Alisha FoxCleveland State names Fox to key finance role
Alisha Fox was recently chosen assistant vice president for finance and operations at Cleveland State Community College.
Fox has served in a number of roles at Cleveland State, including interim director of fiscal services, director of procurement, disbursement and contract services, and the director of purchasing and contracts. Previously, she served as the general manager for the Chattanooga State bookstore as well as the general manager for the Cleveland State bookstore.
In her current position, Fox is responsible for managing institutional accounting and financial services, budget and planning, facility services, procurement and contract services and supervising professional/administrative and classified personnel.
Fox earned a business degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a master’s of public administration from Valdosta State University. She is working on her doctorate in public administration.
“The college is very fortunate to have Alisha serving in this new role,” said Dr. Tommy Wright, vice president for finance and advancement. “She has served in an interim capacity in a similar role for more than a year, and during this time, she has implemented numerous efficiencies and improved processes in the business office area.”
Dr. Moyer tapped for state honor
Karen Moyer, medical director for the Homeless Health Care Center of Chattanooga and the primary care program at the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department, was recognized as the Outstanding Practitioner of the Year by the Tennessee Primary Care Association.
The award recognizes a clinical practitioner whose work has demonstrated outstanding leadership, community involvement and dedication to patient care. In her role as medical director, Moyer connects patients with the needed services, such as case management and behavioral health, so that those who are too ill to manage life on the street are able to receive appropriate resources and accommodations.
TPCA is comprised of more than 30 nonprofit primary care clinics operating more than 200 satellite sites across the state. Member health centers serve more than 384,000 Tennesseans each year.
Casey BlankenshipHeyman names Blankenship director
Casey Blankenship has been named program director for Heyman HospiceCare.
Heyman HospiceCare provides care to patients with a life expectancy of less than six months and serves patients in Floyd, Chattooga, Polk, Bartow and Gordon counties.
Blankenship earned a master in business administration degree in health care administration from American InterContinental University in Atlanta and a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from University of West Georgia in Carrollton.
Before coming to Floyd, she was an administrator at Pruitt Health Hospice in Rome, Ga., and as a senior administrator at United Hospice in Calhoun, Ga.
Associates in ENT adds Dr. Sokohl
Alex Sokohl, M.D., has joined Associates in E.N.T.- Head & Neck Surgery in Chattanooga.
Sokohl and his wife Meg, along with their sons, Jacob and Benjamin, returned to Chattanooga where Sokohl grew up in Red Bank. He pursued a higher education opportunity at Georgetown University on scholarship, where he studied languages and linguistics.
Following college, he accepted a position at the U.S. Department of Justice working in international criminal extraditions and serving as a Spanish and Portuguese translator.
Prior to medical school, Sokohl conducted research at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., investigating genetic expression of vanishing white matter diseases. He and his wife attended medical school at Georgetown University. After four years, Alex completed his residency training at the Medical University of South Carolina in otolaryngology.
Sanders earns buyers accreditation
Mary Sanders, a 13-year veteran of the real estate industry, has completed the educational and sales volume requirements and been awarded the Accredited Buyers Representation Designation from the national Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council.
Sanders is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the Realtors Institute.
She is with Real Estate Partners and is licensed in both Tennessee and Georgia. She is a member of the National Association or Realtors, Chattanooga and Tennessee Association of Realtors.
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