A Conversation with Jill Haag Jill Haag (pronounced Hague) is the Executive Director of Southern Reins for Equine Therapy. Jill has spent around eight years in the Memphis area. Before Southern Reins, she was employed as the Executive Director of EQUI-KIDA Therapeutic Riding Program in Virginia Beach. Jill’s been involved with the nonprofit industry since 1996. We talk with her about Southern Reins, what they do, and how Southern Reins is one of the best nonprofits in Collierville. Southern Reins Resources Website: www.southernreins.org Facebook: facebook.com/southernreins Instagram: instagram.com/southern.reins.equine.therapy Twitter: twitter.com/southernreins Donate: https://www.southernreins.org/scholarship [...]

Economic Development: Challenges and Exciting Opportunities Brooxie Carlton Offers Information, Inspiration and Insight at Monthly Membership Meeting Brooxie Carlton, Assistant Commissioner of Community and Rural Development for the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, addressed the Monthly Membership Meeting of the Collierville Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, September 14, at First Baptist Church of Collierville. The luncheon was expertly catered by Bailey’s Executive Catering. Prior to Carlton’s presentation, recognition of the 2022 academic year began in earnest and in stellar fashion with the introduction of Collierville High School’s Student of the Month, Marissa Lu. Collierville High School Principal Roger [...]

A Conversation with Herbie Krisle  Herbie Krisle is the Executive Director of Page Robbins Adult Day Center. It’s a position she’s held since 2005. Prior to her work here, Herbie spent 11 years at the MidSouth Food Bank, 11 years with Malone and Hyde/Fleming Wholesale Grocers, and 5 years with the UT Agricultural Extensions Service as a 4-H Club Agent. Her bio on the Page Robbins website describes her as “the queen of leadership, answering questions, giving advice, making decisions, team cheerleading, donor and community engagement, advocacy, strategy, and vision” We talk with Herbie about her extensive [...]

UTHSC’s Chancellor Dr. Peter Buckley Addresses Collierville Chamber Crowd Detailing major goals of the school, Buckley outlined four areas: accomplishing the UTHSC mission; impacting health across the state; fulfilling Tennessee’s health care demands, and partnering with communities like Collierville. Dr. Peter Buckley, Chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center (UTHSC) informed and entertained a group of Collierville business leaders on August 18 at the Collierville Chamber of Commerce. He was accompanied by Love Collins, Vice Chancellor of Strategy and Implementation and Vice Chancellor Development Greg Harris, also a Collierville Chamber board member. A native of Dublin, Ireland, and [...]

Junior Achievement of Memphis and Mid-South CEO and President Leigh Mansberg Speaks at Women’s Leadership Network Luncheon “Every Child World Ready” is central topic of the event Leigh Mansberg, President and CEO of the Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid- South, spoke to a packed crowd at the Collierville Chamber’s Women’s Leadership Network luncheon on August 18 at the Ridgeway Country Club. Prior to Mansberg’s remarks, Pansy Hall and Alexis Heinz of Patriot Bank Mortgage, the luncheon sponsor, welcomed the crowd on behalf of Patriot and noted how pleased they were to be affiliated with the Women’s Leadership Network [...]

Greater Memphis Chamber’s Ted Townsend Addresses Crowd at Monthly Membership Meeting Another sold-out Monthly Membership Meeting crowd convened at First Baptist Church of Collierville on August 10 to hear Ted Townsend of the Greater Memphis Chamber address issues of community partnerships and the future of economic development in the area. Currently, Townsend serves as the Chief Economic Development Officer of the Greater Memphis Chamber and will assume the position of CEO and President in 2023. Kevin Baltier, Chairman of the Collierville Chamber of Commerce board of directors, took the lead for the day’s meeting, as he called attention to the [...]

Tennessee Titan’s Morgan Cox Becomes Center of Attention at Monthly Membership Meeting Daily Memphian’s Geoff Calkins Interviews Collierville Native and NFL Long Snapper At the largest Monthly Membership Meeting in the Collierville Chamber of Commerce’s history, a packed house of some 240 listened to an entertaining give-and-take between Tennessee Titan’s long-snapper and the Daily Memphian’s featured columnist Geoff Calkins. The day’s event was sponsored by Premier Partner OrthoSouth and long-time Chamber Member BankTennessee. Mark Heuberger, President and CEO of the Collierville Chamber of Commerce, recognized a host of elected officials (and some individuals running for office for the first [...]

Alex Castle Speaks to Women’s Leadership Network   Old Dominick’s Vice President and Master Distiller Serves Up Information and Inspiration  Collierville Chamber of Commerce’s Women’s Leadership Network, sponsored by Patriot Bank, continued with another sold-out crowd on June 16 at the Ridgeway Country Club as the crowd learned a little about the process of distilling and a lot about one woman’s climb through a traditional male world. Alex Castle, Vice President and Master Distiller at Old Dominick Distillery in Memphis, is a native of Kentucky, home to the world’s finest bourbons. In spite of her childhood dream of becoming a [...]