Who’s making career moves in the Chattanooga-area business community?

Katie Harbison is promoted to president/CEO for the Chambliss Center for Children over a five-year succession plan. Harbison is a 16-year employee with Chambliss Center for Children, becomes President/CEO on Nov, 12, overseeing the organization and its partner agencies’ $10 million budget and more than 300 employees. During the planned five-year transition, Harbison worked alongside Acord as Vice President and then President of Chambliss Center for Children. Harbison, a native of Chattanooga, attended the Baylor School and earned her Bachelor and Master degrees from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She is a graduate of Leadership Chattanooga; a past Board member and Board President of both Youth Leadership Chattanooga and the local chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals; a member of the Downtown Chattanooga Rotary Club; and recently served on the State of Tennessee’s Child Well-being Task Force. Harbison currently serves as the co-chairman of the local Early Matters Coalition and is involved in both the child welfare system and the early childhood education arena.

Becky Carroll is promoted to vice president of strategy as well as to the role of assistant administrator for Parkridge Health System. Carroll began her HCA Healthcare career as a manager with HCA Healthcare Physicians Services where she transitioned to a hospital role as director of surgical sales. In 2013, she was named vice president of development where she led business and strategy planning for the system. Carroll recently assumed additional leadership roles in Parkridge Health System’s wound care, sleep medicine, inpatient/outpatient respiratory therapy service lines and the physician and provider relations team. During the COVID pandemic, she developed and managed the patient safety screener program and assumed responsibility for EMS relationships and hospital security functions.

Doug Brewer, MD, FASCRS, MSc, CPE, is named senior vice president and chief medical officer for Erlanger Health System. As CMO of Erlanger Medical Group, Brewer works in partnership with leadership to advance the interests of employed physicians, advanced practice providers, specialty services and outpatient clinics. Brewer graduated with honors from the Medical College of Georgia in 1987, after which he completed a general surgery residency at the University of Louisville. He then served a one-year research and clinical senior registrar fellowship at the University of Sydney with a dual role of clinical colorectal work and molecular genetic colorectal cancer research.

Carol W. Keur, a litigation paralegal for the last six years working in employment, disability, automobile liability, workers’ compensation and personal injury, joins the Chattanooga law firm of Grant, Konvalinka and Harrison, P.C. Keur started her legal career as a runner with the Fleissner Firm in 2000. She also brings 15 years of corporate experience from Unum and BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. While in the corporate sector, Keur gained extensive knowledge in insurance and defense of the same. In addition, she gained legal assistant, intellectual property, branding and contract experience while at BlueCross. Most recently, Keur worked at Luther-Anderson prior to joining GKH.

Kirby Yost is the new section chairwoman for the real estate practice group, Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C., which advises local, regional and national clients on all aspects of commercial transactions and developments. Yost follows Michael Stewart, who served as section chairman for several years. Since joining Chambliss in 2011, Yost has been a member of the real estate and business sections and has played a critical role in bringing on new business for the firm. She often assists owners and developers of all sizes on real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions and financing, retail and office leasing and advising on land use, zoning and other real property matters. She also works with various regional and national businesses on general business matters.