October 07, 2005
Jack C. Massey - The Legacy Continues
Dear Students and Alumni:
On November 1, 2005 I am inviting you to join us in a celebration of the life and legacy of Jack C. Massey. We plan to gather with area business leaders, Massey family, friends, former associates, alumni, current students, faculty and administration to celebrate a heritage of success that emanated from Mr. Massey and has directly affected so many of us. We will be joining with those who considered him their leader, mentor and role model as well as others who, though never knowing him, have found their lives shaped by his spirit, values and passions.
Jack Massey had a vision for a business school that would meet the needs of a changing corporate environment. With the help of many local business leaders, friends and family, Mr. Massey guided the development of the graduate program at Belmont University. Today, our mission and values reflect Mr. Massey’s belief in practical, ethical and entrepreneurial business education. The content and character of the graduate programs offered at The Massey School are a living tribute to this man who was one of Nashville’s most successful entrepreneurs and prolific philanthropists.
Mr. Massey’s daughter, Barbara Massey Rogers, and her family will be present to introduce Bill Carey, author of her father’s biography to be released this month, Master of the Big Board: The Life, Times and Business of Jack Massey. Clayton and Stuart McWhorter, noted local venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, will also be present to represent those individuals who were mentored by Mr. Massey and who have, in turn, followed their own passions to build personal legacies through entrepreneurship and philanthropy. Also, we will unveil a Massey memorial plaque to be permanently displayed in the lobby of the Massey Business Center. We have invited over one hundred individuals who were interviewed about their experiences with Mr. Massey by the biographer, and expect that many of them will be in attendance.
This is an opportunity for you to embrace an inheritance through your own relationship with Belmont University and the Massey name. This event will provide you with a rare opportunity to see and possibly meet many people who knew Mr. Massey well and who credit him as inspiration along their own paths to success. Ultimately, I hope that you will make a strong connection between our legendary namesake and the value of a Massey MBA or MACC.
Plans are for the publisher to have books available for sale, in the event you would like to have a copy signed by the author. Come prepared to stay and network with the extended Massey community. I look forward to seeing you there and hope you feel the power of the Massey name alive in the room.
All the Best,
Pat Raines
Dean and Professor of Economics
September Power Lunch: Dell
On Wednesday, September 7th several Massey students, along with Dean Raines and Dr. Ian Stewart, had the privilege of visiting Dell’s campus in Lebanon. We met with Steven Cook, director of manufacturing operations for that campus. Mr. Cook shared with us what Dell looks for in new employees and what it takes to be successful at Dell. Mr. Cook also shared how Dell becomes involved in local communities. Dell employees participate in local chambers of commerce, donate computers to local schools, and have most recently worked with victims of Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Cook spoke extensively on the technical side of Dell’s operations.
Mr. Cook arranged for a tour led by James Enright Mr. Enright took five of us on a very detailed tour of the plant floor. We learned about the newer production line. Mr. Enright shared with us improvements made to different work stations. He spoke about how management studied employee movement and collected employee feedback in order to make such improvements. One interesting fact shared by Mr. Enright was Mr. Cook’s involvement in the design of the facility’s operating systems.
We would like to thank Massey alumnus Anthony Anderson for arranging this Power Lunch. It was an incredible opportunity for all involved.
Preventing and Managing Ethical Misconduct Disasters
On Wednesday, October 19, Linda Ferrell and O.C. Ferrell, leaders in the field of business ethics education, will make a presentation at Belmont on a topic that can no doubt help all businesses today.
The Ferrells, who are business professors at the University of Wyoming, will speak on “Preventing and Managing Ethical Misconduct Disasters.”
O.C. and Linda Ferrell have written one of the most widely adopted business ethics textbooks, and have published numerous articles on ethics in business and professional journals. They will speak to students, faculty and members of the Nashville business community about using ethics education to prevent and manage ethical misconduct disasters.
