nashville ledger

Architecture, engineering and design firm Gresham Smith has announced changes and additions to its board of directors effective January 1. These changes include:

• CEO and Director Rodney Chester was elected Chairman of the Board. Chester, who has been with the company for 24 years, was the former president of the Tennessee chapter of the Engineering Enterprise Council of America. He is also a Trustee of GraceWorks Ministries and a member of the Advisory Board of his alma mater, the University of Alabama.

• Chairman of the Board Al Pramuk will step down from his role on the Board when his term expires at the end of 2022. He will continue to work part-time with the company, focusing on the relationship between the government and the community in Middle Tennessee, in addition to the company’s overall growth. Initiative and mentoring assignments.

• The role of Vice-Chairman of the Board will be added, with Kent Black, Atlanta-based Director and Executive Vice President of Transportation.

Transition of board members:

• Orlando Lopez-Isa will retire from the Board after 11 years on the Board. Lopez-Isa will continue to work full-time with the company in a business development role.

• Non-Executive Director Cora Carmody is stepping down from the Board. The company plans to announce her new outside director in the first half of 2023.

Three upcoming directors:

• Wilson Layfield, Executive Vice President, Aviation, based in Richmond, Virginia.

• Jim Langlois, executive vice president of healthcare based in Charlotte, NC.

• Carolyn Blake, a healthcare technology practice leader based in Jacksonville, FL.

The new directors will join the company’s existing directors. Chief Operating Officer Peter Oram; Chief Strategy Officer Randy Gibson; Chief Financial Officer Dwayne West; Chief Development and Engagement Officer Kelly Knight-Hodges; Designed by Jeff Kunhen.

EO Catalyst Program Welcomes New Members

Presented by the Nashville chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization, Catalyst has started its 12th class with 40 new members.

The program is designed to help small business owners grow their revenues to $1 million or more, which allows them to qualify for membership in the Entrepreneurs’ Organization, the world’s largest association of entrepreneurs. I can do it.

EO Nashville is the largest branch of America’s third-largest entrepreneurial organization in the world and is internationally renowned for innovations like Catalyst.

The 40 members of the 2023 Catalyst class are:

• Lyndi Adler-Knowles, co-owner of ZK Ranches LLC

• Taylor Alley, CEO and CFO, Alley Land & Fencing LLC

• Heath Baumhor, Partner and Senior Vice President, Reliant Talent Agency

• Thomas Bennett, President, Bennett Web Group

• Rhonda Cammon, CEO of Perfectly Cordial LLC

• Richard Casper, Co-Founder and Executive Director of CreatiVets

• Sera Cremona, Co-Founder/Owner of Cremona Custom Built

• Randy Cuba, COO, Claro, Inc.

• Dawn DeJongh, CEO of Burning Ground Entertainment

• Danielle Dupriest, CEO, Global Logistics & Collapsible Containers (GLCC)

• Jared Egli, Owner of Red Egg Technology, LLC

• Andrew Eshelman, President, Eshelman Construction LLC

• Anna Fields, Owner, Bubble Love

• Beau Gaultier, Operating Partner, Bay 6 Nashville, LLC

• Jason Gresalfi, Equity Partner/Web Projects Director, Huckleberry Branding

• Mariko Hickerson, CEO of Huckleberry Branding

• Stephanie Howd, COO, Barrel and Roll

• Marcel Hunter, Owner, Lawn in Order Property Maintenance, LLC

• Stacy Jagger, Therapist/Executive Coach, Music City Family Therapy

• Jeff Ley, President of Arrow Property Management

• Peter Litchfield, Chief Medical Officer, CopilotIQ Health

• Anne Elizabeth McIntosh, Founder/CEO, Host & Toast Luxury Concierge

• Michael Meade, Founder/President of Mid-Tenn Properties, LLC

• Emily Moon, Owner, Emily Moon, LPC

• Nathaniel Morgan, Founder/Owner of Morgan Visual Productions

• Scarlett Mulligan, owner and CEO of Novus Behavioral Health

• Kristen Nicholson, Founder/Owner of Urban Sweat, LLC

• Zak Pandino, Partner, Parasol Property Management

• Paige Parker, Founder/CEO of Happenstance Distilling Co

• Nathaniel Peete, Owner, Café Coco LLC/Lola Bean Coffee Inc.

