Betsy Bean’s Regions’ November best
Posted on November 19, 2009 at 10:29 amLocally based Regions Bank Consumer Sales Manager Betsy Bean has been awarded the November Better Life Award by the bank for her dedication to the job.
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Two from Waller up for women-in-business awards
Posted on October 29, 2009 at 10:41 am
Two women from Waller Lansden are finalists in the 2009 edition of the Stevie Awards for Women in Business. Also up for two awards is Marcie Allen of event marketing firm MAC Presents. Here are some details on the work Owen (pictured here at left) and Walker have done.
Carol Owen, finalist in the “Mentor of the Year” category, developed and launched the national organization “Women’s Roundtable” from Waller Lansden’s headquarters in Nashville, after noticing the low female representation in the field of law. This unprecedented nationwide referral and support network for attorneys provides female colleagues with a platform for new business development, referrals, mentorship and a general support system.
Teresa Walker, finalist in the “Best Executive - Service Business - up to 2,500 employees” category, played a pivotal role in helping Waller Lansden remain stable and even grow during the recent economic decline. In 2008, she oversaw the development of a strategic plan that focused on increasing Waller Lansden’s national recognition and raising the profile of its successful healthcare practice. This plan also included a strategy to integrate critical technology that would monitor and improve the firm’s financial management.
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LetterLogic CEO a Winning Woman
Posted on October 26, 2009 at 7:40 am
Ernst & Young has named Sherry Stewart Deutschmann one of its 2009 Entrepreneurial Winning Women. LetterLogic, Stewart’s seven-year-old mailing services company, rang up $12 million in sales last year, but she thinks that can rise to $100 million by 2018.
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Blackstone a GABF winner
Posted on October 14, 2009 at 8:12 amThat’s the Great American Beer Festival to those of you not-so-craft-beer-inclined. The West End brewery recently nabbed its 15th GABF medal – and its first gold since 2006 – for its St. Charles Porter.
”We have other beers that have won medals but St. Charles Porter is the most decorated. This is the sixth GABF medal that this beer has won over the years. St. Charles Porter currently leads the Brown Porter category with the most medals ever.” says Stephanie Weins, Owner/General Manager at Blackstone Brewing Company.
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Kudos for the blueprints
Posted on October 13, 2009 at 9:41 am
Local architecture firms Barge Waggoner, Hawkins Partners and Ashworth Environmental were among the recent winners of the Tennessee chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architecture’s annual awards.
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Bass lawyer named Bond Counsel fellow
Posted on October 6, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Charlie Wray, the past chair of the public finance practice at Bass Berry & Sims, has been named a fellow at the American College of Bond Counsel. Wray, a former Oak Hill mayor, has been at Bass for 40 years.
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Local publisher nabs IPPY honor
Posted on September 30, 2009 at 6:42 am
The Road to Eden’s Ridge, a romance novel written by two Tennessee women and brought to market by Nashville-based Turner Publishing, has won a silver medal at this year’s Independent Publisher Book Awards. Turner has been run since 2002 by Todd Bottorff, son of Council Ventures chief Denny Bottorff.
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Tech Council awards finalists named
Posted on September 23, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Seventeen organizations ranging from Emma and EDS to Fisk and Nissan have been named finalists for Technology Organization of the Year, the marquee category in the Nashville Technology Council’s Feel The Beat Awards. The Tech Council will hand out prizes in nine other categories at an Oct. 27 banquet.
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Bohan wins customer award
Posted on September 22, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Gulch-based marketing agency Bohan has won Fazoli’s Supplier of the Year for Innovation award for its work on a Web-based campaign called FreeSpaghetti.com and a TV campaign featuring a talking stomach and flying fries. Bohan has been working with Fazoli’s since 2007.