Participants will be able to meet the Ferrells at a reception at 4:30PM in the Neely Dining Room, Massey Business Center. The Ferrells’ presentation will begin at 5:00 and conclude by 6:00.
Companies are far better off if they practice a strategy that enables them to prevent serious ethical misconduct. As the Ferrells and John Fraedrich have suggested in their very successful textbook, such a strategy “requires values-based leadership from top management, purposeful actions that include planning and implementation of standards of appropriate conduct, as well as openness and continuous effort to improve an organization’s ethical performance.”
In their work in the field of business ethics, the Ferrells have gained a solid reputation for providing carefully created ethics education that strengthens businesses and enables them to avoid the losses that come with ethical failures. The Ferrells are also experienced in helping companies restore reputations and morale after ethical misconduct has occurred.
You are encouraged to take part in this enlightening ethics event, which is sponsored by the James M. Medlin Speaker Series in Business Ethics. Thanks to the generosity of the Medlin family, no fee will be charged; however, registration is requested. To register for the program, contact Dr. Harry Hollis, director of the Center for Business Ethics at 615.460.6834 or by email at hollish@mail.belmont.edu.
WMBA Publicist Panel October Meeting
The Women's Music Business Association (WMBA) is holding a Publicists Panel on October 11th, at 6:30PM in Belmont University's Massey Board Room. Veteran publicists of the music industry will be joining in this panel discussion.
Confirmed participants include:
Alison Auerbach, Judi Turner, Anita Mandell, Pamela Lewis and Kay Waggoner
All members of the WMBA, prospective members of the WMBA, and students and faculty of Belmont University are invited to join us for this special evening of discussion and learning.
If you have any questions, please contact Lindsey Myers at lmyers13@yahoo.com. Thank you - and we look forward to seeing you on October 11th!
WMBA Mission Statement: WMBA, the Women's Music Business Association, is dedicated to fostering opportunities within the music industry through education, networking, industry development, community service and organizational fellowship.
Pay Less for Textbooks
Students are constantly looking for ways to spend less on textbooks and for good reason. Textbook prices have increased 6% a year since 1986. Prices for textbooks keep rising as publishers package new editions with extras such as CD-ROMs and workbooks. Currently, students spend an average of $900 per year on textbooks. The internet often offers the best textbooks prices, but the cheapest offers may not be from the same sites, forcing students to shop for each book individually. AddAll.com helps find the best deals by searching over 40 online booksellers at once looking for the lowest prices. Switchtextbooks.com networks over 4,000 colleges and provides a site where students can swap books. Some students have even turned to foreign booksellers such as British CountryBookshop.com for savings on textbooks. There are new developments on the horizon. A pilot program for digital textbooks is underway in 10 college bookstores with a 33% savings off retail prices.
YP Nashville Day
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Nashville Public Library
Nashville Young Professionals Day is an initiative of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the 20/20 Leadership Alliance. The goal of this event is to connect young professionals to diverse opportunities for networking, professional development and community involvement.
As a retention strategy for Nashville-area companies, young professionals who feel connected in their community are more likely to remain in the region and at their current places of employment.
More than 200 Nashville-area young professionals are expected to attend this inaugural event. Demographics of attendees will include men and women ages 22-39 who work in a variety of Nashville-area industries, including accounting, finance, healthcare, hospitality, music and many more.
20/20 Leadership Alliance is the premier coalition of young professional organizations connecting, influencing and shaping the future of the Nashville community. The 20/20 Leadership Alliance is comprised of Nashville's five regional YP organizations: Nashville Area Junior Chamber of Commerce, Junior League of Nashville, SOLID, Urban League Young Professionals, and Young Leaders Council.
To register or for more information see the following website:
http://www.ypnashville.org/ypday.html
Dr. Bob Fisher, president of Belmont University, is the president of the Chamber of Commerce. This would be an excellent opportunity for both current students and alumni.
October’s Networking@Noon Event
This month’s Networking@Noon event will be held October 27th at 11:30 AM at the South Street Original Crab Shack & Authentic Dive Bar. A guest professor will be attending. As always, the lunch will not have a formal agenda, rather a time to come and visit with current students and fellow alumni.
