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3D SUBMIT YOUR NEWS: TO SUBMIT AN ITEM FOR PEOPLE IN BUSINESS, PLEASE VISIT TENNESSEAN.COM/PEOPLEINBUSINESS Banking and finance At Pinnacle Financial Partners, Tammy Mason has joined as a human resources adviser. She previously served as a group benefits manager at The Crichton Group. Sheila Morgan has joined as a treasury management operations product process owner. She previously served as a consumer lending support specialist for SunTrust Bank. Matt Holly hasjoined as a senior vice president and credit adviser.

He previously served as a portfolio manager at SunTrust Bank. Teresa Hawkins has joined as a financial adviser assistant. She previously served as a commercial loan servicer for SunTrust Bank. Julie Mogan has joined as a credit specialist. She previously erved as a legal assistant in the Law Office of Larry Craig.

avid Biggs has joined COVA Wealth Management, an independent office of aymond James Financial Services located in Brentwood, as a partner and wealth management adviser. At Wilson Bank and Trust, Tina Burris has been promoted to an assistant manager. She previously served as a personal banker. Barbara Sherrell has been promoted to an office manager. She previously served as an assistant manager.

At Renasant Bank, Diane LeBlanc has been promoted to senior vice president. She previously served as first vice president. Matthew Creekmore has been promoted to a banking officer. He will also continue in his previous role as a branch manager. Cameron Robinson as been promoted to a branch manager and banking officer.

He previously served as an assistant branch manager. Jeffrey W. Merry has been named CEO of Volunteer Corporate Credit Union ffective Jan. 1. Current CEO Rick Veach will retire as of Dec.

31. Merry previously served as senior vice president and CFO. Health care Jeanne Yeatman administrative director of Emergency Services for Vanderbilt University Medical Center and current secretary of the South Central EMS directors association, was recently honored by South entral EMS Directors Association for her contributions on a local and national level. Donald J. Bivacca has joined Capella Healthcare as executive vice president and president of hospital operations support.

He previously served as western group president at LifePoint Health. Victoria Morgan associate professor of radiology and radiological sciences at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has been named to serve as a member of the Neuroscience and Ophthalmic Imaging Technologies Study Section in the Center for Scientific Review of the National Institutes of Health. ohn Fitzsimmon was recently hon- red by South Central EMS Directors Association for his contributions on a local and national level. itzsimmon currently serves as secretary on the National Association of EMTs Foundation Trustee Board, as a member on the NAEMT Affiliate Advisory Council and as a member of the South Center EMS Association. James R.

(Jamie) Cater has joined Lifepoint Health as chief operating officer of the eastern group of facilities, which encompasses Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina. At North Highland, Amy Stencel has joined as a management consultant in the healthcare practice. Daniel Dixon has joined as a consulting manager. Elizabeth Timbs has joined as a man- a gement consultant with the healthcare practice. W.

Kimryn Rathmell has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center as director of the Division of Hematology a nd Oncology. She previously served as Alexander professor for translational science and associate director for training and education at Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Arthur C. Fleischer Cornelius Vanderbilt professor of radiology and radiological sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, recently received a Lifetime Service Award from the American Board of Radiology. Human resources Catherine Hardin has joined Elevation Search Solutions as a senior technical recruiter.

She previously worked for nonprofit The Next Door. Law Several lawyers from Adams and Reese have been included in 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the preeminent guide to legal excellence in the United States. They are Gif Thornton managing partner, governmental relations and insurance law; Russell Harwell partner, real estate law; Kolin Holladay partner in charge, corporate law; Reed Houk partner, banking and inance law, financial services regulation and real estate law; Dale Allen artner, governmental relations; Charlie Cook partner, financial services regulation, health care, litigation anking and finance, and litigation bankruptcy; Bill Bruce special counsel, governmental relations; Mitch Boult partner, copyright law, litigation intellectual property, litigation patent, patent law, and trademark law; Cindy Barnett partner, public finance law; Larry Brock partner, personal injury litigation defendants; Martin Brown of counsel, corporate law, litigation securities, and mergers and acquisitions law; John Chambers special counsel, arbitration, commercial litigation, litigation bankruptcy, litigation construction, and litigation real estate; Larry Stewart special counsel, bankruptcy and creditor debtor insolvency and reorganization law, and public finance law; Phil Kirkpatrick pecial counsel, commercial litigation, entertainment law motion pictures and television, entertainment law music and litigation intellectual property; Tony Swafford partner, labor law -management; Anne Russell special ounsel, litigation and controversy tax; Lynn Morrow partner in charge, copyright law, entertainment law music and litigation intellectual property; Brad Lampley partner, governmental relations; and Linda Edell Howard partner, copyright law, entertainment law music and media law. Edell Howard was also named a Lawyer of the Year in Nashville in entertainment law music. Lela Hollabaugh has been promoted managing partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings.

