ALUMNI
ALUM NOTES
Rishi Mistry ’09
was honored by the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing with the Catherine Hanley Class of 1912 Rising Star Alumni Award.
Jeremy Jenkins ’03 has joined RP Homes, a Chattanooga-based construction company, as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Tyler Ballengee ’20, top, and Jackson Vetetoe ’21 joined
Cara Roberson
’08, top, was named president and Candace Colvard ’11, ’13 was named chief financial officer at SimplyBank, based in Dayton, Tennessee with locations in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia.
Chattanooga’s HHM Certified Public Accountants as staff accountants.
Susan Harris ’05, president and CEO of Chattanooga attraction Rock City, was appointed to the First Horizon Bank’s Chattanooga Advisory Board.
Chris Warren
’09 joined the Vascular Institute of Chattanooga and cares for patients at the Chattanooga and Cleveland offices.
Lisa VanCleave Lay ’94 has
been hired as vice president of properties and corporate services at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.
Colter Parker ’18 was hired by Chattanooga law firm of Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel P.C. to help with clients’ estate planning.
Amie Thomas ’02 was promoted to the position of chief financial officer with NAI Charter Real Estate, a commercial real estate firm in Chattanooga. Charlye White ’18,
Sarah Bauer ’07 was
hired as vice president of customer success in the Atlanta office of The Garage, an Orlando, Florida-based healthcare technology company focused on improving communication between providers and patients.
Robin Morrison
top, has joined the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce as talent coordinator and Abdiel VallejoLopez ’15 has joined the Chamber as marketing communications manager.
’05 was named vice president, private client relationship manager in First Horizon Bank’s Chattanooga office.
Edna Varner ’71, a senior advisor for leading and learning at the Public Education Foundation of Chattanooga, won the 2021 Distinguished Service Award from the Kiwanis Club of Chattanooga.
Patrick Jones
’21 joined Memphisbased Franklin Wealth Management as a wealth plan analyst in its Chattanooga office.
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