South Street Original Crab Shack & Authentic Dive Bar
907 20th Ave S
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 320-5555
Please RSVP Rajman Pater if you plan on attending. Also, please include your email address so that you can be added to the Networking@Noon reminder email list.
Rajman’s contact info:
Email: nrajman@hotmail.com
Tel: 243-8755
Last month’s event was held at the Sunset Grill. Attendees included:
Scott Sherrill ’04
Londa Hardcastle Morgan ’04
Mora Moran ’04
Tad Wood ’03
Jared Humprey ’03
Michael Dean ’05
Elizabeth Lucas Wilson ’04
Richard Glass ’05
Tyler Spaid ’03
Kelley Johnson (current)
Rajman Pater ’03
Seth Estep (current)
Carla Worthey ’04
John O’Bryan ’04
Stacey Hardison ’04
Johnathan Riggs (current)
Ethics Event Fills Atrium to Capacity
A crowd of approximately 500 people - faculty, students, staff and members of the local business community - filled the Maddox Grand Atrium Wednesday to hear John Sage, CEO, president and co-founder of Pura Vida Coffee, talk about a "tough-minded and tender-hearted capitalism" that could be "an engine for social change." Sage described how Pura Vida Coffee - the name means "pure life" - uses the profit-making capacity of capitalism as a 'funding agent' to support positive social outcomes.
Click here to read the full story from Belmont University Marketing & Communications
Massey Matters
Wow! This month’s updates just poured in. Congratulations to you all! (A special thanks to Kelley Johnson & Cindy Painter for collecting much of this information.) Please send any updates about yourself or fellow Massey students and alumni to culliganj@pop.belmont.edu.
Dan Groover ’05 placed third in his class, Owner Amateur World Grand Championship (Canter). He also won, for the fourth consecutive year, the Owner Amateur Riders on Mares/Geldings Five Years and Over (Canter) Class. His horse’s name is Jubilees Star Wars. Both Governor Bredesen and Senator Frist attended the competition.
Eric Christofferson ’03 is being promoted from controller to director of finance at Square D Corporation. He will oversee three plants with revenues of $500M. He will move with his wife, Cheryl, and daughter, Evelyn, to Monterey, Mexico early this month.
Robert Hughes ’00 and his wife Adriana just moved back to the states from England and settled into their new home in Mandeville, LA. Robert is working with CAT Marine Division there. They were forced to evacuate due to Hurricane Katrina, but have returned to find, luckily, they sustained no damage.
Mat Newbill ’88 and Charles Hagood ’93 have teamed up with Dr. Scott Jordan ’90 to found Healthcare Performance Partners. This business will consult with hospitals and healthcare groups to improve efficiency and promote lean healthcare.
Gayle Ray ’89 was named by Governor Bredesen as Interim Corrections Commissioner for the State of Tennessee.
Mark Shrout ’03 and Reggie Ramsey ’03 contacted us to say that HCA has an employee community giving program which allows them to give to The Massey School and earn a day off work.
David Peters ’05 is at Dell Computers as Controller.
Chuck Bennett ’01 is Controller at Southern Hills Hospital.
David McCall ’90 continues at Gallagher Financial Systems.
John Mohlenkamp ’97 is also at Gallagher Financial Systems.
Erin Stencel ’02 continues at Deloitte.
Bettye Daugherty ’91 has moved to Florida and is living the good life!
Tyler Spaid ’03 has left BMI and is now CFO of Runway Network, LLC, a small indie rock and jazz record label located in the Bellevue area.
Sallie McMurray ’05 married Paul Simpson and has settled in to married life.
Jim and Melissa Green, both ’04, are making their home in Pulaski now.
Sheila Hale ’98 is now with Medstat in healthcare strategic planning.
James Ellis (current) has been hired as a Program Manager for Economic Development at TVA.
