VOL. 126 | NO. 77 | Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Memphis Newsmakers
Humphreys Joins Keller Williams Realty
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Herbo Humphreys has joined the Crump Realty Group of Keller Williams Realty. Humphreys previously worked as a project supervisor for Bryan-Turley Properties.
Hometown: Memphis
Education: B.B.A. in Real Estate, University of Mississippi
Work Experience: Project supervisor, Bryan-Turley Properties; consultant, Southland Development
Family: Duke, my bloodhound
Last book read: “Decipher” by Stel Pavlou
Favorite music: All kinds
Favorite movie: “If Looks Could Kill”
Sports team: St. Louis Cardinals
Activities you enjoy outside of work: Hunting, fishing, outdoors
What talent do you wish you had? I wish I could play a musical instrument.
Who has had the greatest influence on you? My family
Why did you pursue a career in real estate? I pursued a career in real estate because it gives you the opportunity to meet new people and not be stuck behind a desk.
What drew you to Keller Williams Realty? A good friend of mine, Patrick Crump, who is also an agent at KW, told me about Keller Williams and all the great programs they have to training their agents. I went and met with them and it went really well. KW was really a good fit for me.
Danny Langston has joined Askew Hargraves Harcourt & Associates Inc. as a senior electrical engineer. Langston has more than 35 years of experience in the industry, and his professional focus is power generation and energy studies.
Andrew C. Schenk has joined KBS Capital Markets Group, an affiliate of KBS Capital Advisors and KBS Realty Advisors, as the new Lower Midwest regional vice president to oversee southern Illinois, eastern Missouri, Arkansas and western Tennessee. Schenk will be responsible for developing and managing broker/dealer and registered investment adviser relationships on behalf of KBS-CMG for KBS Real Estate Investment Trusts.
J. David Blaylock of Glankler Brown PLLC has been inducted in the American College of Bankruptcy as a Fellow of the College. Blaylock concentrates his practice in the areas of creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, insolvency, secured creditor representation and general commercial law. Blaylock is one of 40 nominees inducted in the 2011 class.
Three members of the Greater Memphis Paralegal Alliance Inc. have achieved the designation of advanced certified paralegal. They are Kelly Heflin, corporate paralegal, Stratus Foods LLC; Airolyn Loggins, litigation paralegal, Medtronic Inc.; and Gina M. Youngblood, litigation paralegal, Bourland, Heflin, Alvarez, Minor & Matthews PLC.
Four UT Medical Group Inc. physicians have been certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in their respective specialties. They are Dr. Aidar Gosmanov, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism; Dr. Rajesh Kabra, clinical cardiac electrophysiology; Dr. Dwight Dishmon, interventional cardiology; and Dr. Rami Khouzam, interventional cardiology. In addition, Dr. Jon Ver Halen has been board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Memphis College of Art Faculty Emeritus Dolph Smith has been selected as a recipient of the 2011 Governor’s Arts Award, Tennessee’s highest honor in the arts, in the Distinguished Artist Award category.
Chris Eggleston has joined Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon Inc. as roadway/bridge structural project manager. Eggleston will work with transportation projects and associated engineering teams in Memphis, throughout Tennessee and in Alabama.
Five new members have joined the board of directors of Trezevant Manor. They are C. Bradford Foster III, attorney at Evans | Petree PC; Stephen C. Reynolds, president and chief executive officer of Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp.; Stephen H. Rhea Jr., principal at Summit Asset Management LLC; Bruce C. Taylor, general contractor at Patton & Taylor Enterprises LLC; and Nancy Morris, president of the Trezevant Residents Association.