Attorney Michael Mallen joins Chambliss law firm
Attorney Michael C. Mallen has joined the Chattanooga law firm of Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.
Mallen brings decades of experience in workplace health and safety, regulatory compliance, manufacturing guidance, environmental law, and public financing and development of real estate and related infrastructure. Mallen will primarily practice in the firm’s growing labor and employment section, which was recently recognized as a leading practice by top global legal ranking directory, Chambers & Partners, and in its environmental law section.
“Mike’s real-life heavy manufacturing and industry experience allows him to connect with the unique challenges and opportunities facing our clients,” said Rosemarie L. Hill, chair of the firm’s labor and employment section. “His combination of legal and business knowledge offers a valuable advantage to our clients as they navigate the risks associated with local, state, and federal regulatory authorities.”
Chris Reynolds joins CHI Memorial Medical Group
Chris Reynolds, AGACNP-BC, has joined CHI Memorial Convenient Care – Signal Mountain.
Reynolds received his bachelor and master degrees in nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He was previously a nurse practitioner with the CHI Memorial Hospitalist program, a flight nurse for Sierra Life Flight in California, and a nurse in the intensive care unit and cardiothoracic intensive care unit at hospitals in California and Alabama.
Reynolds is board certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Erlanger adds three new board members
Michael J. Griffin, Phil Smartt and Linda Mine have been elected as officers of the board overseeing Erlanger Health System.
At Erlanger’s November board meeting, trustees elected Griffin as chairman of the Board, Smartt as vice chair and Mines as Secretary of the Board of Trustees. All will serve a one-year term as officers.
Griffin was named to the Chattanooga Hamilton County Hospital Authority Board of Trustees in December 2011 by Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger. He has worked at First Tennessee Bank for over 30 years and is currently the Community President in Cleveland, Tenn. He is very involved in the community with current activities including Rotary Club of Cleveland, United Way of Bradley County Board Chair, Cleveland Bradley Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chair of Cleveland State University Community College Board of Trustees and past president of Junior Achievement of the Ocoee Region to name a few. Griffin is a graduate of Leadership Cleveland and Leadership Chattanooga and serves as the president of the Leadership Chattanooga Alumni Association. Griffin also received the Servant Leader award from the Tennessee Association of Community Leadership.
Smartt was named to the Erlanger board of trustees in November 2015 by Hamilton County’s legislative delegation. He is a former insurance executive who graduated from Brigham Young University. He served eight years on the board of trustees for Moccasin Bend Mental health Institute, six years on the Hamilton County Board of Education and 12 years as a director of the Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority of Hamilton County. Smartt was a founder of the Pachyderm Club, a local Republican club.
Mines joined the board of trustees in December 2015. She is the chair of the history and social science department at Girls Preparatory School and was named Tennessee Teacher of the Year for American History in 2009. She is active in civic affairs, serving as the official historian for Chattanooga and Hamilton County and was previously the president of Habitat for Humanity. She is the first vice-regent of the Chief John Ross chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and has severed on the education committees of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Military Park and the National Medal of Honor Museum. She was appointed to the Erlanger Board of Trustees by the members of the Hamilton county legislative delegation.
Trustees serve without pay, for an initial term of four years. They can be re-appointed for another term but cannot serve longer than eight consecutive years.
Siskin therapists earn certifications
Three occupational therapists at Siskin Hospital’s inpatient therapy program – Stacy Bean, OTR/L; Robin Eaton, COTA/L; and Lisa McLemore, COTA/L – are now Certified Brain Injury Specialists (CBIS).
The certification is awarded by the Brain Injury Association of America. This achievement brings Siskin Hospital’s total number of CBIS-certified staff to 16.
Bean has a master’s degree in occupational therapy and is Saebo certified.
Eaton is a certified and licensed occupational therapy assistant.
McLemore is certified in Thermal and Electrical Modalities.
All three are occupational therapists in Siskin Hospital’s Inpatient Therapy Program.
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