Sheree Rose Kelley has been named chief executive officer of Belle Meade Historic Site & Winery.

Sheree and her husband, Alton Kelley, arrived at the historic site 15 years ago when Alton accepted the position as CEO. They opened the Belle Meade Winery in 2009, with Sheree serving as manager and more recently CEO.

Alton Kelley died in 2022.

Before the Kelleys’ move to Nashville, Sheree served as executive director for South Central Tennessee Tourism. Her supervision extended throughout 13 counties south of Davidson County. She brings 20 years of experience in tourism, marketing and management to the site.

Connico welcomes 4 new team members

Connico, a national consultancy that services the aviation, civil, transportation, institutional, commercial and industrial markets, has added Angelo Mukas as a senior project specialist, Bo Petreski as an architectural cost specialist, Dhaval Gohil as an analyst II and Fabian Guevara as an analyst I, to support the company’s continued growth in the industry.

Mukas joins the team with more than 13 years of experience specializing in construction administration. Previously, Mukas worked on-site for construction projects throughout the United States, serving in various roles, including a project manager, project engineer and superintendent, across the building, transportation, power, water and industrial sectors.

Petreski will be assisting in the architectural cost estimating process. With 10 years of construction industry experience, most recently at RSN Construction, based in New York. His expertise includes cost estimation and detailed project management.

Gohil joined the Connico team with two years of experience in the industry and will be assisting with cost estimating in his role as analyst II. Previously, he interned with the Integrated Facilities Management team at JLL, a Chicago-based real estate and investment management firm, and recently graduated Texas A&M University with a master’s degree in construction management.

Guevara also recently graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in industrial engineering and engineering project management. In his role as analyst I, he will assist in cost estimating, value integration and systems analyses. While earning his engineering degree, Guevara had an internship with Halliburton Corporation.

Bell Construction promotes Thayer

Brentwood-based Bell Construction has promoted John Thayer to executive vice president, building division.

Thayer joined BELL in 2006 and most recently served as vice president and project executive on the Nashville Yards development. He has also been instrumental in the development and growth of BELL’s safety and quality control and assurance teams.

In his new role, Thayer will provide leadership and oversight of Bell’s building division, work with clients to help them achieve their construction goals and develop team members.

With more than 32 years of construction industry experience, Thayer is active in the industry and is affiliated with numerous professional organizations including Urban Land Institute, Design-Build Institute of America, the MTSU Commercial Construction Program Advisory Board and the Nashville chapter of NAIOP, the commercial real estate development association.

Thayer is a graduate of Virginia Tech University with a degree in building construction and a LEED Accredited Professional.

Affinity Technology Partners ads Karchefski

Francis Karchefski has joined Affinity Technology Partners as a system engineer.

Karchefski has more than 20 years of experience in information technology. He previously spent more than seven years as a network engineer at Universal Lighting Technologies.

Karchefski earned an associate degree in computer networking technology at Nashville State Community College. He has earned multiple certifications including MCP, MCSA, Network +, Security+, Linux+ and CCNA.

Belmont appoints executive vice president for advancement

Belmont University has selected David Rosselli, vice president for advancement and alumni relations at Baylor University, as its executive vice president for advancement.

Rosselli brings nearly three decades of strategic development experience at both public and private institutions to his new role at Belmont, where he will serve on the institution’s executive leadership team and report directly to the president.

At Baylor, Rosselli oversees the Office of Advancement and Alumni Relations. He served as the principal architect for Baylor’s recent “Give Light” comprehensive fundraising campaign that was publicly announced in 2018 and recently exceeded its $1.1 billion goal.

At Belmont, Rosselli will work with a team of 25 professional staff focused on fundraising, alumni and family engagement, advancement services and special events.

Before moving to Baylor in 2015, Rosselli managed the front-line fundraisers and day-to-day operations necessary to develop major and principal gifts for the University of Southern California’s Northern California Advancement Operation. He also spent six years as associate athletic director at the University of California Berkeley, overseeing a $500 million athletics campaign. In addition, he held development positions with the University of the Pacific and Santa Clara University.

Rosselli holds a degree in broadcast journalism and a master’s in educational psychology, both from University of the Pacific.

Metro Arts Commission adds new commissioners

Metro Arts: Nashville Office of Arts + Culture has announced the appointment of four new commissioners to the Metro Arts Commission. They are:

Darek Bell, owner and founder of Corsair Distillery. Trained at the Siebel Brewing Institute, he is also a graduate of the Bruichladdich Distilling Academy in Islay, Scotland. Bell has written two books on brewing and distilling and was named one of the “10 most pioneering distillers” by Spirits Business Magazine. He is a Nashville native.

After working in the Tennessee General Assembly for nearly a decade, Leah Dupree Love founded Dupree Consulting Group and assists clients with business formation and succession. She is a strong advocate for women and people of color and has held leadership roles in various organizations, including Women in Numbers and the Tennessee Educators of Color Alliance. Love has also served as president of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration.

Janet Kurtz is the editor-in-chief of Nfocus Magazine. She has lived in Nashville for 25 years and for more than 20 years supported the hospitality industry in successfully creating and executing their vision through strategic marketing, sales and public relations. She is a board member at Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee and past co-chair of Nashville Repertory Theater’s annual gala, Broadway Brunch, and past board member of Nashville Wine Auction.

Throughout her legal career and most recently as the Davidson County chancellor, Carol McCoy has worked to make her home state of Tennessee a better place. In addition to serving on various boards for nonprofit organizations in Nashville, she was the first woman president of the Tennessee Judicial Conference and a founding member of the Lawyers Association for Women. Her community impact also includes work with the Metro Action Commission, which works to provide economic security to families in poverty. She has served as a commissioner on the Tennessee Arts Commission, as well as trustee for Watkins School of Art, Film and Design.