U.S. Xpress promotes five managers
U.S. Xpress Enterprises, one of the nation’s biggest trucking companies, has promoted five managers at the company’s Chattanooga headquarters.
Morgan Hopkins has joined U.S. Xpress as its new director of compensation and shared services. Hopkins was formerly a human resources and compensation manager at Shaw Industries for the past nine years.
Veronica Vaughn was named director of fleet operations for U.S. Xpress. She previously worked at the company for the past two years as the service center manager for U.S. Xpress’s terminal in Irving, Tex. Vaughn is a graduate of the University of Missouri and has worked for seven years in retail and e-commerce distribution management, eight years in customer service management and two years in loan financing management.
Brian Melton is the new director of terminal operations. Melton, a gradute of the Universiy of Tennessee, has worked at U.S. Xpress for 17 years.
Steve Kalick, an employee at U.S. Xpress for the past nine years, has been named vice president of administrative services. He previously worked for 18 years in the restaurant industry as a general manager and for four years in tax and audits.
Harold McAlister, an employee at U.S. Xpress for the past four years, has been appointed director of revenue accounting. McAlister is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and has more than 20 years of experience in the restaurant industry and four years in the real-estate industry serving in both the brokerage and wholesale sectors.
Chambliss law firm adds CPA, paralegals
Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. has added an accountant and paralegals to the firm’s estate planning and tax group.
Sarah Johnson is a certified public accountant who comes to Chambliss from the public accounting firm Elliott Davis Decosimo. Johnson works in the Chambliss estate planning and tax department, assisting clients with tax planning and compliance. She prepares tax filings for individuals, trusts, small businesses and foundations. Additionally, Johnson is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants and Chattanooga Tax Practitioners.
Ashli Smith, a certified paralegal through the National Association of Legal Assistants, works with individuals and families on an array of estate planning matters. Her responsibilities include overseeing the drafting of estate planning documents, implementing beneficiary and account changes, effectively communicating with clients, and keeping client files and information accurate and up to date.
Separately, the Chambliss law firm also announced it has promoted Aleyce Fontenot to paralegal in the firm’s business practice, as well as the litigation and risk management practice.
Fontenot joined the firm in January 2013 to assist with litigation and risk management matters. In her new role, Fontenot will assist Chambliss attorneys and clients in the areas of corporate governance, business organizations and planning, and real estate. She also serves as secretary of the Southeast Tennessee Chapter of the Tennessee Paralegal Association and is a member of the Chattanooga and American Bar Associations.
MIG loan officers win 2015 awards
Loan officers at MIG Chattanooga were recognized by the Chattanooga Mortgage Bankers Association (CMBA) as top producers for 2015. Branch Manager and Senior Loan Officer Terre Webb was the association’s Diamond award winner with a loan production volume of more than $20 million. Platinum award winners for a loan production volume between $15 and $20 million included Debby Daniels and Lindsey Wood.
“MIG is proud of the Chattanooga branch and our winners for a successful 2015,” said Chrissi Rhea, MIG’s founder and president. “We look forward to continued success in 2016.”
Since opening its doors in 1989, MIG has served more than 97,500 clients and made loans in excess of $14.5 billion.
Seavey named head of local Women’s Fund
The Women’s Fund of Greater Chattanooga has appointed Kim Seavey as its new executive director. Seavey previously served as the administrative director for nine years with Blue Monarch in Monteagle, Tenn., which provides a long-term residential program for addicted women and their children. During her tenure, she successfully managed fundraising campaigns, secured grant funding, expanded relationships with supporters and agencies, recruited and trained volunteers, and increased community awareness of addiction as it affects women and their children.
A native of Cincinnati, Seavey is a graduate of East Carolina University. She resides in Monteagle with her husband and two children.
Bode named Fellow for Bar Foundation
Miller & Martin attorney, John R. Bode, has become a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Membership in The Fellows is limited to 1 percent of lawyers admitted to practice in each jurisdiction.
Bode has devoted more than three decades to exclusive representation of management in labor and employment disputes. He represents local, state, regional and national companies in all facets of labor and employment law, including serving as lead trial counsel in employment trials and developing strategies in addressing union aggressions throughout the country.
CSX response award won by Marion Environmental
During the recent CSX Public Safety Environmental Conference, Marion Environmental was awarded the Emergency Response Preferred Provider 2015 Contractor Award.
Marion was competing with other emergency response companies that specialize in chemical spill response and transfers. Marion was one of only two companies that received the annual award and the only company to win in the South.
Also, Scott Wilson and Sam Taylor each received an individual award for their leadership on railroad projects, the CSX Hazmat Field Services Award.
Marion Environmental provides environmental consulting services, emergency response teams and equipment to railroads and industry from six office locations.
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