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This issue of GREATER m A rks A tr A nsform Ative moment for our region: the development of America’s River Crossing, Memphis' new bridge spanning the mighty Mississippi River. This historic project is a testament to our community’s resilience, collaboration, and vision for the future.
◗ As many of you know, Memphis has long served as a crossroads for commerce and culture, connecting people and goods across the nation. This new bridge will not only enhance the physical connection between Tennessee and Arkansas, but it will also strengthen the economic ties that bind our entire region. By increasing capacity and improving infrastructure, America’s River Crossing will support safer, more efficient travel and provide new opportunities for business growth, tourism, and job creation in Greater Memphis.
◗ This project would not have been possible without the steadfast commitment of our partners at the local, state, and federal levels. We are deeply grateful to the engineers, policymakers, and transportation advocates who have dedicated their expertise and passion to bringing this vision to life. Their efforts reinforce that Memphis is not only open for business but also primed for high growth.
◗ At the Greater Memphis Chamber, we see this bridge as more than an architectural feat—it’s a symbol of our city’s progress and potential. By investing in infrastructure that supports a thriving community, we are laying the foundation for a prosperous, sustainable future for generations to come.
◗ Thank you for your continued support and partnership as we build a GREATER future together!
Best, Ted Townsend PRESIDENT & CEO Greater Memphis Chamber
CHAIRMAN
Greg Duckett
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
Baptist Memorial Health Care
VICE CHAIRMAN
Duncan Williams
PRESIDENT
Williams Holdings Company
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Jason Yarbro
PARTNER
Butler Snow LLP
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Russell Nenon
SVP MIDDLE MARKET BANKING
Truist
CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE
Bill Dunavant, III
PRESIDENT & CEO
Dunavant Enterprises, Inc.
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Douglas Browne
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Peabody Hotel & Resorts
OFFICERS
Ben C. Adams, Jr.
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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Willie Gregory
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Nike
Tammy LoCascio
SEVP & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
First Horizon
David May
MID AMERICA COMMERCIAL BANKING EXECUTIVE AND MEMPHIS MARKET EXECUTIVE
Regions Bank
Tom Newbern
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
AutoZone
Richard Smith
COO INTERNATIONAL AND CEO AIRLINE
FedEx
DIRECTORS
Imad Abdullah
CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
Regional One Health
Terry Blue
PRESIDENT & CEO
Memphis Shelby County Airport Authority
Jozelle Booker
PRESIDENT/CEO
Mid-South Minority Business Council Continuum
Eric Brown
VP & GENERAL MANAGER, MEMPHIS REFINERY
Valero Energy Corporation
Tyrone Burroughs
FOUNDER & CEO
First Choice Sales & Marketing Group
Micheal Cristal
DELTA DIVISION PRESIDENT
Kroger
Craig Gaffin
PRESIDENT, GLOBAL ORTHOPEDICS
Smith+Nephew
Jason Gillum
CEO
JAG Investment Group
Kevin Kane
PRESIDENT
Memphis Tourism
Daphne Large
CEO
Data Facts, Inc.
Jason Little
PRESIDENT & CEO
Baptist Memorial Health Care
Neely Mallory
PRESIDENT
Mallory Alexander International Logistics
Stacy McCall
CEO & PRESIDENT
ServiceMaster by Stratos
Doug McGowen
PRESIDENT & CEO
MLGW
Blair Taylor
PRESIDENT
Memphis Tomorrow
Chuck Thomas
CHIEF GOVERNMENT & EXTERNAL RELATIONS OFFICER
SWTCC
Michael Scarbrough
PRESIDENT & CEO
POGA Companies
Michael Ugwueke
CEO
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
David Waddell
CEO, CHIEF INVESTMENT STRATEGIST
WADDELL & ASSOCIATES, LLC
John Webb
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CIGNA Healthcare
Spence Wilson Jr.
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KWC Management
Kera Wright
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
ALSAC
Ted Townsend
President & CEO
Courtney Blanchard
Director, Public Affairs
Terri Bosby
Director, Investment Engagement
Leland Burress, III
Senior Membership Account Executive
Taylor Ann Carpenter Manager, Content Creation
Nancy Coffee
Senior Vice President, Chairman’s Circle
Julian Cross Manager, Communications
Amy Daniels
Chief Communications Officer
Ted Ferris
Senior Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer
Gwyn Fisher
Chief Economic Development Officer
Sondra Howell
Vice President and Executive Director, Workforce and Community Development
Jeanette Jones
Director, Existing Business and Manufacturing Industry Council
Abby Latture
Economic Development Research Analyst, Greater Memphis Economic Research Group (GMERG)
Tunga Lee Director, Events
Lisa Lovell-Ayres
Senior Director, Chairman’s Circle Engagement
Susan Hadley Maynor Vice President, Product Development & Regionalism
Patricia McKinney Director, Small Business & Member Programing
Jessica Mosley Director, Community Development
Tecora Murray
Executive Director, Greater Memphis Economic Research Group (GMERG)
Troy Parkes
Senior Vice President, Global Business Development
Leon Pattman
Senior Director, Finance & Compliance
Blake Payne
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Rob Recker
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Quintin Robinson
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Operations
MacKenzie Stonis
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Amity Schuyler
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Brandon Smith
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DeQuanda Smith
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Chris Stewart
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Vera Terrell
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Eldridge Thompson
Membership Account Executive
Bobby White
Chief Government Affairs Officer
Samantha White
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Donnell Word
Director, Economic Development
Diamond Young Director, Marketing
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Highline Warren Darcy Curran
Hope Federal Credit Union Bill Bynum
Hunter Fan Scott Ayers
Hyde Family Foundation J. R. “Pitt” Hyde, III
Hyosung HICO, Ltd. Jason Neal
IMC Companies Mark George
Inclusive Excellence Consulting Mary McConner
Independent Bank Susan Stephenson
International Paper Alissa Campbell Shaw
JAG Investments Jason Gillum
KBG Technologies Kathy Buckman Gibson
Kemmons Wilson Companies
Spence Wilson, Jr.
Kimery Wealth Management Kevin Kimery
Kroger Micheal Cristal
Kruger Products Mark Hauke
Landers Auto Group Kent Ritchey
Leadership Memphis Bobby White Jr.
LeMoyne-Owen College Christopher Davis
Linkous Construction Co. Inc. Rusty Linkous
Louis Dreyfus Company Joe Nicosia
LRK Frank Ricks
Lubin Enterprises Inc. , Nathan Lubin
Mallory Alexander International Logistics
Neely Mallory, III
Manufacturers Industrial Group Andre Gist
Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston, P.C.
Clay Purdom
Marx – Bensdorf Realtors Jimmy Reed
McVean Trading & Investments, LLC
Dow McVean
Memphis Area Association of Realtors
Amanda Creel
Memphis Area Transit Authority
Bacarra Mauldin
Memphis Capital Group Joel Banes
Memphis Grizzlies Jason Wexler
Memphis Light Gas & Water
Doug McGowen
Memphis-Shelby County
Airport Authority Terry Blue
Memphis-Shelby County Schools
Marie Feagins
Memphis Showboats Steve Macy
Memphis Tomorrow Blair Taylor
Memphis Tourism Kevin Kane
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Michael Ugwueke
Meticulous John Weston
MicroPort Orthopedics John Michael Pela
Mid-American Apartment Communities, Inc. (MAA) Eric Bolton
Mid-South Drug Testing Kelly Dobbins
Mimeo Oliver Doughtie
Monogram Food Solutions Karl Schledwitz
MoSH Kevin Thompson
Mueller Industries Greg Christopher
National Civil Rights Museum
Russ Wigginton
National Guard Products Lewie Smith
New South Capital Management
Steve Morrow
nexAir, LLC Bill Proctor
Nickson General Contractors
Octavius Nickson
Nike Willie Gregory
Nucor Steel Eric Nystrom
Olymbec USA, LLC Jason Berger
Orgill, Inc. Mike Keeney
Orion Federal Credit Union
Ashley McDurmon
OrthoSouth Thomas Giel, III
OsteoRemedies Chris Hughes
Oteka Technologies Alandas Dobbins
Pandrol USA Sandro Silva
Pathmark Transportation Wes Kraker
Patterson Warehouses Nathan Bell
Peabody Memphis Douglas Browne
PennAKem Sameer Rupani
Phelps Dunbar John Bobango
Pickering Firm, Inc. Mike Pohlman
Pinnacle Financial Partners Phillip May
Power & Telephone Supply Company
Jennifer Pentecost Sims
Preserver Partners Dana Pointer
ProTec Andy Yambrek
ProTech Services Group, Inc. Dan Weddle
Raymond James Ryan Ehrhart
Reaves Law Firm Henry Reaves
Regional One Health Reginald Coopwood
Regions Bank David May
Renasant Bank Shawn Clayton
Richardson International Jim Meyer
Ring Container Technologies Brian Smith
Riviana Tim Gyovai
RKA Construction Ryan Anderson
Running Pony Jonathan Epstein
Saint Francis Healthcare Scott Smith
Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. Jason Landrum
Seeding Success Mark Sturgis
Self + Tucker Architects Juan Self
Semmes Murphey Clinic John Lewis
ServiceMaster by Stratos Stacy McCall
Silver Tree Residential James Carmichael
Simmons Bank Chuck Newell
Smith & Nephew, Inc. Craig Gaffin
Southeastern Asset Management
Jessica Pressgrove
SouthernSun Asset Management
Michael Cook
SouthWorth Capital Management
Jeff Presley
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James Downing
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Stratas Foods Jack Straton
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Brad Downs
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Stryker Jeanine Redden
Supreme Staffing Eduardo Sanchez
Sylvamo John Sims
Systems Technologies Jeremy Simpson
TAG Truck Center Gary Dodson
Tate Computer Systems Sylvester Tate
Tennessee Carriers Candy DeBord
Tennessee Valley Authority Chuck Marquis
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Carlos Manning
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Tri-State Truck Center Inc. Jim Maddox
TruckPro Chuck Broadus
TRUIST Ted Miller
Trust Marketing Ryan Robertson
Turner Construction Andy Davis
UMRF Ventures Pierre Landaiche
UnitedHealthcare Robert Horton
University of Memphis Bill Hardgrave
Urban Child Institute Gary Shorb
UTHSC Peter Buckley
Vaco Justin Farmer
Valero Energy – Memphis Refinery
Eric Brown
Vantiva Rob Wipper
Varsity Spirit Bill Seely
Vortex Aviation Michael Grace
W & T Contracting Corporation
Terrell & Wiley Richards
Waddell & Associates David Waddell
Ware Jones Realtors William Ware
Worlds Away Robert Berry
Worldwide Business Group Anthony Norris
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP Lee Harkavy
xAI Brent Mayo
Yates Construction Alex Teague
YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South
Jerry Martin
Youth Villages Patrick Lawler
Building a Bridge
BY JON W. SPARKS
AS BOBBY WHITE PUT IT, “TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK.”
