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2011 NELAs Finalists
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and YP Nashville are proud to recognize the finalists for the 2011 Nashville Emerging Leader Awards.
Architecture, Engineering and Construction
Dominique Gobbell Arrieta, Gobbell Hays Partners, Inc.
Gary Gaston, Nashville Civic Design Center
Holly Meadows Baird, Powell Design + Construction Studios
Ryan Peebles, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. Middle Tennessee Chapter
Carrie Little Stokes, Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon, Inc.
Arts, Entertainment and Music Business
Marcie Allen, MAC Presents
Katherine Beakes, Universal Music Group
Raffaella Braun, Creative Artists Agency
Justin Levenson, SESAC
Jason Oschwald, Feld Entertainment
Business Services
Jeff Gowdy, J. Gowdy Consulting - Profitable Sustainability Solutions
Ryan M. Moses, Best Brands, Inc.
William Paddock, WAP Sustainability Consulting
Jessika Leigh Poirier, Vaco
Rebecca L. Wilson, Julep Magazine
Community Service and Nonprofit
Cindy Comperry, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
Heather Langford, Urban Green Lab
Kent Miller, The Martha O'Bryan Center
George Thomas, Education Equal Opportunity Group, Inc.
Brian N. Williams, Hands On Nashville
Education
Allison Burgess Duke, Lipscomb University
John Lowry, Lipscomb University
M. Nia Madison, Meharry Medical College
Chelsea Parker, Metro Nashville Public Schools
Christopher Rowe, Vanderbilt University School of Engineering
Financial Services
Sam Davis, TBH Global Asset Management
Patricia L. King, Avondale Partners, LLC
Lane Newell Rhodes, Fifth Third Bank
Santi Tefel, Avenue Bank
Michael D. Williams, Jr., Reliant Bank
Government and Public Affairs
Margaret Holleman, Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority
Matt Largen, Williamson County Office of Economic Development
Michael Skipper, Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
Peter Westerholm, State of TN, Department of Finance and Administration
Ellen Zinkiewicz, Nashville Career Advancement Center
Hospitality and Tourism
Jennifer Friz, Radisson Hotel at Opryland/Gaylord Entertainment
Yolanda Harris-Jackson, Relache Spa at Gaylord Opryland Resort
Charlotte Siegel, Holiday Inn Vanderbilt
Phillip Shmerling, Choice Food Group
Randy Vaughn, Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center
Human Resources
Aimee Hull, Education Networks of America
Matt Lowney, DaVita, Inc.
Christy M. Pruitt-Haynes, CORE Consulting
Shannon Van Curen, IT Rockstars by Encor
Lamar Wade, Dell, Inc.
Legal Services
Rachel L. Bell, Bell & Kinslow, PLLC
Matt Curley, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Kolin B. Holladay, Adams and Reese LLP
Brad Lampley, Adams and Reese LLP
Matt Potempa, Law Office of Matt Potempa, PLLC
Medical and Health Care Services
Natasha Halasa, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Candice Haynes, BioHorizons, Inc.
Scott Kunkel, Specialty Surgical Instrumentation
Elizabeth Calhoun Swarr, Vanderbilt Center for Better Health
Morgan Wright, Baptist Hospital
Public Relations, Advertising and Marketing
Neely Burks, SourceYourCity
Trey Campbell, Southwestern Company
Alice Chapman, McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations
Mary Beth Ikard, Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
Rusty Powell, Servpro of Belle Meade/West Nashville
Real Estate Services
Christy Campbell, York Companies
Brian Copeland, Village Real Estate Services
Robby Davis, Cassidy Turley
Shay Gresham Howard, Zeitlin & Co. Realtors
Andrew Terrell, Pilkerton Realtors
Technology
Jacob Arthur, FDH Consulting
Kyle W. Duke, HealthSpring
Carolyn Loudenslager, Dell, Inc.
Jenny Milose, Dell, Inc.
Sal Novin, Healthcare Productivity Automation
Upcoming NELAs Events:
NELAs Ceremony and After-Party - Thursday, July 28
These finalists represent young professionals in 14 industry classifications who are excelling in their careers and making a difference in the Nashville community. All finalists will be recognized at the NELAs ceremony on Thursday, July 28, at Lipscomb University. The event will be followed by an after-party at Mere Bulles. Click here for more information about the event.
