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Gaylord's magic partner

Dallas Morning News columnist Cheryl Hall profiles CorporateMagic Inc. boss Jim Kirk — aka Captain Kirk — who co-owns the $20 million event staging company with Gaylord Entertainment.

"The challenge with Jim is containment," says Bill Lively, who hired CorporateMagic to produce all the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee events. "He's got enormous, wonderful, distinctive ideas – that are also expensive. The problem is synthesizing Jim's 4 billion brilliant ideas into one model that's workable for your project that you can afford. If you can do that, you're in great shape."

Aug 31, 2009 11:41 AM

Regions credit exec jumps to First Tennessee

New senior VP also spent more than two decades at BofA

Aug 31, 2009 11:31 AM

Former Avondale analyst named CCA treasurer

Promotion comes two years after joining prison manager

Aug 31, 2009 9:31 AM

Executive Appointments: 31 August 2009

A first marketing chief at Gullett Sanford, a shared services SVP at Genesco, and more... [From our print edition featured in Monday's City Paper]

Aug 30, 2009 9:58 PM

First Tennessee shuffling leadership

Josh Flory checks in with some interesting management news from First Tennessee. The bank has lured King Purnell, a former SunTrust regional president, to lead its commercial real estate line of business statewide, a new approach that bank leaders say complements the market-based org chart the bank has long used.

"We'll have very focused attention on (each) line of business," [Charles Burkett] said. "These are the businesses that we want to be in, that we want to grow, we want to support, and it gets our people servicing customers in those segments with additional focus on it."

SEE ALSO: Naomi Snyder with the corresponding Nashville news that ends up with Mike Edwards in Memphis and Doyle Rippee in charge of Middle Tennessee.

Aug 28, 2009 11:54 AM

New leader for anti-smoking group

The Campaign for a Healthy and Responsible Tennessee has hired grassroots campaign manager Shelley Courington to be its executive director. She comes to CHART from the American Cancer Society of Middle Tennessee, where she spent five years, most recently serving as the division grassroots director.

Aug 28, 2009 6:52 AM

Delek finds new CFO

Veteran refining exec to start next month

Aug 27, 2009 11:32 PM

First Horizon Insurance names new president

Replaces recently departed George Anderson

Aug 27, 2009 2:06 PM

New director of commencement at Vanderbilt

Gaylord events planner makes move to West End

Aug 27, 2009 1:57 PM

Leadership Health Care sets '09-'10 board

The organization that seeks to unite the next generation of Nashville health care leaders has put together its leadership team for the coming year. Bo Bartholomew, president and CEO of PharmMD, is chairman for 2009-2010, while Melissa Waddey, COO of Summit Medical Center, is vice chair. The remainder of the board includes: • Clint Adams, chief accounting officer, Ardent Health Services • Kelvin Ault, vice president of tax, Vanguard Health Systems • Chris Bangerter, corporate compliance officer, LifePoint Hospitals • Laura Beth Brown, president, Vanderbilt Home Care Services • Molly Cate, partner, Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock • Sarah Cook, director of account management, Healthways • Leon Dowling, founder and CEO, IMI Health • Ryan Doyle, manager of business development, Health Care REIT • Jim Kinser, regional director of provider networks, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee • James Lakes, senior industry solutions strategist, Healthcare Providers, Microsoft • Ken Marlow, partner, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis • Kearstin Patterson, director of corporate communications, BioMimetic Therapeutics • Steve Verner, associate, Gresham Smith & Partners. Paul Asper, a student in the Healthcare MBA Program at the Vanderbilt Owen School of Management, also joins the group in a one-year student board seat.

Aug 27, 2009 8:40 AM