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YP Nashville - Partners of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

ACCE 2009 Chamber of the Year


Presenting Sponsor:
Lipscomb College of Business

Media Partner:
Tennessean Media Group

Associate Sponsor:
Mere Bulles

Supporting Sponsor:
Tractor Supply


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The NELAs

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2010 NELA Finalists

The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and YP Nashville are proud to announce the finalists for the 2010 Nashville Emerging Leader Awards (NELAs).

Architecture, Engineering & Construction
David Chase, D.F. Chase Inc. Construction
Julia Doolittle, Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
Richard Perko, Lee Company
Carrie Little Stokes, Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon, Inc.
Edward Wansing, Architectural Energy Corporation

Arts, Entertainment & Music Business
Katherine Beakes, Universal Music Group
Katy Brown, Musicians On Call (MOC)
Lucia E. Folk, CMT
Genevieve Jewell, Borman Entertainment
Justin Levenson, SESAC

Business Services
Neal Campbell, NovaCopy
Justin D. Crosslin, Crosslin & Associates, PC
Rachel Hawtrey, Asurion Insurance Services
Amy Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta - Nashville Branch
Trenton D. Watrous, Whisenant, Stewart, Watrous, & Associates, PLLC

Community Service & Nonprofit
Natalie Corwin, New Leash on Life
Tasha Kennard, Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee
Justin Owen, Tennessee Center for Policy Research
Brooke Reusch, Father Ryan High School
Chatiqua M. Vaughn, Hope Empowerment Center

Education
Allison Burgess Duke, Lipscomb University
Jeff Gowdy, J. Gowdy Consulting
LaTishia Jordan, Micheaux's Learning Center
Jill Robinson, The Scarlett Leadership Institute at Belmont University
Angela M. Vaughn, Ross Elementary School

Financial Services
Sam Davis, TBH Global Asset Management
Eric Jans, Eric Jans Insurance Agency
Raj K. Patnaik, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Brian R. Shaw, Jr., Reliant Bank
Ned Spitzer, First Tennessee Bank

Government & Public Affairs
Jennifer Hagan-Dier, State of Tennessee, Department of Revenue
Sara Jo Houghland, State of Tennessee, Department of Revenue
John Howard, Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority
Chris Hughes, Sumner County
Ellen Zinkiewicz, Nashville Career Advancement Center

Hospitality & Tourism
Dave Herrell, Nashville Sports Council and Music City Bowl, Inc.
David Norman, Chartwell Hospitality
Caroline Dawson Smith, Tennessee Hospitality Association
Casey Taker, Anytakers? Sports and Entertainment
Randy Vaughn, Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center

Human Resources
Tiffany Coursey, Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon
Joanna Lauer, Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center
Matt Lowney, DaVita
Dana Mastropieri, Hospice Compassus
Martin Plumlee, Accounting Principals / Parker & Lynch

Legal Services
Rachel L. Bell, Bell & Kinslow, PLLC and Pinnacle Title & Escrow, LLC
Sam Funk, Sherrard & Roe, PLC
Matt Potempa, Law Office of Matt Potempa, PLLC
Chris Sloan, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP
Brooks Smith, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP

Medical & Health Care Services
Brian Carlson, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Natasha Halasa, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Justin W. Lanning, CredenceHealth, Inc.
Elizabeth Calhoun Swarr, Vanderbilt Center for Better Health
Michael Dale Warren, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Public Relations, Advertising & Marketing
Jenny Barker, Centennial Medical Center
Merry Beth Cornelius, HealthSpring
Whitney-Faith Crisp, myEZdeal
Kearstin Patterson, BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc.
Kerry Price, Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C.

Real Estate Services
Josh Anderson, Keller Williams Realty
Jessica Averbuch, Zeitlin & Co. Realtors
Jarratt Bell, The Bell Group at Fridrich and Clark
Greg Coleman, Cassidy Turley
Shay Gresham Howard, Zeitlin & Co. Realtors

Technology
Jacob Arthur, Frasier, Dean & Howard
Mark Burnette, MainNerve, Inc.
Carolyn Loudenslager, Dell, Inc.
Matt Snyder, Dell, Inc.
Brooke Wofford, Virtual Clinical Solutions