Local Surgeon Elected to Medical Association Board

The Tennessee Medical Association elected vascular surgeon Dr. Hugh Francis III to serve a three-year term on its Board of Trustees. Francis previously served the Tennessee Medical Association as a member of the House of Delegates. He received a medical degree from Vanderbilt University and is currently in practice with Memphis Surgery and Vascular Associates PC.

Susan Ewing was appointed senior account supervisor at inferno. Prior to joining inferno, Ewing was vice president, account supervisor with Thompson & Company. In 2004, the Memphis Advertising Federation named her Account Executive of the Year and Ad Woman of the Year. She received bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Memphis.

Dr. Carl L. Sebelius Jr. was elected speaker of the Tennessee Dental Association House of Delegates. He has been practicing and teaching oral and maxillofacial surgery in Memphis for 38 years. He received a bachelors degree from Vanderbilt University and dental and specialty degrees from the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry.

Al Bright, an attorney with Butler, Snow, OMara, Stevens & Cannada PLLC, graduated from the 2004-05 Memphis Bar Associations Leadership Forum. The mission of the forum is to develop leadership skills and to empower attorneys to make greater contributions to the Memphis community and legal profession.

Julie G. Moss joined Husch & Eppenberger LLC as an associate attorney in the firms Insolvency Practice Group. Moss earned a bachelors degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and a law degree from the University of Memphis School of Law. She earned the CALI Excellence for the Future Award and the Deans Award for Academic Excellence.

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC announced that the following attorneys were ranked in the 2005 edition of Chambers USA: Americas Leading Lawyers for Business: Paul G. Jennings, James Cheek III, Howard H. Lamar III, Todd J. Rolapp, Bob F. Thompson, Mitchell Walker, Leigh Walton, Karen Ellis, Tim K. Garrett, William Ozier, W. Michael Milom, Lee Barfield II, Wallace W. Dietz, Dale Grimes, Nancy S. Jones, Overton Thompson III, Dewees Berry IV, Felix R. Dowsley III, Mark Sheets, John A. Stemmler and James S. Tate Jr.

Mitch Graves accepted the position of president for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Affiliated Services, a division of Methodist Healthcare. Graves has more than 20 years of operational leadership experience. He is a board member and serves as West Tennessee vice president for the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Crye-Leike, Realtors recognized the following sales associates and employees for 25 years of service: Dot Hairrell, Maxine Halford, Jim Kelsey and Dian Stanley. Recognized for 20 years were: Freeman Force, Lorraine Williams, Hank Hogue, Chastene Hughey, Mary Anne Callis, Evelyn Gregory, Dianne Hawkins, Myra Quinley, Betty Dunn, Carol Iverson, J. Gail Kapp and Ann McKee.

Crye-Leike, Realtors recognized the following sales associates and employees for 15 years of service with the company: Jim Crunk, Danny Freeman, Mike Horton, Debbie Lipsey, Bonnie Davis, Barbara Acree, Stuart Acree, Sheila Donaldson, Bernie Black-Garwood, Pam Phillips, Richard Travers, Fosta Brown, Sandra Carpenter, Connie Chambers, Peggy Coletta, Lisa Davis, Rick Deegler, Landis Foy, Gene French, Lynda Drake and Barbara Taylor.

Todd Photopulos, an attorney with Butler, Snow, OMara, Stevens & Cannada PLLC, was elected president of the Phoenix Club. The Phoenix Club is an independent, nonprofit organization comprised of young Memphians who are dedicated to raising funds to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis.