November 30, 2009
32 Set for December Hooding Ceremony
A total of thirty-two Massey graduate students are scheduled for recognition at our next hooding ceremony on December 17, at 6:30 p.m. in Neely Dining Hall (reception set for 6:00 p.m.). All international trips are now completed for 2009, and the remaining list of graduating student to-dos includes an MBA Major Field Test in Business for our MBA students on Saturday, December 5, and completion of any remaining 5-week classes for all students enrolled this session.
This semester, 21 of our graduating students are set to finish their MBA degrees, while the other 11 students will complete their MACC degrees. Isaac Lewis (MACC/PMBA) and Chris Roberge (PMBA) will be delivering this semester's "remarks from the graduating class."
(Pictured at right: August 2009 Class)
January 28, 2009
Lean Healthcare Certificate Program
The Massey School is once again partnering with Healthcare Performance Partners (HPP), and The Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) to deliver a Lean Healthcare Certificate Program. This Certificate Program is designed for leaders who desire to understand the tools and knowledge necessary to drive Lean Healthcare throughout their entire organization. The program will be taught in Belmont University's state-of-the-art Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences and Nursing, February 23-27.
This intense one-week Lean Healthcare Certificate Program will give participants a hands-on, learn-by-doing experience applying Lean Philosophies and Tools in a healthcare environment. The training, exercise and simulations build the foundation throughout the week for the participants to apply them in a Mini-Kaizen Event Lab Exercise and develop a roadmap for their organization. This life-like healthcare experience using real healthcare examples is taught and facilitated by Lean Practitioners, Leaders and Coaches each with multiple years of successfully applying Lean in healthcare organizations. This will be the second such lean healthcare course delivered at Belmont. The first back in November 2008 drew participants from across the U.S. and a number of foreign countries.
For more information on the lean healthcare program, go to: http://www.buleancourse.com/
April 16, 2007
Massey Matters Updates
Massey alum Annie Whiting has recently relocated to Charlotte, NC with the Wood Group, and was anxious to try to connect with other Massey Alums in the area. Annie had attended some of the Networking @ Noon gatherings here in Nashville and thought that would be a great vehicle to meet people in Charlotte. Other Massey alums agreeing to join Annie in pulling together a Massey Charlotte group are Heather and Philip Goodrum '96, and Bethany Frye '88. Valerie Wilhite Massey '01 is making the move to Charlotte with Lowe's Home Improvement and will link in with the group as well.
Fran Salamon Cook, Massey School '92, has informed us that she has had several changes in her life since we were last in touch. She has finished her DBA and moved from the corporate world to the academic world as Assistant Professor at Montreat College in Charlotte, North Carolina. Along the way, Fran has married and blended a family which now includes her two daughters and now two step-sons. Congratulations Fran and welcome to the world of Wife/Mommy/College Professor. Fran will be helping organize this Massey group in Charlotte as well.
We also heard from Jim H. Thompson, Massey School '98, who relocated to Charlotte two years ago with Bank of America in Compliance Risk Management. Jim says Charlotte is very "Nashville-like" and he's very happy there.
November 14, 2006
Massey Matters
Lori and Forrest Reeves, who both graduated in 2003, welcomed Kylie Elizabeth on July 3, 2006. Kylie was 9 lbs and 20 inches
Special thanks go to the following Massey Alumni who spoke at recent Information and Orientation Sessions (February-November 2006):
Melody Alford, Bill Baker, Katherine Beakes, Stuart Brown, Aaron Chambers, John Clemence, Lucy Garrabrants, Angela Gentry, Jim Greene, Dan Groover, Stacey Hardison, Carrie Hininger, Damon Hininger, Amber Humphrey, Jared Humphrey, Cate Loes, Jared Monger, Krista Ramsey, Robert Riggar, Mike Ryckeley, Kelly Sanford, Dimeta Smith, Jim Stefansic, Jason Truss, Shannon Underberg
September 22, 2006
Massey Matters
Lara Lee Whitehead (Massey School '99) died tragically August 29 in a car accident in Smyrna, TN where she and her husband, Barry Whitehead (Massey 1995) lived with their two daughters Carson, 3 and Dallas, 1. Lara Lee was employed by Aladdin Temp-Rite in Hendersonville as a Product Engineer and was originally from Decatur, Alabama. A celebration of her life was held Friday, September 1 at the First Baptist Church in Smyrna.
Gifts to honor her life are being accepted by The Massey School and The March of Dimes.
