Morris to head operations at HHM CPA firm
HHM CPAs, a fullservice CPA and consulting firm with locations in Chattanooga and Memphis, has appointed Pam Morris, CPA, CGMA, CFE, as chief operating officer (COO), a new position within the firm.
Morris began her career at HHM in 2013 as partner and served in her role until 2015 when she co-founded Freight Depot Accounting (FDA), an affiliate company of HHM. FDA launched in 2015 yo provide startups, small to medium-size businesses, and nonprofits with professional accounting services.
As HHM’s COO, Morris will oversee daily operations and administrative processes of all departments including recruiting and service organization.
When I decided to fill the COO position, I realized the person who knew our firm well and had the qualifications we needed was already in the building,” said Donnie Hutcherson, HHM managing partner. “Pam has a long successful history here at HHM and truly shares our passion for service excellence.”
Morris has held many high-level management positions during her 30-year tax and accounting career. She has served as a partner at a regional accounting firm, where she was responsible for tax planning and consulting for multi-entity companies. She has also owned several small businesses and served as regional controller for a multi-national gas company.
Memorial Medical Group adds Davis in internal medicine
Holley Davis, M.D., has joined CHI Memorial Chattanooga Internal Medicine Group.
Dr. Davis received her medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA. She completed a residency in internal medicine at St. Louis University Hospital in Missouri. She previously worked as a hospitalist at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital – St. Louis. Dr. Davis is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Hullander joins First Tennessee Bank advisory board
Matt Hullander has joined the local advisory board for First Tennessee Bank, Chattanooga’s biggest bank.
Hullander owns Hullco, Inc., a window and remodeling company, and is president of Chestnut Holdings and B&M Development. He is also a partner at Scenic Land Company.
Langston heads corporate governance at BlueCross
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has promoted Jill Langston to a new role as director of corporate governance and corporate secretary.
Langston will manage and coordinate the business of the board of directors, which oversees Tennessee’s biggest health insurer.
Langston has been with BlueCross for more than 20 years, and has served for the last 13 years as corporate governance analyst and assistant corporate secretary. In this role, she worked directly with the board of directors and supported the director of corporate governance and corporate secretary.
“Jill’s career path has given her extensive experience and preparation for her new position,” said Anne Hance, senior vice president, general counsel and chief privacy officer for BlueCross.
Langston began her BlueCross career in 1996 as a claims supervisor. Before joining the company, she worked with families and youths in the Juvenile Community Intervention Services Program with the Southeast Tennessee Human Resources Agency.
In addition to a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, Langston earned a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Matthews joins bank as mortgage originator
Veteran mortgage banker Bryan Matthews has joined First National Bank as a mortgage originator in the Chattanooga loan production office on Shallowford Road.
Laurice Tatum, President and Chief Executive Officer at First National Community Bank, announced that
Matthews is a 2001 graduate of Virginia Western Community College, where he studied Mechanical Engineering. In 2007, he completed work at BB&T University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina where he studied banking and mortgage-specific courses en route to becoming to a Certified Mortgage Lender.
Matthews has worked with Branch Banking and Trust and also Regions Mortgage.
“He brings to the table not only years of mortgage lending experience, but knowledge of the Chattanooga market,” said Ralph Smith, Chattanooga market president for First National Bank.
Catoosa Chamber to get new president
Martha Eaker will retire as as president of the Catoosa County Chamber of Commerce at the end of 2018 after 11 years with the Chamber.
She will be succeeded by Amy L. Jackson, who will assume her new role in January. Jackson, a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, has served as a Catoosa County Chamber Ambassador while working as the business sales manager of T-Mobile in Chattanooga and has been the membership coordinator for the Chamber for the past two years. She previously worked as a marketing representative for IBM in Savannah, Georgia and Nashville.
“I look forward to continuing to build the relationship between community, government, education and business,” Jackson said.
Under Eaker’s leadership, the Catoosa County Chamber gained its accreditation with the U.S. Chamber and became a certified Chamber by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.
“I am excited and feel very confident in Amy Jackson taking the reins of the Chamber and continuing moving toward excellence in the organization,” Eaker said.
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