Page 12- The News, February 16, 2017 BUSINESS BRIEFS


Collier Engineering Co. Collier Engineering Co., Inc., announced the recent hiring of, Amy Burch, P.E. and Samuel Vance, P.E. Burch joins Collier’s Trans-


portation Management Division after having been employed with RPM Transportation Consultants in Nash- ville since 2008. While at RPM, she served as Project Manager for Metro Nashville’s Traffic


Burch


Management Program. Burch has extensive experience in transportation engineering and traffic impact analysis also hav- ing worked for a traffic engineer- ing consultant firm in New York City. She obtained her Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Civil Engineering from Vanderbilt University and a Masters of Science Degree in Transporta- tion Planning and Engineering from NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Burch recently received the 2016 Jack Humphreys Young Member Award which rec- ognizes the top young traffic engineer in Tennessee. She is a member of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers, Institute of Transportation Engineers, and the Nashville Chapter of the Urban Land Institute.


Prior to joining Collier Engineering in 2016, Vance spent the past twenty five (25) years working in the geotechnical engineering field, most recently with Terracon Consul- tants, Inc. and previ- ously with AMEC Earth and Environ-


Vance


mental. Mr. Vance is currently managing Collier’s Geotechnical Engineering Division and Materials Testing Lab. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Tennessee Tech and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.


Collier Engineering Co., Inc.


is a privately owned design and engineering consulting firm based in Nashville, Tennessee.


Ingram Content Group Ingram Content Group has announced promotions and new associates to the company. Michael Bradford has been


promoted to Marketing Manager, Digital Products. He will focus on Marketing and Product Development for Publishers Advertising Services.


He most


recently served as Digital Sales Specialist. Dina Caplan has been pro-


moted to Manager of Online Marketing, Content Marketing, for Ingram Book Group LLC. Dina was a Marketing Manager for Ingram. Caitlin Churchill has been


appointed to the newly created position of AerioTM Business Development Manager.


She is


responsible for creating and managing the busi- ness strategy for Aerio, as well as collaborating on product develop- ment and market- ing. Previously, Caitlin served as University Press


Churchill


Business Development Manager for Ingram Academic Services. Janine Cook is a new Senior


Key Account Sales Manager for Ingram Publisher Services in the Milton Keynes, UK, office. Bonnie Marie


Dailey is a new Client Implemen- tation Manager for Ingram Publisher Services LLC. J ona than


Dailey


Hardiman has been named as


Senior Manager, Open System and Mainframe, for the IT Services Department at Ingram Book Group. Ed Spade is now the Senior


Manager for General Sales, California, for Lightning Source LLC. Spade served as the Senior Key Account Sales Manager. He joined Ingram in 2015 as a Senior Content Acquisition Manager, consulting publishers on their strategies for print and digital publishing, including digital content management and distribution, and product devel- opment and licensing. Camille Watts has been named Manager of Content Services, General Sales, for Lightning Source LLC in New York. Prior to this appointment, Camille was a Key


Watts


Account Sales Manager. Ingram Content Group Inc. is a subsidiary of Nashville-based Ingram Industries Inc. The com- prehensive publishing industry services company offers numer- ous solutions including physical book distribution, print-on- demand and digital services. Ingram works closely with stakeholders.


Nashville CARES


Nashville CARES is pleased to announce the appointment of Tammy Glass as the agency’s new Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. Glass brings with her more than two


Glass


and half decades of experience in the nonprofit sector, including Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee and TRI- COR.


After a brief sea-


son of working in the for-profit domain, Glass realized her true passion and commitment was to making an impact in the non- profit world, which led her to Nashville CARES.


Nashville CARES is the pre- mier HIV/AIDS organization in the region that provides compre- hensive education, a broad range of targeted services and effective advocacy. Nashville CARES offers services annually to 55,000 Middle Tennesseans infected and affected by HIV/AIDS including HIV pre- vention education to more than 35,000 youth and adults, almost 16,000 free confidential HIV tests, and essential support serv- ices to 3,000 men, women and children living with the disease.


