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VIProfile: James Chiu

James Chiu, Senior Director of Strategy and Execution at Pilot Company, moved to Knoxville from Houston, Texas, in November 2020. Initially hired to work in business development and strategy at Pilot in 2018, Chiu had followed Shameek Konar, current CEO of Pilot, to the company when Konar accepted his initial position at Pilot as chief strategy officer in 2018...
6/16/2021

Lake Life: Brian and Mandy Welch Built Their Home on a Quiet Cove

Mandy Welch said she and husband Brian “stumbled onto the property” where they built their family home in 2011. They purchased the land in 2007 and waited four years to build...
6/16/2021

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6/10/2021

Rick McGill's Airport Toyota Donates to UT Medical Center's Cancer Institute

Representatives from Rick McGill’s Airport Toyota presented a donation to the Cancer Institute at The University of Tennessee Medical Center. UT Medical Center’s Mobile Mammography Unit was on site at the dealership to provide mammograms.
5/20/2021

River Media launches RIVR Studios

Leading independent producer RIVR Media has announced the upcoming launch of RIVR Studios, comprised of multiple full-service, COVID-compliant studio spaces in Knoxville, one of the fastest-growing U.S. hubs for TV and film production...
5/20/2021

Smartfinancial, Inc. announces acquisition of Sevier County Bancshares, Inc.

SmartFinancial, Inc., parent company of SmartBank, and Sevier County Bancshares, Inc., parent company of Sevier County Bank, have jointly announced their entry into an agreement and plan of merger pursuant to which SmartFinancial will acquire SCB...
5/20/2021

VIProfile: Jessica Dover Ramsey

Jessica Dover Ramsey, artist and owner of Jessica Ramsey Art & Murals, traces her love of art to second grade. “My mother started the Art Masters art program at Sequoyah Elementary School. I got to explore different genres at home and at school...
5/20/2021

Old World + Contemporary

Daryl Johnson and Polly Fisher remember the day they first saw the house they now call home. “We had looked everywhere,” said Daryl, owner and principal architect at Johnson Architecture...
5/20/2021

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5/10/2021

2021 VIP Media Kit

4/30/2021

SmartBank promotes Cain

SmartBank recently announced the promotion of Cynthia Cain to Executive Vice President and Director of Financial Planning & Analysis. As an Executive Vice President and the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis...
4/13/2021

Business Bosses Support Cookie Bosses Program Connects Local Businesses with Girl Scout Troops

The Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians’ Business Bosses Supporting Cookie Bosses program provided local businesses an easy way to support the community’s youngest entrepreneurs...
4/13/2021

The Christman Company Earns Pinnacle Business Award

The Christman Company earned top honors in the large business excellence category in the Knoxville Chamber’s 2021 Pinnacle Business Awards. The Christman Company has built some of East Tennessee’s historically significant structures...
4/13/2021

VIProfile: Nikki Estridge

Nikki Estridge, actor, writer, director and producer, says she had no time for theatre as a high school and college student. “I was so involved with sports,” she said. Estridge earned an athletic/academic scholarship to the University of Tennessee where she played softball for the Lady Vols, graduating with high honors.
4/13/2021

The Power of One

The starfish story is probably familiar. The story was adapted from an essay by Loren Eiseley, a mid-20th-century author, into more of a parable: A man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean. Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?”
4/13/2021