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. 

Lehman-Roberts Co. and sister company Memphis Stone & Gravel, a leader in the highway paving, construction, asphalt and aggregate industry, has promoted Dennis Harrod to construction superintendent.

Local firm Tioga Environmental Consultants recently announced the hiring of Joe Littlefield as a program manager. 

Jenna McDonald Nichols has joined the law office of Black, McLaren, Ryland, Jones, and Griffee. 

Cathy Sanchez has been named the director of Financial Aid in Enrollment Management for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. 

Johnathan Sherrill and Jayda Murray have been accepted into the TED- Ed Student Talks and Raising Good Gamers program.

Willie Garfield, CEO of the Garfield Institute of Music in Memphis, has been named an honoree of the newly launched Yamaha 40 Under 40 music advocacy program.

Paragon Bank recently announced the appointment of Chris Waggoner as Senior Vice President of Mortgage Banking.

Red Door Wealth Management recently announced that Carter Giovannetti, a seasoned wealth advisor who has worked with the firm since 2018, has been named its sixth partner member.

Leanne McQuown has joined the Methodist Healthcare Foundation as Director of Major Gifts.

Good Shepherd Health, the parent company for Good Shepherd Pharmacy, RemediChain and HaloScrips, recently announced that Michell Zulu, PharmD, has joined the team as its new chief pharmacy officer. 

Brooks Irvine has joined the Miles Mason Family Law Group. A native Memphian, Irvine spent over a decade as a prosecutor prior to beginning her career in family law.

John J. Campbell Co., and The Campbell Cos. have promoted Brian Shive to Vice President.

Dunavant Enterprises and Dunavant Global Logistics Group recently welcomed Michael Bartz as Chief Information Officer. Bartz will direct all information technology and initiatives as well as lead and manage client systems and business process integrations.

Jordan Nichols has joined Marx-Bensdorf as an Affiliate Broker. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a director and actor for theater productions and companies in Memphis, Atlanta and New York. He is a graduate of White Station High School and New York University.