White, the Greater Memphis Chamber’s Chief Government Affairs Officer, points to the considerable teamwork within and without the Chamber to pull off an enormous public works project, one that has the distinction of being the single-largest transportation investment in Tennessee history.
That effort is to build a new bridge across the Mississippi River to replace the existing Memphis-Arkansas Bridge. The 75-year-old Interstate 55 bridge — commonly called the Old Bridge by locals — has a slew of issues. It needs frequent maintenance, doesn’t meet seismic codes, and the lanes are too narrow to properly accommodate local and regional freight movement.
Good news came in July 2024 when funding was approved to make it happen. Tennessee and Arkansas will put in up to $250 million each, and the federal government is providing a grant of $393.75 million for what is being called America’s River Crossing. White says, “I think we’ve gotten past the hard part.” You might think the hard part will be from now through the expected completion date of 2030. But wait till you hear how it got to this point.
A Perfect Storm
It was a long journey. For years there have been suggestions and proposals to add a third bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis, or to replace the existing Memphis-Arkansas Bridge. For the most part, those notions fell away due to competing priorities and the enormous infrastructure cost.
But the Chamber — in particular, the Chamber’s Transportation Committee — persisted. Over the years, the group continued to gather data, seek solutions, and hold pressure for a project that was undeniably needed.
And then came the perfect storm.
In May 2021, inspectors found a crack in I-40’s Hernando de Soto Bridge. It was a partially fractured tie girder and was serious enough that the bridge was deemed at risk of collapse, and was immediately shut down. Vehicular traffic would not cross the bridge again until late July, with traffic instead being diverted to the I-55 bridge. Even river commerce was halted for three days, further disrupting traffic.
The event crystallized the transportation
A rendering of the planned new bridge
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen with TN Gov. Bill Lee and Deputy Governor and Commissioner of Transportation for Tennessee Butch Eley
Bill Dunavant, III, President & CEO, Dunavant Enterprises; Ted Townsend, President & CEO, Greater Memphis Chamber; Julie Ellis, Sr. Counsel, Butler Snow; Tecora Murray, Executive Director, GMERG, Greater Memphis Chamber; John Dudas, VP, Belz Enterprises; Gwyn Fisher, Chief Economic Development Officer; James Collins, VP, Kimley-Horn; Beth Flanagan, Owner, Flanagan Strategies; Bobby White, Chief Government Affairs Officer, Greater Memphis Chamber
problem that Memphis was facing. Putting all the traffic from the temporarily disabled I-40 bridge onto the aging I-55 span was concerning and inconvenient. It also stressed the urgency of the cross-river transportation situation.
“There's no way we could have planned for, or gotten people together in the way that the structural fault of the I-40 bridge brought attention to the need for infrastructure,” White says. “It brought specific attention to the need for resilience capacity across the Mississippi River.”White remembered that after all the Transportation Committee’s preparation, they knew, as the old saying goes, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.”
A meeting was quickly convened with Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and then-Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Also attending were representatives of the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) and the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT).
The timing was right for a conversation about infrastructure. As it happened, Congress was embarking on an extended debate that would result in passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also known as
the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law).
“There was national attention,” White says. “And there was not a better exhibit A for the need for investing in infrastructure. The I-40 bridge shutdown was even mentioned by the White House and other officials as the definition of the need to invest in infrastructure.”
The federal legislation was signed into law by President Biden in November 2021. And the stage was set for putting the work of the Chamber’s Transportation Committee into action.
It took the crack in the bridge and some federal legislation, but a third element helped close the circle.
In 2023, the Tennessee General Assembly passed the Transportation Modernization Act. It was supported by the Chamber and, among other things, allowed use of contracting strategies that can reduce construction timelines and costs. And, White says, “It also set up a $3 billion general fund allocation statewide to leverage federal funds. You are not going to get everything you need from the federal government, but you use local investment to secure federal investment.”
With the trifecta of the Hernando de Soto
Bridge shutdown, the passage of the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and then the passage of the state’s Transportation Modernization Act, the next thing for the Chamber to do was craft the application for a new I-55 bridge.
And this is where the Chamber’s teamwork shone brightly.
“This historic project is four times larger than anything we have previously built. This partnership between our local communities, states and the federal government underscores our bipartisan commitment to delivering innovative infrastructure solutions that support growth and economic prosperity," said Deputy Governor and Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Butch Eley. “This landmark investment would not have happened without the bold leadership of Governor Lee and the Tennessee General Assembly, and their historic allocation of a $3 billion General Fund investment which allowed TDOT to leverage federal and peer-state funding. This investment would also not have happened without the extraordinary support from our local partners in the Memphis and West Memphis region.”
—BUTCH ELEY DEPUTY GOVERNOR AND COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION FOR TENNESSEE
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee
The Last Hurdle
Julie Ellis is on the Chamber’s Transportation Committee and is a regulatory wizard with considerable experience in transportation issues. She works as an attorney with Butler Snow, previously spent 18 years at FedEx, and has long been working on this project. “It’s taken 25 years to get it to this point,” she says. “We are a persevering kind of group.”
Despite the primed circumstances, there were still hurdles. TDOT was putting together the application that would be reviewed by the Federal Highway Administration; when submitted late last year, it was met with a shrug.
“We went back in and looked at it,” Ellis says. “The regulatory regime is very clear what you need to have under each element to get highly rated,” and thus to have the application approved.
To find out what was needed, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen says he asked for a meeting with TDOT and the federal agency. “The U.S. Department of Transportation gave TDOT the opportunity to refile,” Cohen says. “I talked to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and
told him about the importance of the project, which I think he understood.”
It helped that Cohen, who has long served on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and is a strong advocate for his district, had been in touch with Buttigieg several times for various issues concerning Memphis. The Secretary had been to Memphis to see the damage to the I-40 bridge in 2021 and was at Memphis International Airport recently to unveil a de-icing project. Cohen never lets an opportunity pass to lobby for the city. “I told the Secretary that his mantra needs to be, ‘If it’s good for Memphis, it’s good for America.’ And every chance I had, I [reminded] him about Memphis and the bridge. It’s exactly what we need for the next 75 or 80 years.”
Friends in high places can help, but when nearly a billion dollars is at stake, one still needs ample facts, figures, and attention to detail to make progress.
John Dudas of Belz Enterprises is chair of the Chamber’s Transportation Committee. He knew it was crucial to convey the urgency of a new bridge. “Memphis was competing against the whole country,” he says. “But we
thought our project was extremely important because the existing I-55 bridge is not seismic, which means it could collapse if we had an earthquake. Not only would that interrupt the flow of trucks and cars, but it would also interrupt the flow of barges. Also, I-55 connects from the West Coast all the way to North Carolina. It was an extremely important project from the national point of view and our challenge was to convince the federal DOT that this was not just a Memphis project or even a regional project or even a state project. It was a national project of national significance.”
Ellis, meanwhile, was pulling together the missing information. She says, “I put a grid together for all of the points for TDOT and us to look at, and we realized what was deficient in the initial application. We worked hard on it to get more data from Memphis. It was incredibly important to know what the economy of Memphis looks like to our federal government; that’s what they were looking for.”
Ellis says Tecora Murray was the Chamber’s “secret weapon” in gathering the necessary data. Murray, the Executive Director of the Greater Memphis Economic Research
Deputy Governor and TDOT Commissioner Butch Eley; Governor Bill Lee; Ted Townsend, President & CEO, Greater Memphis Chamber
Group (GMERG), had already done heavy lifting in compiling information for a jobs grant the Chamber was working on and was able to locate and add ample data to support the bridge application. That included information on BlueOval City, Arkansas and West Memphis data, how many trucks crossed the river, and plenty more. Meanwhile, TDOT was adding information on what the new dynamics of the bridge would be, what the safety issues were, and details right down to describing the bridge’s balustrades. The application needed to present the bridge as, “a beautiful, absolutely economic attractor for our region,” Ellis says.
The revised application came together in a few weeks and was re-submitted. “We knew we had an application that met every single one of the highly rated requirements,” Ellis says, “and then we held our breath. If they don’t see you've filled the blanks and made the little checks, it goes nowhere. So, while there was a lot of hope that we could politically take it from the top down, we still had to have the merit to get all the way to the top. I think that’s what we did.”
The Brain Trust
The Chamber’s Transportation Committee, with around 40 people on it, has been in existence for about 20 years. The group has a long list of projects that can help move Memphis and Memphis businesses to the future.
“We have a combination of both privatesector people and public-sector people,” Dudas says, “and we have a number of people in the engineering field. We have developers on it and we have the city engineer, the county engineer, people from TDOT and a whole range of different specialties. One of the reasons we were formed is because we were concerned that the Memphis area was not really getting its fair share of both federal and state funds. We decided that we needed to help the city, the county, and the state get additional funding. Our goal was to get at least our proportionate share of the population in terms of funding, which at that time was about 17 percent.”
Dudas says that the Chamber considers itself to be a partner with government and
serves to bring together the public and private sectors. To that end, the Committee developed a priority list that embraced economic development, job creation, supporting industries, and other such factors. Some of its projects include improvements to Lamar Avenue, rebuilding the Airways/I-240 interchange, and improving Plough Boulevard, Elvis Presley Boulevard, and Shelby Farms Parkway. It has dozens of projects in three different categories: long-range planning, those that are in the works but not completely funded, and those that need to be moved further along — already approved but at an initial stage.
The America’s River Crossing Project was one of the long-term projects and became the Committee’s number one priority. “We made every effort to meet with TDOT in Nashville, with the commissioner, and they were very receptive, saying they could see the need for the project. They made it their priority project for the state and went after a federal grant application for what they call the bridge improvement program, putting it in the replacement bridge category.”
Bobby White, Chief Government Affairs Officer, Greater Memphis Chamber
Ted Townsend, President & CEO, Greater Memphis Chamber and Bill Dunavant, III, President & CEO, Dunavant Enterprises
Nuts and Bolts
One of the key members of the Transportation Committee is James Collins, a civil engineer with long transportation experience who retired from Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
“The first heavy involvement I got in the project was probably around 2008 or thereabouts,” he says. “There had been a number of studies done in the 1990s, and then the last one was done in 2006 looking at additional crossings of the Mississippi River. Some were in the Memphis area and some were to the north and some to the south. At the time, the Memphis Metropolitan Planning Organization was getting ready to do an update to their transportation plans and were looking at what needed to be done to get the process started. They added a project into their transportation plans around 2008 and we provided them help.”
