* Name: Dan Bowers
* Job title: President of Allied Arts
* Location: Allied Arts, Frazier Avenue
* First job: His first professional job was part-time executive director of the Chamber of Commerce in North Port, Ala., while also working part-time as a sports photographer for the Tuscaloosa News and attending graduate school.
* Favorite part of job: “The variety. The job (differs) from day to day. Also it’s all the relationships that I have. It’s never a dull moment. I’m constantly moving and I get to work with some of the best people in the community. My board of directors and my volunteers are the cream of the crop of Chattanooga.”