After six and a half years at BRAC, Mike Odom left the chamber on Dec. 28 to take a new position as vice president of marketing at LABI. He started Jan. 2. “LABI is doing a lot of great things on the marketing front, and it’s a new challenge,” Odom, a former spokesman for BRAC, says of his current job. Besides rolling out a new website recently, Odom says, LABI is working to improve its technological innovations for members and help businesses navigate changes in public education and potential tax reform, which the state Legislature will work on in its next session. “We’re going to continue working on that front and showing our members the value of LABI,” Odom says. Lauren Hatcher, director of advertising and communications at BRAC, has taken on an interim role in Odom’s former position as senior vice president of marketing until a new hire is made. —Adam Pearson
Editor’s note: This story has been changed since its original publication to clarify the nature of some of the work LABI is doing in regards to technological innnovations.
