Business Digest: 4 join Henderson Hutcherson & McCullough

4 join Henderson Hutcherson & McCullough

Four accountants have joined the audit and tax departments of Henderson Hutcherson & McCullough.

Prior to joining HHM, Ali Holzaepfel, CPA, served as a staff accountant at Southern Champion Tray and spent three years at Chick-fil-A Inc., in Atlanta, serving as senior franchisee accountant for more than 50 franchised restaurants. She also served on Chick-fil-A’s Financial Services Recruiting Team and was a Peer Coach and Advisor.

Marianne L. Lorren, CPA, brings seven years of accounting experience to HHM’s tax department. She previously served at firms in California, Florida and Missouri as a tax accountant where she worked with high net-worth individuals, produced a 50 state sales tax analysis for national media distribution corporation, and provided bookkeeping and financial statements for an international men’s grooming line. She graduated from Southern Adventist University.

McCall Lasater served as an intern at HHM before joining the accounting and auditing team in January. Previous work experience includes an internal audit internship at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee and she was a manager at Golly Whoppers Sandwich Shoppe for over five years. Lasater is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

After graduating from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville with a Bachelor of Science degree in business accounting, Andrew Mayfield joined HHM’s audit and accounting department. He previously worked as an intern at Riverside Transport and Nashville Wire Products is pursuing a Master in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Miller joins Pointe General Contractors

Adam Miller has joined Pointe General Contractors as project manager.

Miller, who earned a degree in construction management at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, brings with him experience in construction estimating and project management. A native of Dalton, Ga., Miller attended college on athletic scholarship as a four-year starter for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Moc football team. Miller is active in the community and volunteers with organizations such as the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and the Special Olympics.

Chattanoogan promotes staff

The Chattanoogan, a Benchmark Hotel, has promoted Victoria Grace to the position of conference planning manager and has hired Kareem Funderburk as the hotel’s new guest services manager.

Grace is now responsible for planning day meetings and conferences at the upscale hotel with high-tech meeting facilities. Funderburk is responsible for overseeing the front office department, managing evening activities and supervising hotel employees.

Bales earns CFP certification

Chris Bales, a financial advisor and certified retirement planning counselor at Morgan Stanley, has been awarded the certified financial planner (CFP) certification.

Bales has worked at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management since 2012. In addition to providing financial planning services, Bales provides a variety of other advisory and non-advisory financial services, including brokerage services, to clients who seek such services.

The CFP designation identifies those individuals who have met the experience and ethical requirements, have successfully completed financial planning coursework and have passed the CFP Certification Examination.

First Volunteer Bank names new bankers

First Volunteer Bank announces that Connie Fox has joined the Bank as an assistant vice president and mortgage banker; and Marcus DeBolt has been named market leader of the Hixson office.

Fox, a banker for the past 27 years, will be based in the Highway 58 branch and serve customers throughout the region.

DeBolt joined First Volunteer Bank six months ago and worked in the consumer loan underwriting department prior to being named market leader in Hixson. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

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