Joanna Curtis

Dr. Mary Miller

Patrick T. Burnett

Daphene McFerren

Kevin M. Spiegel

Kevin M. Spiegel Friday will begin work as chief executive officer and administrator of Methodist University Hospital.

Spiegel is board-certified in health care administration and is a fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives. He previously served as president and chief operating officer of Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren, Ohio.

Laura Hendricks has joined The ServiceMaster Co. as president of Merry Maids. Hendricks previously served as the vice president of supply chain management at Cintas in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she received Cintas' Outstanding Achievement Award for three consecutive years.

Michelle Harper has joined Paragon National Bank as vice president of mortgage banking operations. Harper has 24 years of mortgage banking experience.

Ashley Fairey has joined Paragon National Bank as a business development officer. Fairey comes to Paragon with several years of banking experience, including experience as a top-performing relationship and branch manager.

Daphene R. McFerren has been appointed director of the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis. Previously, McFerren practiced law as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice and was counsel to former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno. She is a 1984 graduate of Yale College and a 1989 graduate of Harvard Law School.

Patrick T. Burnett and Christopher C. Lamberson have joined Glankler Brown PLLC. Burnett emphasizes his practice in business litigation, commercial disputes, health care and civil litigation. Lamberson focuses his practice on corporate and business transactions and real estate and secured lending. Both are members of the Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations.

Mike Renner of Scottrade, a branch-supported online investment firm, has been promoted to manager of the company's Cordova office. Previously, Renner was a stock broker at Scottrade's Nashville office. He has eight years of experience in the financial services industry.

Trezevant Manor has made additions to its board of directors: Grover Bowles, Casey Bowlin, Charlie Chavis, Jean de Frank, Mickey Ison and Bayard Snowden. Trezevant also has announced the following people as members of its Executive Committee: Chairman Frank Crump III, Vice Chairman William Morris, Secretary/Treasurer Scott Crosby and Immediate-Past Chairman Dr. V. Glenn Crosby.

Bill Lane has been named vice president and general sales manager of Fox13 WHBQ-TV. Lane previously was the general manager at Fox35 WRHL in Richmond, Va. He has been in the broadcast industry for 20 years. Mike Phillips also has joined WHBQ as vice president of finance. Phillips is a certified public accountant who previously served as chief financial officer and director of finance and operations for Kele Inc.

Dr. Mary Miller, associate professor of biology at Rhodes College, has been elected a Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) councilor. CUR is a national organization promoting undergraduate student-faculty collaborative research and scholarship. Miller received a CUR Summer Fellowship in 2002 and an Academic Research Enhancement Award from the National Cancer Institute in 2003.

Joanna Curtis has joined the Advancement Division of the University of Memphis as director of development for the College of Education. Curtis has more than eight years of experience in development and fundraising. Currently, Curtis is pursuing a master's degree in public administration at the U of M.