Promotions, hiring, achievements and company news

Here’s a look at promotions, hiring and other important business events in the Memphis area:

Samantha Maltin AND Ankur Jain have joined the executive management team of Alsacefundraising and awareness organization for Children’s Research Hospital St. Jew.

• Matlin is its new Chief Marketing and Brand Officer, having most recently served as executive vice president, chief marketing officer and brand officer at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street. She has more than 25 years of experience as a brand leader, primarily in the entertainment and media space, having also held significant roles at the History Channel and Viacom/Nickelodeon.
• Jain joins as its Chief Data and Analytics Officer after most recently serving as Vice President and Head of Data Science, Analytics, AI/ML at Whole Foods, an Amazon company. He is helping to leverage the organization’s data, AI and analytics capabilities to create highly personalized experiences for St. Louis’ 11 million active supporters. Jude, as well as other critical business initiatives.

Erica Mitchell was among a group of 76 surgeon educators involved in membership in the American College of SurgeonsAcademy of Master Surgeon Educators. Mitchell is the medical director of vascular and endovascular surgery at Regional Health Onehead of the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery in University of Tennessee Health and Science Center and vice president for academic affairs for the Department of Surgery at UTHSC. She earned her medical degree at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver and completed a general surgery residency and interventional vascular radiology fellowship at the University of Colorado Health Science Center.