“It could become a very significant issue to the MidSouth and even to the nation. If something were to happen...”
—JAMES COLLINS CIVIL ENGINEER
In 2010, Collins’ engineering firm, KimleyHorn, was selected by the state to conduct a study to narrow down the alternatives. Eventually the project stalled, but interest in the Chamber’s Transportation Committee didn’t diminish. “An economic analysis study was done by the Chamber and part of that identified the vehicle crossing of the river as one of the biggest economic problems,” Collins says. “It could become a very significant issue to the Mid-South and even to the nation. If something were to happen and one of the two roadway bridges across the river were to go out of service for whatever reason, the economic impact that that would have regionally but also to the nation was very significant. So, the Transportation Committee kept pushing it and pushing it.”
There were plenty of engineering challenges, the biggest of which was where to put a new crossing that balanced all the factors. “The Mississippi River varies in width all through this area. And you have the very wide flood plain on the Arkansas side that you have to deal with. You've got navigational issues that you have to look at, work with the Coast Guard to make sure that you can put the bridge piers in locations that are not going to interfere with navigation, but may help to improve it. You have to look at all the environmental potential impacts.”
Various other locations were considered, but the environmental impacts on flora and fauna alone were significant. “And it had to be
decided how to tie the bridge on both ends to the existing interstate, whether I-55 or I-40, to best serve where traffic wants to go,” he says. There were seven different alternative crossing locations getting consideration that went from the northern end of Shelby County down to near Tunica, Mississippi.
“One of the alignments that just kept hanging in there was the replacement of the I-55 bridge,” Collins says. “It was the narrowest spot in the river to cross in this area. You had the connections there for I-55 on both ends. You also had an existing bridge that was deficient, particularly from a width standpoint, but also a seismic design standpoint. It kept meeting all the criteria as we were going through it. It scored the highest whenever you did the evaluations because of all the problems that it solved and the likelihood of being able to make that physically work and tie in and serve the traffic needs.”
It was finally determined that America’s River Crossing would replace the existing I-55 bridge and minimize disruption. The Memphis-Arkansas Bridge will remain operational as a new structure is built just to the south. When the southern bridge is completed, traffic will be switched over to it, the old bridge will be taken out, and an adjacent bridge will go up. When completed, the first bridge will handle eastbound traffic, and the second one westbound traffic. The rail bridges and the Big River Crossing won’t be affected in a significant way, so hikers and bikers and rail traffic can proceed unimpeded.
Timetable
White says that the bridge is scheduled to be done by 2030. “They’re starting to have community meetings so that people who want to get in the game are able to. Contractors and folks who want to be a part of it are getting on board.”
One of the key features of the new state law is a contracting delivery method that improves the construction process. According to TDOT, Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) involves a contractor in the design and construction phases of the project. “The intent is to form a partnership with TDOT, the designer, and the contractor. The goals of this partnership are to mitigate risk, improve the construction schedule, streamline the design process, and develop a project that adheres to the budget.”
Dudas says it helped shorten the timeline even before the application’s approval. TDOT was able to start working on getting the environmental processes and public input right away so they wouldn’t hold up the project.
Courtney Blanchard, Bobby White, Ted Townsend, Deputy Governor Butch Eley, Bill Dunavant, III, and Amy Daniels
Governor Bill Lee receives an update from TDOT employee on plans for the new bridge
Ted Townsend, President & CEO, Greater Memphis Chamber
While securing the grant was, in some ways, the hardest part, much work remains ahead. Even with improved methods of reducing the time involved, it’s still a long haul, and White points out that it’s important to sustain continuity.
“When you have an organization like the Greater Memphis Chamber, the thing I want to make sure everybody understands is that we are the constant. There are variables when it comes to administrations and legislative bodies. You have one chair, a legislative body, and two years, four years later it’s different. You have one governor, one mayor, and then it changes. But when you have an institution that within its core memory holds the history of projects, how we got here, and what we need to consider, it’s a powerful thing. And, with the dedication of business leaders like Bill Dunavant, III, and members of the Transportation Committee like Julie, John, and James – along with Beth Flanagan, all remaining the constant through this, I appreciate the perspective that it brings.” �
Ted Townsend
The Greater Memphis Chamber knows logistics and infrastructure.
Just ask President and CEO Ted Townsend: “The greatest logistics infrastructure asset in Memphis, Tennessee has and always will be the Mississippi River.”
It’s a part of the city being a global logistics leader, and keeping that designation means tending to the nuts and bolts that keep things moving in the right direction.
The river, he notes, is the beginning of Memphis’ commerce. “But to unlock the full potential of the other modalities of transportation, we have to cross that river,” he says. “Our rail lines have to cross that river. Our interstates have to cross that river and the airplanes cross as well. So, our infrastructure related to that river is essential to the success of our past, our present, and most importantly, our future.”
The Chamber has, for decades, been a relentless advocate for infrastructure assets that benefit logistics, and the primary focus has long been on the Mighty Mississippi. Over time, Townsend says, “There were designs for a third bridge crossing, but we also had to look at our existing bridges, something punctuated by the issue we had with the I-40 bridge in 2021. That certainly showed us that we have to do everything that we can to provide resiliency and redundancy.”
He cites what has long been known as ongoing issues with the I-55 bridge: its age, its seismic shortcomings, and its inability to accommodate twenty-first century traffic. Replacing the bridge had become an urgent priority. “The Chamber has always had its eye on making sure that our logistics assets are continually invested in from all sources of capital,” Townsend says.
“When Tennessee’s Transportation Modernization Act came about, TDOT looked to the Chamber to provide advocacy,” he says. "We had been in that space creating a lot of noise for many, many years, and they knew the impact and the influence that we have, and we were thrilled to advance that.”
After Townsend took the reins a couple of years ago, the Chamber took a business delegation to Nashville, an annual effort known as MEM2NASH. It was a time to buttonhole lawmakers and government agencies to lobby for Memphis interests. One
area that got a lot of attention was asking the state to invest $300 million-plus in the city’s sports arenas, but the contingent also pushed hard for the Transportation Modernization Act. “We used our stats from logistics and its influence on Memphis's economy to justify it,” Townsend says. “And we knew that the passage of this act would unlock funding opportunities. We didn't know exactly when or how much, but a year later, the state legislature in partnership with the Lee Administration and Deputy Governor Butch Eley, who is Commissioner of Transportation for Tennessee, allocated $1.3 billion of state funding to infrastructure projects across the state. And we knew at that moment that we wanted to make sure Memphis got its fair share.”
The Memphians made sure that the state officials saw the portfolio of transportation infrastructure investments to be considered, with a bridge being the priority. “Thank goodness for that advocacy, that partnership,” Townsend says, “because the perfect storm hit. The federal government, through the infrastructure bill, had funding and they created the bridge replacement program through the Federal Highway Administration. And now we had state funding available. It was the perfect scenario for us to pounce.”
So, the Chamber pounced.
For Townsend, it’s an example of the Chamber going all out to boost the city. “We were successful because that is how the machinations of advocacy and the Chamber having its eye on the ball every day that we wake up, make sure that Memphis gets its investment.”
Furthermore, having a clear focus and the ability to pivot quickly proved essential when the original proposal needed a revision to make it even more compelling.
“We knew that the Memphis narrative would strengthen our case and bolster the proposal and elevate it above other considerations nationally. We created history with a culmination of all of these efforts over the decades, and it now marks the largest single infrastructure investment in the state of Tennessee's history and that we're very proud of and we're thankful to our business community leaders who have championed this for so long.”
The ability of the business leadership in Memphis to work with government officials was another asset that helped make America’s River Crossing (a name the Chamber came up with) a reality. “They really articulated the importance of America's River Crossing. This isn't Memphis' crossing. This isn't Tennessee’s or Arkansas' crossing. This is America's crossing. This is a national level of importance, and I dare say security because we can ill afford a lack of access across the Mississippi River. I know without a shadow of a doubt that it influenced the federal government's decision to award nearly $400 million of funding to this project.”
The ability to get and understand data, to be able to respond quickly, and a willingness to persist is exactly what the Chamber knows is needed to make Memphis a leader in commerce.
“The work that we have put in to our priorities is bearing fruit. The yield is truly manifesting this year, and I’m excited for everyone else to see these bold declarations of winning. We truly are living in historic moment for Memphis, looking at unprecedented levels of investment coming our way in all different kinds of categories. That is the measurement of the Chamber's impact, influence, and success because we are focused on the entirety of the Memphis business community and making sure that all businesses are lifted from these investments. That's rewarding.”
That’s further seen in how the Chamber is sought after for subject matter, expertise, resources, and advocacy. “Our organization is so well respected because it is business driven,” Townsend says. “I said it recently at a Chairman Circle event where we were providing orientation to new investors — and we've had a record year of new investors joining the Chamber. I said two things. The first was a thank you for their investment in this organization. The second thing I said, was ‘congratulations.’ I told them they’d now joined the most powerful and influential business-led organization in the country. And that is where we are in this moment in time. My expectation is that we'll continue to see more because we are very disciplined in our approach. We have a worldview for how Memphis wins, and we are very targeted and relentless in pursuing that.”
People Focused
Data Facts founding CEO Daphne Large says her team is the company’s “secret ingredient” and maybe its “secret weapon.”
BY TOBY SELLS
If we tA ke gre At c A re of our people, they will take care of our customers who, in turn, take great care of Data Facts.”
For Daphne Large, founding CEO of Data Facts, this business philosophy is “simple. It’s classic. It works. And it will always be at the root and foundation of what we do.”
The very core of Data Facts is providing businesses information about people, usually employees or prospective employees. The Memphis company conducts criminal background checks, verifies a job candidate’s education, professional licenses, and more, checks their driver records to ensure they’re trustworthy behind the wheel, conducts drugs screenings, health screenings, and more.
“The work found me, so to speak,” Large said. “When you’re 16, you’re not really choosing a career.”
But she stuck with it. By her early 20s, Large joined the company’s management development program. From there, she was promoted several times, overseeing a lot of department for the Memphis regional office, which supported 13 offices under it.
During that time, Large learned operations and sales. This trial by fire offered her a broad base of experience that would serve her well as she eyed her own business.
“If we take great care of our people, they will take care of our customers who, in turn, take great care of Data Facts.”
—DAPHNE LARGE FOUNDING CEO, DATA FACTS
But it didn’t start like this, with so many services and specialties. The company has evolved “20 or 30 times” Large joked. Each evolution, each decision to change must have been correct as the company celebrates its 35th anniversary this year.
Large didn’t even start off looking for a career in the background screening industry. She was just 16 years old when she joined the regional office of Equifax Services.