Bobby Stark ’93, Butch Eley ’93 and Todd Abner ’97 were all named to the Music City Future 50.
Cyndi Heath (current) has been hired as a Partnership Sales Manager in Strategic Alliances at Gaylord Entertainment.
Mindy and Jeff Johnson (current) welcomed a daughter, Carrie Evelyn, on September 27th. She weighed in at 7lbs 0.5oz and was 20 inches tall.
Chris Young and the Rebelhearts, whose fiddle player is Stephanie Taylor (current), will be opening for Cowboy Crush and Ronnie Milsap at the Goats, Music and More Festival in Lewisburg. For more information, see www.goatsmusicandmore.com. The band will also perform at Billy Block’s Western Beat (www.westernbeat.com).
Three Massey Alumni Make Music City Future 50
The 2005 Music City Future 50 winners are a young bunch.
More than half of the companies, recognized as among the fastest-growing private companies in Middle Tennessee, have been in business five years or less. Roughly one-third got started no more than three years ago.
The firms, which will be honored at a banquet September 29th by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, employ an average of 61 people. Average revenue is $18 million.
Add it all up and this year’s Future 50 winners have roughly $900 million in annual sales, and serve as a testimony to the important role that small businesses play in driving the local, regional and national economies.
The winners, picked after a financial review by Kraft CPAs, come from a wide variety of fields: technology, consulting, real estate, telecommunications, marketing and health care among them.
They all project revenue and employment growth of 10% or more for the next three years. Owners of the Future 50 businesses define themselves as a hardworking lot.
In surveys prepared for the chamber, owners reported working anywhere from 50 to 70 hours a week to build their companies.
That hard work is paying off.
~ from “Young Companies Charge Ahead” by Randy McClain of The Tennessean
Both Dean Raines and Dr. Fisher attended this event. The following three honorees are Massey Alumni.
Parthenon Publishing, Inc.
28 White Bridge Road, Suite 209, Nashville, TN 37205
615-627-2200
Fax: 615-627-2197
Web: www.parthenonpub.com
E-mail: bobby.stark@parthenonpub.com
Chief decision-maker: Bobby Stark, president
Major business: Other – publishing
Main product/service: Custom publishing services
Annual Revenue: $2.8 million
Mr. Stark earned his MBA from The Massey School in 1993.
Horizon Resource Group 
1620 Westgate Circle, Suite 120 Brentwood, TN 37027
615-771-8781
Fax: 615-771-7446
Web: www.horizonorg.com
E-mail: brad.oshoney@horizonorg.com
Chief decision-maker: M. Todd Abner, CEO
Major business: Other
Main product/service: Group purchasing organization for educational institutions.
Mr. Abner earned his MBA from The Massey School in 1997.
Infrastructure Corporation of America
5110 Maryland Way, Suite 120 Brentwood, TN 37027
615-377-4730
Fax: 615-377-4745
Web: www.ica-onramp.com
E-mail: rrodgers@ica-onramp.com
Chief decision-maker: Howard H. “Butch” Eley Jr., president
Major business: Construction
Main product/service: Comprehensive highway, structure, and facility maintenance services to state and local governmnts
Annual Revenue: $45 million
Biggest challenge: Communicating a consistent vision in a growing organization.
Mr. Eley earned his MBA from The Massey School in 1993.
Nashville Included as Top Town for Young Professionals
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine featured Nashville as top town for young professionals.
Nashville was in the company of such cities as Denver, Athens, Raleigh, Minneapolis, Austin and Atlanta. These cities all have a large number of people under 30, an improving job market, and a cost of living at or near the national average for students and young wage earners. Nashville was noted for an aggressive strategy to recruit companies that added 10,400 jobs in 2004. Nashville also has coolness quotient from a $2 billion music industry filled with high income, young, hip professionals. The magazine includes the Hillsboro/Belmont neighborhood, Sylvan Park and downtown as places to rent. An active nightlife, varying from honky-tonks to Five Points, caps off the article as another attractive perk of Music City.