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- Slingshot Memphis identified Agape Child & Family Services as a high impact poverty-fighting nonprofit, citing the organization’s two-generation work targeting both parents and children in neighborhoods like Hickory Hill, Whitehaven, and Frayser.- Ormonde Landry Payne (pictured) joined Adelman Law Firm as a senior associate.- Joshua N. Corman has joined the law firm of Shea Moskovitz & McGhee as attorney.- Al Bright has joined Bass, Berry & Sims in Memphis as a member of its Corporate & Securities Practice Group. Prior to joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Bright was a partner in the Memphis office of Waller, Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP.- Playhouse on the Square's 2019 NewWorks@TheWorks Playwriting Competition announced this year’s finalists: Ivanka vs Reality by Lucy Wright and William Downs; A Story About A Girl by Jacquelyn Reingold; Seeing Eye by Nick Malakhow; The Goodbye Levee by Mike Solomonson; Stacks by Anthony Toohey; Tweet by Charles Zito.POWER PLAYER
Inside Memphis Business magazine publishes a list of local Power Players every year. These are the movers and shakers in more than 30 categories who get things done in their respective fields. IMB’s April issue has the complete list. We also publish individual categories in other issues throughout the year, and we feature individual Power Players in our weekly Tip Sheet.This week’s Power Player is Mark Forrester, CEO, Regions Insurance of Tennessee. B.B.A., Insurance and Risk Management, U of M. Responsible for company operations in Memphis and Nashville with focus on property, casualty, employee benefits, executive life, HR, risk management consulting. Senior vice president, Regions Insurance Group. Former president, Insurors of Memphis, Greater Memphis Insurance Council. Former state director, Insurors of Tennessee. National Advisory Board member, AIG, Zurich Insurance.For the complete list of Inside Memphis Business Power Players, go here.QUOTABLE“To the extent that the problems are informed by data and the better access people have to the data, the more willing they are to step up and get involved: volunteer, or write a check, or serve on a board. Data informs everything, directly or indirectly.“—Community Foundation of Greater Memphis CEO Bob Fockler on CFGM's new website livegivemidsouth.org. Read about it here.
- Slingshot Memphis identified Agape Child & Family Services as a high impact poverty-fighting nonprofit, citing the organization’s two-generation work targeting both parents and children in neighborhoods like Hickory Hill, Whitehaven, and Frayser.- Ormonde Landry Payne (pictured) joined Adelman Law Firm as a senior associate.- Joshua N. Corman has joined the law firm of Shea Moskovitz & McGhee as attorney.- Al Bright has joined Bass, Berry & Sims in Memphis as a member of its Corporate & Securities Practice Group. Prior to joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Bright was a partner in the Memphis office of Waller, Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP.- Playhouse on the Square's 2019 NewWorks@TheWorks Playwriting Competition announced this year’s finalists: Ivanka vs Reality by Lucy Wright and William Downs; A Story About A Girl by Jacquelyn Reingold; Seeing Eye by Nick Malakhow; The Goodbye Levee by Mike Solomonson; Stacks by Anthony Toohey; Tweet by Charles Zito.POWER PLAYERInside Memphis Business magazine publishes a list of local Power Players every year. These are the movers and shakers in more than 30 categories who get things done in their respective fields. IMB’s April issue has the complete list. We also publish individual categories in other issues throughout the year, and we feature individual Power Players in our weekly Tip Sheet.This week’s Power Player is Mark Forrester, CEO, Regions Insurance of Tennessee. B.B.A., Insurance and Risk Management, U of M. Responsible for company operations in Memphis and Nashville with focus on property, casualty, employee benefits, executive life, HR, risk management consulting. Senior vice president, Regions Insurance Group. Former president, Insurors of Memphis, Greater Memphis Insurance Council. Former state director, Insurors of Tennessee. National Advisory Board member, AIG, Zurich Insurance.For the complete list of Inside Memphis Business Power Players, go here.QUOTABLE“To the extent that the problems are informed by data and the better access people have to the data, the more willing they are to step up and get involved: volunteer, or write a check, or serve on a board. Data informs everything, directly or indirectly.“—Community Foundation of Greater Memphis CEO Bob Fockler on CFGM's new website livegivemidsouth.org. Read about it here. 
