 2011.

Recipient, AdFed Silver Medal Award, 2013.

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SALLY JONES HEINZ Executive Director, MIFA. B.A., Rhodes College; master’s, American Studies, University of Texas. Joined senior staff in 2007 as Vice President of Development. Former Director of Development, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Former Director of Marketing and Vice President of Publications, Robert F. Sharpe Company, Inc. Former Director of Alumni, Director of Publications, and acting Director of Communications, Rhodes College.

Former Executive Director, Memphis Heritage. Session Member, First Presbyterian Church.

HENRY G. HERROD President and CEO, The Urban Child Institute. B.A., Princeton University; M.S. and M.D., University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine. Former: Le Bonheur Endowed Chair in Pediatrics; Vice Chairman, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee; Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs at Methodist/Le Bonheur; Dean of the College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences.

Has published over 200 articles, book chapters, and abstracts. Distinguished Alumnus Award, UAB, 2000.

ONIE JOHNS Founder, Caritas Village. Organization, located in Binghampton, seeks to strike accord between races and classes and is a community asset for neighborhood children. It includes a restaurant, cultural and arts activities, a theater, free health clinic, after-school programs, tutoring, and ESL programs. Recipient, 2011 Legends Award, Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis. Has joined forces with other organizations, including Binghampton Development Corp., Service Over Self, BRIDGES, and Jacob’s Ladder.

MELANIE ANN KELLER President and CEO, Meritan, Inc. B.S., Nursing, and M.H.A., University of Memphis. Nonprofit health and social services agency that provides home healthcare, homemaker service, private duty nursing, and other nursing services to individuals with disabilities, senior employment services, and foster care services in Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Georgia. Recipient, Outstanding Home Care Leader Award, Tennessee Association for Home Care; 2015 Memphis Business Journal Super Women in Business Award; 2015 Health Care Hero winner for Administrative Excellence.

PATRICK W. LAWLER CEO, Youth Villages. B.A. and M.A., University of Memphis. Youth Villages helps 22,000 children and families nationwide annually with 2,700 staff in 72 locations. Recognized in 2006 as one of “America’s Best Leaders,” U.S. News and World Report. Board Member, Bank of

Bartlett. Chair, Review Board of the Memphis Catholic Diocese. Master Entrepreneur, the Society of Entrepreneurs. Has led Youth Villages since the organization was founded in 1986.

TONY MARTINI President and CEO, Memphis Goodwill Industries. The nonprofit provides employment and life skills assistance to persons with significant work barriers.

Provides contract services through government partnerships and vocational rehabilitation for the severely disabled. President, Tennessee Association of Goodwills. President, Southeastern Association of Goodwills. Graduate, New Memphis Academy. Finalist, 2014 Executive of the Year, Memphis Business Journal. 2015 Outstanding Italian, Memphis Italian Fest.

ESTELLA H. MAYHUE-GREER President and CEO, Mid-South Food Bank. B.A., M.A., University of Memphis. Has been with Food Bank since 1996. Started Food Bank’s Kids Cafes, Food for Kids BackPack Programs, and Mobile Pantry. Organization serves needy people in 31 counties through a network of 274 charitable feeding programs. Member, UT College of Medicine Advisory Board. Served on the Feeding America National Council. Named one of “50 Women Who Make A Difference,” Memphis Woman. Graduate, Leadership Memphis.

NANCY NUNN MCGEE CEO, Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence. B.A. and M.P.A., University of Arkansas.

Organization is a resource to Mid-South nonprofits, helping to build capacity to more effectively meet the needs of their clients and improve quality of life in the region. The nonprofit provides training and consulting services in the areas of financial sustainability, human capital and impact, as well as research of and advocacy for the regional sector. Named one of “50 Women Who Make a Difference,” Memphis Woman. Has been leading the organization for 20 years.

CHARLES MCVEAN Chairman and Founder, Peer Power Foundation. Graduated with honors from Vanderbilt University. Nonprofit tutors more than 1,000 kids in schools in Tennessee and Mississippi, combining performance-based compensation with powerful effects of peer groups. Chairman and CEO, McVean Trading & Investments. Founder and Chairman, Aerobic Cruiser Hybrid Cycles. Recipient of 2013 Innovation Award, Inside Memphis Business and Fogelman College of Business & Economics, The University of Memphis.

