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• Justin Goodbread of Heritage Investors has been named the 2019 Investopedia Top 100 Advisor for the second year. The award recognizes Goodbread’s achievements within the world of finance and places him among the nation’s most recognizable and influential fiancial advisors and educators.

• Dr. Saleh Shahid, internal medicine physician, has joined Tennova Primary Care – West Hills. He provides comprehensive care for men, women and young adults.

• Realtors Michelle Shull, Donna Hardesty, Debbie Ishak and Gene Sims have joined Weichert, Realtors – Advantage Plus in West Knoxville.

• Tanisha Jenkins, director of multicultural student life at the University of Tennessee, has been named a 2019 Outstanding Young Alumna by Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina. She served as a student assistant in the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at PC during her freshman and sophomore years. PC presents the honor to its alumna under 40 years old for early competence within the chosen field of endeavor and exceptional promise.

• Michael Swan, a U.S. Marine veteran from the aerospace industry, and Realtor Shona Scott, previously in the upscale restaurant field, have joined EXIT Real Estate Professionals Network in Knoxville.

• Mandy Henry has been promoted from loan officer assistant to senior loan officer and will originate loans out of Mortgage Investors Group’s Oak Ridge Branch. She served as loan officer assistant for the past 15 years at the Oak Ridge branch.

• Realtor Gavin Boucher of Knoxville has joined Weichert, Realtors – Advantage Plus in Knoxville. Originally from Miami, Florida, Bouscher relocated to Tennessee in 2016 with his wife, Tracy. He attended the University of Florida, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics.

• King University-Knoxville has announced Rebecca “Becky” Huckaby, APR, AAAE, vice president of Public Relations at Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority, recently was inducted in Public Relations Society of America College of Fellows. She is one of 11 new members from across the nation who were selected.

• Helen Ross McNabb Center has promoted Dr. Tracy Grabman to assistant medical director. She joined the center in 2016 as a child psychiatrist and is currently board certified by American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry.

• The Association of Zoos and Aquariums has announced Knoxville Zoo recently was recognized with ACA’s national 2019 Exhibit Design Award for creating the Boyd Family Asian Trek exhibit during AZA’s September conference in New Orleans.

• EXIT Realty welcomes Chris Smith and Lilyanah Alatawneh to the EXIT Key Realty office at 6216 Lonas Drive, Knoxville; Dawn Pridham to its EXIT Realty of the Smokies office in Kodak; and Dede McCullough to EXIT TLC Realty in Lenoir City.

• Weichert, Realtors – Advantage Plus has named Realtors Donna Hardesty, Debbie Ishak and Gene Sims as top agents for August. Hardesty was named Top Agent of the Month and Ishak and Sims were named Top Selling and Top Listing Agents, respectively.

• Realtor Travis Norris and Chase Gulley have joined Weichert, Realtors – Unlimited in Knoxville. Norris had a career in law enforcement before entering real estate while Gulley brings many years of combined real estate experience to the office.