She will also continue serving as practice team leader for the Business Litigation Team. Stephen K. Heard has joined Cornelius as an of counsel. He previously served as a member at Dickinson Wright. Barbara D.

Holmes was recently installed as the 34th chair of the Tennessee Bar Foundation. She is a U.S. magistrate judge for the Middle District of Tennessee. Stephanie Taylor has joined Stites Harbison as a member. She will lead the new Entertainment Law Group ith help from current attorney Jeremy Brook.

Manufacturing Jay Sharp has joined PSC Metals as payroll manager. He previously worked at VGT. Other At United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, Ashley Elliott has joined as an account manager. She previously worked at advertising agency in Nashville. Doug Kufner has joined as content developer, senior specialist.

He previously worked as a reporter, anchor and producer at WCNC-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina. Heather Dittmer has joined as SPARK program manager. She previously served as director at Upward Roots in Oakland, California. Denise Landstedt as joined as senior manager, grant acquisition. She previously served as senior grant manager and water resources planner for Rancho California Water District.

Alex Brodeur has joined as an account manager. She reviously served in outside sales at Grainger. Elandriel Lewis has joined as education specialist. She previously served as director of the Sylvan Learning Center of Nashville and executive director of the Kindness Network. Shay Youngblood has joined as marketing coordinator.

She previously worked at Express Employment Professionals in Chattanooga. Shannon Lambert has been promoted to director of water services at Barge, aggoner, Sumner and Cannon Inc. He previously served as client services manager with water services. At Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee, Kelsey Rush has joined as senior development and marketing manager. She previously worked as director of event operations and sports marketing for Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Tourism and Sports.

Natalie Goodrum has joined as a special events and marketing manager. She graduated from Rhodes College in May with a degree in commerce and business. Loren Safdie has joined as manager of BizTown. She previously served as an administrative assistant for Temple Ohabai Sholom in Nashville. avid Dial has joined Rochford Realty Construction Company Inc.

as project manager for the Meridian at Providence apartment homes in Mt. Juliet. Mario Valentini has joined Smith Seckman Reid Inc. as an electrical project manager. He previously served as a project manager for an electrical contractor on heavy industrial projects.

Channing Moreland and Makenzie Stokel, co-founders of music tech startup EVAmore, have been named joint finalists for the Young Entrepreneur of the Year NEXT award. The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Entrepreneur NEXT Awards on Nov. 19 will recognize the accomplishments of companies in health care, technology, digital media and entertainment, sustainability and social enterprise, and products and ervices. Residential real estate Brooke Nicholson has joined Fridrich Realty as an affiliate broker. At Benchmark Realty, Jared Benoit has joined as a real estate agent.

He previously served as a corporate trainer for Club. Surayyah Allah has joined as a real estate agent. She previously served as an accounting technician for CGS Administrators. Kay Knight has joined Zeitlin Realtors as an affiliate broker. Robinson Merry Yeatman Carter Bivacca Morgan Fitzsimmon Stencel Dixon Timbs Rathmell Fleischer Hardin Thornton Harwell Holladay Houk Allen Cook Boult Mason Morgan Holly Hawkins Mogan Biggs Burris Sherrell LeBlanc Creekmore Barnett Brock Brown Chambers Stewart Kirkpatrick Swafford Russell Morrow Lampley Hollabaugh Heard Taylor Sharp Elliott Kufner Dittmer Landstedt Brodeur Lewis Youngblood Lambert Rush Goodrum Safdie Dial Valentini Moreland Nicholson Benoit Allah Knight Stokel Due to a popular TED talk by r.

Angela Duckworth as well a her best-selling book, he quality has captured the at- ention of the world as a main ingredient to the success formula. ut what is grit? And more imp ortantly, how can you develop grit in your life? best answer this question, turn the page to another ook, Wright written by historian David cCullough. This book is a time capsule of the 20th century beginning during the years when there was a world-wide race to invent the first man-operated a irplane. While only bicycle akers at the time, the Wright rothers were determined to in this race and show the world hat man could fly. hile some inventors were sponsored by their respective overnments, the Wrights used heir own profits from the bike store.

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A fter three years of testing, rville Wright flew their a total of 12 seconds in 1903, the first ever recorded engine- ropelled flight. But there was ittle fanfare about their amazing accomplishment. Some ress called them fabricators of this event. This did not deter the rothers. For the next five years, they tested and retested he Wright Flyer until it could be shown to be a reliable mode of transportation.

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