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• Dr. Grace Ivy, PT, DPT, certified in comprehensive Vestibular Rehabilitation, joined Simply Physio, 111 Loudon Road, Farragut, Monday, Jan. 10. Ivy is Simply Physio’s balance, falls and vestibular specialist who will be helping grow this program for the practice. For those who have had a fall, are dizzy or feel unsteady, she is the area expert and currently is accepting new clients.
• Lonnie T. Brown Jr. recently was named Dean of University of Tennessee’s College of Law and Elvini E. Overton Distinguished Professor of Law.
He begins his new duties in July. Brown, a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor who earned the A. Gus Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics and Professionalism at University of Georgia School of Law, previously served in Georgia as associate dean for academic affairs for the law school and as an administrative fellow in the office of the senior vice president for academic affairs and provost.
• Ron Feinbaum recently joined Knoxville Utilities Board of Commissioners. He succeeds outgoing commissioner John Worden, who served on the board since 2015.
Feinbaum is a member of the Boldsquare Inc. team, a multi-disciplined strategy and communications practice that provides executive leadership teams with senior counsel in high-pressure situations to help businesses navigate through growth, crisis and comprehensive change.
Prior to his role at Boldsquare, Feinbaum spent more than 29 years at Scripps Networks Interactive in a variety of roles.
Most recently, he was senior vice president and general manager of Consumer Products and Home Promotions for Scripps Networks Interactive, where he negotiated contracts, developed marketing and promotional efforts for Scripps Networks Interactive’s largest digital initiative, — the HGTV Dream Home and other high-profile products — and was involved with diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, recently received a $3.7 million grant to fund a special education doctoral program. Three faculty members from UT’s College of Education, Health and Human Sciences — Tara Moore, associate professor of special education; Zoi Traga-Phillippakos, assistant professor of literacy eduation; and Kristen Secora, assistant professor of deaf education and special education — will receive the $3.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education programs to provide doctoral-level training for future researchers and preparers of special education personnel.
