Momentum Blog | Chairmans circle

Dr. Vernell Bennett-Fairs became the 13^th president of LeMoyne-Owen College in January. The Ohio native is the second woman to lead the HBCU. A trained vocalist and orator,  she dreamed of becoming the first singer to successfully cross multiple musical genres from..

Oliver Doughtie is the Chief Financial Officer of Mimeo.com, a company he describes as the perfect combination of technology, manufacturing, and logistics, all of which play to the strengths of the Memphis market. Mimeo provides on-demand digital printing services to a..

Octavius Nickson is the president of Nickson General Contractors, a company he co-founded in 2015. The company is a Certified Minority Owned Small Business with the core principles of people, purpose, and pride. Past projects include the Shelby County Health..

Jennifer Sims is the CEO of Power & Tel, a position she’s held since 2013. Power & Tel is a third-generation family-owned company founded by her grandfather 58 years ago. The company distributes communications products and solutions used to build and maintain..

Frank Quinn is a Managing Director with CBRE, covering west Tennessee and Mississippi, with offices in Memphis and Jackson. He’s held the role since 2016, returning to CBRE as market leader. During his extensive career, Quinn has represented both landlords and tenants..

As the President of Pandrol North America, Breen Reardon is focused on his coworkers, his community, and growth for Pandrol, a global leader in railroad infrastructure. Reardon and Pandrol are excited to now call Memphis home after a recent strategic relocation of..

Eustis Corrigan, Jr. is the Senior Managing Director for the Memphis office of CBIZ MHM, LLC, which he manages from newly renovated office space on the 30th floor of Clark Tower. With about 100 employees in Memphis, CBIZ is one of the nation's top providers of..

The Greater Memphis Chamber's Chairman’s Circle presents a panel of local experts sharing best practices for instilling basic business sense in your employees. We hope you and/or your HR representative can join us Wednesday, March 3, 12:00 - 1:30pm.

Eric Brown is the Vice President and General Manager of the Valero Memphis Refinery, a position he has held since April 2020. Moving to Memphis last year was a homecoming of sorts – although he’s a Jackson, Tennessee native, he began his career at the Memphis refinery..

Jimmy He is the President of Standard Elevator Systems, a company he founded in Memphis in 2007. In the beginning, his company supplied only one customer and employed two people --- himself and his assistant. They designed one type of elevator traction machine. Fast..