Jonathon Woolsey is now development manager for Vision Hospitality Group, Inc. Woolsey joins Vision from EMJ Construction, where his contributions were made in several capacities, including project engineer and project manager, during his six-year tenure. His background includes a strong portfolio of commercial property new-builds and re-developments across the southeast, such as Bass Pro Shops, Unum Group, Wacker Polysilicon, several LiDL grocery stores, and Market City Center, downtown Chattanooga’s new mixed-use development.
Beth Norton is the new vice president of academic affairs for Chattanooga State. She brings years of experience from the Kentucky Community and Technical College System as well as from within the College System of Tennessee to help the college move forward with meeting student success and completion goals.
Tricia Adams promotes to director of operations & client services, for Jay Robinson, founder and CEO of The Robinson Team of Keller Williams Realty. In the new role, Adams is responsible for managing company operations, developing new sources of business, recruiting, and managing the team of buyer’s specialists. Adams, a Philadelphia native, joined the Robinson Team in 2017 as a buyer’s specialist. In 2018 she was promoted to pending transaction coordinator prior to accepting her new position.
Gary Reese joins Pinnacle Financial Partners as senior vice president. Reese brings 15 years of financial services experience to his role. Before joining Pinnacle he spent 12 years with SunTrust Bank, where he was branch manager for its Snow Hill office in Ooltewah. Previously he worked with AmSouth Bank, where he served in branch manager roles for the bank’s Collegedale office in Ooltewah and Brainerd South office in Chattanooga. Reese earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration with a marketing concentration at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Allison Kidd Cross joins The Trust Company of Tennessee as a relationship manager in the firm’s Chattanooga office. Cross graduated from the University of Georgia and earned a master’s degree in education from Georgia Southwestern State University. She has more than two decades of financial service experience at TSYS, BBVA, Regions and Atlantic Capital and is pursuing Certified Financial Planner designation. Cross is a member of the Chattanooga Women’s Leadership Institute. She is a graduate of Leadership Barbour and previously served as a United Way pledge advocate.