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6/4/2008 10:12 AM

Mowen Set To Become New Wellmont Board Chair

Kingsport leader to succeed A. Lee Shillito

Roger K. Mowen Jr., (above right) a former executive at Eastman Chemical Co., will become the next chairman of the ...

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In Looking Forward, Wellmont Looks Inward

With a new chairman of the board, Roger K. Mowen, and an interim CEO, Mike Snow, Wellmont Health System is positioned for the kind of self-examination that can reshape a company. The Wellmont board is using the first weeks of the post-Salluzzo era to rewrite its strategic statement before beginning the search for a new permanent CEO in earnes...

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8/1/2008 9:00 AM

In Hospital System Management, Sound Decision Making Must Trump All Other Considerations

By Scott Robertson

In the wake of the departure of Dr. Richard Salluzzo as CEO of Wellmont Health System, the Wellmont board of directors is taking what we consider a laudable approach to f...

5 Things You Need To Know About... Old Army Concrete Design

By Scott Robertson

When we first heard about Old Army Concrete Design and its proprietor, Chuck Anderson from his business coach, Curtis Allen, we were not initially enthused about the poss...

FYI - August 2008

A quick check of conventional wisdom on who’s going in what direction in the Tri-Cities business community.

The Motor Mile – The forme...

Kingsport Breaks Ground on Higher Education Center

By Rachel A. Horton

The most difficult problem facing the region’s largest employers today is the lack of a skilled workforce and the fact that much of the current workforce is approac...