People in business

Boards

The Planned Giving Council of Nashville has announced its board for 2008-09:

Timothy A. Kaltenbach, president; Vanderbilt University

Joseph Chickey, president-elect; Regions Morgan Keegan Trust

Joseph Presley, immediate past president; Cumberland Trust

Martha Farabee, secretary; Sexual Assault Center

Jan Pate, treasurer; Episcopal Diocese of Middle Tennessee

Directors-at-large:

Patti Bryan, Youth Villages

Katie Jackson, Vanderbilt University

Mindy Hirt, Regions Morgan Keegan Trust

Anne Westfall, University School of Nashville

Mark Berlyn, Diocese of Nashville

Susan Hammer, Currey Ingram Academy

Pat Campbell, SunTrust Bank

Suzanne Iler, YMCA of Middle Tennessee

Vicky Tarleton, Belmont University

Ruth E. Johnson, Meharry Medical College

Paige Matthews, Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation

Bob Scullen, American Cancer Society

Christine McGill, Currey Ingram Academy

Cheryl M. Thomas, Meharry Medical College

Ed Pyle, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP

Edie Simpkins, community volunteer

Liliana Berlyn, The Dominican campus

Paul Stovall, Lipscomb University

Rick Underwood, Trevecca Nazarene University

Steve Renner, Steve Renner, Coordinated Wealth Management

The Heritage Foundation has announced officers and board members for 2008-09:

David Garrett, president; Cheatham, Palermo & Garrett

Paul Gaddis, vice president of private preservation; Regions Morgan Keegan Trust

Randy Houston, vice president of membership and development; First Tennessee

Andy Marshall, vice president of Franklin's Main Street; Puckett's Grocery and Restaurant

Rick Moody, vice president of public preservation; Citizens Corp.

Linda Moore, vice president of events and fundraising; Carlisle Collection of New York

David Morris, vice president of finance; Church Street Advisors LLC

Jay Sheridan, secretary; Spheris

Board members include:

Teresa Anderson, Vanderbilt University

Julian Bibb IV, JLB Works LLC

Jody Bowman, banker and community volunteer

Laura Bustetter, Williamson Medical Center

Jim Creason, Censis Technologies Inc.

Michele Evans, Valassis

Jay Franks, Jaymar Development

Ken Green, ParkTrust Development Co. LLC

Robin Hood, Grandin Hood Publishers

Emily Magid, investor and community volunteer

Robert Moore, Robert N. Moore Co.

Cyril Stewart, Vanderbilt Medical Center

The Sexual Assault Center has announced the executive committee and new members of its board:

Bob McCorkle, chairman; CEO, The Surgical Clinic PLLC

Jay Conner, vice chairman; management consultant, Conner & Associates

Cathy McLure, secretary; community volunteer

Jim Parrott, treasurer; partner, Ernst & Young

Hunter Rost, past chairman; attorney, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis PLLC

Michelle Cudd, new member and community volunteer

Franke Elliott, vice president managed care, HCA Healthcare

Roberta Pettis, director of education, HCA Healthcare

New board members include:

Pamela Busby, director of human resources, State of Tennessee Department of Health

Susan Hart, president, Hart Public Relations & Communications

Ken Kraft, certified public accountant, Kraft & Associates

Paul Kuhn, principal, Woodmont Investment Counsel

Mary T. Maynard, community volunteer

Linda Rue, community volunteer

Missy Williams, vice president of marketing, SunTrust Bank

CABLE has announced officers and members elected to its board for 2008-09:

Jean Schmidt, president; ENA Inc.

Marty Nord, president-elect; Nord Consultants

Laura Smith Tidwell, immediate past president; Nashville Electric Service

Elizabeth Colton Walls, vice president of development; Fridrich & Clark Realty

Susan Sizemore, vice president of marketing and communications; Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc.