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B.A., University of Virginia; M.Div., Yale; M.D., Emory University. Board Member, Healthy Shelby, Urban Youth Initiative, Orpheum Theatre and Halloran Centre for Performing Arts and Education. Member, Memphis Bioworks Foundation Advisory Board. Chairman, Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society Ethics Committee. Honorary Doctor of Letters, 2015, University of Memphis. Society of Entrepreneurs Master Entrepreneur award, 2011.

Memphis Theological Seminary’s President’s Humanitarian Award, 2010. The Kindness Revolution’s Spirit of Kindness Award, 2010.

LIZ NELSON President and CEO, Make-A-Wish MidSouth. B.A., University of Oklahoma.

Organization grants wishes of children between ages of 2 ½ and 18 who have life-threatening medical conditions, to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy. Has been with organization for 11 years. Chapter has received national Make-A-Wish Infinite Wish Award and multiple Fundraising Achievement Awards. Involved with Hope Church.

Married, with four children and two granddaughters.

KENNETH ROBINSON President/CEO of United Way of the Mid-South since February 2015. Past Tennessee Commissioner of Health (2003-2007), and has served as Health Program and Policy Consultant and County Health officer to the mayor of Shelby County since 2008. Long-time civic leader and past Board Member of local United Way, playing key role in fund distribution and community impact efforts.

Pastor of St. Andrew AME Church. B.A., cum laude, from Harvard; Doctor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School; Master of Divinity from Vanderbilt.

ELIZABETH ROUSE President and Chief Executive Officer, ArtsMemphis. Oversees the organization’s support of the local arts community through programs and funding, including donating $3.3 million to 62 arts organizations and artists in 2014.

Joined ArtsMemphis in 2006 and served as Chief Development Officer and Chief Operating Officer before assuming the top spot this year. A Leadership Memphis alum and a member of the Greater Memphis Chamber Board of Directors.

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AMY STACK President, Junior League of Memphis, an organization of more than 1,500 women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Senior Advisor, Strategic Partnerships at ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

B.A. and M.A. in Journalism from University of Memphis.

Graduate of New Memphis Institute Fellows and Leadership Development Intensive programs. Serves on Executive Committee of University of Memphis Women in Leadership and Philanthropy.

MADELEINE C. TAYLOR Executive Director, Memphis Branch NAACP. B.S., Simmons College; M.S., Cornell. NAACP’s mission is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens. Has worked for NAACP for more than 20 years. Memphis Branch is second largest in U.S. Has served on boards of the Jessie Mahan Day Care Center, Girls, Inc., and Girl Scouts Heart of the South. Received Community Service Award from FBI. Has worked for years with the Shelby County Links Beautillion and New Memphis Institute.

JUNE WADDELL WEST Executive Director, Memphis Heritage.

B.F.A., University of Arkansas.

Organization educates and coordinates groups to save, reuse, and maintain architecturally and historically significant buildings and neighborhoods.

Graduate, Leadership Memphis. Worked to preserve buildings at Overton Square, Rowland Darnell House, Tennessee Brewery, Hotel Chisca, Sears Crosstown, and the Richards House, all on the National Register of Historic Places. Currently working to preserve Aretha Franklin’s Birth Home and the Mid-South Coliseum.

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In this age of sophisticated criminals and corporate espionage, a company can never be too careful. Security firms are only too aware of the dangers — physical, tactical, electronic — that can face even the most cautious of companies. A single breach can spell major disruption, and it can endanger lives and livelihoods like never before. That’s why the U.S. security industry is forecast to grow nearly 4 percent annually through 2018, according to the National Security Industry Association. In this category, we name the Memphis POWER PLAYERS who keep us, our belongings, and our businesses safe.

Whether your company needs guards, alarm and camera systems, or to fortify property as protection from foes one and all, these professionals will give you a peace of mind that is priceless. They protect and serve.

CHRIS BIRD President, Dillard Door & Security, Inc. Immediate Past President, CrimeStoppers of Memphis. Past President, Door and Hardware Institute, Mid-South Chapter. Past Vice President, Construction Specifications Institute. Member, State Leadership Council and State PAC, National Federation of Independent Business.

Member, Greater Memphis Chamber, Electronic Security Association, American Society for Industrial Security, and Building Owners and Managers Association.

