TriStar Centennial Medical Center has selected Tom Ozburn, DSc., FACHE, CMPE, as chief executive officer of the 741-bed multi-campus system of care.

Ozburn brings 25 years of executive health care leadership to this new role. Since 2017, he has served as president and chief executive officer of Parkridge Health System, part of the HCA Healthcare TriStar Division.

While at Parkridge, Ozburn was instrumental in growing and expanding access to services for the region, including the expansion of advanced cardiology services and the approval of two freestanding emergency rooms in East Ridge and Soddy Daisy.

Under his leadership, Parkridge was recognized as a 2022 Fortune/Merative Top 100 Hospital and a Healthgrades Top 250 Hospital in America.

Ozburn also previously served as chief executive officer at TriStar Southern Hills.

ABC sets class for Arts Board Matching

The Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville has selected 11 business professionals for the spring cohort of Arts Board Matching. This is the first of two cohorts in 2023, continuing ABC’s efforts to expand the reach of this instrumental program that prepares business professionals for nonprofit board service and matches them with Nashville-based arts organizations.

The class includes:

• Ottie “Bud” Akers, Ottie Akers Law Firm, Data Routers, Inc., Cardinal Hill Capital, Inc.

• Haley Beckham-Shetty, Bex Interiors

• Case Bloom, Tucker-Bloom

• Micah Bradley, Sherrard Roe Voigt and Harbison

• Kate Giordan, artist (Tennessee Art League membership chair)

• Daniel Judy, Earl Swensson Associates

• Aaron Marble, Jefferson St Missionary Baptist Church

• Mary Meeuwis, Nashville Mural Tours, LLC

• Tyquan Morton, Health Catalyst

• LeAndra Crystal, artist (Tennessee Art League board president)

• Christopher Yarnall, Vanderbilt University (Unscripted, grants manager)

Arts Board Matching is a leadership development program that trains business professionals to be effective and engaged nonprofit arts board members. Through the program, these passionate arts supporters learn nonprofit board best practices and refine their skills in effective communication, risk management, conflict resolution and creative problem-solving, while taking advantage of opportunities to network with other professionals across industries.

Nashville business leader accepts nonprofit role

Wanda Lyle has been named interim president and CEO of the Center for Nonprofit Management, taking over for Tari Hughes, who announced her retirement in January. Lyle, who led the UBS Business Solutions Center Nashville until her retirement in 2021, is also the immediate past board chair of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, among her many other volunteer civic positions.

The organization, which celebrated 36 years in operation last year, provides capacity building support to Nashville’s nonprofit community. Its mission is to “amplify the impact of nonprofits and their partners.”

Lyle, who was a leader in the financial services industry for more than four decades, took over UBS’s Nashville hub in 2014, growing it from around 240 employees to almost 1,500 when she retired.

Lyle has served on the boards of the YWCA of Middle Tennessee, the Frist Art Museum, Ascension Saint Thomas Health, the Nashville Public Education Foundation, NashvilleHealth and the Tennessee College Access and Success Network.

Goodwill Industries appoints 5 new board members

Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee has appointed of five new members to its board of directors.

Joining the board are K. Beth Duffield, director of early career engagement for Ascension, Rick Ewing, director of customer success-health sciences at Oracle Corporation, Rob Ivy, chief financial officer at Lee Company, Gabriela Moran, an MBA candidate at Vanderbilt University, and Scott Turner, president of Ajax Turner.

Duffield previously served as business solutions director for the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development and as senior vice president of education and workforce development at the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce. She holds a degree from Ambassador University and a master’s from Trevecca Nazarene University.

Ewing previously served for eight years as senior technical account manager for Siebel Systems. He also worked with Ernst & Young, Health Management Information Systems and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He holds a degree from Trinity College-Hartford and a master’s from the Owen Graduate School of Management.

Ivy also serves on Lee Company’s board of directors. He previously served as chief financial officer with YMCA of Middle Tennessee and Salix Ventures. He began his career with Arthur Andersen LLP. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Mississippi State University.

