business Briefs

• Catherine Hogan Trapp recently joined Concord Yacht Club and Sailing Center as CSC community outreach director.

• M&M Productions USA has hired Aimee Mosher as director of client relations for the full-service event planning and production company based in Oak Ridge that serves clients across the country.

Mosher has 15 years of experience within the hospitality industry and 10 years of experience in guest service strategy development. She previously worked for the National Football League as an account executive and the National Basketball Association) planning events with the Orlando Magic.

• Ripley PR recently was named Agency of the Year in the Southeastern United States by Corporate LiveWire Prestige Awards for 2023-2024, adding to a successful 10th year for the agency. The global public relations agency specializes in franchising, skilled trades and B2B technology.

• The American Red Cross East Tennessee Chapter announces recent appointments to the chapter’s board of directors, which include: R. Larry Smith, owner of R. Larry Smith and Associates Insurance Agency; Fred Sudler, CEO of Computing & Computational Sciences Directorate, R.N.L.; Steven M. Zotti, COO of Ciena Government Solutions, Inc.; and Fernando Pita, Realtor with Keller Williams Signature Real Estate.

• Merchant & Gould P.C., a national trial and technology law firm with a Knoxville office, recently achieved Mansfield Rule Plus Certification, which recognizes its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion through its hiring, promotion and leadership decisions.

• U-Haul Co. of Tennessee has announced Select Buildings and Carports signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer to serve the Knoxville community.

Select Buildings and Carports, 6540 Asheville Hwy., will offer essential services, such as U-Haul trucks and towing equipment. U-Haul has teamed with independent dealers to offer rental equipment to do-it-yourself movers since 1945.

• Cedars-Sinai is taking telehealth and the patient experience to the next level, now offering Cedars-Sinai Virtual Second Opinion, an online platform connecting Tennessee residents in need of complex cardiac, spine or gynecologic care with top-ranked experts who provide customized treatment options and virtual education sessions.

Participants throughout Tennessee can access Cedars-Sinai’s experts online without having to leave home. Learn more about Cedars-Sinai’s Virtual Second Opinion options at secondopinion.cedars-sinai.org.

• University Orthopaedic Surgeons and University of Tennessee Medical Center recently welcomed U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-2nd District) for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new undergraduate nursing program at UT Medical Center Orthopaedic Instititute. The ceremony opened the BSN Scholars Program, a partnership of UTMC and College of Nursing.

• Robert M. Craft, M.D., recently was selected as a senior vice president and chief academic officer leading all academic and education efforts within the health system at University of Tennessee Medical Center. Additionally, he will serve as the fifth dean of the UT Graduate School of Medicine.