Women in Trucking Association recognizes Amanda Thompson
Amanda Thompson, senior vice president of human resources at U.S. Xpress Enterprises, was named a 2019 Top Woman to Watch in Transportation by the Women in Trucking Association. Thompson was nominated by her peers and chosen by the editorial staff of Women in Trucking’s Redefining the Road magazine based upon career and personal life accomplishments.
“Amanda is one of the most influential people at U.S. Xpress,” said Eric Fuller, president and CEO of U.S. Xpress. “From her commitment to improve the quality of life for our professional drivers with the ‘Full Ride’ initiative (tuition-free college education), to spearheading our recently launched state-of-the-art Professional Driver Development program, Amanda is leading positive change at U.S. Xpress and in the industry.”
Thompson has more than two decades of experience in human resources and joined U.S. Xpress in 2004.
Dr. Rebecca Cicha, Brett Fielder earn certifications
Rebecca Cicha, Ph.D, and Brett Fielder, DPT, of Siskin Hospital have gained certification as brain injury specialists (CBIS) by the Brain Injury Association of America. This achievement brings Siskin Hospital’s total number of CBIS-certified staff to 21, the largest in the area.
Dr. Cicha is a rehabilitation psychologist in Siskin Hospital’s Behavioral Medicine & Rehabilitation Psychology Department. She is a certified provider of Cognitive Processing Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Dr. Fielder is a physical therapist in Siskin Hospital’s Inpatient Therapy Program. In addition to the CBIS, he is a Certified Stroke Rehabilitation Specialist.
Crye-Leike names regional Rookie Agent
Realtor Chrissy Jones and The Next Gen team, consisting of Affiliate Brokers Sara Poteet and Maria Kissner, received the 2019 Crye-Leike Rookie Agent of the Year and Rookie Team of the Year awards for the Chattanooga region. Jones and The Next Gen team were the top sales agents among new Crye-Leike agents in 2018 within their region.
Jones is affiliated with Crye-Leike’s Downtown Chattanooga branch office and Poteet and Kissner, of The Next Gen team, are affiliated with Crye-Leike’s Fort Oglethorpe branch office.
UBS Advisors Tom Eddy, CFP, Kevin King, CFP, and Scott McDonald, Named to Forbes’s List of Best-in-State Wealth Advisors List
Three Chattanooga UBS financial advisors – Tom Eddy, Kevin King,and Scott McDonald – are among the Forbes magazine list of Best-in-State wealth advisors.
Nationwide, there were 465 UBS Advisors included in the total list of around 3,000.
According to Forbes, top-performing advisors across the country are nominated by their firms and then researched, interviewed and assigned a ranking within their respective states by professional researchers with Forbes partner, Shook Research. To qualify for the list, advisors must have a minimum of seven years’ experience. The algorithm also weighs factors like assets under management, compliance records, and those that encompass best practices in their approach when working with clients.
“This award is well deserved, and is a testament to their professionalism and dedication to the needs of their valued clients,” said Jeff Cronan, Branch Manager of the Chattanooga Office at UBS Financial Services Inc.”
Three local engineers win top annual awards
Three Chattanooga engineers were recognized with top awards during the 2019 Engineers Week.
Kelli Richardson, a client service manager for the Chattanooga Office of LDA Engineering, won the Phillip J. Sutton People to People Award presented to the engineer that has unselfish devotion to service and makes outstanding personal and professional contributions to the community, engineering profession, and keeps the public welfare for the benefit of all people. Richardson, a graduate of Tennessee Technological University, is the president of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers Chattanooga Chapter, and is actively involved in the Society of Women Engineers Chattanooga Section and the American Society of Civil Engineers Chattanooga Branch.
Ashley Commander, principal engineer for the bulk planning group at the Tennessee Valley Authority won the Gen. Robert Neyland Young Engineer of the Year award that recognizes young engineers who have made outstanding contributions to the engineering profession and their communities during the early years of their career. Commander, a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, began her career at TVA in the system modeling and facility ratings group and now in bulk planning she is a senior level engineer responsible for a $30 million project to provide reliable power and area expansion capability for local economic development.
Justin Kleinfeld, a senior program manager for TVA , was selected as the 2019 Jo Conn Guild Engineer of the Year Award presented to an engineer who has made outstanding professional contributions to his/her profession, public welfare and/or humankind.
Kleinfeld has been in TVA’s planning group nearly 10 years and serves as the primary interface with TVA’s Economic Development for TVA’s Transmission Planning Department. In this capacity, he develops and coordinates conceptual power supply arrangements with industrial prospects.
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