Before graduate school, Moran served as a consulting contract analyst and financial analyst at HCA Healthcare in Nashville. She also worked as an investment performance analyst and team leader at Cambridge Associates in Arlington, Virginia. She is a graduate of America University with degrees in international relations and international business. She also attended the Kogod School of Business at American University.

Turner joined Ajax-Turner full time in 1980 after graduating from the University of Alabama.

Tennessee PGA bestows Distinguished Career honors

The Tennessee Section PGA has named Mike Green, PGA, and Ken Crowder, PGA, as its 2023 Distinguished Career Award honorees.

The Distinguished Career Award recognizes current or former Tennessee PGA Section members who have had outstanding careers as PGA Professionals based on service to their club, course or employer, service and leadership to the Association, community service, professional playing record and teaching ability. It also acknowledges these Tennessee PGA Professionals as vital and significant contributors to the game of golf.

Green spent the first 11 years of PGA Professional career at Richland Country Club, starting in March 1980 right before the U.S. Women’s Open was held at Richland to April 1987 as the assistant golf professional and from May 1987 to September 1991 as the head professional. Green was responsible for moving the club from West Nashville to its current location in October 1988.

Green became the director of golf at Legends Club of Tennessee in 1992. In 1995, he became general manager of Old Natchez Country Club and Country Club of Franklin.

He also formed Greenlinks Construction and, as president and managing partner, was responsible for the total renovation of both clubs.

Green then transitioned to owner and president of Tennessee Golf Cars Inc. in 2002. Since 2012, Green has served as the project general manager of The Grove, an 1,100-acre real estate golf development with a Greg Norman-designed golf course in College Grove.

He has served on numerous charity committees and boards outside of golf, including the March of Dimes, the Heimerdinger Foundation and One Generation Food Bank.

Crowder has served 28 years, 27 of those years at Lonesome Pine Country Club in the Tri-Cities. Crowder entered the business in 1991 as an apprentice head professional at Lonesome Pine Country Club in the Tri-Cities chapter.

Crowder attained his Class A Membership in 1998 and continued to serve Lonesome Pine Country Club as its head professional before going on to serve as the general manager from 2005-2018. He is now general manager of Indian Hills Country Club in the Kentucky Section.

Veterinary Association names award winners

The Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association has announced recipients of its 2023 Awards as chosen by an awards committee of their peers.

This year’s winners include:

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Dennis Geiser, DVM, DABVP, Professor Emeritus, UT College of Veterinary Medicine

• Dr. Walter R. Clark Distinguished Service Award: Dr. John Mullins, The Animal Care Center of Ooltewah

• Young Veterinarian of the Year: Dr. Megan Noseda, Belle Meade Animal Hospital, Nashville

• Outstanding Technician: Laura Fischer, LVMT, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine

• Legislator of the Year: Representative Jay Reedy, whose District 74 encompasses Houston, Humphreys and part of Montgomery County

• John C. New Service Award: Lisa Stetar, CEO of Crossroads Campus, Nashville

• Tennessee Animal Hall of Fame Inductee – Cooper Garmezy, a golden retriever owned by Andy Garmezy, Franklin

Tennessee Craft picks 2023 governing board

Tennessee Craft has announced its 2023 governing board officers, as well as seven new members who have joined our Governing Board.

Board members:

• JoEl LoGiudice, president, Ashland City

• Audry Deal-McEver: vice president, Nashville

• Candace Gooch-Ward: secretary, Jackson

• Reneau Dubberley: treasurer, Johnson City

• Linda M. Nutt: past president, Kingston Springs

New governing board members:

• Evan Brown: member-at-large, Nashville

• Allison Letson: member-at-large, Nolensville

• Patricia Schwarz: member-at-large, Southwest Chapter rep, Memphis

• David Taylor: member-at-large, Nashville

• Carlton Wilkinson: member-at-large, Nashville

• Jessica Wilson: member-at-large, Smithville

• Donna Woodley: member-at-large, Nashville

Tennessee Craft, formerly The Tennessee Association of Craft Artists, works to continue and create Tennessee’s fine craft tradition. With more than 500 members throughout the state, Tennessee Craft serves as the premier connecting point for local, independent makers and their audiences through craft fairs, exhibitions, professional development, networking, mentorship and other educational programs. Information: tennesseecraft.org