E. WINSLOW “BUDDY” CHAPMAN Executive Director, Crimestoppers of Memphis and Shelby County. B.S., U.S. Naval Academy; M.S., Administration of Justice, Southern Illinois. Former Manager of Business Development, Guardsmark; Vice president and Director of Personnel Administration, Dobbs International Services; Director, Memphis Police Department, 1976-83. Past Member, White House Presidential Advisory Commission on Law Enforcement.

Graduate, Leadership Memphis.

JONATHAN FRASE Owner and CEO, Frase Protection.

Company started by his father more than 40 years ago. Joined company after a successful career as a commercial airline pilot. Partner, Z-Tech Central, LLC, a wholesale alarm monitoring center based in Memphis. Chairman, St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen Advisory Board. Active Member, Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Singer and rhythm guitarist for Minor Street Strings, a local country and bluegrass band. Proud husband and father of three children.

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KIM HEATHCOTT Founder and CEO, Clarion Security LLC. B.A., Economics, Vanderbilt; M.B.A., SMU. Services include uniformed armed and unarmed security officers, security patrols, alarm response, camera monitoring, and guard monitoring software. Board Member, National Alliance of Women Business Owners, Memphis Chapter. Graduate, Leadership Memphis’ 2012 Executive Class. Member, Greater Memphis Chamber board. Married to Clarion President, Larry Heathcott. Certified, Woman-Owned Business.

BARRY MARSHALL President and Partner, Security One, Inc. More than 35 years of experience in public and private sectors.

University of Memphis graduate.

Began his career at Security One, the commercial security firm founded by his father in 1973. Joined Shelby County Sheriff’s Department in 1977 and currently serves as a Reserve Instructor with the Memphis Police Department.

Security One was rated as a top security company by the Memphis Business Journal, 2012 and 2013. Board Member, Carnival Memphis.

MICHAEL MCCUNE President, Corporate IQ, Inc. Served for 17 years with Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, working in Patrol, Fugitive, Civil, and Narcotics Divisions. Former President, Shelby County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association. Founded in 1998 to investigate internal thefts at a local trucking company, company is an upscale security firm managed and owned by former law enforcement professionals,

specializing in armed residential patrol, armed limousine service, and armed executive protection utilizing former and off-duty law enforcement officers.

LLOYD PHELPS Co-owner, Phelps Security, Inc., with wife Patti Phelps. Graduate, Memphis State University and Shelby County Sheriff’s Department Training Academy. Founder, B.I.G. for Memphis. Board Member, CrimeStoppers and Memphis Police Department Fallen Officer Memorial. Licensed Private Investigator, Certified Police Instructor for Classroom and Firearms Instructions, Certified Instructor for the State of Tennessee in Classroom and Firearms Instructions for Security Officers, and a licensed commercial pilot.

Trained in the Reid Technique of Interviewing & Interrogation. Today, utilizes his skillset for his company and the private sector.

CRAIG WEISS Co-Founder and CEO, Central Defense Security. Bachelor of Arts, English, University of Texas at Austin; Executive MBA, University of Memphis. Helped Central Defense Security become a leading security provider in the region. Immediate Past President, Memphis Jewish Community Center.

Chairman of the Board, Paragon Bank. Executive Committee Member, United Way of the Mid-South.

Board Member, Memphis Child Advocacy Center and Jewish Community Partners. National Board Member, Jewish Rock Radio and JCC Association.

STANLEY ZITRON Founder and CFO, Avision Inc. Founded company in 1995, providing innovative surveillance and perimeter protection, utilizing megapixel cameras and wireless technology, and specializing in corporate, industrial, medical, retail, and educational security. Also founded The Showroom Inc., a chain of retail stores, and The Cancer Hot Line. Member, Electronic Security Association, Tennessee Burglar & Fire Alarm Association, National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association, and Better Business Bureau. Partner, AVIGILON, Inc.

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Staffing

Good help can be hard to find, but local companies are well-prepared to take the guesswork out of the hiring process. Offering some combination of professional recruiting, personnel consulting, headhunting, and executive placement, these companies serve employer clients throughout the city, region, and country. Whether it be direct hire, contract, or contract-for-hire services, staffing agencies make it their business to fill the gaps in your workforce, with a broad range of job opportunities. These companies are dedicated to the talent needs of clients, as well as the goals and interests of the candidates they represent. The individuals bring a wealth of experience to their positions — from banking and accounting to personnel management and information technology — that broadens their expertise in staffing and human resources.

DENISE GAITHER BURNETT President/CEO, OR Nurses Nationwide, a Source One Company. R.N., St. John’s School of Nursing; B.S.N., Maryville College.