The Equifax home office opted to limit the choices the company offered to mortgage bankers, the Memphis office’s exclusive line of service. Large seized the opportunity. She had the grit. She had the experience. Maybe more importantly, she had belief in herself.
“I’ve kind of had just an internal motto that if you believe that you can and expect that you will, you will be successful,” she said. “The positive attitude, the great people, and just the commitment have made moments of magic for our customers.”
While background screening is popular
worldwide, it is nearly universal among U.S. employers, according to a the most recent industry report from the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA). Nearly 95 percent of Americans companies surveyed in 2021 said they use background checks.
For the first time that year, those surveyed said that protecting their companies’ reputation was the top reason they used background checks. This reason beat out legal and regulatory requirements.
With so much screening activity, it’s easy to see why Large says that technology has been one of the biggest change in the industry. When she started Data Facts, there was no widely available internet for example. But now, Large has an eye to the future of artificial intelligence and automation to further streamline her business.
But while the Digital Age has made aspects of the work easier and personal security more protected, people are still the heart of Data Facts. The work is not a “push-button, automated thing,” she says, “humans are very much still needed to discern the accuracy of and fairness of data.”
When Large brags on “our people” at Data Facts, she knows “everybody says that.”
“It sounds so cliché, especially in the age of automation, but it’s truly the secret ingredient,” she says. “I would even go so far as to say it’s our secret weapon.”
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Comfort Food
Ayesha Collier brings vegan food to Memphis through familiar dishes.
BY TOBY SELLS
We showed up, through Hell and high water.”
That’s how Sun of a Vegan founder Ayesha Collier describes her restaurant’s scrappy climb from a home cook on social media, to a vegan festival, a popup era, three busted canopy tents, all kinds of weather, one shady plumber, and miles of red tape to a brick-andmortar location inside Hickory Ridge Mall.
That climb began with Collier’s own health. She was looking for a new relationship with food and always loved being in the kitchen.
her kitchen. She even found that a vegan diet wasn’t as expensive as some made it out to be. She wanted others to know, too. So, Collier began sharing some of her discoveries (and her weight loss) on social media.
“It was important and essential to capture people where they are and that’s through comfort food.”
—AYESHA COLLIER FOUNDER, SUN OF A VEGAN
“I started doing a lot of research on different vegetables and how you can heal yourself and improve your health,” Collier said. “But honestly, I always really thought that being fit and longevity in life and all of that was the secret of celebrities, like they only had access to this profound knowledge because they have access to personal trainers.”
Turned out, Collier had this knowledge, too, once she began experimenting with food in
She did not know then that this was the beginning of Sun of a Vegan. An event planner found Collier’s social media and invited her to the Memphis Vegan Festival as a vendor. She admitted she thought the invitation might be a scam because, she joked, “I have 300 followers and who are you? I had no business. I’m not an influencer.”
Even though she said “‘no’ a million times in my head,” she accepted the invitation on the encouragement of her husband. Even though she had a deep menu of everything from vegan chicken and waffles, vegan shrimp and grits, cookies, gumbo, and more, the Colliers sold out of food at the Memphis Vegan Festival.
That first bite of her cooking had customers ready for more. That first tasted of success
had Collier ready for what was next. At first, she made whatever she wanted and delivered meals directly to customers’ homes. (Her husband and daughter had delivery routes, too.)
Then, she was on to regular pop-ups at Ghost River Brewing Co. and Esporta Fitness at Laurelwood. In 2022, Collier was invited as a vendor to a school expo for Memphis Shelby County Schools at Hickory Ridge Mall. She converted this invitation into a regular pop-up gig outside the mall, a single location where she could build a fan base.
It worked. In February 2022 she was shown the mall's old Chik-fil-A suite in the food court (directly across from where she served at the school expo). The Colliers were excited to move in and open for business. But that would take another year as they waded through licenses, permits, contractors (including that shady plumber), and more.
Collier said she’s learned a lot about business. But with vegan food in Memphis, she already knew one important thing.
“It was important and essential to capture people where they are and that’s through comfort food,” Collier said. “That’s with our lasagna. That’s with our chopped cheese sandwich. That’s with our Rodeo Burger. Because that’s what they’re eating every day.”
Ayesha Collier
Delivering Creativity
Steven Ennis and Miguel Medina bring the Minuteman Press franchise back to Memphis.
BY TOBY SELLS
We’re bAck. We’re bigger A nd better. We’re definitely more updated.”
That’s the word from Steven Ennis that he, and his business partner Miguel Medina have for Memphis about their new and improved Minuteman Press.
Longtime Memphians may remember Minuteman Press from its previous location around Poplar and Highland. While that location closed, Ennis and Medina revived the franchise here as a perfect way for them to blend their business acumen and personal creativity.
That blend shows immediately as you walk through the doors of their Minuteman Press location in Primacy Place. The lobby is a showroom for a colorful panoply of hats, coats, pens, stationery, business cards, shirts, posters, and more — all products that Minuteman can make. Look a bit deeper, though, and you’ll find the office is richly adorned with a clever eye and a discerning taste. Both Ennis and Medina are interior designers, and it shows.
“They’ll say, ‘This is not like any other print shop that we have in the business.’”
But that goes well beyond having a gorgeous office space. Ennis and Medina bring their creative tastes and creative know-how through Minuteman to help their clients meet business goals.
“We’ve been able to take people's brand and actually give them an identity and then expand that for all of their promotional material,” Ennis said. “It really kind of opens people's eyes. Then, the client becomes more creative and they’re excited.”
“For a startup store, according to our reps, we’re doing extremely well.”
—MIGUEL MEDINA OWNER-OPERATOR, MINUTEMAN PRESS
Both Medina and Ennis have owned businesses. However, Medina was looking to diversify his income when he found the Minuteman Press franchise. In early talks, he realized Ennis was tired of working for someone else, too. And the two took the plunge. So far, they are finding the business opportunity they were looking for.
The print-on-demand market was valued at more than $6 billion in 2022, according to industry analysis by Grand View Research. That market is expected to grow by nearly 26 percent in 2030 on rising demand spurred by customers with disposable income looking for a deeper personalization of their products.
Home decor and drinkware are big slices of this market but apparel dominates it. However, home decor promises the biggest growth, according to the report, as more people are working from home after the pandemic.
Companies like Zazzle and Redbubble are some of the industry’s major players. But Medina and Ennis say that having that home office displaying all those products is an asset.
“You can order everything online, but most people like to see it, to touch it, to feel it, and to have that personal touch,” Medina said. “The other thing is — anything you can put your name or logo on, we can do it here.”
And when they’re talking with businesses and corporate clients, they mean here. They don’t have to outsource many of their products, Ennis said.
“Even our corporate people say that y’all have gone above and beyond,” Ennis says.
“It’s a little bit more than we were expecting right now,” Medina said. “For a startup store, according to our reps, we’re doing extremely well.”
“That’s going to save you a bunch of time running around with different people doing different things or specializing in whatever, when you can get it all done in one place,” Ennis said.
Miguel Medina and Steven Ennis
Story Time
For 30 years, Running Pony has told some of the city’s biggest stories.
BY TOBY SELLS
Whoever tells the best story, wins.”
That’s what Jonathan Epstein, president and CEO of Running Pony, tells his clients.
“If you tell a compelling story that gets people’s attention, then you’re going to be successful, whether you’re creating content for media, social media, video, or you’re trying to create marketing videos,” Epstein said.
Yes, you could count Running Pony’s success as a number: The company is still going strong 30 years since its founding in 1994. But you could measure that success in stories, too.
A look around Epstein’s office reveals photos, plaques, bobbleheads, and souvenirs of some of the city’s biggest moments.
Running Pony’s story began with a road trip. Epstein and his original business partner were traveling to Nashville for the Regional Emmy Awards. He asked Epstein if he ever thought of going into business for himself. Channel 5 was a “dream job” for Epstein and it’s where he learned to tell visual stories. But when the business question arose on the Nashville trip, it piqued his entrepreneurial interest.
“We’ve always looked at ourselves as an extension of our clients.”
—JONATHAN EPSTEIN PRESIDENT AND CEO, RUNNING PONY
Breaking ground on the FedExForum. The Tyson-Lewis fight. The opening of the World Runway at Memphis International Airport. When FedEx brought in the first 777. When the Grizzlies signed its first players, Shane Battier and Pau Gasol. Running Pony was there, hired to help tell these monumental stories.
Still, Epstein and a group of WMC colleagues did not want to compete with the TV station. So, they launched Running Pony as a side hustle, largely making videos for nonprofits. The company’s first client was ALSCAC/ St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
“Mr. [Richard] Shadyac Sr. used to say, ‘if I can get potential donors and corporate partners into the hospital, they’re sold,” Epstein said. “Obviously, you can’t get everyone to make a trip to Memphis. So, video, they realized, was a way to really capture the emotion of what was going on there. They could take that out to people and say, ‘This is what we’re doing.’”
Even with a roster of impressive clients, the Running Pony group took things slowly. They officially went full time in 1999, still worried whether they could make the rent on an 800-square-foot office. Decades later, Running Pony is still paying rent with a client list that includes FedEx, International Paper, Smith + Nephew, and the Greater Memphis Chamber.
The company does more than make stunning videos and produce beautiful events. They move the needle on business metrics. Epstein said a recent third-party survey of their clients showed a 45 percent response rate. So, imagine if nearly half of your audience opened, say, your newsletter.
“We’ve always looked at ourselves as an extension of our clients,” Epstein said, noting that some of those clients surveyed said they see Running Pony as an extension of their marketing departments.
And the name? Horses have been central to human storytelling, Epstein explained. Ancient cave dwellers in France drew horses on the walls. In the late 1800s, “The Horse in Motion” became the first motion picture. On top of that, one of the founding members of Running Pony was restoring an old Mustang at the time, and talked of “trying to get the pony running,” Epstein said.
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Inside and Out
Total Package Health and Wellness links the pieces for complete health.
BY TOBY SELLS
Not only will you see A difference on the outside, you’ll also see a difference from the inside.”
That’s what Tamara Henderson and her team promise their clients at Total Package Health and Wellness. And when they say on the inside, they mean it literally. A client consultation at Total Package begins with a blood sample under a microscope.
Henderson is the company’s Chief Financial Officer. But she’s also a certified nutritional microscopist with an engineering degree from Vanderbilt University. With sound science in hand, she found a love for health that started right after college.
with high-tech wellness treatments.
“Everything was always in pieces,” she said. “So, then I started thinking about the total package, not just the pieces. We wanted all of it. I found some like-minded ladies and we put our talents together to create Total Package.”
Those like-minded ladies are Marlo Jackson, Lynesa Williams, Emma Richmond, Tanya Greene, and Tracy Thomas. Each of them brings a special talent to the business mix — fitness, detox, nutrition, and more. After six years in business, Total Package has two locations, one in Raleigh and another in Whitehaven.
