Common House Chattanooga, a social club being developed in the former YMCA building on Chattanooga’s Southside, has hired Honor Hostetler as director of operations and Rob Praino as director of membership.
Hostetler, formerly director of partnerships at the Chattanooga Convention & Visitors Bureau, will build the local team and oversee all aspects of service, programs and events for the club. She has worked at the bureau and the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce for the past 11 years following her graduation from the University of Tennessee. She served as president of the Rotaract Club in 2017-2018.
Honor Hostetler / Contributed photo
Rob Praino / Contributed photoPrior to joining Common House, Praino represented Bahakel Radio Group for over 17 years as account manager and later senior account manager. After graduating from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Praino worked for WDEF/WDOD Radio as account executive and later moved over to LivingSocial. Praino has served numerous local nonprofits in various capacities, including chairing Hunter Underground 2020 and serving on the Board of Directors for the American Cancer Society.
The Common House is expected to open late this year and will eventually include a restaurant, hotel rooms and co-working and event space at 1517 Mitchell Avenue.
Besley, Morgan join Boys & Girls Clubs board
The Boys and Girls Club of Chattanooga has elected Montrell Besley and John “Jay” Morgan to its board
Besley is the director of community engagement at Chattanooga Preparatory School. In October 2014, he began his position as director of reviving baseball in inner cities at Boys and Girls Club of Middle Tennessee. As a Unit Director of Boys Girls Club of Chattanooga, he was responsible for designing and overseeing programs. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Health and Human Performance and Master’s degree in Public and Community Health from Austin Peay State University.
Morgan, founder of John Morgan, Attorney at Law, began his legal practice as an associate for Morgan and Garner in 1983. He is a member of the Chattanooga, Tennessee and American Bar Associations, American Trial Lawyers Association and a Barrister in the American Inns of Court. Morgan’s civic involvement includes the First-Centenary United Methodist Church, where he has served for many years as a Sunday school teacher and is a former Chairman of the Church Council. Morgan is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee law school.
“I am thrilled to partner with our new board members as we continue to grow our organization and empower the youth in our great city” said Jim Morgan, the club’s chief executive officer.
InfoSystems adds Tim Morton to IT staff
InfoSystems, a Chattanooga-based IT and cybersecurity company that celebrated its 25th year in business last year, has added IT veteran Tim Morton to its infrastructure engineering team as a senior solutions architect.
A Maryville College graduate, Morton has almost a decade-and-a-half of experience in the information technology space, including stops at Pilot Travel Centers as a programmer and analyst, LBMC Technology Solutions as a network engineer, and Sword & Shield Enterprise Security as an engineer and solutions architect.
“Tim brings a wealth of technical knowledge to InfoSystems,” said Fred Cobb, executive vice president of services and chief information security officer at InfoSystems. “His robust subject matter expertise includes, but is not limited to, network engineering, virtualization, Windows, Linux, server and networking hardware, firewalls, SQL, Microsoft Exchange/Office 365, Microsoft Azure, and much more.’
Scout Realtor Group adds Tyler Rogers as agent
Tyler Rogers, formerly a commercial real estate agent for KW Commercial in Chattanooga, has joined the Scout Realtor Group where he will serve all areas of the commercial real estate market.
Tyler Rogers / Contributed photoA graduate of the University of North Georgia, Rogers was formerly a project manager for Dare Remodeling LLC and lead carpenter for Lous Generations LLC. He is a board member on the North Chickamauga Creek Conservancy.
Acumen Wealth among ‘Gator100’
Acumen Wealth Advisors, LLC, the Chattanooga-based wealth management company started by University of Florida alumni Reese Veltenaar, has been named to the University of Florida’s “Gator100” for the second consecutive year.
The the Gator100 recognizes the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned or led by University of Florida alumni. Ernst & Young calculated each company’s compound annual growth rate over the past three years to generate the ranking.
Acumen Wealth Advisors was the only company in Tennessee to receive this honor and was ranked No. 89 with a three-year growth rate of 25.4%.
“It’s an honor to accept this recognition on behalf of our clients and employees. I’m humbled by the trust our clients place in us and our team’s dedication to help them invest intentionally.” said Veltenaar, managing partner for Acumen Wealth Advisors.
To qualify for the Gator100, companies must have been in business for five years or more and have had verifiable annual revenues of $250,000 or more every year.
Stavrum named to President’s Club
Art Stavrum, who represents the Ingersoll Rand air compressor group in Chattanooga and North Georgia, has been named a Presidents Club Award winner for his sales achievements with the Air Solutions division of Ingersoll Rand.
Art Stavrum / Contributed photoThe Presidents Club represents the top 10 sales professionals nationally in their respective division. This is the 11th time since the program was initiated in 1989 that Stavrum has made the club. Stavrum, has been selling air compressors for the firm in Chattanooga for 37 years.
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