CBL names Reinsmidt as CIO
CBL & Associates Properties has promoted Katie Reinsmidt to executive vice president and chief investment officer. As CIO, Reinsmidt will be responsible for formulating and executing CBL’s investment strategy, overseeing the acquisition and disposition team as well as the company’s investor outreach and communications.
“Katie has an outstanding reputation within the investment community, with our banks and with other financial partners. She is highly regarded within the CBL organization for her strong leadership and financial expertise,” said Stephen Lebovitz, president and chief executive officer.
Reinsmidt joined CBL in 2004 as director of investor relations and since that time has advanced through the organization, most recently serving as senior vice president of investor relations and corporate investments.
Before joining CBL, she served as associate analyst at A.G. Edwards & Sons at its corporate headquarters in St. Louis, where she provided research coverage for retail, health care and lodging REITs. Reinsmidt also serves as vice-chairman of the city of Chattanooga General Pension Plan.
CBL also promoted Curt Hammontree to vice president.
Hammontree joined CBL in January 1999 as assistant project manager in the development division. Prior to his promotion, he served as a senior project manager and most recently was responsible for overseeing several outlet developments including CBL’s current project in Laredo, Texas. During his career at CBL, he has worked on more than 18 successful projects including mall and outlet developments, expansions and renovations. Before joining CBL, Hammontree worked as a real estate manager for Shaw Industries.
Macziewski to head GPS Middle School
Girls Preparatory School has named Lynne Macziewski, an award-winning teacher at Blake School in Hopkins, Minn., as the school’s new head of Middle School.
Macziewski is currently the interim Middle School assistant director at Blake, which has been named the best private high school in Minnesota in a national ranking for two consecutive years.
With a bachelor’s degree in biology and secondary education and an master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn, she is currently pursuing a M.Ed. in educational leadership. As a part of her master’s program, she has focused on women in leadership and the early factors that support or inhibit their success – an area of interest that she says drew her to GPS.
GPS Head of School Dr. Autumn Graves said Macziewski “is a master 21st-century teacher known for her ability to mentor and coach faculty and is highly regarded for her relationship-building skills.”
In her career at Blake, she was lead administrator on the Middle School community task force to develop a stronger school and family partnership and interim PK-12 science department co-chairwoman among others. She co-developed Blake’s Middle School advisory program with a focus on social and emotional growth.
SmartBank adds Turner in Cleveland
SmartBank has named Tina Turner as assistant vice president and loan administrator in Cleveland, Tenn. She joins the SmartBank team with Matt Jenne and Beau Burris, who she has worked with directly for many years.
“With Tina’s experience and vast knowledge of the Bradley County market, we are thrilled for her to join the SmartBank team,” said Jenne, SmartBank Cleveland market leader.
Turner brings more than 30 years of experience in the financial industry. She most recently served at United Community Bank.
Mirza joins Parkridge Diagnostic Center
Jennifer Ayers Mirza, a noninvasive cardiologist, has joined the Diagnostic Center practice at Parkridge Medical Group. Dr. Mirza currently sees patients in her new office at 2205 McCallie Ave.
Dr. Mirza earned her doctor of osteopathic medicine from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and completed a fast-track internship in internal medicine at Norton Community Hospital, in Norton, Va., where she also served an internal medicine residency. Dr. Mirza pursued additional training through a cardiology fellowship at Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills, N.J. Before joining Parkridge Health System, Dr. Mirza was a clinical cardiologist at Cardiology Services of Cleveland, in Cleveland, Tenn.
Dr. Mirza treats the full spectrum of cardiac conditions, including arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, heart valve disorders, hyperlipidemia and hypertension.
Dr. Mirza is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the American Society of Echocardiography, the American College of Osteopathic Internists, the American Osteopathic Association and the Tennessee Medical Association.
Leitner, Williams firm adds Tombul
Attorney Ryan A. Tombul has joined the Chattanooga office of Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan, PLLC.
Tombul is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2016. During his time in law school, Tombul participated in the Tennessee Legal Advocacy Clinic where he represented both juvenile and adult clients in criminal litigation. He studied international law at The University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. He was also a member of Tennessee’s Sports & Entertainment Law Society.
Tombul’s practice focuses primarily on general civil defense litigation. He is a member of the Tennessee and Chattanooga Bar Associations.
Chambliss promotes Davis to shareholder
Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. announces that Brad Davis has become a shareholder in the firm.
Davis is a member of the firm’s litigation group and has extensive trial and appellate litigation experience, representing businesses in commercial disputes and regulatory matters. He has represented private and public corporations on a wide variety of matters, including class action defense. He has worked on cases at the state and federal levels in multiple jurisdictions, including Tennessee, Georgia, California, Massachusetts and New York.
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