A fund for the education of her two daughters has been established at :
First Bank
ATTN: Jim Bryant
417 South Lowry Street
Smyrna, TN 37167
Lara Lee will be remembered as a vivacious, bright, energetic, beautiful, creative, high achieving individual. Please remember her family in your thoughts and prayers.
Jonathan Riggs (current MBA) and his wife Lara welcomed Caleb Josiah on August 25th. Caleb weighed in at 8lbs, 10oz and was 21 inches long.
Special thanks go to all the Alumni and current students for contributing to the recent Massey Information and Orientation Sessions.
July 12, 2006
Massey Matters
Teresa Kuharsky, Massey ‘02 has been named assistant vice president of acquisitions and development at Symbion Healthcare in Nashville.
Dr. Mike Stabile, Massey '99. In addition to a busy anesthesiology practice, Mike continues to work with Operation Smile on an international basis, scouting new third world locations for doctors to change the lives of children through surgery.
Angelo Bruno, Massey '00, has been named vice president, treasurer and financial planning at BMI.
Special thanks go to Carrie Hininger, Katherine Beakes, Jim Stefansic, and Dimeta Smith for contributing to the recent Massey Information Session.
February 19, 2006
Massey Matters
Melissa and Jim Greene, who both graduated in 2004, had their son on December 15, 2005. James Alexander “Lex” Greene was 8lbs. 3oz. and 20.5 inches long. Mother and baby are both doing well.
After obtaining a law degree from Nashville School of Law in 1998, Steve Holzapfel (MBA 1992) closed his 25 year old Holzapfel Pool Company and opened a private law practice. He was appointed Judicial Commissioner (Night Court Judge) in 2004. Steve recently announced that he is running for General Sessions Judge. The Massey School wishes him the best in his campaign!
December 08, 2005
Massey Matters
Karen Crowder ‘93 is a pharmacist with Select Specialty Hospital
Chris Hannon ’94, former CFO of Province Healthcare, rode the wave through the merger with LifePoint and has now taken his family on a sabbatical to the Northern California wine country to get reacquainted.
Pete McKnight ’96 has started a computer services company, M12 Systems located in Brentwood, TN. The firm specialized in Financial Management Systems, Internet Development and Museum Interactives.
Brad Kennard '01 has left the Carnival Music family and accepted a new position as General Manager at Song Garden Music.
Bryan Long ‘03 has relocated to East Tennessee with Kelly Services as City Group Manager, which encompasses a 21 county region with sales and operations management. The Longs are living in Morristown, TN with his main office in Knoxville.
Heather Brannon (current MBA) has started a new job with Company: Microsoft Corporation. She will be working as an Information Worker Solution Architect at the Cool Springs Office.
Yuta Kusumi (MBA ’05) has graduated and is moving back to Tokyo, Japan. We have all enjoyed getting to know Yuta and will miss having him around. Yuta’s email address will be yuta1225@triton.ocn.ne.jp. He would like for us to all keep in touch!
Jen Culligan (current MBA student) has left her GA position. Jen has accepted an internship at Hays Advisory in Brentwood. Jen is very excited about this opportunity!
November 10, 2005
Massey Matters
I am happy to announce that for the first month ever, I received unsolicited announcements/updates from alumni! This is wonderful! Please remember to send any updates (on yourself or your friends!) to masseygrad@mail.belmont.edu. Congratulations to our newest parents, job changers and promotees! -Jennifer Culligan
Gary LaRoy (MBA ’94) has recently joined A3 Marketing as Vice President of Institutional Marketing.
Rachel Brown (MBA ’02) moved from Cigna to American Healthways and is now a Financial Operations Analyst as a part of the Medicare Health support team.
Bryan Long (MBA ’03) and his wife Lori welcomed Leighton Thomas August 22nd. He was born 2lbs 10oz at Centennial Hospital. Leighton went home the week of October 17th. Bryan also has a new job. He is now City Group Manager with the US Commercial Division Group of Kelly Services in East Tennessee.
Althea Reid (MBA ’04) relocated with Tennessee Valley Authority to Chattanooga, TN and was promoted to Recruiting Program Manager for TVA.
Jared Monger (current MACC) was hired by Deloitte as an auditor. He will start in September.
Scott Cochran (current MBA) and his wife Ryan welcomed Daniel Jacob on October 10th. Daniel weighed in at 9lbs and was 21 inches long.
Levar Love (current MBA) has been promoted to District Safety Manager/ Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager (EH&S) with Home Depot. He is now responsible for the core safety programs in 22 stores. The stores are located in the Nashville and Memphis markets. Levar says he’s loving every minute of it!
October 07, 2005
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).