“We wanted all of it. I found some likeminded ladies and we put our talents together to create Total Package.”
“For some reason, my energy levels were horrible,” Henderson said. “That’s when I started to discover that it was all in our nutrition. Then, I needed to figure out how to help others with this. It just changed me when I saw my health start improving.”
—TAMARA HENDERSON CFO, TOTAL PACKAGE HEALTH AND WELLNESS
She joined companies like AmWay and sold a variety of products, but cared primarily for the health and nutrition lines. She went to gyms. She travelled and saw high-end spas
Again, a new client’s consultation begins with a drop of blood taken from the finger. Henderson immediately analyzes it under a microscope, all of it seen by the client on a high-definition television. With that, Henderson can determine the client’s immune health, digestive health, overall inflammation, and more. Then, Henderson and her team will make recommendations for the client’s nutrition needs, exercise regiment, and wellness routines.
“So, when we make a recommendation, we
make it based on you your specific needs, not just a cookie-cutter piece,” she said.
All those recommendations can be handled in-house at Total Package. They offer their own brand of supplements. Each location has a gym space with some cutting-edge equipment. And each has a host of wellness tech — a dryheat sauna capsule, an infrared sauna, aqua massage, an oxygen bar, full-body red light therapy, even Yoni steamers. Total Package also makes and sells its own alkaline water to promote cleansing and blood cell circulation, something they’ve done since the beginning.
On the business side, Henderson said Total Package has “been an amazing opportunity.”
“What I noticed is when it got hard during the pandemic, you know with everything shutting down, we got a chance to see how essential we were,” she said. “People still wanted that alkaline water, that cleaner water. So, we had to be here. They still wanted their supplements because the whole thing we’re teaching people is that you have to keep your immune system strong.”
For it all, Henderson says Total Package strives to make their clients a “TEN” with technology, exercise, and nutrition. They’ve added “entertainment” to the TEN experience, she said, by adding fun classes and even four-wheeler rides to their offerings in Whitehaven.
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But we need your help We are building a stateof-the-art Children & Youth Crisis Wellness Center dedicated to providing immediate, compassionate care for youth in crisis This facility will be a beacon of hope for families, offering 24/7 crisis intervention, therapeutic resources, and ongoing support to ensure no child falls through the cracks
Your contribution will ensure that every child, regardless of their circumstances, has access to the compassionate care they deserve
Brown Missionary Baptist Church
Eric Williams
Bryce Corporation Richard Williamson
Buckman Lela Gerald
Buckman International Junai Maharaj
Burch, Porter & Johnson David Harris
Burtons Automations LLC Annette Burton
Buster’s Liquors & Wines Josh Hammond
Butler Snow LLP Jason Yarbro
Butron Media Corp Ivette Butron
Butteriffic Bakery & Cafe Tamika Heard
Byrd On The Roof LLC Dakota Byrd
C & P Beauty Supply Tom Pae
C-1, Inc. Gerald Neely
Cadence Bank Randy Henry
Caesar’s Entertainment, Inc. Kristi Miller
Cafe Eclectic Cathy Boulden
Cafe Noir Jasmine Settles
Caissa Public Strategy, LLC Paige Walkup
Campbell Clinic Orthopedics
Daniel Shumate
Campfire Collective Shannon Briggs
Candy Bar Bartending Services
Candace Duncan
Cannon & Cannon, Inc. Wain Gaskins
Canopy Nation Cheryl Saum
Caravan Supply Company Cindy Selden
Cargill Cotton Matt Dunbar
Carlisle Corporation Chance Carlisle
Carpenter Primary HealthCare, PLLC
Ken Carpenter
The Carter Malone Group, LLC
Deidre Malone
Cartridge World Memphis Michael Willis
Castle Retail Group, LLC Rick James
C.A.T. Global Chris Carr
Catalyst Global Solutions LLC
Jose Rodriguez
CBIZ MHM, LLC Eustis Corrigan
CBRE, Inc. Frank Quinn
CC Club Holdings - Legacy Countrywood
James Russell
CE-Bio, LLC Jeff Smith
Central BBQ Brittany Higginbotham
CertaPro Painters of Bartlett Chip Jones
Chaliff & Associates, CPAs Skip Gronauer
Char Restaurant Aimee Davidson
Charles Harris REALTOR - Coldwell
Banker Collins-Maury Charles Harris
Charles River Laboratories Will Isom
Charlotte & Pickens Brittney Sessoms
ChemStation MidSouth Roy Brown
Chick-fil-A Austin Peay Highway
Faith Young
Children’s Museum of Memphis
Sarah Zambroni
Chings Hot Wings Francessca Bolds
Chiropractic Memphis Downtown
Matt Hayden
Choate’s Air Conditioning, Heating and Plumbing Carlos Suarez
Chris Hope Foundation Chris Hope
Chris Woods Construction Company
Grant Mills
Christian Brothers Automotive Kim Hannaford
Christian Brothers High School
Nancy Lanigan
Christian Brothers University
Church Health Alison Futris
Cigna Healthcare John Webb
City Brew Tours Memphis Brian Thompson
City Enterprises, LLC David Andrews
City Leadership John Carroll
City of Lakeland Michael Walker
Clarion Security Larry Heathcott
Clark & Clark Nick Clark
Class AAA Security, LLC Lewis Hurd
Classic American Hardwoods, Inc.
Bill Courtney
Clay & Land Insurance, Inc. Todd Dyson
Clear Strategies Calvin Anderson
ClearBags Shelia Holt
CN Railroad Antoine Hawkins
Coca-Cola Consolidated Amy Martin
CodeCrew Meka Egwuekwe
Coldwell Banker Collins-Maury Angie Ware
The Collective Blueprint Jodi Reynhout
Collier Insurance Dabney Collier
Colliers International Tim Mashburn
The Colour Crate Destiny Bean
Comcast Evangeline Parker-Guest
Comfort Dynamics Tonia Ellis
Comfort Inn Downtown Michael Krupp
Commercial Bank and Trust
Allison Prescott
Committed to Recovery Corey Clark
Communiride LLC dba Arnett Logistics
Group Ayile’ Arnett
Communities In Schools of Memphis
Teshanda Middleton
Community Attributes Inc. Chris Mefford
Community Bank of Mississippi DJ Grimes
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Sutton Mora
Compass Community School Midtown
Angela Fox
Compass Intervention Center Tonya Ginn
Complete Lighting & Sign Service, Inc.
Angie Jennings
Comprehensive Staffing Solutions
Charlotte Boyce
Concord Academy Robby Lear
Concorde Career College Mikia Housley
Confidential Business Intermediaries
Memphis Kendrick Steele
Congruex Paul Sulisz
Consilience Group, LLC
Meredith Hennessy, MUP
Contemporary Media, Inc. Anna Traverse
Continental Construction Company, Inc. Curt McMillin
Continental Traffic Service, Inc. (CTSI-Global) Ken Hazen
CORPRO Safety Training Rick Black
Cotton Forwarding Int’l, Inc. Laura Cooley
Courtyard Downtown at Court Square
James Barton
Craft Axe Throwing Ashley Cowper
Craig Pest Control Don Harchfield
Create10meDesigns Ashley Foster
Creative Home Academy and Preschool, LLC Constance Sholar Cherry
Creative Works Joshua Horton
The Crescent Club Robby Allender
Critical Edge Liz Cole
Crossroads Hospice and Palliative Care
Ronnie McCord
Highland takes p r ide th at o u r clients h ave th e co nfidence an d tr ust in o u r investment p rocess an d s er vices wh ich h as en abled u s to s er ve th em fo r over th ir ty years. At Highland Capital, client relationships are h ighly p ersonal, valued, an d s er vice o r iented. Highland Capital has always been and will always be a proud supporter of the Greater Memphis Chamber
Higginbotham Family Dental (Harbor Town) Cortne Young
Higginbotham Insurance & Financial
Services Johnny Pitts
HigherVisibility Adam Heitzman
Highland Capital Management LLC
Scott Notowich
Highline Warren Darcy Curran
Hill Services, Inc. Tandra Inmon
Hillwood Sarah Dickey
Hilton Garden Inn Memphis Downtown Jill Baker
Hobson Realtors Joel Hobson
Hodges Law Firm, PLLC Rees Hodges
Hog Wild – Real Memphis Barbeque LLC Ernie Mellor
Holiday Inn & Suites Wolfchase Galleria Jonathan Williams
Holiday Inn Express Midtown Jeff Emmett
Hollywood Feed, LLC Kate Lancaster
Home Outlet Matt Hayeslip
Homelift, Inc. Lori Senn
Honest Monument Company Earnest Hillman
Hope Credit Union Bill Bynum
HopeWorks Amy Braden
Hospital Wing Christy Chandler
Hot Graphics Printing, Inc. Lynn Blurton
Hotel Indigo Memphis Downtown Charles Sweeney
HOTWORX – Memphis (Edge District) Carmella Rogers
HOTWORX – Poplar Laura Cook
Howard Franks Wilson & Associates, LLC Charlie McCarty
Howell Consulting, LLC Frank Howell
HRO Partners Austin Baker
Hudspeth Benefits Group Chuck Hudspeth
Huey’s Restaurants Monique Stitts
Hulsey PC Bill Hulsey
Hunter Fan Company Scott Ayers
Hutchison School Tracey Zerwig Ford
Hyde Family Foundation Teresa Sloyan
Hyosung HICO Ltd. Jason Neal
I Love Boxabl LLC Jabari Williams
I T Niche Harish Dahima
Ideal Chemical & Supply Company
Sam Block
Idexx Laboratories Jonathan Thomas
IDI Logistics Timothy Moore
iHeart Media DeJuan Hendricks
IKEA Michael Matteson
ImageWorks Commercial Interiors
Kevin Yates
IMC Mark George
IMEC Kelly Cole
ImmunoTek Bio Centers, LLC
Melissa Lee
Inclusive Excellence Consulting
Mary McConner
Independent Bank Susan Stephenson
Independent Presbyterian Church
Bob Hicks
Industrial Sales Company
Jennifer Richardson
Inferno Daniel O’Brien
InnerActive Consulting Group
Robin Graham
Innovate Memphis Jessica Lotz
Insight Risk Management, LLC
Patrick Siano
InSouth Bank Candy Sims
Insperity Stephanie Moyer
Insurance Consulting Group, Inc.
