Founded in 2002, 901creatives.com is the top network of photographers, graphic designers, illustrators, writers, video producers and other creative professionals in the Memphis area.

Bob Abbott has over thirty years of corporate and regional real estate investment and management experience. He is an active member of the Appraisal Institute and has served as President of the Memphis Chapter.

Mike Avent was an FBI Agent for over 28 years. He was a Firearms Instructor, SWAT team member and leader. He taught SWAT and survival schools and was Training-Coordinator for the Memphis Office. Mike is currently a firearms instructor for TSA and Homeland Security.

Steve Beckham is certified as a building inspector in the standard building code, the international building code, and the international residential building code. He is currently a Senior Building Inspector with Memphis & Shelby County Construction Code Enforcement.

Bill Bizot is a Senior Vice President of Investments with Wells Fargo Advisors. He serves clients as a Financial Advisor and Certified Financial Advisor Planner.

Nedra Brown has over 15 years of computer training and support experience in the Memphis area. Nedra is currently employed as a Technology Coordinator with Collegiate School of Memphis.

Bill Burtch is the principal and founder of Harmony Coaching & Consulting. Burtch has developed extensive knowledge in the areas of customer service, management and leadership development, total quality management, culture development, human resource practices, mergers and acquisitions and call center management.

Patricia Carreras teaches Creative Movement as an adjunct instructor at UofM. She is a professional actor, mime, storyteller, and teaching artist who travels all over the U.S.

Ernie Christensen has been doing genealogical research for himself and others for over 30 years. He has held extensive training seminars on the research process, data acquisition, and management of research data.

Karen Craig is a licensed masseuse in several states with an instructor license in AR. In 1976, she founded The Massage Institute of Memphis, the first authorized massage school in TN.

A math tutor for 16 years, Murray Cross has helped students ranging from second grade through doctoral programs. He has co-authored two papers in the International Journal of Mathematics Education in Science & Technology.

Abby Elzemeyer has been involved in the arts as a model, actor, producer, talent agent, and casting director. While attending New York University Tisch School of the Arts for theater she studied the Meisner Technique under Vicki Hart. She has been working as an agent in the Memphis area for over two years.

Veronica Engle has studied and taught Tai Chi for many years, and is a certified Tai Chi for Arthritis, Tai Chi for Back Pain, and Chi Gong instructor. She is a nurse and focuses on holistic care for health and wellbeing by providing therapy and tools for wellbeing, comfort, and self-care to restore and rebalance your natural energy.

Suzanne Fenech is currently the Aquatics and Safety Coordinator for UofM Campus Recreation Intramural Services. She has been teaching defensive driving for more than fourteen years and is certified with the National Safety Council.

Kathy Gibbs is the Director of Student Academic Support Services at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Gibbs has worked in the area of standardized test taking and preparation for 20 years.

Wayne Gutch has been teaching at the University of Memphis for 33 years, and has taught defensive driving to over 20,000 students, young and old alike. Gutch is certified with the National Safety Council to teach and to train other instructors.

Jerry Harber has been helping individuals and organizations work and live more successfully for more than 25 years. He’s known for his practical approach to growth and change.

Brad Harris has taught at the University of Calgary at the Graduate School of Management, as well as at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Harris’s prizewinning novel Ruby Red (Vancouver: Anvil Press, 1999) and his full-length dramatic play Incoming has been performed in Memphis and Los Angeles.

Kathy Harrison is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice in Collierville. Kathy leads personal various personal growth retreats and specializes in individual and marital therapy.

Al Hazlerig has been a mystery shopper for 15 years, and secretly shops for about 50 companies. In addition to his career, Hazlerig has written a booklet, Introduction to Mystery Shopping.

A lifelong resident of Shelby County, J.W. Horton has been a commissioned law enforcement officer and has been certified as a firearms instructor by the NRA, FBI, Shelby Co. Sheriff’s Office, Tenn. POST Commission, Tenn. Dept. of Commerce & Insurance, and the Tenn. Dept. of Safety.

Neena Howell is the owner of Smooth Stones Training. She is a Personal Protection and Security Consultant, a Tennessee Certified Handgun Permit Instructor, and a Refuse To Be A Victim Certified Instructor.

Bill Huddleston has been the Wine Sales Manager of Southwestern Wine and Liquors since 1985 and was a member of the Society of Wine Educators. Bill has taught wine appreciation courses across the Mid-South for nearly 25 years.

William S. Janna joined the faculty of the UofM in 1987 as Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He teaches courses in the areas of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, piping systems, and heat exchanger design and selection.

Andrew Jiang, a licensed and nationally certified massage therapist and a NCBTMB provider, has been involved in sports massage, TuiNa (acupressure), Reflexology, Tai massage, and Therapeutic Exercises as an instructor, assistant professor, coach, associate researcher and therapist since 1973.

Klaudia Kroboth was born and raised in Austria and studied in Vienna before moving to Memphis. She has been a singer/songwriter, recording artist and live performer most of her life.

Red Hot Lindy Hop (RHLH) is a non-profit group formed in 2001 by local swing dancers intent on preserving and sharing knowledge of vintage swing dances.

Zhaohui Liu has been in the US for more than ten years and has six years of experience in teaching Chinese language classes.

