Memphis People in Business: March 30, 2023

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Here’s a look at promotions, hirings, movers and newsmakers in the Memphis area business scene:

Local marketing firm Campfire Collective promoted team member Ariana Geneva to full-time Team Wayfinder. She will oversee all project management and public relations for the firm and its clients. Additionally, her role includes providing support for onboarding new Campfire Collective clients and event coverage for existing accounts. Geneva joined Campfire Collective in March 2022, providing administrative support and assistance with marketing responsibilities for client campaigns.

The Memphis Medical District Collaborative recently announced the promotions of two of its staff members. Rhonda Brown, program manager for Economic Development, leads business recruitment and retention for the Medical District and MMDC’s Buy Local program. Her expertise is in corporate America and local city government, which includes economic and business development, franchising, business lending, government contracting and being a small business owner. Haley Gentner, program coordinator of Communications and Engagement, also supports fundraising efforts. Gentner joined MMDC team in 2021. She previously worked for River City Company, an economic development nonprofit for Downtown Chattanooga, and the University of Memphis’ Crews Center for Entrepreneurship in program coordination, event planning and digital marketing.

The Associated Colleges of the South has announced that Eric Henager, associate professor of Spanish at Rhodes College, is one of 10 academic leadership fellows, following a competitive selection process among ACS member institutions. The ACS Mellon Academic Leadership Fellows program, supported by a $1.5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is aimed at providing leadership experiences to a diverse cohort of humanities faculty members. Henager has taught at Rhodes since 1995. He serves as a first-year faculty mentor and a member of the Faculty Leadership Institute.

NOTEWORTHY

For the 37th year, Memphis and Shelby County women were honored for change-making leadership at the annual Women of Achievement awards and celebration of March as National Women’s History Month. Eight local women were recognized March 27 in a ceremony at First Congregational Church. Nominations were received from across the community.

The Women of Achievement honorees for 2023 are:

  • Courage — Anne Stone Carriere, first female priest to serve the Episcopal Church as rector in the Diocese of West Tennessee;
  • Determination — Barbara Boucher, organizer of multi-church gleaning and feeding programs;
  • Heritage — Elizabeth Fisher Johnson and Lillian Wyckoff Johnson, mother-daughter activists for women’s safety, education and paid work;
  • Heroism — Jennifer Pepper, president and CEO of CHOICES Center for Reproductive Health;
  • Initiative — Melanie Smith Taylor, Olympic gold medalist and equestrian sport commentator;
  • Steadfastness — Beverly Robertson, former president of the National Civil Rights Museum and first Black chief executive of the Greater Memphis Chamber;
  • Vision — Lori Spicer Robertson, founder of Wundher, an experiential production company designed to connect women and mothers to their joy.

Compiled by Daniel Ginsburg

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