Michael Mathis, a 31-year Chattanooga banking veteran, is joining Pinnacle Financial Partners.
Mathis, formerly the market president for Regions Bank, will be the firm’s Chattanooga president and work on a leadership team with Chairman Craig Holley, Regional President Kenny Dyer, Area Executive Mark Feemster and Area Manager Ryan Murphy.
Mathis has spent his entire career in Chattanooga, beginning at the Pioneer Bank in 1991. He also worked at the FSG Bank before joining Regions in 2003.
Mathis, along with Feemster, will manage the Client Advisory Group, which is made up of 18 financial advisors who provide business, commercial and private client services to companies and their owners.
East Ridge gets new parks director
The city of East Ridge have promoted Shawnna Skiles to director of Parks and Recreation. Skiles has worked for East Ridge for 15 years and has served as the assistant director for the Parks and Recreation department for the last eight months.
Before East Ridge, Skiles was a volunteer with the East Ridge Youth Association. Her skills qualified her for the position of supervisor for the East Ridge Community Center, where she was responsible for revamping programs for senior adults, rental schedules and inside activities such as cheerleading and basketball.
Officials soon promoted Skiles to Athletics and Community Center Supervisor, adding the responsibilities of managing the baseball, softball, soccer and flag football programs at Camp Jordan to her responsibilities at the East Ridge Community Center.
Officials promoted Skiles to assistant director of the Parks and Recreation Department in September 2021 before naming her interim director in January.