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Harry Potter Party @ Central Arkansas Library — 07.19
Fans of the Harry Potter series were invited to dress as their favorite characters and participate in games and activities related to the book. The event was held in honor of the Harry Potter’s World traveling exhibit, which will be on display through Aug. 11.
University of Chattanooga Foundation welcomes two new trustees
The University of Chattanooga Foundation, Inc. announces the appointment of two new trustees to their board of directors and the 2016 – 2017 slate of incoming officers. The UC Foundation declared the following trustees to lead the board for 2016-2017:
Chair: James L. “Bucky” Wolford, President & CEO, Wolford Development, Inc.
Vice Chair: Kim H. White, President & CEO, River City Company
Treasurer: John N. Foy, Chairman, Noon Management
Secretary: Corinne A. Allen, Retired
Immediate Past Chair: R. Fred Decosimo, CPA, Elliott Davis Decosimo
Dr. Bryan K. Rowland, Executive Director and Bucky Wofford, Board Chair, welcomes Mike Kramer and Mitch Patel to the board. The new members serve four year terms expiring in 2020.
Mike Kramer serves as the President and COO of Atlantic Capital Bank. He formerly served as the President of FSG bank for over three years and is a board member of the Tennessee Bankers Association. He received his Bachelor of Arts in religion and economics from Grove City College. Mike serves on numerous boards including the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees – Mainstream Wooster, Inc., Board of Trustees Wayne Center for the Arts Chairman, Nominating Committee and Board of Trustees for the Canton Symphony Orchestra Entrepreneurship Advisory Council just to name a few.
Mitch Patel is the Founder, President and CEO of Vision Hospitality Group, Inc. Mr. Patel serves on a number of national hotel industry boards as well as the Chamber Board Executive Committee and the boards of St. Nicholas School in Chattanooga, Girls Preparatory School, ArtsBuild, Friends of the Festival, River City Company and the Governor’s Tennessee Business Roundtable. He holds a BS and MS from the UTK College of Engineering.
In addition to the new members, four current trustees were reappointed to four year terms including: Alan W. Derthick, Co-Founder of Derthick, Henley & Wilkerson Architects, Breege A. Farrell, EVP and Chief Investment Officer at Unum, F. Scott LeRoy, Attorney at LeRoy Law Firm PLLC, and oAnn C. Yates, Community Volunteer.
BlueCross names Wynne director of Medicaid compliance
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has promoted Mike Wynne to director of Medicaid compliance and state compliance officer. In this role, Wynne will be responsible for overseeing regulatory issues regarding TennCare.
Wynne has served as the Medicaid compliance officer since 2007, developing that role as a new position. He is the key Medicaid contact with the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance where he has nurtured effective relationships and established himself and BlueCross as trusted and valuable partners.
“As BlueCare Tennessee’s business continues to expand and diversify, Mike’s interactions with the state have become increasingly important,” said Julie Boerger, vice president and chief compliance officer for BlueCross. “These relationships have enabled Mike to proactively diffuse and resolve potential compliance issues that ensure we’re not only meeting but exceeding our obligations to regulations and ethical business practices. He is a very valuable asset to the enterprise.”
Wynne began working for BlueCross 20 years ago in claims and customer service, with his last 15 years of service in compliance. He chairs the BlueCare Tennessee Compliance Oversight Committee and is tasked with providing oversight regarding new and existing regulatory requirements that relate to BlueCare Tennessee products.
Wynne graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is a certified compliance and ethics professional through the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics.
Life Care Center of Hixson welcomes new leaders
HIXSON, Tenn. (Sept. 6, 2016) – Life Care Center of Hixson is welcoming a new leadership team.
Matthew Cummings will oversee the facility’s operations as executive director, while Austin Heard will oversee clinical matters as the director of nursing.
Cummings was born and raised in West Virginia. He earned his master’s degree in health care administration and his bachelor’s degree in business administration, with an emphasis in health care administration, from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. He has worked in health care administration and management for seven years at various Life Care Centers of America facilities. He most recently served as executive director of Life Care Center of Old Hickory Village in Old Hickory, Tennessee.
“I really enjoy working for Life Care,” said Cummings. “I am thankful for the opportunity to work for Life Care again, and the opportunity to work with such a great team that is committed to making a positive impact in the lives of those who come to Life Care Center of Hixson for care and therapy.”
Cummings currently resides in Hixson with his wife, Mandy, and 6-month-old daughter, Emma.
Heard was born and raised in the Hixson area. He comes to Life Care Center of Hixson from Life Care Center of Red Bank in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he worked as assistant director of nursing. He has worked in long-term care for approximately six years. He has a bachelor’s degree of science in nursing from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Heard currently lives in Hixson with his wife, Rikki.
“I’m thankful to Elizabeth Martin, director of nursing at Red Bank, for all the training she provided,” said Heard. “I’m also thankful for my wife – I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for her and all the support and understanding.”
Life Care Center of Hixson, located at 5798 Hixson Home Place, is one of 26 skilled nursing facilities in Tennessee operated or managed by Life Care Centers of America.
Founded in 1976, Life Care is a nationwide health care company. With headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee, Life Care operates or manages more than 200 nursing, post-acute and Alzheimer’s centers in 28 states. For more information about Life Care, visit lcca.com.
Hemphill, Ramjee joins Chattanooga Heart Institute
The Chattanooga Heart Institute at CHI Memorial has added Carter Hemphill, M.D., FACC., and Vinal Ramjee, M.D. to its staf.
Hemphill received his medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center. He completed a fellowship in interventional cardiology at Texas A&M College of Medicine.
Dr. Hemphill is board certified in internal medicine, nuclear cardiology, endovascular medicine, cardiovascular diseases and interventional cardiology.
Dr. Ramjee received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Emory Hospital in Atlanta. He completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease, and advanced cardiovascular imaging and translational research at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Dr. Ramjee is board certified in cardiovascular diseases, internal medicine, echocardiography, and advanced cardiovascular life support.
The Chattanooga Heart Institute has six locations and 22 board-certified cardiologists with specialties in interventional procedures, imaging, electrophysiology and vascular disease.
McGraw heads human resources at U.S. Xpress
U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. has named Kelly McGraw director of human resources.
She has been employed with U.S. Xpress Inc. for more than 14 years as a human resource generalist, human resource team leader, employee relations manager, and most recently, human resource business manager.
McGraw graduated from Tennessee Technological University and earned an MBA from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Her extensive knowledge, background and experience in human resources will be most beneficial to her in her new role, as she will focus on compliance with state and federal regulations, as well as manage and develop U.S. Xpress Inc.’s new employee engagement initiatives.
McGraw, a native of Paint Rock, Tenn., currently resides in Ooltewah.
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