Nashville, Tenn. (July 27, 2022) — Centerstone, a national leader in behavioral health and addiction services, has promoted Carol Bean to chief financial officer effective August 1, 2022. Bean joined the long-established nonprofit in 2014 and most recently served as vice president of finance and assistant treasurer. As chief financial officer, she will manage Centerstone’s revenues of more than $295 million and lead a finance team of 225 professionals, including those working in financial planning and analysis, accounts payable, accounts receivable, procurement, and payroll. Bean will also work alongside Centerstone’s chief information officer to have oversight of the organization’s robust…
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By David J. Ferreira And Chris Sinacola President Biden is currently weighing a massive cancellation of federal student loan debt. It’s easy to see why. The nation’s total student debt load now exceeds $1.7 trillion. The situation is even worse given that many student debt holders leave school without a degree – yet must still struggle for years to pay back their loans. Moreover, it’s far from clear whether all this spending on higher education is providing our economy with the workers it needs. Even as the number of Americans with a college degree has risen, a range of vital…
NASHVILLE, TN—On Saturday, July 23, 2022, NashvilleSites.org launched its thirddriving tour entitled “Civil Rights Movement.” This driving tour includes sites like the sit-ins on Fifth Avenue (now Rep. John Lewis Way), the beginning of schooldesegregation at East Nashville High School, the bombing of lawyer Z. AlexanderLooby’s house, and the site of the Centennial Park Swimming Pool. The tourexperience can be customized—visit one or all the tour stops in any order. Take thetour in-person by driving to nearby locations or visit virtually using any device. Eachstop has audio narration, a map, and historic images. Click here to get started:www.nashvillesites.org/tours/civil-rights-movement.The Civil Rights…
Rob Taylor Jr. – Courier Staff Writer The tech field, which was, a decade ago, overwhelmingly White, is becoming more diverse. But only at a snail’s pace. According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates and the U.S. Equal Economic Opportunity Commission’s Diversity in Tech Report from 2019, African Americans now account for seven percent of all employees in the tech field. Years prior, it was even less. But in Pittsburgh, there are African Americans in the tech field trying to get more of their people through the hard-to-break doors. Lindsay Powell is the latest. Powell, a 2019 New Pittsburgh Courier “Fab…
Dunkin’® Iced Coffee Day raises $1.8 Million nationwide to support children’s hospitals through the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation® NASHVILLE, TN (July 8, 2022) – This past May, the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation® called on America to sip from their hearts on Dunkin’® Iced Coffee Day and help bring joy to kids in local hospitals across the country. Today, Dunkin’ of Nashville proudly presented Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt with a check for $10,000 through the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation. Thanks to support from guests nationwide, Dunkin’ Iced Coffee Day collectively raised $1.8 Million to support kids in children’s hospitals throughout the…
By Thomas L. Knapp Near the end of July, Andrew Yang — whose previous political projects include an unsuccessful run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, an unsuccessful run for the 2021 Democratic mayoral nomination in New York City, and what initially looked likely to be an unsuccessful new “third party,” the Forward Party — announced a re-launch of that last effort. While it’s still called the Forward Party, Yang’s vehicle is merging with two other (also previously unsuccessful) “third party” efforts, the “Renew America Movement” (co-founded by Christine Todd Whitman, former Republican governor of New Jersey, who will co-chair…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Count on Bishop Ed Stephens Jr. to always come with something fresh. Always. “I believe in the principle of neuroplasticity,” said Stephens, the senior pastor at Golden Gate Cathedral for the past three decades. “It works with these children.” He’s talking about stretching the minds of children, really young ones, preschool-age kids. “PreK is the way to really dive in and move the needle,” Stephens said. “It will begin to give — particularly children who are Black and Brown children — it will begin to give them a level field to play, ‘Because I can read!'” For…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – The Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, through its partnership with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has teamed up to create the inaugural Motorsports Art Auction to benefit the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Beginning today, featured paintings from seven talented and diverse artists focused on the motorsports community can be acquired through this very unique and worthy auction. The digital online art auction will run through Sunday, Aug. 7 – the final day of the three-day Big Machine Music City Grand Prix in downtown Nashville – with all of the proceeds going directly to the Children’s Hospital. The…
Shelby County, Tenn. – In May of 2022, Shelby County Trustee Regina Morrison Newman was named West Tennessee Trustee of the Year at the Tennessee County Trustees Association (TCTA) Conference. The 2022 TCTA Conference was held in Obion County, Tennessee, and hosted by TCTA President Marci Floyd, Weakley County Trustee. The TCTA is made up of all 95 counties in the state. This yearly event is five days long and includes business and committee meetings, continuing education sessions and more. Annually, the Trustees in attendance select a Trustee of the Year for the West, Middle, and East Grand Divisions. Newman…
NASHVILLE , TN — The Metro Hospital Authority Board welcomes new board leadership as Nashville General Hospital begins its fiscal year in 2023. Mr. Richard Manson, President of Sourcemark, LLC, and founder of the law firm Manson, Johnson, & Conner, was elected board chair. “I am privileged to serve as chair of this dedicated and talented group,” said Mr. Manson. “We, as a board, are at a pivotal time, embarking on the possibility of a new Nashville General Hospital that will serve our community and its mission to provide equitable access to patient-centered care. I am honored to serve as chair…