Steve Rodgers
International Paper Alissa Campbell Shaw
Intertrade, Ltd. Michael Goode
Inventory Locator Service John Herrman
Itta Bena Katherine Corvelli
J & K Nutrition Jose Gutierrez
The J. M. Smucker Company Travis McKie
J Rose Asset Management Treanna Street
J. Strickland & Company Marcus Mobley
Jack Pirtle, Inc. Tawanda Pirtle
Jack’s Family Restaurant
Brandy Weatherman
JAdams Financial Services PLLC
Joyce Adams
JAG Investments Jason Gillum
Jake’s Dumpsters LLC Bryon Daum
Jamerson Strategic Consulting LLC
Jiljuana Coleman
James Uptown Pressure Washing & Roof
Cleaning, LLC James Austin
JAN-PRO Development of Memphis and the Mid-South Trudi Pierami
JAS Forwarding Chris Shelton
Jasper Float Spa & Wellness Center
Antwanette Crutcher
Jeffrey Jacobs Photography, Inc.
Jeffrey Jacobs
JEL Developments James Little
JEM Dining LLC Joshua Mutchnick
Jerry Christian Aircraft Sales, Inc.
Jerry Christian
Jewelers’ Choice, Inc. Bill Ferrell
JIM Promotions & Uniforms
Brenda Curland
Jim Robbins & Associates, Inc.
Walker Robbins
Jimmy Whittington Lumber Company
Jim Whittington
JK International Inc. James Kim
JLL Jack Wohrman
JML Financial, LLC John Little
Joe’s Crab Shack Ronnie Cannon
John Deberry and Associates Errol Reid
JP Morgan Chase Bank Tom Simpson
JSSI Process Server, Inc. Othneil Penn
Judy Bell Consulting Judy Bell
The Juice Plus+ Company Paulo Teixeira
Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South, Inc. Leigh Mansberg
Junior League of Memphis Michelle Nixon
Kaye’s Pints & Scoops Kiamesha Wilson
KBG Technologies, LLC
Kathy Buckman Gibson
KC Hospitality James Kelly
Keeler Iron Works, Inc. Clay Keeler
Kele, Inc. Danny Lyons
Kelman-Lazarov, Inc. Marty Kelman
Kemmons Wilson Companies, LLC
Spence Wilson Jr.
Kemmons Wilson Insurance Group
Cindy Klatt
The Kent Toni Williams
Kershaw Primary Care and Weight Loss
Valarie Kershaw
Kimery Wealth Management Kevin Kimery
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
Henry Minor
Kindred Place Pam Meiners
Kinetic Homes Phalange Brutus
Kinfolk Memphis Jacob Watson
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. Jeffrey Lee
Kooky Canuck Shawn Danko
KPMG, LLP Ruby Hancock
KPower Global Logistics Tyler Kattawar
Kroger Co. Micheal Cristal
Kruger Products Mark Hauke
KUDZUKIAN Larry Robinson
Kuehne & Nagel, Inc. Rodrigo Leal
L & M Enterprises dba Seko Logistics
Tim Moore
La-Z-Boy Home Furnishings and Décor
Debra Stansbery
LAB Digital Creative Michael Newsome
Lakeland Wealth Management Sreeni Meka
Lakeside Behavioral Health System
Joy Golden
The Lamar Companies Michael McFall
Landers Auto Group Kent Ritchey
Landmark Farmers Market/Landmark
Training Development Company
Mike Minnis
Landmark Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.
Cynthia Rapp
Laser Aesthetics Body & Wellness
Pam Hathcock
Latino Memphis Mauricio Calvo
Lausanne Collegiate School Laura Trott
Lavish A Luxe Boutique (Lavish Too)
Lawanda Thornton
The Law Office of David E. Gordon P.C.
David Gordon
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
Leaders Credit Union Shea Brown
Leadership Memphis Shirley Ford
Leading in Life Enterprise Kinah Burks
Leasing Angels, Inc. Nannette Fisher
LEEK LLC dba Londons Giggles
Jeremy Calhoun
Legion Force Security Shawn Wilson
LeMoyne-Owen College Christopher Davis
Lenahan, Smith & Bargiachi, PC, CPA
Shayne Smith
LEO Events Cindy Brewer
Lexus of Memphis Bryan Smith
Liberty Bank and Trust Company
Carolyn Walker
Life Choices of Memphis Rachel Davis
LifeDoc Health Gabriel Velasquez
LifeSigns / HealthyHere Sandy Bradford
Lifestyle Screen Printing Donald Kirkland
Lighting Source David Lee
The Lilly Company Wade Clark
Link Apartments Broad Ave.
Brittney Crandall
Linkous Construction Company, Inc.
Rusty Linkous
Literacy Mid-South Stacy Early
LocaliQ Michael Acuff
Lofton Wells Insurance Pamela Lofton Wells
Lokion Jennifer Lee
LoneTree Wealth Management
Jimmy Beard
Louis Dreyfus Company Joe Nicosia
Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores
Michael Balak
LPI Memphis, Inc. Ciara Neill
LRK, Inc. Frank Ricks
Lubin Enterprises, Inc. Nathan Lubin
Lurie and Associates, LLC Leonard Lurie
M & D Coatings, Inc. Michael Mays
M.J. Edwards Funeral Home Carolyn Brown
Machinery Sales Company, Inc.
Greg Meadows
Magna Services of America, Inc.
Dex Battista
Mahogany Memphis, LLC Jessica Miller
Main Street Dental Jodi Rump
Makowsky Ringel Greenberg, LLC
Michael Greenberg
Malasri Engineering, PLLC JT Malasri
Malco Theatres Karen Melton
Mallory Alexander International Logistics
Neely Mallory
Manufacturers Industrial Group (MIG)
Andre Gist
MAPCO Express Julie Thomas
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Trisha Bloodworth
The Marston Group, PLC Chip Marston
Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston, PC
Clay Purdom
Marx-Bensdorf REALTORS Jimmy Reed
Mauser Packaging Solutions
Roxanne Mayes
McAdams Group, LLC Tearesa Claiborne
McEwen’s Memphis John Littlefield
McGriff Insurance Services Mark Forrester
McKee and McFarland, Inc. Bob Lafferty
McMillon Warehousing & Distribution, LLC Mike McMillon
McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations
Jennifer Brantley
McVean Trading & Investments, LLC
Dow McVean
Medegen Medical Products
Jennifer Williamson
Medford Roofing, LLC Meghan Medford
MedHaul Nathalie Occean
Medical Education & Research Institute
Cayla Cook
Medical Transportation Service, LLC
Michael Webb
Medtronic Hal Beckham
Meisler Trailer Rentals Noel Troxel
The Memphian Hotel Bobbie Peppers
Memphis & Shelby County Film & TV Commission Linn Sitler
Memphis Area Association of Realtors O'Hara Keszler
Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. Cindy Cole Ettingoff
Memphis Area Transit Authority
Bacarra Mauldin
Memphis Army Recruiting Company
Memphis Blues Gina Beasley
Memphis Botanic Garden Mike Allen
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Kathy Dumlao
Memphis Capital Group Joel Banes
Memphis Chess Company, LLC
Michael Shuey
Memphis Christian Pastors Network
Pastor Rufus Smith
Memphis Clean Claudia Cogswell
Memphis Communications Corporation
Stacey Purdy
Memphis Consulting Group, LLC
Jonathan Nyaku
Memphis Education Fund
Terrence Patterson
Memphis Electric Company Donald Thomas
Memphis Electrical JATC Guinevere Griffith
Memphis Equipment Company
Douglas Cummings
Memphis Funeral Home Corey Hague
Memphis Gift Basket Jesse James
Memphis Grindhouse Coffee
Dwayne Chaffin
Memphis Grizzlies Jason Wexler
Memphis Ice Machine Company
Clark Lawrence
Memphis In May International Festival, Inc. Mack Weaver
Memphis Jewish Community Center Idesha Reese
Memphis Light, Gas & Water
Doug McGowen
Memphis Management Group: Renasant Convention Center & Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Dean Dennis
Memphis Medical District Collaborative Rory Thomas
Memphis Medical Society Clint Cummins
Memphis Metropolitan Land Bank Authority Michael Harris
Memphis Music Initiative Rychetta Watkins
Memphis Obstetrics & Gynecological Assn., P.C. Robert Burns
Memphis Radiological PC Kim Asher
Memphis Record Pressing Catrina Traylor-Francis
Memphis Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum Carley Kirby
Memphis School of Excellence
Samuel Beyhan
Memphis Shelby County Airport Authority Terry Blue
Memphis Shelby County Schools
Marie Feagins
Memphis Showboats / UFL Steve Macy
Memphis Stone and Stucco Angela Rhodes
Memphis Tacos Claudia Cogswell
Memphis Tomorrow Blair Taylor
Memphis Tourism Kevin Kane
Memphis United Julius Goodwin
Memphis University School Liz Copeland
Memphis Urban League Deryl Gardner
Memphis Wings dba Wingstop Alexa Wendel
Memphis Zoo Nick Harmeier
Memphis/Shelby County Port Commission Randy Richardson
Mental Health Cooperative Memphis August Geeter
Mercer Capital Management, Inc.
Christopher Mercer
Meridian Life Science David Christian
Meritan, Inc. Melanie Keller
Message Factors Tom Logue
Metal Building Products, Inc. Barry Sims
Methodist Healthcare Employee Assistance Program Renee Dillard
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Michael Ugwueke
Meticulous John Weston
Metro Construction, LLC Joe Savage
Metropolitan Cardiovascular Institute Errol Raspberry
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA) Anna Word
MHP / Team SI Amanda Mauck
MicroPort Orthopedics, Inc.
Mid-America Apartments Eric Bolton
Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary Randy Redd
Mid-South Drug Testing, Inc. Kelly Dobbins
Mid-South Food Bank Cathy Pope
Mid-South Milling Company, Inc. Nathan Pappas
Mid-South Public Communications Foundation / WKNO Scott Davidson
Mid-South Transplant Foundation, Inc. Kim Van Frank
MidSouth Development District Anna McQuiston
Midsouth Ponds Bubba Hogan
Midtown Pediatrics of Memphis Bianca Sweeten
Millennium Machinery Inc. Jared Jobbins
Millennium Search Jason Gillum
Mimeo Oliver Doughtie
Mind Over Data Susan Gross
Minuteman Press Steven Ennis
Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church J. Lawrence Turner
Mitchell & Son, Inc. Ron Monmaney
Molly Maid of Memphis Kathy Biggers
Molly Maid of Tipton County Kathy Biggers
Monica Burt and Associates, LLC
Monica Burt
Monogram Food Solutions Karl Schledwitz
Morris Marketing Group
Valerie Morris Bearup
Mortgage Financial Services Ryan Knop
MoSH Kevin Thompson
Moxy Memphis Downtown Curtis Pandes
MSD Travel Advisors, LLC Michael Dawoud
MSHN Enterprises Corey Clark
MSK Group, P.C. dba OrthoSouth Thomas Giel III
Mueller Industries, Inc. Greg Christopher
Mustard Seed Realty Group Melanie Bolden
MVP3 Foundation Marie Pizano
MWT Transport LLC Milton Thomas
MyCityRides Andy Nix
NAI Saig Company Laura Saig Martin
National Civil Rights Museum
Russ Wigginton
National Cotton Council Drew Davis
National Guard Products Lewie Smith
National Ornamental Metal Museum
Carissa Hussong
neMarc Professional Services, Inc.