East Nashville Hope


Exchange (ENHE) East Nashville Hope Exchange is pleased to announce the hiring of Ameshica R. Linsey, M.Ed as executive director.


As executive Linsey


director, Linsey will oversee the adminis- tration, programs and strategic plan of the organization. Other key duties include fundraising, marketing and com-


munity outreach. She brings to ENHE a pas-


sion for both children and fami- lies in East Nashville and believes that a focus on literacy can change lives.


Linsey is a cum laude honors


graduate of Fisk University, where she received a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and completed the Teacher Certifi- cation Program, pre-k through 6th grade. She furthered her studies at


the Collegiate School Teaching Institute in New York, New York and conducted NSF Applied Psychology research at Clemson University with research train- ing in human factors and orga- nizational psychology.


Linsey also holds a master’s


degree in supervision and administration from Tennessee State University with magna cum laude honors. Throughout her career, Linsey has served as a teacher and director in early childhood schools in both public and pri- vate settings. She has experi- ence in training teachers and


staff through presenting at pro- fessional development work- shops and conferences for teach- ers and working as an educa- tional consultant for child care facilities in the community. One of Linsey’s goals for ENHE is to create more commu- nity partnerships that focus on strengthening literacy skills of at-risk students and families. Brandy Fenderson, the previ-


ous executive director of ENHE, has decided to return to Metro Nashville Public Schools. East Nashville Hope Ex-


change focuses on strengthen- ing literacy of at-risk children in East Nashville. ENHE offers a six-week summer program for rising kindergarten through fourth grade children, as well a school year program that sup- ports learning and follow stu- dents’ progress through the school year.


ENHE, a non-profit organiza-


tion which supports literacy programs for at-risk children, aims to strengthen family and community involvement in chil- dren’s education through both summer and school year pro- grams.


Tennessee Bar Foundation Grant C. Glassford has


recently been elected a Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Foundation, an association of 841 attorneys across the state. Invita- tions to member- ship, which is a position of honor, were extended to 31 attorneys this year by the Board of


Glassford


Trustees. The introduction of new Fellows took place in January at the annual Fellows' Dinner in Nashville. The Bar Foundation's pur- pose is two-fold: to honor attor- neys who have distinguished themselves in the profession and to administer a grant mak- ing program. That project, known by its acronym “IOLTA” (Interest On Lawyers' Trust Accounts), has awarded grants in excess of $21,000,000 to law- related, public interest projects throughout Tennessee. Grant C. Glassford has been practicing law primarily in Davidson and Williamson Counties Tennessee for more than 30 years. His office is in Brentwood. Vanderbilt awarded Grant his undergraduate degree in 1982 and his law degree in 1985. He was an Associate Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review. He is listed as a Rule 31 Family Law Mediator.


Tennessee Department


of Human Services Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has announced Danielle Whitworth Barnes as commis- sioner of the Tennessee Depart- ment of Human Services. Barnes was re-


Barnes


cently the deputy commissioner and general counsel for the Tennessee Department of Human Resources (DOHR). She will return to the


Department of Human Services (DHS) to lead the agency where she started her state govern- ment career in 2004, replacing Commissioner Raquel Hatter, who last month announced plans to return to the private sector.


One of Barnes’ greatest accomplishments has been co- authoring and implementing the 2012 Tennessee Excellence, Accountability and Management (TEAM) Act, an overhaul of the state’s antiquated civil service employment practices. Barnes joined DOHR in 2007 as assistant general counsel, director of the Equal Employ- ment Opportunities Division and legislative director and has experience in all types of employment matters and state and federal employment laws. She previously served as the leg- islative coordinator and assis- tant general counsel for DHS and worked for a private law firm.


Barnes earned an undergrad-


uate degree from Spelman College and a law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. She holds sever- al professional human resource certifications and is a graduate of Tennessee Government Executive Institute, LEAD Ten- nessee, Leadership Nashville and Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law. Barnes and her husband,


Victor, reside in Brentwood with their son, Cameron, and daugh- ter, Vivian.


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