Nashville-based real estate development firm The Mathews Company has promoted longtime vice president Jody Moody to president.

Moody is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and initially interned at The Mathews Company while completing his graduate degree at Emory University. He rejoined the company for several years after completing his MBA, before serving as vice president of the Affordable Housing Division of GMAC Commercial Mortgage, where he managed a team responsible for underwriting and closing more than $1 billion of tax-exempt bond transactions for multifamily affordable housing.

He returned to The Mathews Company in 2006 and is responsible for acquisitions, dispositions, capital markets activity, investor relations and asset management. He is an active member of the Urban Land Institute, where he chairs the Capital Markets Action Council in Nashville and is the chairman of the Small-Scale Development Product Council.

He is a former adjunct professor at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt.

Music City Center names new senior leadership

Kelli Donahoe has been selected as senior vice president and chief operating officer for the 2.1 million-square-foot Music City Center.

Donahoe, from Tampa, is an Events Industry Council Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) fellow. Her background includes more than 20 years of convention center sales and operations management experience with hospitality entities in Pittsburgh, Orlando and San Jose. Most recently, she served as general manager of the Dayton Convention Center.

Donahoe will oversee the day-to-day operations of the MCC while assisting in the planning and implementation of all functions and resources of facility departments. Her direct reports will include the directors of event services, security, parking, technology and facilities.

Donahue replaces Elisa Putman, who announced her retirement in April after nearly 35 years with the old Nashville Convention Center and the current building. She has served as senior vice president and chief operating officer for the last eight years.

Jackson Foundation president to retire

Howard J. Kittell, president and CEO of the Andrew Jackson Foundation, has announced his planned retirement.

Kittell will continue in his current role until the Andrew Jackson Foundation’s executive search committee identifies a successor and the board selects the new president and CEO. An announcement is expected in the spring of 2024.

As president and CEO of the Andrew Jackson Foundation, Kittell was responsible for the continued preservation of The Hermitage, overseeing and increasing the financial stability and development efforts of the foundation; maintaining and cultivating educational and interpretive programming; and advancing the state-of-the-art technology and infrastructure at the site.

During Kittell’s tenure, the Foundation’s budget increased by 119%, and attendance at The Hermitage grew by 61%. He helped develop award-winning programs, exhibits and media to illuminate the life of Andrew Jackson and his impact on American history. Kittell also worked with state and local governments to secure public funding and the transfer to the foundation of 460 acres of state-owned land that was once part of Jackson’s Hermitage.

Pam Koban, Andrew Jackson Foundation trustee, serves as chair of the executive search committee tasked with replacing Kittell.

United Community Bank adds 17 new hires in area

United Community has added Brad Edwards as northern Middle Tennessee market president in addition to seven others for the area.

Edwards brings more than two decades of banking expertise to United. He previously worked at F&M Bank and held multiple leadership roles, most recently as Nashville city executive. Additionally, he worked with Regions Bank and has spent the last 25 years in commercial banking in the Nashville area. He earned a degree in mass communications and marketing from Middle Tennessee State University.

Joining United in Middle Tennessee:

• Preston Adcock, vice president, relationship manager, brings more than eight years of wealth experience in the banking industry. He serves on the board of directors for Possibility Place, is a member of the Murfreesboro Young Professionals and is a diplomat for the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce. He earned a degree in psychology from Middle Tennessee State University.

• Austin Garrett, vice president, commercial portfolio manager, contributes nearly a decade of credit analysis and financial expertise to United. He earned a degree in business administration and management from Cumberland University.

• Kelly Holmes, senior vice president, commercial relationship manager, brings more than 20 years of commercial banking experience to United. She is active in the community as an advocate for the Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. She earned her degree in economics and political science from Vanderbilt.

• Samer Rafidi, senior vice president, commercial relationship manager, has more than two decades of banking experience in Middle Tennessee. He holds a degree in human resources management and personnel administration from the University of North Alabama.

• Jay Roney, senior vice president, commercial and middle market relationship manager, brings more than 25 years of experience in commercial, C&I and CRE banking to United.

• Brandon Rowe, vice president, commercial portfolio manager, brings credit analysis and commercial portfolio management experience to United. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in finance.

• Mary Beth Thomas, senior vice president, commercial relationship manager, has more than 15 years of banking experience. Thomas is a graduate of Leadership Clarksville and has served on the board of trustees for the past six years. She graduated from the University of Memphis with a degree in business administration.

McAnaney joins Monogram Health executive team

Monogram Health, a provider of in-home, evidence-based care and benefit management services for patients living with chronic kidney and end stage kidney disease, has hired Adam McAnaney as chief legal officer and secretary.

McAnaney served as general counsel and secretary for Signify Health following its acquisition of Remedy Partners. He previously led multiple strategic initiatives at Aetna, serving as vice president, head of corporate legal and corporate secretary, leading legal support of SEC reporting and disclosure matters, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, subsidiary management, licensing and investments.

He is a graduate of Yale University and holds a JD from Columbia Law School.

Health Care Hall to add 5 members

The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame is inducting five members during an Oct. 17 ceremony at Belmont University’s Fisher Center for the Performing Arts.

2023 Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame inductees are:

Wilsie S. Bishop, MSN, MSED, DPA: Professor and vice president for health affairs emerita at East Tennessee State University, higher education administrator; long-tenured volunteer with Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, recipient of the James T. Rogers Distinguished Leadership award, among the first group of nurses to be certified by the American Nurses Association for excellence in critical care neonatal nursing.

André L. Churchwell, M.D.: Senior adviser to the chancellor on inclusion and community outreach for Vanderbilt University, Levi Watkins, Jr. M.D. Chair, Vanderbilt University professor of medicine (cardiology), radiology and radiological sciences and biomedical engineering, first African American chief medical resident for Grady Memorial and as the inaugural minority affairs officer at Emory University School of Medicine.

Vicky Gregg: Founding partner, Guidon Partners, former CEO BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, one of the first women to lead a major health plan, pioneered the first commercial HMO plan in Tennessee along with the early Preferred Provider Organization model in the state, previously served as member of the National Commission on Healthcare Interoperability, was a catalyst for women and minorities to enter leadership roles within the BCBSTN organization.

Stephen Reynolds: President emeritus and senior consultant, Baptist Memorial Health Care, where he worked for 43 years.

Philip A. Wenk, DDS: CEO, Delta Dental of Tennessee, serving for more than 25 years in leadership. Grew Delta Dental into the largest dental benefits carriers in the state, established a strong culture of corporate giving, often investing half of the company’s annual net profits into the community, established the Smile 180 foundation to support Tennessee’s charitable dental clinics, children’s hospitals and oral health education, named as one of the University of Tennessee’s “Top 100 Distinguished Alumni.”

Since its inception in 2015, the Hall of Fame has inducted 50-plus health care leaders. With a mission to honor those who have made significant and lasting contributions to the health and health care industries, the Hall of Fame was created by Belmont University, the McWhorter Society and the Nashville Health Care Council, a founding partner.

Nominations for the 2024 class are open with a deadline of March 6.