Kramer elected to bankers board
Mike Kramer, president and chief executive officer for FSG Bank, was elected to the board of directors for the Tennessee Bankers Association (TBA).
Kramer, who has headed Chattanooga’s biggest independent bank since 2011, was chosen as the East Tennessee representative on the TBA board. Prior to joining FSG, Kramer was managing director of Ridley Capital Group, a private equity and merchant banking firm focused on financial service companies.
The Tennessee Bankers Association elected David Verble, president and chief executive officer of Citizens National Bank in Sevierville, Tenn., as its chairman for 2015.
Pearson to head On Point training
Amy Pearson has succeeded Lesley Scearce as president of On Point, a Chattanooga-based organization that works with area schools and organizations to provide young people with the knowledge and support to avoid risky behaviors and equip them with the skills they need to thrive.
“The board was unanimous in its decision to offer Amy this position and we are confident she is the right person to effectively build on the strong foundation provided under Lesley’s leadership as On Point continues to positively impact this community and region,” said Dale Tuder, chairman of the board for On Point.
Pearson, who was promoted to executive director of On Point in 2011, has been with the organization since 1997 and served in a variety of roles, including classroom educator, group facilitator and program director and psychotherapist.
Since On Point’s inception, the teenage pregnancy rate has decreased by 54 percent (per 1,000 teenage girls) in Hamilton County. On Point has also added programming to include: Graduate On Point (targeting students with the skills they need to graduate), and the On Point Teen Advisory Board (students from various high schools in the area who are the voices to and for On Point).
Royal, Fox join Orange Grove staff
Philip Royal- Orange Grove Center announces new personnel in the Augustus McCravey Health Care Clinic. Philip Royal has been named Director of Health Care Services.
Tina Fox- Orange Grove Center announces new personnel in the Augustus McCravey Health Care Clinic. Tina Fox joins the McCravey Health Care Clinic as Family Nurse Practioner. Fox comes to Orange Grove from Memorial Hospital where she worked as a staff nurse. Philip Royal has been named director of health care services and Tim Fox is a new family nurse practitioner at the Augustus McCravey Health Care Clinic at Orange Grove.
Royal, a 19-year veteran of Orange Grove, was most recently the assistant director for Intermediate Care Facilities. He earned a business degree from Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn. Royal oversees all operations of the McCravey Health Care Clinic, which provides primary care services for about 400 patients.
Fox comes to Orange Grove from Memorial Hospital where she worked as a staff nurse.
Fox obtained her master’s degree in nursing from Southern Adventist University. She is licensed to practice in Tennessee and Georgia.
Her clinical practice includes diagnosing and treating a wide variety of medical conditions, as well as helping to manage and coordinate care for patients with chronic diseases.
She works closely with Dr. Randy Heisser, who, in addition to his private practice, serves as medical director for the clinic.
Crowder joins Baker Donelson
J. Lane Crowder has joined the Baker Donelson law firm as of counsel in the firm’s financial services transactions group.
Crowder is located in Baker Donelson’s Chattanooga office, where she represents banks and other financial institutions in HUD-insured loan transactions for multifamily and senior housing facilities. Before joining Baker Donelson, Crowder served as a career law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge R. Allan Edgar and U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Shelley D. Rucker. Crowder was also previously an associate with a law firm in Seattle, Wash., where she practiced school law, employment law and general civil litigation.
She is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and a board member of the Chattanooga Federal Bar Association, serving as CLE Committee Chair, and is a board member and grant committee chair of the Normal Park Education Fund in Chattanooga.
Magazine spotlights Shaw worker training
Shaw Industries Group, Inc., the world’s largest carpet manufacturer, ranked fourth on the Elearning! magazine’s Learning! 100 list of the best private employers for innovative worker training. Shaw has made the annual list for each of the past five years.
Brian Cooksey, director of operations training and development for Shaw, said the list “is a reflection of Shaw’s continued investments in learning and development” and shows the company’s education programs “are customized to help ensure Shaw associates are equipped to achieve their highest potential.”
“Our nearly 23,000 associates are engaged in a wide variety of roles from manufacturing to marketing, from sales to sustainability,” Cooksey said.
In 2014, Shaw delivered more than 1 million training hours of strategic training programs to help Shaw adapt quickly to the ever-changing market and business landscape. The company was also named #8 on the Forbes America’s Best Employers 2015 List.
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