BUSINESS BRIEFS

TRISTAR ADDS TO C-SUITES

Nashville-based HCA Healthcare has named Mark Miller chief executive officer at its TriStar Skyline Medical Center.

Miller comes to Skyline from another HCA property, West Hills Hospital in West Hills, Calif., where he has been CEO for four years. He has held previous positions at hospitals in Florida and South Carolina.

Miller attended Middle Tennessee State University.

“Mark is an experienced health care leader with a passion for providing unparalleled patient care with the highest quality standards,” Mitch Edgeworth, president of the HCA Healthcare TriStar Division, said in a release. “TriStar Skyline serves a multi-state region, and Mark will continue to enhance the high-acuity services offered at the hospital while elevating each patient’s experience.”

Becker’s Hospital Review reported that the previous Skyline CEO, Dustin Greene, is now CEO of Texas-based QuickVisit Urgent Care.

Work Continues On South Davidson County Townhomes

Ardent Development is targeting a June start of presales for its under-construction 94-unit gated townhome development in South Nashville’s Glencliff area.

According to a release, work on Noble Place is unfolding on a site located near the Thompson Lane and Interstate 24 intersection, an area that has seen “very little new residential development.” The address is 3134 Glencliff Road.

The release notes with the first units are expected to be delivered in November. Prices start in the $400,000s.

Noble Place will offer two-story units with “high-quality upgrades and finishes.” The townhome units will range in size from 1,600 to 2,000 square feet and offer four floor plans, which include either a one- or two-car garage. In addition, the development will feature a two-acre park and walking trails.

“This is a great location for families and those who want to be in the heart of Nashville,” Jody Roberts, one of the lead developers of Ardent Development, said in the release.

This is the second Greater Nashville townhome development for Ardent Development, which Roberts founded with Joe Brooks and Brent Smith. The first was Noble Park in Gallatin, the units for which are fully sold.

Ardent is also planning to build Noble Heights, a 66-unit short-term rental development to be located in North Davidson County.

Ayers Foundation Adds Ceo

The Ayers Foundation announced Thursday that Dr. Burton Williams — known for his work in Nashville’s financial services and higher education sectors — has been hired as chief executive officer.

According to a release, the position is newly created, with Williams to work closely with Janet Ayers, president of the Parsons, Tennessee-based nonprofit. He is expected to split his time between Nashville and Parsons.

With the addition of Williams, Susan Rhodes, Ayers Foundation senior adviser to the president and former executive director of the entity’s scholars program, is now focused on strategies, policies and projects, the release notes.

Most recently, Williams was lead financial planner and director of Brentwood-based TrustCore Institutional. He previously served as Lipscomb University associate vice president for advancement and as both the university’s assistant dean of the college of education and associate dean of the college of business. Williams earlier held similar roles at FreedHardeman University in West Tennessee.

Williams holds a Doctor of Education degree from Lipscomb and both a Master of Science degree in financial planning and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from Freed-Hardeman.

Co-founded in 1999 by Ayers and husband Jim Ayers, The Ayers Foundation provides college access, counseling and scholarships to rural students, while also supporting medical services for children, research into pre-cancer detection and diagnosis, continuing professional education and development for teachers.

The Ayers Foundation and Nashvillebased FirstBank are loosely affiliated, as Jim Ayers was the sole owner of FirstBank prior to the initial public offering in September 2016 of parent company FB Financial. Ayers stepped down as FB Financial executive chairman in early 2021 yet still has some ownership stake in the company.

The foundation garnered local headlines in 2016 when it gifted Belmont University $15 million, the then-largest single donation in the institution’s 125-year history.

“We wanted someone who values our student-centered culture and our focus on helping rural communities, with the proven business and management experience to work with our standing team to rapidly scale our efforts and help move us forward,” Janet Ayers said in the release. “Having known Dr. Williams for several years, we believe our search led us to the best candidate reflecting these values and skills. He has nearly 25 years of experience in administration, community engagement, academics and research.”

Have a promotion you wish to submit to Business briefs? Send to news@gcanews.com

Medicaid Expansion

For some time now it has troubled me that our state will not take the Medicaid expansion funds as part of the ACA. We should hold these representatives accountable, but this will not happen in this state. Instead, we will allocate half a billion to the Titans and pat ourselves on the back. Sad.

TICKED OFF!

I read with some amusement and sadness the most recent TICKED OFF! section of

TICKED OFF!

the January 19 edition of your newspaper.

The final “letter was an appeal to keep sending in reader letters”. Well, I do have an issue that I am mighty “TICKED OFF” about! What’s happened to your newspaper?

It’s gone from being a nice neighborhood periodical where I could learn any number of things such as, Taxing Matters, Local History, School News, Local Crime, etc. Now almost 98% of the content is about the “Super Republican Majority” and how awful and almost evil the Republican Party is. The other 2% seems to be either Belle Meade

Society pictures or classified advertisements. Please bring back the old editorial style.

Now let’s see if you really want to hear the voices of the “folks”. Print this one… I dare you.

NEEDLESS DEATH TICKS ME OFF!

I am ticked off to learn that 70% of stolen guns come from cars (most of them unlocked) creating a pipeline of death tools for criminals. We see it reported on each day new gun death, often by and against a youth(s).

Sure, it sounds cute to say that if we outlaw guns only outlaws will have guns, and that guns don’t kill people rather people kill people.

The comments in the Ticked Off column do not reflect the views of FW Publishing.