The 2010 Entrepreneurs of the Year
Posted on February 22, 2010 at 8:38 amNine local execs were honored Friday by The City Paper and EO Nashville as this year’s Entrepeneurs of the Year. As a group, their companies’ revenues rose by a third last year and they plan to grow by 70 percent in 2010.
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Bohan scores at Emmys
Posted on February 5, 2010 at 7:27 amBohan Advertising|Marketing won two MidSouth Emmy Awards for work done for Fazoli’s and United Methodist Communications. It’s the sixth year in a row the Gulch-based agency has won the coveted award.
The Fazoli’s Emmy was for “Blown Away,” a humorous commercial with special effects promoting the value and quality of the restaurant chain’s menu. The United Methodist Communications award was for the “Rethink” Church” campaign that encouraged viewers to view church participation from different perspectives. The MidSouth Emmys cover work done in Tennessee, most of North Carolina and the Huntsville area.
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Randy Smith earns industry honor
Posted on February 4, 2010 at 10:29 amRandall Smith, CEO and co-founder of Hendersonville-based hotel researchers STR, won the Lifetime Acheivement Award at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit in San Diego.
Founded in Lancaster, Pa. in 1985, STR provides performance, profitibality and census date to hoteliers in North America and the Caribbean.
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Waller chair named Bar Foundation fellow
Posted on January 29, 2010 at 8:42 am
John Tishler, chairman of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, was one of about three dozen attorneys recently named fellows of the Tennessee Bar Foundation for their service to the industry. Tishler, a bankruptcy and restructuring specialist, has led Waller for two years and chairs its diversity committee.
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Time to test your green chops
Posted on January 13, 2010 at 8:20 am
Lipscomb has teamed with Waste Management to launch the Green Business Leadership Awards. Applications are due in six weeks and the awards will be presented at the third Green Business Summit in mid-April.
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Sherrard attorney wins pro bono award
Posted on January 11, 2010 at 10:06 am
The Tennessee Bar Association has given its Harris Gilbert Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year Award to Michael Abelow, an attorney at Sherrard & Roe, for his work on Crabtree v. Goetz, a case that helped protect the rights of clients under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The clients included patients with quadriplegia, Lou Gehrig’s disease and other medical conditions that require continuous family support and professional nursing care. The federal court issued a preliminary injunction in the case in December 2008 which prevented TennCare from cutting the home nursing services on which the plaintiffs depend.
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Abelow and fellow Sherrard & Roe attorney Phillis Rambsy devoted nearly 500 hours of work to the Crabtree vs. Goetz case. Abelow pointed out that work on the case was a team effort. In addition to Rambsy, Abelow worked with the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, the Tennessee Justice Center, and attorneys in Philadelphia and North Carolina.
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A nod from Georgia
Posted on December 8, 2009 at 1:13 pmHomeTown Health, an association of about 50 hospitals in Georgia, has named local revenue cycle management company nTelagent its “Business Partner of the Year.”
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Well, there’s 1,352 concert-industry-related businesses in Nashville
Posted on at 12:33 pm…and lots of them are up for Pollstar’s annual awards to be presented February 17 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Full list of nominations here.
A list of the nominees with a Tennessee connection after the jump.
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NHCC to get health reform update
Posted on at 7:54 amMary Grealy, president of the Healthcare Leadership Council, will provide members of the Nashville Health Care Council with an update on health care reform legislation at a members-only reception Wednesday.
Talking with NashvillePost.com, Grealy said, “I thought maybe when I scheduled this that I’d be talking about the health care reform legislation that’s passed Congress.” Instead, she’ll update members on what’s happening with the legislation that’s pending in Congress, including the potential for a public health insurance option, which Grealy said she doesn’t expect will “survive” the legislative process.
Also on tap for the event: Presenting Harry Jacobson with the council’s inaugural Crystal Leaf Award.
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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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