Carmen Bassett-Brown
The Neely Agency LLC Sheri Neely
Neon Canvas Hillary Combest
New Ballet Ensemble and School
Katie Smythe
New Memphis Anna Mullins Ellis
New Millennium Building Systems Bob Hudson
New South Capital Management Steve Morrow
New Teacher University Terry Ross
New Way Aquaponic Farms Daryl Leven
New South Capital Management Steve Morrow
New York Life Scotty Hendricks
Newberry Tanks & Equipment, LLC
Chris Long
Newmark Real Estate Joe Steffner
nexAir, LLC Bill Proctor
Nextech Solutions Chris Hogue
Nextera Energy Resources Clark Stephens
Nickey Warehouse, Inc. Charlie Andrews
Nickson General Contractors
Octavius Nickson
Nike Willie Gregory
NKC of America, Inc. Nancy Christian
Nollan Keynote Concerts Valaria Nollan
Noremac Media Group George Monger
Northwestern Mutual Jim Meeks
Nothing Bundt Cakes Amy Lupo
Novateur Brand Architecture
Saundra Nash
Novo Nordisk Marla Wiedenmann
Now Leasing Jennifer Wessels
Nu-Wave Development LLC Marilyn Conway
Nucor Steel of Memphis, Inc. Eric Nystrom
NuVasive Inc. Clare Gorman
Oak View Group Phoebe Breckenridge
Octapharma Plasma, Inc. Meghan Murphree
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Kim Hodges
Olam Agri Americas Inc. Amanda Cook
Old Dominick Distillery Chris Canale
Olymbec USA LLC Jason Berger
Olympic Career Training Institute
Patrick Carter
Olympic Industries Craig Owen
One by One Ministries Heather McCaskill
One Digital Health and Benefits Lisa Bell
One Dollar+ LLC dba Save-a-Lot / Uptown Bargains Casey Moore
One Step Initiative Brian Booker
One Stop Housing Mark Vengroff
Onin Staffing Regina Caldwell
OPACHS Sharon Pruitt
Opti-Coat, LLC David Ghodoussi
OrabiTech Muhammad Baig
Orgill, Inc. Eric Divelbiss
Orion Federal Credit Union
Ashley McDurmon
ORO Impact Inc. George Fatheree
The Orpheum Theatre Candace Dean
OsteoRemedies, LLC Chris Hughes
Oteka Technologies, LLC Alandas Dobbins
Our Connections Joe Roberts
Our Lady Queen of Peace Retreat Center
Steve Fracchia
Outfront Media, LLC
Overhead Door Company of Memphis, Inc.
Barry Ray
Overton Park Neighbors Kevin McConnell
The P3 Group Inc. Dee Brown
P.F. Chang’s Christian Carruego
Painting Unlimited, Inc. Joseph Lewis
The Pallet Factory Michael Doyle
Pandrol USA Sandro Silva
Paradox Catering & Consulting, LLC
Alia Hogan
Paragon Bank Robert Shaw
Parasol Awnings, LLC Michael Folk
Parties With Pizzazz Shun Stotts
PATH Company William Franklin
Pathmark Transportation Wes Kraker
Pathway Lending Jarlecia Jones
Patriot Bank John Smith
Patterson & Associates Real Estate
Kimberly Townsend
Patterson Warehouses, Inc. Nathan Bell
Payne Services Plumbing, Heating and Air
Danny Payne
Peabody Memphis Douglas Browne
Peer Power Cortney Richardson
Penn A Kem LLC Sameer Rupani
Pepsi Beverages Company Tom Macnaught
Perfecto Staffing Jeanne Prascak
PerformancePoint Brad Federman
Persevere Stacey Books
Pete Mitchell & Associates, Inc. Insurance
George Hilliard
Pfizer Inc. Nelson Zamora-Ramos
PFSweb Glen Harckum
Phancy Photo Booth Cathy Wood
PharmEx, LLC Amresh Narine
Phee Phi Fire LLC Phee Robinson
Phelps Dunbar PLC John Bobango
Phlebogo Oginga Carr
Piano’s / Shackelford’s Florist
Charles Strong
Pickering Firm, Inc. Mike Pohlman
Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc. Phillip May
Pinnakl Technologies Ashish Singh
Pitman Glass & Glazing Scott Pitman
Place of Good Abode Companies
Michael Scarbrough
Playhouse on the Square Michael Detroit
PMC Biogenix Clarke McGuire
PMI Global Services Lisa Kirk
PMI Memphis Chapter Tamara Brown
Porter-Leath Rob Hughes
Power & Telephone Supply Company
Jennifer Sims
Power Equipment Company of Memphis
Robert Brackett
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. David Warmath
Praxair, Inc. Kellina Anderson
Precision Air Conditioning & Heating, LLC
Kathe Stewart
Preserver Partners, LLC Dana Pointer
Primology Aesthetics and Wellness
Jami Bartholomew
Princeton James Productions
Princeton James
ProductionOne Kiley Butler
Professional Allied Health LLC
Tuwanna McDaniel
Professional Pharmacy Services
Patrice Pritchett
Professional Service Industries, Inc.
Larry Johnson
Progressive Realty Services, LLC
Leah Douglas-Wooten
Progressive Technologies, Inc. Christopher Brubaker
PROMAN Staffing Joan Trujillo
Protank Fran Shaw
ProTech Services Group, Inc. Dan Weddle
Pugh’s Flowers Michael Pugh
Puzzol Creative Mallory Lynch
Q3 Contractors LLC Sherman Brown
Quality Incentive Company Rodger Plumb
Quality Roofing Contractors Felix Haynes
Quality Title Group, LLC Leigh McDonald
Quality Vending Service, LLC
Thomas Dayton
R & R Enterprises of TN dba Double R
Wine, Spirits & More Richard Farwell
R3Dream Action Innovation Group – rAiG Inc. Antoine Maxwell
Rachel’s Salon & Day Spa Paige Garland
Radians, Inc. Mike Tutor
Randstad US – Metro Memphis Area
Sylvia Grammer
Raymond James Ryan Ehrhart
RBG Wealth Advisors, LLC Greg Davis
RDX, LLC Roumen Denkov
The Reaves Law Firm Henry Reaves
The Recovery Center of Tennessee
Olivier Williams
Recycling Management Resources
C.J. Drew
Red Deluxe, LLC Ashley Buck
RedDOT Corporation
Redeemers Group, Inc. Rosie Graves
RedRover Company Lori Turner-Wilson
Regional One Health Reginald Coopwood
Regional One Health Foundation
Jared Bulluck
Regions Bank David May
Remington College Rose Van Alstine
Renae’s Window Treatments, Inc.
Susan Newby
Renaissance Group, Inc. Ruffin Flowers
Renasant Bank Shawn Clayton
Rendezvous Tina Jennings
Republic Services Anthony Woods
Research Dynamics, Inc. Hal Fogelman
Residence Inn by Marriott Memphis
Downtown Tracey Henninger
Resource Entertainment Group
Howard Stovall
Resource Management Group LLC
Barbara Knight
Resource Media Group – RMG
Steve Stewart
Revival Restoration Services Scott Trimble
Revival-Memphis Org Lyman Aldrich
Reynolds Bone & Griesbeck Skeet Haag
Rhodes College Kerri Campbell
Richardson International Jim Meyer
Ridgeway Business Center Virginia Rowland
Ring Container Technologies Brian Smith
Ritchie Smith Associates Ritchie Smith
River Arts Fest, Inc. Dan Flick
River Inn of Harbor Town
Mehri Ahmadzadegan
Riviana Foods Inc. Tom Gyovai
RIX International Gwendolyn Tucker
RKA Construction Ryan Anderson
Robert Half Chrissy Smith
Robinson Tree Service, Inc. Cynthia Sengel
RockStar Medical Aesthetics & Therapeutics, Inc. Barbara Reed
Ronald McDonald House of Memphis
Meg Goorley
Rone’s Landscaping & Construction
Alicia Hill
Royal Choice LLC Latosha Isaac
With over 30 years of experience in the drug testing industry, Kelly Dobbins and her team from Mid-South Drug Testing have successfully served the communities of Tennessee, Northeast Arkansas, North Mississippi and the boot heel of Missouri.
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Royalty Wellness Spa, PLLC
Sharonda Walton
Rumble Boxing Midtown Memphis Ann Lee
Running Pony Jonathan Epstein
Runyon Industries Stan Runyon
Rust College Rita Rayford
RWE Alexis Bowman
S&ME Jeff Doubrava
Sage Creative Malik Sharp
Saint Francis Hospital Scott Smith
The Salvation Army Memphis Aaron Keegan
Schooley Mitchell of Memphis
Curtis McFarland
SchoolSeed Foundation Vincent McCaskill
Scooter’s Coffee Chase Hudson
The Seam Mark Pryor
Search Marketing Pros Ross Hornish
Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. Jason Landrum
Seedco Darrell Scott
Seeding Success Mark Sturgis
Select Specialty Hospital – Memphis, Inc. Tangi Townsend
Self+Tucker Architects, Inc. Juan Self
SelfieMemphis Photo Booth
LaKiva Williams
Semmes Murphey Clinic John Lewis
Serenity Recovery Centers, Inc. Paula Hopper
Serra Chevrolet LLC Sam Hamady
Serv Restaurant & Bar Treshina Brownlee
ServiceMaster by Stratos Stacy McCall
Serving Size LLC Najee Bush
Shantorra Owens State Farm Agency
Shantorra Owens
Sharp Manufacturing Company of America Karin Tanaka
Shelby County Trustee Regina Newman
Shelby Farms Park Conservancy
Jen Andrews
Shemar T & D Solutions LLC Jeff Autry
Shoemaker Financial Jeremy Jones
Siemens Industry, Inc. Randy Jowers
Signet, Inc. Elizabeth Tate
Signs First James Pogue
Signworks Lori Southern
Silver Tree Residential, LLC
James Carmichael
Simmons Bank Chuck Newell
The Sims Financial Group Charles Sims
Sissy’s Log Cabin Molly McCarty
Skin and Wellness Spa Marquita Williams
Skin Clique – Shawanda Motlow, NP-C
Shawanda Motlow
SkyCop, Inc. Greg Nuckles
Smart Living Finishing Academy, LLC
Loretta Whitmore
Smith & Nephew, Inc. Craig Gaffin
Smith-Berclair Insurance, Inc. Brad Smith
Smith’s Plumbing Services Ashley Evans
Sneed, Robinson & Gerber, Inc.
