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• The Christman Company recently promoted Mike Elkington to director of project planning in the construction management and real estate development firm’s office in Knoxville.
Elkington earned a bachelor’s degree in construction management from Brigham Young University and is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP).
He has served in leading the estimating and pre-construction planning efforts for multiple project formats and has in-depth pre-construction experience on large, logistically complex and technically demanding projects.
Elkington joined The Christman company in 2016. He is relocatinge from Greensboro, North Carolina.
• Crystal Hicks, senior vice president of operations at Emory Valley Center, recently was selected as a member of a senior executive peer advisory board in Knoxville by Vistage Worldwide Inc.
More than 350 senior executives, business owners and CEOs statewide are members.
Hicks has been a leader in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities for more than 25 years. With a master’s degree in performance management and organizational training, she has played a key role in program development, quality improvement and advocacy for individuals with IDD.
• Mona Blanton-Kitts, McNabb Center president/CEO, recently welcomed two new members to McNabb Center Board of Directors and four new members to Helen Ross McNabb Foundation Board of Directors. Amy Cathey and Randy Miller joined the McNabb Board and Ashley McManus, Larry Bodie, Laura Benton and Jay Moneyhun were appointed to the HRM Foundation Board.
During September, the McNabb Center hosted board orientation and tours for current and newly appointed members.
