Shantelle Leatherwood, CEO of Memphis-based Christ Community Health Services, has been appointed to Gov. Bill Lee’s Health Care Modernization Task Force focused on improving Tennessee’s approach to health care.

Chris Douglas, COO of COMP Performance Group, has been re-elected to SEMA's Board of Directors. Douglas, a Memphis resident, is returning as a board member to serve a second three-year term to guide the speciality automotive aftermarket industry association. 

Carrie Cobb, CH Sullivan, Connie Stressel, and Debbie Reed have joined Pinnacle Financial Partners. 

Brazilian violist Amaro Dubois will join Iris Orchestra’s Artist Fellowship program for the 2019-20 season alongside cellist and Memphis-native Carrington Truehart, who will return for his second season. 

Memphis-based Pickering Firm Inc. has hired Stacey Conner as Human Resources coordinator and Sarah Carvalho as an architectural intern. 

The Memphis Library Foundation has named Christine M. Weinreich executive director.

Data Facts has hired David Estel as manager of Human Relations.

Memphis River Parks Partnership recently welcomed Van Turner and Gary Wunderlich to its board of directors. 

Youth Villages has added Ken Kimble to its team as the organization new managing director of development for regional growth. 

Red Door Wealth Management has added Genie Stringer as the fifth member to its team of advisors.

HopeWorks has named Lytania Black as director after receiving funding from the state of Tennessee to oversee adult education programming in Shelby County.

Il Hwan Kim, an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been awarded more than $1.5 million for research that could eventually help patients with disorders such as schizophrenia and autism.

Don Glays has been named president of the Tennessee Builders Education Foundation, a recently formed nonprofit that aims to correct the shortage of skilled workers in West Tennessee by reintroducing career technical education into local high schools.

Col. Zachary L. Miller will take command of the Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at a change of command ceremony Friday, July 19. He succeeds Col. Michael A. Ellicott Jr.

Dr. Glen Steele, Southern College of Optometry’s longest-serving faculty member and a co-founder of InfantSEE, has been inducted into the National Optometry Hall of Fame.

Alicia Golston has been promoted to dean of students at Rhodes College, where she most recently served as associate dean for student experience.

The American Association of Community Colleges has appointed Southwest Tennessee Community College President Tracy D. Hall to its Commission on Economic Workforce Development.

With the gender wage gap and sexual harassment in the workplace coming to the forefront from the #MeToo movement, a group of local executives has partnered with the Greater Memphis Chamber to launch a council focused on women in the workplace.  

Adrian Bond, director of community engagement at Caissa Public Strategy LLC, has become the company’s newest partner.

Memphis Symphony Orchestra has appointed Kalena Bovell as its new assistant conductor.

Jeffrey Taylor has joined the University of Tennessee Health Science Center as chair of the Department of Physical Therapy and director of the new UTHSC Human Performance Research and Clinical Care Laboratory.

The Memphis Zoo has promoted Matt Thompson to chief zoological officer, a role in which he manages the direction of all animal programs and leads all decisions about animal care.

Varsity Brands honored Whitehaven High School executive principal Vincent J. Hunter as its Most Spirited Principal in the 2019 School Spirit Awards.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has named Donny D. Davidson Jr. the new Memphis District deputy district engineer for programs and project management, a role in which he is the senior civilian adviser to the district commander. 

Mohammed Uddin, a professor of biology at LeMoyne-Owen College, has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2019.