TEAM GREEN ZONE - Key Persons

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• CEO
• Chairman
• Founder
• Founder, Chairman and CEO of Ewing / Kessler, Inc

is founder, Chairman and CEO of Ewing/Kessler, Inc. one of the largest independent building systems company in the Mid-South providing engineered solutions related to air conditioning, power, and energy management. With nearly $50 million in sales, Ewing/Kessler has become a regional "powerhouse". His company's core businesses are made up of four components: an engineered equipment division, a parts wholesale distribution division, a service division, and a building automation platform that Ewing/Kessler installs throughout the region.

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• Regional Facility Director for Smith & Nephew

Doug Dugard is the Regional Facility Director for Smith & Nephew. He has responsibly for facilities, maintenance, security, and food services for over 80 locations across North America.

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• Dean & Professor of Accountancy / Fogelman College of Business and Economics
• Dean of the Fogelman College of Business & Economics and Full Professor in the School of Accountancy at the University of Memphis, on July 1, 2019

Before arriving in Memphis Fleming was professor and William E. Cole Director in the Charles W. Lamden School of Accountancy at San Diego State University. The AASCB-accredited School has 1,000 undergraduate accounting majors and 100 graduate students. Among his honors, Fleming has been selected Most Influential Faculty Member three times and received the Outstanding Faculty Contribution Award. His teaching areas include financial reporting, financial statement analysis, accounting research, management accounting, accounting judgment and decision making. Fleming's research uses theories from psychology, behavioral decision research and economics to investigate accounting issues in the areas of auditing, ethics, financial reporting and taxation as well as cross-cultural issues in these areas. He has published more than 25 papers in accounting journals, including Accounting Horizons, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Journal of the American Taxation Association, The International Journal of Accounting, Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Accountancy and Strategic Finance. Fleming earned his PhD from Virginia Tech University and his master's and bachelor's degrees in accounting from San Diego State. He is a CFA® charterholder and a Certified Management Accountant. Before entering academia, Fleming was a principal at a venture capital firm in Southern California. He is a member of the American Accounting Association, CFA Institute, California Society of CPAs and Institute of Management Accountants. Dr. Damon M. Fleming became dean of the Fogelman College of Business & Economics and full professor in the School of Accountancy at the University of Memphis, on July 1, 2019

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• Professor of Accountancy

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• President

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• Project Management Advisor

Kit is currently a Project Management Advisor in the FedEx Express Properties and Facilities Department and is managing the construction of the Transformation Program at the Memphis World Hub. In her thirty-four years with the company, she has been involved with many of the environmental challenges faced by the company, including environmental remediation and compliance projects, Brownfield site developments, sustainable building design, construction and management, and recycle program development.

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• Economic Development Manager