Tommy Sneed
Soccer Shots Memphis Aaron Rock
Society of Entrepreneurs Pearson Crutcher
SoCo Solutions - Professional EOS
Implementer Sophia Cole
Sonic Delivery, Inc. Jake Mohundro
Sonoco LeClinton Smith
Sound Waves, Inc. Mike Irwin
South Memphis Renewal Development Corporation Jeffery Higgs
South Side Wildcats Organization
Arlithia Mackey
Southeastern Asset Management
Jessica Pressgrove
Southern Cardiovascular, PLLC
Jonathan Ellichman
Southern College of Optometry
Lewis Reich
Southern Duplicating of TN Galen Avery
Southern Security FCU Simin Bhagat
Southern Spray Company
Kurt Throckmorton
Southern States Forwarding, Inc.
Bruce Friedman
Southern Steel Supply Company, Inc.
Neil Cohen
SouthernSun Asset Management
William Halliday
Southland Casino Racing Osi Imomoh
Southwest Airlines Ana Schwager
Southwest Tennessee Community College
Tracy Hall
SouthWorth Capital Management
Jeff Presley
Move to Marion:
Spark Printing Joe Grape
Sparkle Mentality Consulting, LLC
Luanne Yeley
Spartan Solutions Inc. Tracy Thompson
Specialty Performance Training dba
Memphis Welding School Reginald Lewis
Spherion Staffing and Recruiting
Season Caulkins
Spicer Rudstrom, PLLC Melissa Hutton
Spotlight Productions Fabian Matthews
Springhill Suites Memphis Downtown Cindi Lewis
Springs at Buckingham Farms
Jeremy Speed
SRVS Teresa Cooper
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
James Downing
St. Mary’s Episcopal School Jennifer Parris
Stacy Early Art Stacy Early
Staff Management – SMX Stephanie Riley
Staffline, LLC Mark Story
Standpoint Consulting
Adriane Johnson-Williams
State Farm Insurance / David Ross
David Ross
State National Companies Brian Barrett
State Systems Robert McBride
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
Jeff Kollath
Staybridge Suites Memphis Sharon Kotecki
Steel Warehouse Memphis Rick Hargrove
Stephens, Inc. Kathleen Davis
Stepherson’s, Inc. Ashley Harris
STF Medical & Management Group, Inc.
Victor Omotunde
Still Point Imports Michael Whaley
Stites & Harbison, PLLC Andrew Sanders
Stone Concepts Maya Tucker
Stragistics Technology Hughetta Dudley
Stratas Foods Jack Straton
Strategic Financial Partners Eric Bubrig
Strategic Resource Management, Inc.
Brad Downs
Stretchlab Midtown Memphis Shey Pate
StringBend Capital Kevin McEniry
Stryker Corporation Jeanine Redden
STS Enterprise Corporation
Jeremy Calhoun
Stuart C. Irby Company Lynn Grantland
Summerfield Associates, Inc.
Dotty Summerfield Giusti
Summit Asset Management LLC
Peggy Adler
Summitt Management Corporation
Fred Jones
Sun of a Vegan Ayesha Collier
Sunshine Enterprise, Inc. Yolonda Aldridge
Superior Contracting Group Inc.
Carlos Franklin
Supreme Staffing Eduardo Sanchez
Sylvamo John Sims
Systematic Equity Solutions Darrell Ray
Systems Technologies, Inc.
Jeremy Simpson
T R Banks Logistics, LLC Eboni McKinney
T. O. Fuller State Park Victor Benson
TAG Truck Center Gary Dodson
At ARTSmemphis, we don’t create the art, but with your contributions, we make it possible.
As the primary arts funding organization in Memphis, we know that our city is more vibrant, exciting, and dynamic with the contributions of the arts. We also know that the arts sector employs close to four thousand and generates over $35 million in tax revenue. We know that art is vitally important for recruiting and retaining talent, jobs, and investment for our region.
From on stage to behind the scenes, from the drawing board to the boardroom, and from the classroom to the greenroom, there is a role for everyone.
Tennessee Recycle Environmental Energy Services – TREES Joshua Vickery
Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network
Justin Johnson
Tennessee Valley Authority Economic Development Chuck Marquis
TennesseeCAN Victor Evans
ThomasHill Behavior Training Innovations
Erica Thomas-Hill
Thompson Machinery Keith Peevy
Thryve Chiropractic & Kinetics
Walter Johnson
Timeless Gatherings Event Venue
Tamika Galvin
Tioga Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Larkin Myers
TNT Sound Inc. James Taylor
Tomsin Steel Processing, Inc.
Michael Thompson
Toof American Digital Printing
Stillman McFadden
Top Golf Courtney Johnson
Torry Low Voltage Janell Torry
Total Package Health and Wellness, Inc.
Tamara Henderson
Town of Somerville Mendi Donnelly
Townsend Development Bill Townsend
TPC Southwind
Traditional Plumbing Co., Inc. Calvin Brock
Traffic Consultants, Inc. Jeff Konrad
Transnetyx, Inc. Christine Essary
TREKK Design Group, LLC Stephen Edwards
Trezevant Manor Kent Phillips
Tri-State Truck Center, Inc. Jim Maddox
Triple J Notary Julius Williamson
TruckPro, LLC Chuck Broadus
TruGreen Sally Archibald
Truist Ted Miller
Trust Marketing Ryan Robertson
Trustmark National Bank – Memphis
Region Corporate Office Gene Henson
TruVine Home Improvements (dba TruVine Renovations) Nick Sammons
Tunica National Golf & Tennis
Caroline Leatherman
Turner Construction Company Andy Davis
Ty Boyland Consulting LLC Ty Boyland
U.S. Biologic, Inc. Chris Przybyszewski
UCL Financial Group, LLC Rebecca Schulter
UMRF Ventures Pierre Landaiche
Union Centre Executive Suites
Gloria Carson
Unique Bodies Margaret Wallace
United Housing, Inc. Yvette White
United Way of the Mid-South
Kenneth Robinson
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
Stephen Wilson
University of Memphis Bill Hardgrave
University of Tennessee Extension Service Chris Cooper
University of Tennessee Foundation
Greg Harris
University of Tennessee Health Science Center Peter Buckley
Up Closets of Memphis Bobby Risner
Upsmith, Inc. Wyatt Smith
The Urban Child Institute Gary Shorb
Urban Security Solutions of Tennessee, Inc. Djenada Dunlap
Urban Strategies, Inc. (USI) Eva Mosby
US Foods Jimmy Kiser
US Tax Works 2.0 Dhane Marques
USA Ninja Challenge Deidra Bartczak
V. Alexander & Co., Inc. Jim Lee
Vaco Memphis Justin Farmer
Valbridge Property Advisors / C & I Appraisal Services, Inc. Todd Glidewell
Valero Memphis Refinery
Eric Brown
Vantiva SCS Memphis, Inc. Sandra Breeden
Varco Pruden Buildings Katrina Bustamante
Varsity Spirit Bill Seely
Veasley’s Paving Services, Inc. Floyd Veasley
Versant Supply Chain Kimberley Verna
Veryable Evan Bates
Victory Bicycle Studio Clark Butcher
Villa Castrioti Joe Clarke
Virtuous Beacon Association
Andrea Jamerson
Visions by Ms. D Doris Williams
Vista Data Reginald Manning
Vistar of Tennessee Bethany Lewis
Vitalant Jean Newman
Volunteers of America Mid-States
Teisha Pendelton
Vortex Aviation Michael Grace
VRC Companies, LLC (Vital Records Control) Kelly Luttrell
W. A. Soefker & Son, Inc. Brett Soefker
W&T Contracting Corporation
Terrell & Wiley Richards
Waddell & Associates, LLC David Waddell
Waggoner Engineering, Inc. Tracy Huffman
Wagner General Contractors, Inc.
Hannah Wagner
Waldo’s Chicken & Beer Fayaz Abdul
Walker & Associates, Inc. Ceil Walker
Walker Auctions Lance Walker
Walmart Neighborhood Market 5122 James Brimble
Wampler, Carroll, Wilson & Sanderson, P.C. Luke Sanderson
Contemporary Media — locally owned publisher of Inside Memphis Business, Memphis Magazine, the Memphis Flyer, and more — is proud to offer book publishing for your company. We produce the finest quality books through our Creative Content division for many of the Memphis area’s leading businesses.
For additional information or to discuss the creation of your book or other custom content for your brand, please contact: Jeffrey A. Goldberg | 901.606.7542 | goldberg@contemporary-media.com
Ware Jones Realtors William Ware
Watco Transloading, LLC Nathan Tobey
Watkins Uiberall, PLLC Jeff Thomason
We Care TLC Raegan Le Douaron
Wealth & Health Benefits Plus
Cortney Sandridge
Weather and Climate Consulting, LLC
John Bryant
Weeden Financial, LLC Rhonda Lyons
Weiss & Glassell Orthodontics
Brenton Glassell
WeNspire Associates Reginald Dyer
West Cancer Center Mitch Graves
West Fraser Wood Products, Inc.
Jennifer Urban
West Memphis Chamber of Commerce
Stephanie White
West Tennessee Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors Amber Harris
West Tennessee Consulting Eliza Keffeler
The Westin Memphis Beale Street
Kim Murray
Whataburger Restaurants Mike Gibbs
WHBQ Fox 13 Kyle Krebs
Whitmor, Inc. Scott Felsenthal
Whitten Brothers Hardware Ben Whitten
William Cannon Heating & Air, Inc.
Carla Cannon
William R. Moore College of Technology
Skip Redmond
Williams Comprehensive Healthcare
Tina Williams
Willie E. Martin Allstate Insurance Agency
Willie Martin
Wilson Public Relations Beth Wilson
Winstead Turf Farms, Inc. Gail Dowster
Wise Staffing Group Daniel Garcia
WISEACRE Brewing Company
Kellan Bartosch
WLOK Radio Art Gilliam
WMC-TV Jonathan Mitchell
Wolf River Conservancy Susan Graham
Women Financial Power LLC
Sandra Bailey, LACP, RFC
Women’s Business Center South Vonesha Mitchell
Woodland Presbyterian School Adam Moore
WorkSite CARE Clinic Consultants Denise Higdon
Worlds Away Robert Berry
Worldwide Business Group Anthony Norris
WREG-TV Fran McRae
Wright Investments, Inc. Larry Wright
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP Lee Harkavy
Xcelente Trucking & Logistics Training Center Vontyna Durham