LoLita Toney, vice president of programs; Ivy Recruiting & Consulting

Tracy Rode, vice president of member services; Vision3 Interactive Media

Joyce Peacock, treasurer; Peacock Financial Services

Patricia Pierce, secretary/historian

Claire Evans, public relations; Saint Thomas Health Services

Penny Kiel, logistics; The Events Group

Lynn Manzelmann, networking; NXG Strategies LLC

Midori Lockett, diversity and inclusion; Vanderbilt University

Joy Mangrum, civic outreach; American Color/Logos & More

Alison Vai, directory; Minuteman Press

Julie Arnold, publications; Tanner Corporate Services

Lisa Meiers, awards; Avenue Bank

Elaine Ganick, SuperSeries; Ganick Communications

Debra Fish, Women on Boards; The Global Consulting Partnership

Ann Pruitt, ATHENA chairwoman; Dell Inc.

Rita Mitchell, ATHENA chairwoman-elect; First Tennessee Bank

Sandra Vance, at-large development; AT&T

Theresa Markum, at-large marketing and communications; Vanderbilt University

Jeri Hasselbring, at-large programs; Adventure Science Center

Janice Overton, at-large finance; Total Retirement Consultants

Jim Holmes, at-large membership; Sandler Training

Valerie Crow, at-large networking; independent fashion consultant

Kate Herman, at-large membership, Young Professionals, Nashville Business Journal

Joanne Futrell, association administrator

Education

Sister Mary Peter Muehlenkamp has been named president of Aquinas College.

Lisa L. Rollins of La Vergne has joined RIP magazine, a Washington, D.C.-based educational publication designed for urban and at-risk youth, as a contributing editor and editorial adviser. Rollins will help guide editorial direction, develop the quarterly publication's editorial style and work with Middle Tennessee State University journalism students who will contribute articles. Joshua A. Graham of Madison has joined the magazine's editorial staff as a regular contributor and graphic designer.

Franklin-based Lighthouse Counsel has announced these staff additions:

Joan Adams Bahner joins as a senior consultant after more than 20 years of leadership in strategic planning, implementing special projects, policymaking, problem solving, public relations, fund-

raising and communication.

Emily Toopes Layton joins as client support and services coordinator.

Diane Miller is vice provost at Middle Tennessee State University. Miller, a professor of mathematical sciences, has served as interim vice provost since January. Miller will continue as director of the university's Undergraduate Research Center and the McNair's Scholars Program, as well.

Tennessee State University will honor Yvonne Y. Clark, former head of the Department of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science, for more than 50 years of service.

Cheng H. Khoo is the new registrar at Vanderbilt University. For the past decade, Khoo has served as director of admissions and records at West Virginia University.

Legal services

Chambers USA 2008 has cited Lawrence R. Ahern III, managing partner of the Nashville office of Burr & Forman, for his leading work in bankruptcy law. Ahern practices in the firm's business and litigation section. Ahern is an adjunct professor of law at Vanderbilt University Law School.

Nonprofit

Progress Inc. has announced its board for 2008-09:

H. Davis Goodman

Melissa A. Taylor, community volunteer

Richard Whitmer, Insight Healthcare Financial Inc.

Other members include:

David A. Cannady, chairman of the board; Strategic Resource Group, HCA

Thomas C. Ackerman, community volunteer

Russell W. Bates, Deloitte & Touche

John H. Espey, Volunteer State Community College

Tonoa Foster-Freeman, The Hermitage

Frank Grace Jr., Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis

Carla Jarrell, Pinnacle Financial Planners

Lester McClain, State Farm Insurance

Leslie J. Page, retired

Jane Hart Richmond, community volunteer

Janis Sontany, state legislator

FiftyForward (formerly Senior Citizens Inc.) has announced its elected officers, executive committee members and board members for 2008-09:

Randy Parham, president.

Laura Smith Tidwell, president-elect

Harry Allen, secretary

James McGregor, treasurer

New board members include Ellen Bonner, Laurel Buntin, Don Caldwell, Lucy Foutch, Don Greene, Vicki Horne, Michael McDaniel, Michel McDonald, Edy Nash and Lisa Small.

Executive committee members include Patty St. Clair, communications; Barbara Fritch and Wally Dant, development; Emily Plotkin, human resources; Gayle Vance and David Smith, program resources; David Griswold, public policy; and Wally Dant, strategic planning.

Technology

Asa Briggs has been named sales account manager at Zycron Inc. Briggs was a technical recruiter.