GSHS 2017 Dyersburg/Dyer Co. Women of Distinction Luncheon Program

Tuesday

October 17, 2017 11:30 a.m.

E.H. Lannom, Jr. Gymnasium Dyersburg State Community College 1510 Lake Road • Dyersburg, TN

Luncheon Program

WELCOME.............................................................................................. Dr. Karen Bowyer President, Dyersburg State Community College PRAYER.....................................................................................................Rev. Gary Meade Rector of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church K E Y N OT E S P E A K E R .......................................The Reverend Dr. Pam Phillips-Burk Cumberland Presbyterian Church GIRL SCOUT HIGHLIGHTS..................................................................Melanie Schild CEO, Girl Scouts Heart of the South MUSICAL GUESTS.................................................... Syncopation, DSCC Jazz Choir Directed by Ms. Desiree Dolan WOMEN OF DISTINCTION RECOGNITIONS.......................... Dr. Karen Bowyer G I V E FO R G. I . R . L .s DOOR PRIZES

TO DAY ’ S E V E N T I S P R E S E N T E D BY F I R S T C I T I Z E N S N AT I O N A L BA N K I N M E M O RY O F K AT I E W I N C H E S T E R 1

2017 Women of Distinction Honorees

Dr. Mary Stuart David...............................................................................................page 4

L in d s ay En n i s................................................................................................................page 4

Carol Harris.....................................................................................................................page 5

E m m a Re y n ol d s...........................................................................................................page 5

Katie Winchester (in memoriam)......................................................................page 6

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dr. mary stuart david Dr. Mary Stuart David has a deep commitment to her church and her community. Many people in Dyersburg and Dyer County have been blessed by her kind, skilled, and gracious care. She will give of her time and talent in the support of any worthy cause, supporting numerous efforts.

Dr. David earned a Bachelor of Engineering Degree from Vanderbilt University in 1963 and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences in 1979. She was selected for Mortar Board at Vanderbilt University during her undergraduate work and was the Outstanding Engineering Science Student in 1973.

Dr. David is a healer in every sense of the word, bearing her caring touch not only in her professional life but also in every avenue of her life. Her community service efforts include the Child Abuse Task Force, Instructor of the Family Life Curriculum at Ripley High School, Lecturer at Dyersburg State Community College and Parkview Methodist Medical Center on Community Health.

lindsay ennis Lindsay Ennis began her career in Physical Therapy. As much as she loved therapy and her patients, her heart was always geared toward business. In January 2013, The Mustard Seed Boutique and Gift was born while Lindsay had a 6-month old baby boy, a full-time Physical Therapy position, and a heart on fire for her new business and what it could do for the community.

Over the past four and half years Lindsay has had the joy of sponsoring dozens of little league teams, raising funds for Relay for Life, March of Dimes, St. Jude, Color Run, and Transitions of Dyer County, among others.

The Mustard Seed has funded numerous youth to attend Church camps as well as sponsored adult women to attend Christian retreats. In 2016, Lindsay joined the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) where she has served on many committees and assisted in numerous events such as Girls Night Out, which is a scholarship fundraiser for Dyersburg State Community College.

Lindsay employs over a dozen ladies in Dyersburg/Dyer County between the ages of 16 and 60. She strives to lift them up daily to be confident, independent, and thriving women in the community.

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carol harris After 18 years as a Registered Nurse and Advanced Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner, in 1995, Carol Harris wanted to try something different and opened a retail business specializing in children’s sewing.

Seeing the promise for greatly increased sales with the internet, she added an online presence to her brick and mortar store. Carol also wrote a regular article for Creative Needle magazine. Carol Harris Company was named Small Business of the Year by the Dyersburg-Dyer County Chamber of Commerce in 2006. Her business was featured in Southern Living in June 2007 and in that same year she appeared on Tennessee Crossroads.

