NASHVILLE, TN — On Tuesday December 11, 2018, Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos named Malcolm Turner, a proven and highly accomplished sports business executive with a passion for the transformative power of education, as the university’s new vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletics director. Turner, a member of the NBA’s senior leadership team and president of the NBA G League, will join the university on Feb. 1, 2019. “I set out to find a thought leader with the skill set and vision to manage the next stage of transformation for Vanderbilt Athletics, and that’s exactly what…
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By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Better watch out, you better not cry. Amazon is coming to town. Affordable housing advocates wonder where they will be sleeping when it does. About fifty people gathered at the downtown YMCA Tuesday night to let city leaders know Jeff Bezos doesn’t need a $17.5 million handout from Nashville taxpayers. He’s worth $112 billion already. Bezos is Amazon’s founder and the richest man on earth. Total incentives from the city and state, including tax breaks and cash for 5,000 new jobs amounts to over $100 million. Those incentives sweetened the deal for Bezos to…
NASHVILLE, TN — Belmont University offers one of the best programs for students aspiring to launch their own businesses according to The Princeton Review. The education services company named the school No. 24 on its list of “Top 25 Undergraduate Schools for Entrepreneurship of 2019.” Belmont represented the only school in Tennessee, and one of only three colleges in the Southeast, to be named to the list. Dr. Pat Raines, dean of Belmont’s Jack C. Massey College of Business, said, “For Belmont’s program to be listed among the top entrepreneurship programs in the country is outstanding, and the fact that…
By Teddy Grant HOUSTON, TX — For the first time, a Black woman was named deputy director at NASA’s Johnson Space Center recently, the Houston Chronicle reports. Vanessa Wyche, 54, who has spent almost 30 years with the space agency, will be the second in command at the Houston facility where 10,000 civil service and contract workers are employed. She is the first African American to hold the position. The Johnson Space Center is one of NASA’s biggest locations and is run by Mark Geyer, per reports. “I am incredibly humbled to take on this role at JSC, and also…
NASHVILLE, TN — Mayor David Briley has named former Judge Patricia Cottrell to be Metro’s first-ever Chief Compliance Officer, a position that will be housed within the Mayor’s Office. The Mayor is charging Judge Cottrell with three main tasks: 1. Overseeing a comprehensive review of the regulations governing ethics in the City’s procurement processes and compliance with those regulations 2. Reviewing the City’s ethics ordinance and regulations and their enforcement as well as employee and contractor training in regards to both 3. Recommending steps necessary to institutionalize the role of the Chief Compliance Officer going forward “Judge Patricia Cottrell is…
NASHVILLE, TN — Marlene Eskind Moses, an internationally recognized family law expert and founding manager of MTR Family Law, PLLC, has been named to the Top 50 Women and the Top 100 Tennessee Lawyers lists in the 2018 edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers. Each year, no more than five percent of lawyers in each state are selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers. Moses is President-Elect of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL), and is Past President of the International Academy of Family Lawyers USA Chapter. She is a past-president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and was…
NASHVILLE, TN — Programs, workshops and educational events are just some of the ways the Music City Center is providing Diverse Business Enterprises opportunities to grow their businesses. Through its Diversity Business Enterprise Program, businesses are offered various networking and procurement opportunities throughout the year. Proposal 101 Workshop launched this year, providing attendees with procurement tips and resources from local and federal entities. “My business was not only impacted by the presenter and her professionalism but the other attendees also. I gained two opportunities just at my table. The workshop was truly an asset to the community of small businesses,”…
NASHVILLE, TN — Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) announces the seven new schools – five in Nashville and two in Bedford County – selected to participate in the 2018-19 Disney Musicals in Schools program, an initiative developed by Disney Theatrical Productions to create sustainable theater programs in under-resourced elementary schools. For the first time, the after-school theater program is expanding beyond Metro Nashville Public Schools to serve students and educators in rural Tennessee communities. Eakin Elementary School and Learning Way Elementary School, both in Shelbyville, have been selected to launch the outreach initiative in Bedford County Schools, funded by a…
By Sentinel News Service Sports Academy and NBA legend Kobe Bryant announced a new joint business venture in holistic athletic training, including Sports Academy’s re-branding to MAMBA Sports Academy. MAMBA Sports Academy will provide effective, safe and transparent overall human performance training to develop athletes to the peak of their potential. The Academy enlists diverse experts to support youth, amateur and elite athletes with a full-circle approach including body, performance and mind training. MAMBA Sports Academy operates three distinct business units; physical training academies, a sports focused venture lab, and a charitable foundation, called the MAMBA Sports Foundation. “Sports Academy…
By Defender News Service Rice University hosted a rare conversation with former President Barack Obama. The 44th president was in town recently to take part in a conversation at Rice University with former Secretary of State and Baker Institute Honorary Chair James Baker. That conversation was moderated by historian Jon Meacham. The trio covered a wide range of topics, from foreign policy to partisan politics. Obama said he believes the media is playing a role in today’s acrid political environment. “Whether it was Cronkite, Brinkley, or what have you, there was a common set of facts, a baseline around which…