Get to know Young Memphis Honoree Caleb Park, Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Advisors and Greater Memphis chamber 2019 Young Memphis Honoree.
The opportunity to partner with Indigo Ag on their real estate and ultimate decision to locate their North American Commercial Headquarters in Downtown.
Get to know Young Memphis Honoree Jade Clark, Director of Value Chain Ventures at AgLaunch.
Get to know Jennifer Richardson, Co-Founder, Henderson Transloading Services and President/Owner of Industrial Sales Company of Memphis and Greater Memphis chamber 2019 Young Memphis Honoree.
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Get to know Clark Schifani, VP of Sales, Old Dominick and Greater Memphis chamber 2019 Young Memphis Honoree.
Chris Pratt and Robert Dean of West Tennessee Crown giving me a chance to break into the hyper-competitive wine and spirits industry right out of college was a huge life event that set the tone for my career path early on. That opportunity opened up a lot of doors for me professionally. Quite honestly, I was under qualified but eager to learn the industry and passionate about the products I was selling. In true Memphis fashion, a connection through my high school alumni association (CBHS) was one of the only reasons I believe I was able to secure an interview in the first place. When you stay involved in your community it can pay off when you least expect it. I tell people all the time to never stop developing your network, it can be a true asset in your professional life.
Get to know Kenneth Worles, Jr., Owner of Three(i) Creative Communications, LLC and Greater Memphis Chamber 2019 Young Memphis Honoree.
I think jumping out on my own and launching Three(i) full-time has been the most impactful event of my career. There’s a lot of challenges that come with growing a small business. Being able to use as much time as I could to provide solutions to those problems was a key moment.
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Get to know Joshua Perkins, Advisor, Academic Quality & Accountability at Shelby County Schools and member of the 2019 Young Memphis Class.
Get to know Young Memphis Honoree Alana Hu Perković, Sr. Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility,First Horizon National Corp.
Get to know Young Memphis Honoree Luke Pruett, Recruiting Director at City Leadership.
Meet Young Memphis Honoree Monica Holley, Director of Business Development at Blues City Tours/Memphis Hop.
Get to know Alex Stringfellow, Vice President with Colliers International, Memphis and Greater Memphis Chamber 2020 Young Memphis Honoree.
I’ll never forgot receiving the call from Don Drinkard and Kevin Adams saying they might have an open position with CBRE in Memphis. I was working in Nashville at the time, but anxious to get back to Memphis and ideally find a job in commercial real estate. At that point, I would have been open to anything, but when Don said it was a position focused on Downtown Memphis, I couldn’t get here fast enough. It was 2011, so not the best time to be hiring or starting in real estate, but CBRE gave me a chance, and it turned out to be the best decision I ever made.
Get to know Karlisa Cheris Cryer, Digital Content Specialist at ALSAC/ St. Jude and Greater Memphis Chamber 2020 Young Memphis Honoree.
The most impactful event of my career has been mentorship by one of my previous chiefs. Mentorship in the workplace has made a huge influence on my career and I am looking forward to mentoring a young person in the same capacity.
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Get to know Ali Jaffery, Associate Manager of Grants and Innovation, Memphis Education Fund and Greater Memphis Chamber 2020 Young Memphis Honoree.
The most impactful accomplishment in my career would be the COVID-19 Response programming we have headed at Memphis Education Fund (MEF). The ‘MEF Family Grant Program’, a micro-grant program for Memphis families with school-aged children designed to encourage and support their students’ daily attendance in a virtual learning environment and the ‘South Memphis Tech Project’, a technology project for high school seniors from South Memphis via a cross-sector collaboration with schools, philanthropy and community organizations. These programs taught me about creating public policies, designing a large, multi-faceted process and so much more. I am honored to lead this work alongside Memphis Education Fund board, staff and leadership.