As a way of giving back to the community that has been so kind to her, Carol has served on the Dyersburg-Dyer County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, the Dyersburg Downtown Association Board, the McIver’s Grant Public Library Board, the Obion River Regional Library Board and has been recently appointed

by Governor Haslam to the Humanities Tennessee Board.

emma reynolds Emma Mays-Reynolds is a former full-time faculty member and is currently faculty emeritus at Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC). Emma was chosen to direct the Faculty Development Activity for a $2 million, six-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education between 2009-2015. She has served as chair and co-chair of the Annual Office Workers’ Seminar for 25 years. Emma also spearheaded the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) accreditation program, which establishes the core requirements and standards for DSCC to function as an institution for higher learning.

Emma supports many community organizations including Habitat for Humanity, Special Olympics of Tennessee, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Matthew 25:40 of Dyersburg, The Southern Poverty Association, American Cancer Society, Dyer County Rescue Squad, Feed the Children, Relay for Life, Institute for Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Research, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and Dyersburg Union Mission. Emma was inducted into the University of Tennessee’s Black Hall of Fame as an “Outstanding Graduate”. She also served as a member of the Steering Committee for the establishment of an Academic Boosters Club for Dyersburg High School and later became the secretary of the Dyersburg High School Academic Boosters Club.

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katie winchester in memoriam Katie Winchester began her banking career in 1961 with First Citizens. During her tenure she served the bank as Chairman Emeritus, Chairman, President and CEO. First Citizens is a $1.6 Billion, community, shareholder-owned commercial bank with twenty-four locations throughout nine counties in Tennessee and 50% ownership in a general insurance agency.

Katie actively served on the Tennessee Higher Education Commission as Chairperson and as Chairperson of the Commission’s Audit Committee; Federal Advisory Council, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Washington, D.C., the first female to serve as a member of the council; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Memphis Branch Advisory Board; Baptist Memorial Health Care Systems, Inc., Memphis, TN, Chairperson of Corporate Board; Chairman of BMHCC Board of Trustees; Dyersburg/ Dyer County Chamber of Commerce Chairman; University of Tennessee at Martin, Chairman, Dunagan Chair of Banking; Tennessee State Advisory Board Chairman, Division of Rehabilitation Services; Tennessee Bankers Association’s Board of Directors, the first female to serve on this board; University of Tennessee Development Council, Knoxville and Martin Campuses; Dyersburg State Community College Foundation Board Chairperson and Chairperson of Annual Fund Campaign; Tennessee Council for Resource Development Pinnacle Award for service to DSCC, 2005-06; United Way of West Tennessee Chairperson; United Way of Dyer County, Tennessee, Chairperson; Tennessee Economic Growth Board; American Bankers Association Community Banker’s Council; Dyer County Chapter American Red Cross Chairperson; Dyersburg/Dyer County YMCA Board of Directors; Dyersburg Kiwanis Club. .

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Keynote Speaker

rev. dr. pam phillips-burk Pam Phillips-Burk is on staff with the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination. She serves on the Missions Ministry Team in the areas of Women’s Ministry, Leadership Referral Services and Congregational Ministries. She has been with the denomination since August 2002. Pam earned her Master of Divinity degree from Memphis Theological Seminary in 1994 at which time she was ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament. She served as Associate Pastor of the Dyersburg Cumberland Presbyterian for 8 years prior to going to work with the denomination. She has also served as pastor of Christ Church in Huntsville, AL as a bi-vocational pastor from 2009-2013. Pam earned her Doctor of Ministry degree with a specialization in Religious Education from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago in 2001. She is married to David and they have one child, Caroline who is 15 years old and a student at Houston High School in Germantown.

In her work with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Pam has traveled to Japan, Hong Kong, Guatemala and Mexico working with women and churches connected with the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination in those countries. With her team, she plans an annual Women’s Ministry Conference, develops resources and programming materials for local and regional women’s groups, and is nurturing a new approach to ministry with younger women and Latinas. She also provides staff leadership to the online Leadership Referral Service – which is a way for churches who are looking for pastoral leadership and ministers who are searching for a call to a local church – get together online. In addition to these responsibilities, she writes for the church publications, helps to organize periodic retreats, work trips, conferences, and events, and serves as an occasional pulpit supply preacher. Pam and her family attend the Germantown Cumberland Presbyterian Church where she teaches 3rd-5th grade Sunday school.

