Last month, the Nashville Health Care Council announced the addition of a new staff member and two staff promotions.

June Manning will serve as director for Council Fellows. In this capacity, she is collaborating with the Fellows co-leaders and advisory committee to establish strategic goals, curriculum design and execution, recruitment, and marketing. She is also overseeing the Fellows Alumni program. Prior experience includes serving as conference services manager for Butler | Snow and as editor-in-chief for VerusMed.

Honey Hopkins has been promoted to office manager from administrative assistant. In this position, Hopkins manages administrative activities and provides key support to Council initiatives. Prior to joining the Council, Hopkins served as director of the Music City Music Council.

Valerie Somerville was recently promoted to communications manager, after previously serving as communications coordinator. In this role, she assists in the development of communications materials related to maintaining the Council’s position as the key information resource on Nashville’s healthcare industry. Prior to joining the Council in 2013, Somerville served as public information officer for the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services.