Shelby Betts has been promoted to Sales and Team leader at Whirks.

Pat Keel, who since 2016 has served as chief financial officer at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, has been promoted to the expanded role of executive vice president and chief administrative and financial officer.

University of Memphis assistant professor Ranganathan Gopalakrishnan has received a $750,000 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) EARLY CAREER Award for his research project “Thermodynamics and Transport Models of Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasmas.”

Local CPA firm, Patrick Accounting, recently announced the addition of five new employees including a new senior accountant, two new staff accountants, administrative support, and an accounting and tax manager.

Lehman-Roberts Co. and sister company Memphis Stone & Gravel, a leader in the highway paving, construction, asphalt and aggregate industry, recently promoted Melanie Stinson to Human Resources Manager.

Seeding Success, a Memphis-based nonprofit that works to improve outcomes for children in Memphis and Shelby County from cradle to career, recently welcomed Reggie Davis as its new Beyond the Classroom Director.

Chrissy Geibel has joined Dunavant as Senior Vice President of Domestic Logistics, where she will lead and grow the division while ensuring superior solutions and customer service across agriculture, chemical, food & beverage, automotive and retail sectors.

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare recently announced two key executive leadership appointments.

Crye-Leike Real Estate Services recently announced that Celiesse Thomas is now affiliated with Crye-Leike’s Germantown - Forest Hill Irene branch office as a licensed Realtor. Thomas will serve the residential real estate needs of buyers and sellers throughout Shelby and surrounding counties.

Kelsey Mankel, PhD student in Communication Sciences & Disorders (Neuroscience concentration) at the University of Memphis, was recently awarded an NIH F31 NRSA fellowship from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders for her project “Neural bases of successful auditory learning.”

Crye-Leike Real Estate Services Realtor Chad Henson recently earned the e-PRO® Certification from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR).

Lehman-Roberts Co. and sister company Memphis Stone & Gravel, a leader in the highway paving, construction, asphalt and aggregate industry, has promoted Pitt Kimbrough to Incoming Materials Manager. 

The Seam, a leading provider of agribusiness software and trading solutions, recently announced the appointment of Beth Wilson as Director of Marketing and Public Relations. 

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has named Chelsea Johnson as its director of community relations and BlueCross Foundation. 

Maleelo Shamambo, a neuroscience major and French minor at Rhodes College, is one of only 47 graduating college seniors nationwide to receive the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, which provides a $36,000 grant for one year of independent study and travel outside the United States.

Crye-Leike Real Estate Services recently announced that Neil Hubbard is now affiliated with Crye-Leike’s corporate headquarters in Memphis as an executive broker for the Greater Memphis Region.

Sarah Brown, associate professor in Theater & Dance at the University of Memphis, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to Romania where she will teach performance and direct acting students in a series of solo shows for NATO.

Lehman-Roberts Co. and sister company Memphis Stone & Gravel, a leader in the highway paving, construction, asphalt and aggregate industry, has hired Roger Hickam as Fleet Maintenance Planner/Scheduler.

Crye-Leike Real Estate Services recently announced that Sheryl Wells has been named the assistant manager of Crye-Leike Cordova. Wells will be partially responsible for the recruitment, training and management of the office’s sales associates.

Jason Yaun has been elected vice president of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (TNAAP).

Dorothy Robinson has joined HealthChoice as a certified medical assistant for the organization’s Population Health Services team.

Memphis-based nonprofit Seeding Success recently welcomed Lisa Williams as its new communications director.

Rhett Butler has been promoted from attest managing director to co-attest practice leader. 

Crye-Leike Real Estate Services recently announced that Alvertis London is now affiliated with Crye-Leike’s Memphis – Quail Hollow branch office as a licensed realtor. 

Obsidian PR has promoted Carlee Smith to account specialist.