Amanda Mayo Leming is the new Director of Operations and Special Projects at River City Company. For the past 11 years, she has worked in property management, focusing on business development and project management. Since 2009, Leming has worked in property management, focusing on business development and project management. During that time, she spent over seven years focused on multi-family housing in the greater Chattanooga area. She has served more than three years on the Nightingale Network Grant Committee for the Women’s Fund of Greater Chattanooga, and previously spent two years as the Secretary on the Board of Directors to the Nooga Diversity Center.
Callie Starnes is named Station Manager of WRCB, Chattanooga’s NBC affiliate. Starnes first joined WRCB in 2008. After serving as an anchor and investigative reporter for several years, Starnes was named Assistant News Director. She has led the news department since being named News Director in 2016. Prior to becoming News Director, Starnes served as Relationship Manager at a Chattanooga public relations firm. Starnes is a graduate of Berry College with a Degree in Communications. She has been honored with multiple Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards and recognized by the Tennessee Associated Press for investigative reporting.
Fance Brannock is the new Director of Program Operations for Girls Inc. of Chattanooga. Brannock has been a part of the Girls Inc. staff since 2014 as a program coordinator, working with young girls across Hamilton County through literacy programming and seasonal camps. In her new role, Brannock is responsible for cultivating and maintaining relationships with community partners, schools and community champions to ensure that programming remains relevant. Hixson is responsible for growing and evaluating the fund development profile enabling Girls Inc. of Chattanooga to serve more girls annually.
Justin Morse, M.D., joins Associates in E.N.T.- Head and Neck Surgery in Chattanooga. Morse completed his undergraduate education at Baylor University and in medical school spent an extra year performing grant-funded research in craniofacial reconstruction and developing an outreach program as part of an Albert Schweitzer Fellowship to provide mobile health care to underserved populations. He then transitioned back to Tennessee where he completed his residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. He currently is an active member and involved with the American Academy of Otolaryngology, American Rhinologic Society, and North American Skull Base Society.
Leah Williams joins Oaklyn Consulting as an investor communications consultant. In this role, Williams helps Oaklyn’s client base of entrepreneurs and business owners present the story of their businesses to investors and lenders in a clear, persuasive way. Drawing from a background in writing and graphic design and her own business experience, she will combine the elements of clients’ business plans into compelling presentations that focus on the needs of capital providers. Williams comes to Oaklyn with 13 years of combined experience in writing and presentation design during which she’s supported some of the world’s most respected ad agencies, brands, tech and media companies.