“Largest Women Owned Business” from 2006-2010, and 2011 Corporate E Award, Tennessee Council on Women.

Partner, The Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses.

Certified, Joint Commission for Healthcare Staffing.

Administrator, American Heart Association Community Training Center. Board Member, Society of Entrepreneurs, LifeWing Partners, LLC, Church Health Center, and Baptist College of Health Sciences.

GAREN HADDAD President and CEO, gatewaypersonnel.com, 32-year-old staffing and executive search firm. In current position since 2007. Since 2010, firm has placed $48.5 million of salaries and wages with local and regional clients. Member, Pinnacle Society, the nation’s premier consortium of top recruiters within the executive search industry. Named to “Top 40 Under 40,” Memphis Business Journal. Current Board Vice Chair, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-South.

President, Mid-South Futbol Club & GIT soccer tournament.

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KIRK JOHNSTON Managing Partner, Vaco Memphis.

B.A., Finance, University of Memphis. Company specializes in consulting, contract, and direct-hire placements in technology, finance, accounting, marketing, supply-chain, and logistics. National company named to the Inc. 5000 “Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies” for nine consecutive years. Board Member, Orphanos Foundation. Member, Project Management Institute.

JAMES “JAY” F. KEEGAN JR. Chairman and founder of Bodock, Inc., a holding company with four operating subsidaries. President and CEO, Adams Keegan, a national HR services and software company.

Founder and CEO, Staff Line, a multi-state staffing firm headquartered in Memphis.

Co-Founder, The James Group, a multi-state life and health insurance agency. Member, Young Presidents’ Organization, Chairman’s Circle of Greater Memphis Chamber, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s Memphis Club. Leadership Memphis and New Memphis Institute alumnus. Past Chairman and Director, Emerge Memphis. Former director, Navy League of Memphis.

DOTTY SUMMERFIELD GIUSTI President, Summerfield Associates, Inc. Certified WBE. Member and Recipient, Norbert I.B. Fried Ethics Award, National Association of Personnel Services. Charter Member, Million Dollar Circle. Member, Five Million Dollar Circle, Tennessee Association of Personnel Services.

“50 Women Who Make A Difference,” Memphis Woman.

Board Member, Memphis Child Advocacy Center and Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South. Founding Member, Greater Memphis Information Technology Council.

DINAH TERRY CEO and President, Omni Staffing Plus, Inc. Provides testing, training, and placement. Has been in position since 1999. Named Outstanding Vendor 2011, Memphis City Schools. Named to Who’s Who Among College Students. Former Owner and Operator of OmniAdult Training Center, providing training and placement for medical transcription and terminology. Has attracted highly motivated and committed employees who are empowered by providing them with career development opportunities.

DAN WEDDLE President, ProTech Systems Group, Inc. B.B.A., University of Memphis. Firm offers talent acquisition, technology consulting, and managed/cloud services. Company named to 2013 Top Work Places, Commercial Appeal.

Received 2013 and 2014 Torch Award, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis, and 2015 National Medallion Award & National Award of Merit from the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Firm is technology partner and supporter of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis. Board Member, Stage Door Productions and ESMOC CDC Inc.

