Johnny is a Board Member and Managing Partner at Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance, a Higginbotham Partner. They are the 15th largest insurance broker in the US. In 2005, Johnny founded cityCURRENT Memphis and founded cityCURRENT Nashville in 2018. cityCURRENT, powered by Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance + Higginbotham, is a privately-funded catalyst for th
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Mat Lipscomb was born in Memphis, Tennessee and was raised in North Mississippi. Mat graduated from Memphis State University earning his B.B.A. with a major in insurance. He then worked for an international insurance company, where he trained in the underwriting, claims, audit and loss-control departments, while at the same time earning his Certifi
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Stepherson, Inc. was founded by the Stepherson brothers (Jack, Wesley, and Kenneth) in 1944. Randy Stepherson and his brother-in-law, Bob Reed, started working in the Macon Road store in the mid-70s, and in 1978, bought the shares of Jack and Wesley Stepherson. Then they bought out Kenneth Stepherson, Randy’s father, in 1998. They currently ope
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Frank J. Cianciola, Retired Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer of Bank3Holdings, Inc. He began his financial services career at Union Planters Bank in 1973, and from 1984 to 1992, he held a variety of executive positions with Commerce Union Bank. From 1992 to 1995, he served as Chief Financial Officer of The Memphis Group,
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Born and bred Memphians, Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman opened Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen in 2008 to feature innovative Italian cooking rooted in Southern tradition. The Chefs trained at Johnson and Wales University in Charleston, South Carolina and the Italian Culinary Institute in Calabria, Italy. Their second restaurant, Hog & Hominy,
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Born and bred Memphians, Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman opened Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen in 2008 to feature innovative Italian cooking rooted in Southern tradition. The Chefs trained at Johnson and Wales University in Charleston, South Carolina and the Italian Culinary Institute in Calabria, Italy. Their second restaurant, Hog & Hominy,
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In 1987, Tyrone Burroughs founded the global consumer products management firm First Choice Sales & Marketing Company with a vision to create an innovative sales and marketing approach for the personal care industry. As President & CEO, he continues to provide strategic solutions delivering growth to some of the world's largest consumer packaged go
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Founded in 1985, with a dream and all of his personal assets, Chris Woods started Chris Woods Construction Co. Inc., a full-service commercial general contractor and construction management firm, providing consulting, design-build, pre-construction and other services. As a 2017 recipient of the MBJ PaceSetter awards, Chris Woods Construction has
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Prior to founding the KGR Group, Edith Kelly-Green worked for almost 30 years at FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation, where she served in many roles including Vice President and Chief Sourcing Officer. She also served as Vice President-Internal Audit of FedEx Corporation and reported directly to the Chairman and Founder, Frederick W. S
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Craig Brewer is a multi-disciplinary artist hailed from the Southern state of Tennessee with a knack for storytelling. His passion for filmmaking stems from his ability to captivate his audience and connect culturally relevant plots on screen. As a young prodigy, the streets of Memphis, Tennessee served as his film school. His guerrilla style appr
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