Fred S. ClellandFred Clelland joins Chattanooga’s Warren & Griffin law firm
The Chattanooga law firm of Warren and Griffin, P.C. has added attorney Fred S. Clelland.
Clelland has practiced law in Chattanooga for 30 years. He brings a wealth of experience to the firm’s litigation practice. While born in Michigan, Fred moved to Tennessee when he was five years old, and Tennessee is his home. He graduated from the University of Tennessee where he received his law degree and MBA in 1990.
Greg Callaham Graphic Design wins five awards
For the 11th consecutive year, Greg Callaham Graphic Design has earned national recognition for creative excellence in advertising design. Callaham received five American Graphic Design Awards from Graphic Design USA, a national trade publication, for his work on behalf of AdWorks Outdoor Advertising, Explore Chattanooga, Hollywog, Lake Billboard and Sisson Outdoor Advertising.
Callaham’s award-winning billboard campaign for AdWorks Outdoor Advertising promoted the outdoor recreational activities near Poplar Bluff, Missouri, for the Poplar Bluff Chamber of Commerce. The ads featured a silhouette of people fishing from a boat on the lake at sunset and a canoe adventure by a father and daughter.
The logo for Explore Chattanooga was created at the request of a Chattanooga business that promotes local businesses to visitors in the Chattanooga area. The logo appears on printed materials offering important information and discounts to tourists to encourage them to visit area attractions and destinations. Arrowheads at the ends of certain straight lines in the letters indicate the variety of directions one can go to explore all Chattanooga has to offer.
Callaham’s design for the Lake Billboard logo uses a bold, strong font for the first word of the business name, a precise, geometric font for the second word, and stylized water graphics to complete the logo. The visual conveys power, integrity and longevity for the client’s business while paying homage to nearby Lake Erie.
“I’m grateful to the AGDA for the opportunity to shine a national spotlight on clients such as these who see the value in memorable advertising messages and brand identity,” Callaham said.
Greg Callaham Graphic Design is a Chattanooga graphic design studio offering print and digital creative for outdoor advertising to serve the medical and rehabilitation device industry, catalogs and product brochures, logo design and corporate identity packages, and a wide range of other advertising and marketing materials to the global marketplace.
Jerry WeaverJerry Weaver to head sales at McLemore Club
Jerry Weaver has been named director of sales for the newly opened McLemore Club located on Lookout Mountain.
Beginning his career as a sales manager based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Weaver grew the markets he served to produce over $21 million annually in just over seven years. During this time, he rose to become global account director with Starwood Hotels where he marketed more than 1,600 hotels.
Weaver said he is passionate about building experiences and marketing locales that are destination-driven.
“The property and course (at The McLemore Club) are extremely well-executed, the clubhouse is top-notch and we have the ability to provide an experience like no other in the region.” he said.
He added that while many people will be drawn to the club to play the nationally acclaimed “best finishing hole in golf,” many others will come to the area to enjoy the many other amenities that now includes fine dining.
“Because The Creag restaurant is now open to the public, we have a tremendous opportunity to introduce locals to a dining experience that is as unique as the view they will enjoy,” Weaver said.
McLemore President and CEO Duane Horton said Weaver’s diverse background in the hospitality industry makes him a perfect fit for McLemore “and we can’t wait to see where his leadership takes us.”
Weaver received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from California University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife are the parents of two grown daughters.
Dara CarrollDara Carroll named as Life Care’s director of public relations
Dara Carroll was recently named director of Life Care Centers of America’s public relations department.
Formerly the senior publications specialist for Life Care Centers, Carroll now leads a nationwide communications team for the nation’s biggest privately owned nursing home chain. In addition to contributing to the company’s fundraising and digital media efforts, she will oversee the production of corporate and facility marketing collateral, two magazines and direct mail recruitment. She will also play a key role in media and community relations.
“Dara is the perfect choice for this position,” said Leigh Atherton, senior vice president for corporate and community relations. “She is just the right combination of servant leader, mentor and editor. Dara is an advocate for our facility associates and residents and focuses on serving them through everything she does.”
Former Life Care President Beecher Hunter, who still consults with the company, said “there is no greater art in the world than communication – both on the personal and professional levels – and Dara is the consummate practitioner in her writing, speaking and teaching gifts.”
Carroll graduated from Lee College (now University) and earned a master’s in journalism with an emphasis in public relations from the University of Memphis.
Before joining Life Care as its coordinator of publications in 2007, Carroll was the editor for Church of God World Missions. Prior to that, she was the director of student services for Belhaven University in Memphis and then returned to Cleveland to serve in the admissions office and then as director of special academic projects at Lee University, where she also taught freshmen orientation and communication classes, including public speaking and media writing. She is a published author and has been a presenter at various events and conferences.
– Compiled By Brandi Dixon
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