Leticia “Tish” Towns, senior vice president of external relations for the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, has been named to the Southern College of Optometry board of trustees. Among her duties at The MED, Towns oversees the development of the hospital’s strategic plan and manages marketing and communications, community engagement, the Traumatic Brain Injury program, government relations and pastoral care.

2. Survival of the Fittest - Friday, April 17, 2009

Conventional wisdom has long held that whenever economic troubles arise, companies should quickly slash their advertising and marketing budgets, allowing them to weather whatever storm is raging.

Not surprisingly, plenty of Memphis-area businesses have honored that adage by shelving their rebranding campaigns or reducing their media buys. Even FedEx Corp. broke a 12-year tradition by refusing to advertise during the Super Bowl because of the dreary economic climate.

3. Program Works to Untwist Relationship Wreckage - Friday, June 15, 2007

A former boss of mine always used to say, "Relationships are everything."

She's right. They are.

If there's one thing I've learned in life - usually the hard way - you can try to be as intelligent as Albert Einstein, as wealthy as Donald Trump, as self-righteous as a televangelist or as fetching as Christie Brinkley, but if you don't make an effort to relate well to others, you're sunk.

4. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, May 19, 2004
GLANKLER BROWN ATTORNEYS SOME OF THE BEST IN AMERICA

VA Researcher Awarded for Scientific Achievement

Dr. Andrew H. Kang was presented the William S. Middleton Award, the Department of Veterans Affairs most prestigious award for scientific ach...

5. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, April 08, 1998
J J. Russell Phillips Jr. has joined Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC as an associate. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner at Carpenter and Phillips in Macon, Ga. He received his bachelors degree from the University of Mississippi and his la...