“BOHAN does more than bring us good ideas. They bring us good ideas that actually get results,” said Carl Howard, Fazoli’s president and CEO. “Part of FreeSpaghetti.com was a giveaway of literally tons of spaghetti, which got us great attention in the marketplace, and another was a multi-week coupon project that kept guests coming back. In the process, we enlarged our consumer e-mail database dramatically.”
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Justice center director gets national award
Posted on September 17, 2009 at 11:48 am
Gordon Bonnyman Jr., executive director of the Tennessee Justice Center in Nashville, is the 2009 recipient of the Morris Dees Justice Award. The award is given annually by law firm Skadden, Arps and The University of Alabama School of Law to a lawyer who has brought about positive change by devoting his or her career to serving the public interest and pursuing justice.
Bonnyman has spent his career representing low-income clients, the elderly, prisoners, disabled persons, and uninsured. Read more about Bonnyman and the award here.
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Scarlett named to JA hall of fame
Posted on September 14, 2009 at 11:29 am
From Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee:
Joe Scarlett, retired CEO of Tractor Supply Company and the Founder of the Scarlett Leadership Institute of Belmont University, will be the 2009 inductee into the Nashville Business Hall of Fame to be held Oct. 27 at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza. The event is hosted by Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee (JA) to recognize the city’s outstanding contributors to business and philanthropy and will draw crowds of Scarlett’s peers to the induction celebration.
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Scarlett was selected for this distinctive honor by committee vote. The JA committee, chaired by JA Board Members Mary Cavarra of Ingram Industries and Jim Mallon of American General Life and Accident, selected Scarlett for the 2009 award based on his keen interest in providing quality education to students of all ages in Nashville. His current focus is on building first-class executive education programs with a primary focus on business leadership, ethics and an emphasis on effective communication and measurable behavioral change, according to Scarlett’s Web site.
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“Joe Scarlett represents the American Dream,” said JA President Trent Klingensmith. “He is passionate about life-long learning, ethical behavior and the fundamentals of the free enterprise system, all of which embody the JA mission. Joe was such a natural fit for this honor and we are proud to include him in our Hall of Fame.”
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Boult, attorneys make Benchmark list
Posted on August 25, 2009 at 7:02 amBenchmark Litigation, a best-of ranking service that uses feedback from clients and peers, has placed Bradley Arant Boult Cummings on its highly recommended list. Five of the firm’s Nashville attorneys were cited individually.
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A nod for Captain D’s
Posted on August 20, 2009 at 1:31 pm
The Nashville-based seafood restaurant chain has been awarded the silver medal in its peer group by consumers surveyd by Restaurants & Institutions.
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Chamber in running for national award
Posted on July 24, 2009 at 12:45 pmThe Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce has been named a finalist for 2009 Chamber of the Year by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives.
Specifically, the Chamber of the Year award recognizes the top chambers in the nation for financial and membership growth and for making a demonstrable impact on key community priorities in areas like economic opportunities, education, transportation, business and cultural vitality.
The Nashville Area Chamber’s overall organizational performance, compared with chambers of a similar size, qualified the organization to apply for the award in the largest chamber category. The Chamber’s leadership role in the Nashville for All of Us community coalition; the development of “A Leading Edge,” a suite of programs designed to help members manage through the economic downturn; and the strength of the Operation Renewal member outreach program were used as case studies in the Chamber’s application because they contributed to the organization’s continued strength in a difficult economy.
Other finalists in the largest chamber category include the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Greater Louisville Inc., from Louisville, Ky. Winners will be announced at an awards show and presentation on Friday, July 31.
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Local spot among top gay bars
Posted on at 6:52 amThe Web site of the Logo Network has named Play Dance Bar on Church Street one of the top gay bars in the country.
“I wanted the places where the booze flows freely, where the crowd is crazily unpredictable, where there’s always the opportunity for anything to happen,” wrote John Polly in the TripOut.com article. “Because when when I think of the “Best Gay Bars,” I think of places where raucous theme nights are the norm, where the locals are crazy and possibly hot, and where fun, unpredictable, bad behavior abounds.”
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