Alexis Willis joins the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce as Director of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Willis directs the activities of the INCubator, which is located in the Hamilton County Business Development Center on the North Shore. Most recently, Willis served as Director of Business Support for The Company Lab, also known as CO.LAB.
Lori Salmon, RN, BSN, is the new women’s services director at Parkridge East Hospital. Salmon has worked at Parkridge East for 11 years, most recently serving as clinical coordinator of the hospital’s Labor and Delivery department. As director of Women’s Services, Salmon oversees both Labor and Delivery and Mother/Baby units. She works closely with Kelly Hersey, MD, director of the level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Parkridge East, which provides care for babies born at less than 28 weeks gestation or with severe or complex medical conditions.
Lily Sanchez is joining the La Paz team, serving as the organization’s business development and communications coordinator. She coordinates the organization’s communications functions and assist with the administrative duties related to revenue generation and the support of the Compania membership-based initiative in order to advance the organization’s overall mission and standing. Sanchez comes to La Paz Chattanooga after serving as Executive Assistant to the Executive Director at The Urban League of Greater Chattanooga.
Kristen Pavlik McCallie has been named as the executive director of The Children’s Advocacy Center: The Emmy Haney House. McCallie succeeds Shelley McGraw, who served the agency for 12 years. Prior to joining the CAC, McCallie served as the project coordinator at the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence on many projects including, the Centers for Disease Control DELTA FOCUS grant, a statewide Medical Advocacy Project, and the Office of Violence Against Women’s (OVW) Engaging Boys Prevention Grant. McCallie has a Masters in Women’s Studies from Southern Connecticut State University, where her focus was violence against women.
Hilarie Hicks Robison has been named as the executive director of the board of the Mountain Education Foundation. Over the last 20 years, her professional career spanned roles in government agencies, education and non-profits, including the development of award-winning programs that gained national attention. Robison replaces former Executive Director Katie Hanners, who is now the Director of Development for the Creative Discovery Museum in downtown Chattanooga.