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Adams, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Adams, J. Kevin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Adler, Kevitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Alexander, Pam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Anderson, Calvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Andrews, Charlie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Andrews, David S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Andrews, Jen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Archer, David L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Archer, Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Armour, Meri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Arnold, Jeff L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Askew III, Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Askew, Mark W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Auerbach, Charlie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Avery, Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Bailey, Adrienne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Bailey, Kirk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Baker III, J. Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Bandale, Ekundayo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Bares, Steven J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Bargiacchi, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Barnes, Greg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Barnett, Ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Barry, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Batterson, Brett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Bean, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Bearden, Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Bearman Jr., Leo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Beasley, Ken E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Beaty, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Bellanti, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Belz, Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Belz, Ronald “Ron” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Bennett, Kenneth R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Berger, Stephen C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Berry, Ralph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Berry-Buckley, Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Bicks, Nathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Bird, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Bobo, L. Kirkpatrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Bolton Jr., H. Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Bomar, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Boswell, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Botschner, Drew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Bouten, Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Bowling, W. Kerby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Boyle, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Brandon, Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Bright, Ruby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Britt III, Louis P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Brockman, Scott A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Bronczek, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Brown, Kennard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Brown, Robert “Bob” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Browne, Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Brunson, Don . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Buckner, Karen W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Buring, Danny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Burkett, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Burnett, Denise Gaither . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Bursi, Richard C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Burton, Tara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Byrd, Harold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Calvo, Mauricio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Camp, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Campbell III, Albert M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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Canty, Ned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Cannon, Jud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Carkeet, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Carpenter, Doug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Carpenter, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Carter, Robert B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Cates, Andy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Chalk, Lanny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Chandler, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Chapman, E. Winslow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Chase Jr., William J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Chauhan, Chirag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Chaum, Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Churchey, Randall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Citrone, Cheryl Burch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Clanton, Don . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Clark, P. Anthony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Cobbins, Darrell T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Coffee, Nancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Collins, James F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Collins, Jerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Colwell, Robin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Cook, Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Coop, Phillip G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Cooper, Pace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Coopwood, Reginald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Cordell, Phil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Cox, Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Cremerius, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Crews, Hilliard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Crislip, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Crone, Alan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Crow, John D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Crum, Larry E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Crump, Metcalf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Crutcher, Pearson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Cuicchi, David L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Dean, Kevin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 DeGutis, Vince . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Dehart, Trey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 DelBrocco, David L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 DePeters, David A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Deutsch, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Dixon, Dianne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Dodson, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Donati, Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Douglas, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Downing, James R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Drake, J. Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Ducker, Michael L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Dudley, Charles B. III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Dulberger, Reid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Dunavant III, William B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Dunavant Jr., William B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Dunavant, David L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Duncan, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Dyson, Shannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Dyson, Todd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Earheart-Brown, Daniel “Jay” . . . . . . . .

