Hospital Alliance of Tennessee Announces New President; Paige Lowe Kisber to Lead Not-for-Profit Hospital Advocacy Organization.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2003 The Hospital Alliance of Tennessee (HAT) named Paige Lowe Kisber as its new president, succeeding Adrienne Knestrick, who recently resigned the position. Kisber will be responsible for directing state advocacy and lobbying activities for the organization representing the state's not-for-profit hospitals, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. HAT Chairman Joe Dawson, administrator of Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, Tenn., who served as chair of the search committee. "Paige understands state government and has the tenacity and skills needed to represent HAT's interests in the legislature and advocate for legislation important to our mission," said Dawson. "We are thrilled to have a someone of her caliber to help us move the organization forward." Kisber will officially begin serving as president on November 3, but will work with Knestrick in a transitory TRANSITORY. That which lasts but a short time, as transitory facts that which may be laid in different places, as a transitory action. role between then and now. She will be formally welcomed at HAT's annual meeting on November 6. Kisber spent the past decade working with state government on behalf of the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. . She developed, managed and advocated on behalf of a statewide anti-drug and violence prevention program, represented the University president at executive and legislative meetings, cultivated relationships on behalf of the University system and extended their outreach program. Kisber serves on several boards including the Autism autism (ô`tĭzəm), developmental disability resulting from a neurological disorder that affects the normal functioning of the brain. It is characterized by the abnormal development of communication skills, social skills, and reasoning. Society of Middle Tennessee “Middle Tennessee” redirects here. For the university in Murfreesboro, see Middle Tennessee State University. Middle Tennessee is a distinct portion of the state of Tennessee, delineated according to law as well as custom. , Tennessee Bar Association's Youth Court Program, High Hopes and Domestic Violence Intervention Center. Kisber is currently working on her Ph.D in Psychology at Tennessee State University Tennessee State University, at Nashville; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; est. 1912 as Tennessee Agriculture & Industrial State Normal School for Negroes; attained university status 1979. and has a Masters Degree in Education from Vanderbilt and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. About HAT: The Hospital Alliance of Tennessee (HAT) is a proactive organization of 60 not-for-profit hospitals in Tennessee List of hospitals in Tennessee (U.S. state), sorted by hospital name.
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