Susan Fentress

Paula Dycus

Jim Summers

Christopher Schnee

Patty Rainey

Crye-Leike Realtors broker Patty Rainey has been chosen as president-elect of the Tennessee Women's Council of Realtors.

Rainey is a member of the Memphis Area, Northwest Mississippi, Tennessee and National Associations of Realtors. She is in the Multi-Million Dollar Club and MAARket Master Toastmasters, and in 2006, she served as the president of the local Certified Residential Specialists chapter.

Susan Fentress has joined the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC. Fentress practices in the area of patent law. She has extensive experience in the preparation and prosecution of chemical and biotech patent applications. She is a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Intellectual Property Law Association East Asian Committee.

Dr. Merrill Wise, a sleep neurologist with Methodist Healthcare Sleep Disorders Center, has been chosen for inclusion in the Best Doctors in America 2007-2008 database. Doctors who receive this honor are chosen by their peers.

Jim Summers, Richard Allen and Robert Green, all attorneys with Allen, Summers, Simpson, Lillie & Gresham PLLC, have been selected as Memphis Area Super Lawyers for 2008. Summers practices in construction litigation; Allen concentrates on employment and labor; and Green practices in civil litigation defense.

Signature Advertising & Marketing Solutions has received three national Service Industry Advertising Awards. A print ad for FedEx received the gold award in the SIAA Single Magazine Ad-Transportation category; a communications video for FedEx's Inside and Field Sales group won the gold award in the Employee Communications Program-Transportation division; and Signature's Web site scored a Merit Award in the Web site-Professional Services category.

Dr. Lupo T. Carlota, an acupuncture specialist at the Acupuncture Medical Center, has been appointed to the National Advisory Council on Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health. Carlota is the president and founder of the Medical Acupuncture Research Institute of America, and he also developed the Meridian Regulatory Acupuncture System of Therapy, a simplified and scientific approach to acupuncture.

Netisha Burnett has been promoted to manager of program services for Girls Inc. of Memphis. Previously, Burnett was the program services administrative assistant and program specialist. She has been with the nonprofit organization for more than two years.

Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center has hired several new staff members. Paula Dycus has been named director of clinical programs. She previously worked at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as the practice coordinator for patient care services. Tom Matisko is the director of facilities. Matisko has more than 30 years of health care facilities services management experience. Geri Skelley is the hospital's new administrative director of ambulatory care. Skelley previously was the director of radiology. And Elesia Turner has been named director of risk management, and also serves as the hospital's clinical safety officer.

Christopher A. Schnee has been named vice president of global marketing at Luminetx Corp. Schnee has more than 12 years of experience in medical imaging and capital equipment. He will lead Luminetx's product development, strategic brand and customer-focused marketing directives. Previously, Schnee worked as the director of marketing for Austin, Texas-based Healthtronics, a provider of urological services and products.