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The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences (CHES) presented the annual Jack Davis Professional Achievement Awards during homecoming activities on campus.

The Jack Davis awards are presented to outstanding CHES alumni for their professional accomplishments. The awards have been given out since 1986, and are named to honor the first man to graduate from the College, Dr. Lewis Clifton “Jack” Davis, Jr.

Longview’s Jessica Smith was selected as a 2019 award recipient.

Jessica Hovis Smith recently

Andrew Gipner has obtained the ACCREDITED ESTATE PLANNER ® designation. It is awarded by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC) to recognize estate planning professionals who meet stringent requirements of experience, knowledge, education, professional reputation, and character. An AEP® designee must embrace the team concept of estate planning and adhere to the NAEPC Code of Ethics, as well as participate in an annual renewal and recertification process.

The Accredited Estate Planner® (AEP®) designation is a graduate-level, multi-disciplinary

Jessica, Chad, Lauren, Jonathan, and Debbie attended the 2019 Tie the Ribbons event held at the VBC North Hall. The annual event was informational and moving, as always.

HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology‘s breast and ovarian cancer research team of scientists are “committed to the goal of using genomic science and HudsonAlpha’s state-of-the-art technology to find new breakthroughs in breast and ovarian cancers.”

To learn more about the event, visit https://hudsonalpha.org/foundation/tie-the-ribbons-event/

Longview team member Jonathan Jones and his wife, Alex, had the privilege of attending this year’s Empty Stocking Gala. The Empty Stocking Gala is a Christmas charity event held at the Anniston Meeting Center in Anniston, AL each year. This year’s event marked the Gala’s 30^th anniversary. Jonathan was a lifelong resident of the Anniston and Oxford area before relocating to Huntsville to join the Longview team in August 2019, and he knows firsthand the impact this event has on

For the 2019-2020 season, Longview has served as the sole sponsor for the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology Alumni Association. Alumni members were treated to another great presentation from the always fun and interesting Neil Lamb, PhD. The Fall event was held at the Paul Propst Center on campus, and it was the first presentation from the brand new 2019-2020 guidebook.

To learn more about the Alumni Association, visit https://hudsonalpha.org/foundation/alumni-association/.

You can also follow Dr. Lamb on his Shareable

We held our annual Open House event at our Huntsville office on Tuesday, October 22nd. Once again, we partnered with the Food Bank of North Alabama to collect non-perishable items.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who came out and donated! We collected 357 lbs., a record amount of goods. We truly appreciate your willingness to give. Thank you for spending some time with us!

JJ is headed to the Windy City of Chicago, IL, for the 2019 NAPFA Fall National Conference.

With over 70 hours of continuing education from which to choose, the Chicago conference will host over 300 people during the course of the week. This year’s keynote speakers include:

• Sebastian Terry, founder and author of 100 Things
• Traci Brown, former

Longview team members, JJ, Jessica, and Andrew recently attended the Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville’s Summit on Philanthropy. The Summit is “an annual celebration of our community’s generosity because we believe that together we can accomplish more than any one person, one company, or one organization can accomplish on their own.” The gala-style event, celebrating its 10^th year, was held on Tuesday, September 10^th at the Westin Huntsville in Bridge Street Town Centre.

Longview has long been a