Margarette Loiseau has her master’s in Nursing from the University of Cincinnati. She is also a Healing Touch, Reiki and Craniosacral Therapist as well as an artist. She has been practicing meditation since 1993.

With a background in industrial engineering and finance, Larry Lynch has held a variety of staff and operating positions with both large and small companies for the past 25 years, including FedEx and NASA. Lynch is currently the Principal Consultant with Lynch & Associates, a local management consulting firm.

Beth Lytle is a Ph.D. candidate in Art History. She is currently working on her dissertation concerning ancient Roman fountains in the city of Rome, a topic that frequently takes her to Italy and requires a proficient level of both spoken and written Italian.

As an entrepreneur who quickly built her own successful organization consulting and training business, Maryanne Macdonald empathetically helps businesses and individuals set priorities and create order at home or work.

Joanna Manning is an Education Specialist trained by eBay to teach the Basics for Selling on eBay. She has led many students to obtain eBay POWERSELLER status.

Vikki Mercer Massey is the Information Technology Services Manager for the UT Health Science Center College of Nursing. She has graduate degrees in both communications and information science and ten years of experience in IT.

Deborah McDurmon brings years of teaching experience to the classroom. She is a National Board certified teacher and has been teaching computer applications for the past 12 years.

Maggie Naylor is a past president of the Memphis Calligraphy Guild. A former trainer with FedEx, Maggie now enjoys teaching others the art of beautiful writing.

Rich Newman has worked production on feature films (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), television (Friday Night Lights), short films, and video games (Midway Games). His short films have screened at the SXSW Film Festival and Screen Door Film Festival.

Philip Newsom is an international sales manager for a large corporation. He has conducted over 250 interviews in the last three years and coached personal and professional development.

Jimmy Ogle is a life-long Memphian with 30 years of tourism and museum experience. He’s also a Step-on Guide for the Memphis Convention & Visitor’s Bureau and is a recent recipient of the “Spirit of Memphis” Award.

Janet Pace has been a licensed real estate broker since 1992 and is a certified relocation specialist. She owns Heritage Homes, which specializes in real estate and relocation services.

Melissa Petersen is the editor and publisher of Edible Memphis, a quarterly publication focusing on seasonal and local food, farmers, chefs, artisans and food traditions. Melissa also works as a food stylist on the locally-filmed Down Home with the Neely’s, teaches cooking classes, speaks on the benefits of choosing local, and schedules everything around Memphis Tiger home basketball games.

Joe Pizzirusso is the owner of Creative Works and is an adjunct professor at the Memphis College of Art. Joe works in advertising, television production, graphic design, and marketing, and has taught acting in several venues.

Michael Porter is a freelance advertising copywriter, marketing consultant, humorist, songwriter, poet, playwright, entrepreneur, and adjunct professor in the UofM’s Department of Communication.

Helen Putnam is a member of the Memphis Calligraphy Guild with extensive graphic design background.

Amanda Rast has been swing dancing since 1999 and teaching dance for eight years. She is a co-founder of and lead teacher for Red Hot Lindy Hop.

Christopher Robbins has taught testing preparation since his college days at the UofM. He holds both an MAT and an Ed.S. He is the current Dean of Academics for Memphis Catholic High School and Middle School, where he prepares the curriculum for the students, particularly in testing preparation.

Jessica Robbins learned the art of crochet with the assistance of several books. She hopes to provide guidance in learning this lost art to new crochet aficionados.

Cheryl Shanaghan, owner of Better than a Butler, has been working in the hospitality field for over 20 years. With experience in both the government and the private sector, she has produced events that range from two to 12,000.

Ed Simmons has worked as a real estate analyst completing appraisals and feasibility studies on all types of residential and commercial real estate.

Michael Spikes’ experience includes photojournalism, portraits, advertising and special-event photography, as well as the use of digital images for publications and websites.

Marvin Stockwell is the Public Relations Manager for the Church Health Center. He also worked as the Morning Edition Host and Promotions Manager at WKNO-FM.

Jon Tignor is a System’s Specialist at the UofM and has extensive experience in database and web development.

T. G. Tolson has taught various heating, air conditioning and ventilation courses and developed the Steam and Refrigeration license preparation course in 1996.

Debra Turner is a Web Specialist II in the College of Arts and Sciences at the UofM. She has twelve years of experience working with Photoshop on an almost daily basis.

Steve Upshaw is a USA Archery Regional High Performance Coach, selected by the National Head Coach to teach the techniques and principals of world class and Olympic Archers.

Michelle Weatherford has worked as a long-term project consultant building customized, performance excellence programs from inception to completion.

Sam White has been a Basic Life Support instructor since 1979, and was given a special recognition for his public service to disabled citizens in 1991.

Walter White is the owner of Regent Hall, LLC, a personal assistant and executive household management company that has served the Memphis area since 2004. White is a strong proponent of using personal assistance as a way of managing the many complexities of modern living.

Managing Director of Wilson & Turner Inc., Andy Wilson has conducted and supervised criminal, civil and financial investigations for both the government and corporate levels for over 25 years. Wilson is a certified Fraud Examiner, a certified Protection Professional, and a licensed Private Investigator.

Steve Winnette is a retired teacher, coach and administrator, having completed 35 years with Memphis City Schools. Winnette is certified with the National Safety Council.

Randolph Word has over 15 years experience in commercial real estate appraisal. He holds the MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute.