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April 10, 2017 | Tom Ballard

Knoxville Chamber names finalists for “Pinnacle Business Awards”

Pinnacle 2013The Knoxville Chamber has announced the finalists for its annual “Pinnacle Business Awards.” The categories cover a range of areas including “Young Entrepreneur.” Finalists in this group are:

  • James Oliver, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Draft Agency, a full-service creative advertising agency;
  • Courtney Jones, Founder of MomSource Network, a recent participant in Launch Tennessee’s “The TENN” master accelerator focused helping mothers reenter the job market through flexible full-time, permanent part-time, job-shared, and telecommute work; and
  • Courtney Herda, CEO of Smarter Searches, a creative digital marketing agency providing marketing and advertising solutions for business of all sizes in an incredibly diverse range of industries.

You can see the complete list of finalists by category here (Pinnacle Awards Finalists v2).


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