Morris Marketing Group, a boutique marketing communications firm headquartered in Memphis, recently announced the promotion of Leah Webb to Senior Marketing Communications Manager & PR Manager.

Former deputy administrator of the Shelby County Office of Reentry Patricia Melton has joined HopeWorks’ leadership team as its next chief operating officer.

Crye-Leike Real Estate Services recently congratulated Realtor Suzanne Watkins on earning her broker’s license in Mississippi and Tennessee. 

Meredith Potter recently joined local, women-owned creative business, ARCHd, as the company’s production manager.

Morris Marketing Group, a boutique marketing communications firm headquartered in Memphis, recently announced the promotion of Micah Fleet to Senior Marketing Communications and PR Manager.

Cynthia Russell, PhD, RN, has been named vice chancellor for Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs (AFSA) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

The Board of Directors for Epicenter, the hub of entrepreneurship for the Memphis region, has named Jessica Taveau as President and CEO. 

Baker Donelson has added 11 new associates across the firm, including O. Cobb Bostick Jr. in Memphis. 

Nancy Averwater has assumed the role of Baptist Memorial’s senior vice president and chief human resources officer.

Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South recently hired Dorian Hines as community engagement manager.

Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority (MSCAA) recently promoted Michael Fulton to Director of Government Affairs and Business Diversity Development.

Sharpe Group, a leading provider of major and planned gift fundraising consulting services, training, print and digital donor communications for nonprofit organizations and institutions, recently announced the appointment of Eric Eilertsen as president.

Hillary Combest has been named Vice President of Operations for Neon Canvas.

Frontdoor, Inc. recently announced that Tony Bacos has joined the company as its first Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer.

The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) has selected Shayla Kolheim, director of Grants Development and Management at Southwest Tennessee Community College, to participate in the Class of 2021-22 Maxine Smith Fellows Program.

Clinical social worker, grief expert and university dean Erica Sirrine has been named the director of Social Work at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 

Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South has named Steve French as the non-profit organization’s first-ever Chief Opportunity Officer (COO).

Eve Sorin has been promoted to communications manager at ABO Marketing & Communications, a Memphis-based public relations firm. 

DCA, a creative communications consulting firm based in Downtown Memphis, recently announced the promotions of Abbie Gordon as a Vice President of Account Management and John David Dowdle as Associate Creative Director.

Memphis-based chamber music nonprofit, PRIZM Ensemble, recently announced the hiring of Marissa Manthongkham as director of operations and education programming.

Dr. Jeffrey Sawyer, a pediatric orthopedic spine surgeon with Campbell Clinic and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, is leading the first and only medical team in the Mid-South offering a new surgical tethering technique to treat adolescent scoliosis. 

Pinnacle Financial Partners has welcomed seven new associates so far in 2021.

Jeffrey K. Moore, Jr. has joined the law firm of Nahon, Saharovich and Trotz as an associate.

Youth Villages recently announced the addition of three new members to its national board of directors: Monica Wharton, Jes Averhart, and Chris Hunter. 

Sherrie Hollis has joined the IMC Companies team as CAO.