Trammell heads development for local PBS station
Phil Trammell has been named vice president of development for WTCI-TV, the PBS station in Chattanooga. In his new role, Trammel will lead the station’s regional fundraising efforts.
Trammel is president-elect of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Southeast Tennessee Chapter, and has more than 25 years of experience in corporate and higher education jobs. He previously was chief advancement officer for Girls Inc., director of institutional development for Texas Woman’s University and director of development at the University of Dallas.
“We are proud that Phil Trammell has joined our team and I am confident that his work will be critical to the continued success of the station as we move forward in this ever-changing media environment,” said Paul Grove, president and CEO of WTCI.
Food Bank names Lundien for government relations
Donna Lundien has been named agency relations and programs manager for the Chattanooga Area Food Bank. She will be based out of the Food Bank’s Chattanooga branch, located at 2009 Curtain Pole Road .
Lundien was previously senior plan manager at CBL Properties and she spent the past 17 years serving on committees that tackle hunger insecurity in the Chattanooga area. In recent years, she served on the United Way Corporate Sponsors Committee as a representative for CBL. The United Way and CBL Cares Committee teams coordinated volunteers for many community projects, including a Chattanooga Area Food Bank food drive.
“Combining Donna’s expertise and dedication for our mission with her passion for serving her friends and neighbors in the Chattanooga community will allow the Food Bank to support Hamilton County more effectively and efficiently,” said Gina Crumbliss, president and CEO of the Chattanooga Area Food Bank.
Lundien is an interior design graduate from the Art Institute of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Tuttle regional director for Vision Hospitality
Kaylon Tuttle has been named regional director of revenue management for Vision Hospitality Group. Kaylon has over 10 years of experience in the hospitality industry, from hotels in Texas to Tennessee.
He joined Vision in 2012 where he has since received numerous accolades based on his revenue optimization and management skills. Tuttle was general manager of the Hampton Inn by Hilton Chattanooga West/Lookout Mountain, where he led his team to receive a consecutive Hilton Circle of Excellence award as well as placement in the top 5 percent of the Hampton brand in Total Quality Service.
Bennett, Gooch join Vascular Institute
Vascular Institute of Chattanooga (VIC) has added Chad Bennett and Sarah Gooch as Registered Vascular Technologists (RVTs} to the staff.
RVTs assist physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of disorders affecting the vascular system. Vascular technologists perform non-invasive vascular exams in order to assess for vascular disease or disorders.
“We are excited to welcome Chad and Sarah to our staff,” said Dr. Chris LeSar, VIC’s founding physician and vascular surgeon. “At VIC, our vascular lab participates in voluntary accreditation through the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) which means we are able to demonstrate a higher level of patient care, leading to better outcomes for our patients.”
County EMS promotes nine paramedics
The Hamilton County Emergency Management Services has promoted nine paramedics to the newly created positions of senior paramedic. This new assignment will carry the rank of sergeant within the overall scope of the command structure.
In the new positions, senior paramedics will be functioning as field training officers and will be working with new employees to provide orientation training, oversight preceptorship and field training, as well as field and clinical training for student EMTs and paramedics from the area community colleges. In addition, the senior paramedics will provide remediation or additional training for current employees in all areas as required in the field and on the job.
“This allows us to expand our scope of training where the people providing the training are actually on the job in the field and can consistently work with medics while on site developing skills that go beyond classroom training,” HCEMS Director Ken Wilkerson said.
Wilkerson the new positions and promotions from within HCEMS required four years of field experience as a paramedic and three years of service with HCEMS.
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