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Event Sponsors

ambassador level sponsor Becky and Michael Heckethorn

senior level sponsor First Citizens National Bank

cadette level sponsor Security Bank

junior level sponsors D&B Properties, Inc. (Sonic) Dyersburg State Community College Faith Deliverance Apostolic Church, Inc. Tennova

brownie level sponsors Ford Construction Company Missy Smitheal Bart and Molly Williams

daisy level sponsors Dr. Pamela Evans Neighborhood Pharmacy King and Judy Rogers White and Associates Insurance 8

Event Sponsors

gifts provided by Missy Smitheal

floral arrangements by Blossoms Flowers & Gifts

The Girl Scout Mission Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

Special thanks to our dedicated Women of Distinction Committee Members: Dr. Karen Bowyer, chair; Whitney Allmon, Reba Celsor, Penny Guthrie, Kerrie Heckethorn, Esther Hugueley, Judy Long, Dr. Kimberly Martin, Jennifer Nunley, Missy Smitheal, and Molly Williams.

Without you, this extraordinary event would not be possible.

Thank you for investing your time and talents to help recognize and honor Women of Distinction in the Dyersburg and Dyer County area and to promoting the mission of Girl Scouts.

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An Unbelievably GOOD

Woman of Distinction

Katie Winchester September 5, 1940 - November 17, 2015

54 years of service to

MEMBER FDIC

{THANK YOU}

to all the women in our community who make it a better place to live!

The women of Security Bank also love to volunteer and be of service to many valuable charities and organizations all over town.

Visit our website at

www.bankatsecurity.com

or come to one of our seven branches to see how we can help you too!

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Starting in childhood, girls are inundated with negative messages and behaviors that prevent them from building healthy relationships and ideal about their potential.

The National Stand Beside Her project is a call to action to propel women and girls forward by ending comparison and competition and creating more collaboration and support. Established in 2014 by Girl Scouts Heart of the South, the National Stand Beside Her Project has since been embraced by over 30 Girl Scout councils from across the country, banding together to encourage women and girls to support one another so that every woman and girl can reach her fullest potential.

This is a crucial time for the future of girls.

51% of the US population is female, but less than 20% of our elected leadership is. Only 21% of girls believe they currently have most of the key qualities required to be a good leader, and at the current rate of change it will take until 2085 for women to reach parity with men in leadership roles. Stand Beside Her stands to bridge this gap.

Let’s speak out and shake things up!

Join us and celebrate National Stand Beside Her Week October 29 - November 4, 2017!

For ideas on how you and your organization can get involved, visit our website at

www.standbesideher.org

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Girl Scouts is for everyone!

Get your favorite G.I.R.L. involved and VOLUNTEER today!

This world needs more G.I.R.L. leaders, and no organization prepares girls to lead better than Girl Scouts.

Girl Scouts prepares girls to lead by practicing the skills that many of today’s leaders lack - the four key G.I.R.L. leadership skills - grit and goal setting, innovation and real-world problem solving, risk taking, and leading others with empathy. We believe deliberate practice is the key to reaching one’s full leadership potential, and we do this by preparing girls to lead—deliberately and consciously—through everyday experiences and activities. Girls can only reach their full potential when they practice leadership the Girl Scout way over a lifetime, not just during a specific life stage.

Girl Scouts is for every girl, at every age, every day.

Help Girl Scouts Heart of the South build more G.I.R.L. leaders who are ready and prepared to create a better future for themselves and for their communities.

Visit us online to Give for G.I.R.L.s today!

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The Girl Scout Promise On my honor, I will try: to serve God and my country, to help people at all times, and to live by the Girl Scout Law.

The Girl Scout Law I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do, and to respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.

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