Earl, Tommy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Eckstein, Eugene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Eddlestone, Debbie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Edwards, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ehrlich, Jerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Elkington, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ellett, Courtney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Esrael, W. Craig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Farnsworth, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Farrell, James P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Feeney, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Ferguson, Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Finnell, Kelly O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Finnell, Timothy J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Fish, Kathleen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Fisher, Gwyn R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Fisher, Richard L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Flanagan, Beth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Fleming, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Floyd, Eddie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Fly, Buzz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Fockler, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Foley, Kevin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Forbis, Jim S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Ford, Mott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Forrester Jr., Eugene S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Forrester, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Frase, Jonathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Frick, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Friedl, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Friedrich, Karl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Fuhrman, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Gabardi, Curt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Garner, Douglas A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Garrett, Timothy N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Gaushell, Charles T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Gent, Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 George, Mark H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Gibson, Kathy Buckman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Giles, William “Bill” T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Gillette, Robert J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Gilliam, Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Giusti, Dotty Summerfield . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Glassman, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Glays, Don . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Gnuschke, John E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Godwin, Deborah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Gomes-Solecki, Maria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Goodfellow, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Gossett, Al . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Graf Jr., Alan B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Graham, Samuel N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Grai, Angela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Green, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Gregory, Greg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Gregory, Randal L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Gresham, Cindi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Grey, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Griesbeck, John M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Grimes Jr., Thomas L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Grinder, Fred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Gross, John R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Guinn, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Gwatney, Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Haddad, Garen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Hagan, Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Haizlip, Reb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Hall, H. Dale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Hall, Jeffery S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Hall, Tracy D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Hall, Rick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Hallowell, Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Halperin, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ham, Cynthia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Hamilton, Myra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Harano, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Harris, Mark E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Harvey, Albert C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Haughie, Alan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Hawkins, O. Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Hawkins, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Hazen, Ken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Heathcott, Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Heflin III, John J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Hein, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Heinz, Joseph R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 Heinz, Sally Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Henry, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Henson, Gene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Hernandez, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Herrod, Henry G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Higginbotham-Moody, Trudy . . . . . . . . 22 Hill, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Hines, Angie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Hoekstra, Philip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Holcomb, Hampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Hollingsworth, Lance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Hord, Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Hornyak, Jon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Howard-Flynn, Michele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Howell, Amy D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Huss, Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Hussey, Richard W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Hussong, Carissa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Hutchinson, Randy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Hutton, Henry A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Hyde Jr., J.R. “Pitt” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Hyde, Barbara Rosser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Inman, Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Isaacs, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Ivy Jr., John D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Jackson, Laurita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Jacobson, Paula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 James, Keith A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Jaqua, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Jensen, Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Johns, Onie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Johnson, Joel T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Johnson, Philip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Johnson, Thomas B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Johnston, Kirk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Jones, Don W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Jones, Ron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Jordan, Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 35 Jordan, Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Jude, Carma C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Kamimura, Kunio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Kane, Kevin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Keegan Jr., James “Jay” F. . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Keegan, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Keller, Melanie Ann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Kelley, Christi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Kelman, Marty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Keras Jr., James J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 King, Doug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Kisber, Michael E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Klein, Jerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Klevan, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Krupicka, Lisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Kruse, Karen M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Lacy, Glenn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Lammel, W. Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Landaiche, Pierre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Laughlin, John N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Lawler, Patrick W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 101 Lamm, Preston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Less, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Lewis, John A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Lichterman, Lisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Lightman, Michael A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Liles, Stinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Linder, Laura K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Linkous, Rusty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Lipman, Ira A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Litch, Debbie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Little, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Litvin, Ari M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Lock, J. Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Loeb, Robert “Bob” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 57 Losch III, Willliam C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Lynch, Clifford F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Magid, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Mallory III, W. Neely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Malmo, John R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 90 Malone, Deidre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Marshall, Barry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Marston Jr., J. Kenneth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Martin, H. Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Martini, Tony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Mathews, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Mathis Jr., S. Eugene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Maxwell, Charles D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 May, David C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 May, Sherry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Mayhue-Greer, Estella H. . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 McAdams, Kevin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 McConnell, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 McCune, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 McDermott, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 McDuffie, Richard W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 McGarvey, Betty Sue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 McGee, Nancy Nunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 McGehee, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 McGrew III, Frank A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 McKee Jr., Lewis K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 McKinney, Charles R. (Mack) . . . . . . . . . 66 McLaren, Michael G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 McLean, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 McManus, Michael S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 McQuiston II, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 McVean, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Medford, Mark A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Meeks Jr., Jim E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Mercer, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Michael, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Miller, Andrea Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Miller, Robert F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Mitchell, Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Monger, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Moore Jr., Johnny B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Moore, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Morehead, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Morgan Jr., Allan B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Morris, Dale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Morris, Valerie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Morris, G. Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Morrison, Carl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Moyes, Kevin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Mulroy II, James R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Myers, Jay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Myers, Richard J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Neff, Emily Ballew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Nelson, Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Nevels, Jenny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Nichols, Jackie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Noel, Randall D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Norcross, Ernie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Norwood, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 O’Connor, Maureen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ohneck, Kevin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Orr, Deano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Oseman, Stephen L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Pace, Wm. Ashley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Park, Jeremy C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Patton Jr., Clyde L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Patton, Randy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Paylor, Kenneth David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Payne, B. Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Pearson, Jeffrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Pennington, Larry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Pera, Lucian T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Phelps, Lloyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Phillips, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Phillips V, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Phillips, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Pickler, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Pierce Sr., Allen W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Pierotti, Andy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Pitts, Anne E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 19 Pitts, John Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Plummer Sr., Laurence V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Poag, Josh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Pohlman, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Popwell, David T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Porter, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Posey III, William H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Pounds, Don . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Powers, Nisha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Prosterman, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Pugh, Dorothy Gunther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Rapoport, Dawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Rasmussen, Robin H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Reich, Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Reid, Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Reid, Glen G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Relling, Mary V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Rhodes, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Richards, Christine J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ricks, Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Riggins, Kirk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Ritchey Sr., Bruce Kent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Ritchey, Tammie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Roberts, Carol L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Robertson Jr., Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Robinson, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Robinson, Kenneth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Rodell, Rick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Rose, Gayle S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 98