• Fred Pickney, Co-Owner/GM, Stepros

• Blair Roedel, Owner and Director, BEC Innovations, LLC

• Bryan Scott, Current Owner, Craft Finishing, LLC

• Philip Steen, owner of the Nashville Sports League

• Evane Stoner, owner and senior designer at Evane Stoner Interiors LLC

• Danny Streit, Partner/Design Director, DHS Lighting Design

• Melinda Streit, Partner/CEO, DHS Lighting Design

• Deborah Vahle, Partner, The CityLiving Group

• Emily Webber, owner of We Travel Luxe

• Mark Word, CEO, Word & Word Construction, Inc.

JLL Expands Healthcare Operations in Nashville

JLL expands its healthcare operations in the Southeast with the appointment of David Cripe as senior vice president of project and development services in the company’s Nashville office.

Cripe brings over 25 years of project management experience to JLL and will focus on expanding the PDS team’s healthcare portfolio and capabilities throughout the Southeast.

Prior to joining JLL, Cripe held key roles at GHP, Skanska, and Yale University. Throughout his career, he has worked with clients such as HCA, Virginia Hospital Center, and Loyola University Medical Center on over $1 billion in capital projects.

JLL forecasts that the healthcare sector will grow by 20.7% over the next decade. In the Southeast, increased migration to Sunbelt markets has further increased the need for new health facilities.

Stream Realty Partners Hires VP of Leasing Division

Griffin Farriss has been hired as Vice President of Leasing for Stream Realty Partners, a domestic real estate services, development and investment firm.

Farris focuses on sourcing, acquiring and executing office and industrial businesses across all service lines including leasing, investment sales, tenant and landlord representation. He came to the stream from Cresa in the Los Angeles area.

Farriss graduated from the University of Southern California, spent the last ten years at Cresa, and was named a Principal in 2019. Farriss won Cresa’s Rising Star Award and President’s Award during his tenure.

Stream Nashville has 20 employees and manages a portfolio of approximately 1.5 million square feet of office, industrial and retail space.

Cooley Public Strategies Drives Wiggs Partnership

Public Affairs Consultant Lauren Wiggs has experience in digital media, community engagement, event planning, volunteer coordination and is the newest Associate of Cooley Public Strategies.

A graduate of Clemson University and from Irmo, South Carolina, Wiggs joined the company as an intern in January and has been a long-serving CPS fellow since April. She earned a degree in Political Science and minors in history and psychology.

Nashville State Counsel Receives Regents Award

Dawn Moore, a retired U.S. Sergeant Major and current Student Success Veteran Advisor at Nashville State Community College on the Clarksville Campus, was presented with the Tennessee Board of Directors’ Chairman’s Commendation for Veterans Affairs.

Moore was honored at Nashville’s Veterans Day celebration at the Clarksville campus. A celebration honoring veterans was also held at Nashville State University’s White Bridge campus.

TBR Prime Minister Flora W. Tydings established the Awards in 2020 as system-level awards to honor the service, bravery and sacrifice of veterans. Her 39 Presidential Commendation recipients for 2022 include 14 students, 14 faculty members and 11 university staff members. 18 served in the Army, 8 in the Marines, 8 in the Navy, 3 in the Air Force, 1 in the Coast Guard, and 1 in the National Guard.

After high school, Moore enlisted in the Army on July 26, 1989 and retired on July 31, 2017. She was born in Anguilla, West Indies and raised in St. Thomas, USVI.

TriStar Welcomes Chief Nursing Officer

TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center has hired Chad Cassion as Chief Nursing Officer for its 136-bed hospital. Cashion leads nursing practice and supports care experience initiatives that promote quality outcomes, superior patient care, and an engaged nursing workforce.

Cashion previously served as Deputy Chief Nursing Officer at TriStar Summit Medical Center in the Hermitage.

Cashion has over 14 years of experience as a nursing educator. For the last ten years, he has held consecutive leadership positions at his TriStar Summit Medical Center, most recently as Deputy Chief Nursing Officer.

Cassion holds an MBA in Health Care Management from Western Governors University and also holds a degree in Nursing. Cashion is chair of the Wilson County Healthcare Council and is part of the American Organization for Nurse Executives, the American Nurses Association, and the Healthcare Financial Management Association.