Rose, Michael D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Rouse, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Rout, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Rudd, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Saatkamp, Cynthia H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Saig, Edward “Eddie” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Sammons, Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Savage, Joe T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Sawyer, Linda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Schaeffer, Joseph H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Schaefgen, Stephen J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Schledwitz, Karl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Schreiber, Rick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Schwab, Steve J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Sellers, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Sevier, Charles H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Shadyac Jr., Richard C. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 102 Sharp, Kevin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Sharp, Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Shaw Jr., Robert S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Shields, Stephen L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Shockey, Leigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Shoemaker, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Shorb, Gary S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Simmons, Sheperd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Sims Jr., Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Sitler, Linn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Smarrelli Jr., John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Smith, Brad V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Smith, Bruce M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Smith, Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Smith, Frederick W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 35 Smith, Jeffrey C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Smith, Leslie Lynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Smith, Stefan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Smith, Stewart A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Smithwick III, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Smythe, Katie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Spann, David J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Speer, John C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Spencer, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Springer, Penelope A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Stack, Amy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Stafford, W. Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Stallworth, Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Steffner, Joseph L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Steorts, Ken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Stephenson, Susan S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Stephenson, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Stevenson, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Stovall IV, W. Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Sullivan, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Sumner, Darrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Sumter, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Sutton, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Tabor, Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Talley, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Tate, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Tate, Sylvester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Tayloe, William R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Taylor, Blair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Taylor, Madeleine C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Terry, Dinah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Terry, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Thomason, Jeffrey L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Thompson, N. Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Tigrett, Pat Kerr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Toles, James H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Tomes, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Treadway, Charles L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Triplett, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Troutt, William E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Tucker, Jimmie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Tucker, Laurie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Turley, Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Turner Jr., Jesse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Turner-Wilson, Lori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Ugwueke, Michael O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Underwood, Adam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Van de Vuurst, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Vaughan, Farrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Waddell, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Wade, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Wagers, Rick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Wagner. Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Walker, Ceil T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Warne, Jeffrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Watson, Johnnie B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Webb, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Wedaman, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Weddle, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Weickenand, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Weintraub, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Weiss, Craig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 West, Becky Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 West, June Waddell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Westlake, W. Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Wheeler, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 White, Karen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Williams Jr., Earl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 40 Williams, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Williams, Duncan F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Williams, Jimmie D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Williams, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Williams, Roby S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Williams, Russ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 90 Wilson, Angie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Wishnia, Steven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Wittenberg, Dick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Wolfe, Matthew D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Wood III, Richard T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Woods, Chris L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Woods, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Woody, Ken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Wooldridge, J. Wesley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Wright, Keri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Wright, Mignonne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Wunderlich, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Yancy III, Luke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Yoakum, Barry Alan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Young, Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Young, Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Young, Lauren W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Young, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Zalowitz, Stuart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Zettergren, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Zhang, Jinghui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Zitron, Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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Thirty-two industry categories, a business hall of fame, and Inside Memphis Business CEO of the Year and Innovation Awards winners — all chronicling the accomplishments of well over 500 of our community’s best and brightest — aren’t quite enough to complete our list of the POWER PLAYERS in Memphis business. So with this Last List, we take a look at a couple more folks who don’t fall into our categories but are nevertheless immensely important to the local business community.

CALVIN ANDERSON Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. Executive Director, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation and Community Trust. Former Senior Staff Member to U.S. Senator Jim Sasser. Former Chairman, Greater Memphis Chamber.

Chairman, 2011 Memphis in May. Board Member, Shelby Farms Park Conservancy and WKNO-TV. Serves on Health Industry Council, District Eight, Federal Reserve.

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ROBERT B. CARTER Executive Vice President, FedEx Information Services, and Chief Information Officer, FedEx Corporation. Member of the five-person Executive Committee, which plans and executes the corporation’s strategic business activities.

Responsible for setting technology direction of FedEx applications, infrastructure, networks, and data centers providing global support for products.

Has more than 30 years of systems development and implementation experience.

JERRY COLLINS President and CEO, Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division.

Former Director of Public Works, City of Memphis. Former Vice President, Tennessee Chapter, American Public Works Association. Former President, Kentucky-Tennessee Water Pollution Control Association.

Named to Kentucky-Tennessee Water Environment Association Hall of Fame. Recipient, 2011 Herff Honor Award for Distinguished Service in Engineering, University of Memphis. Registered Professional Engineer.

ROBERT J. GILLETTE CEO, ServiceMaster Company.

Bachelor’s, Finance, Indiana University. Named to position in 2013. Business career spans 31 years, including many executive roles. Former CEO, First Solar, Inc., a leading manufacturer of solar cells and solar power plants. Former President and CEO, Transportation Systems and Aerospace, Honeywell International. Former General Manager, GE Plastics South America, General Electric.

JEFFREY WARNE President and CEO, Perkins & Marie Callendar’s, LLC. Bachelor’s, St. Cloud State University; M.B.A., University of Chicago. Former Chief Executive, O’Charley’s Inc., and in numerous leadership roles for Carlson Companies, Inc., including President and COO of Pick Up Stix, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of TGI Friday’s International, and Chief Financial Officer of Carlson Restaurants Worldwide.

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