The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
NEWSMAKERS
Comcast has named Michelle
Pluskota vice president of business services.
Irene Hall, vice president of sales and marketing for Front Door Communities has been named chair of the 2917 Atlanta Professional Women in Building Council.
The Perpetual Financial Group Inc. has brought on Dave Cooper as a senior mortgage consultant/ mortgage banker.
Rev. Dr. Byron Thomas, senior pastor of Ben Hill United Methodist Church, has joined the Foundation of Wesley Woods board of directors.
Ember Bishop Bentley has been named the first ever executive director for the Georgia Forestry Foundation.
Draffin & Tucker LLP has promoted Jake Kitchens to the position of manager in the firm’s healthcare practice.
Baker Donelson has added
Hannah E. Jarrells to the firm’s Atlanta office as an associate in its labor and employment group.
Polsinelli has named Larry Shackelford as a shareholder.
Nancy Juneau has been installed as the 2017 chairman of the board of directors of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Georgia Inc.
Kimberly Echols has recently joined Georgia Campus – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine at the
PCOM School of Pharmacy.
Samantha Ahuja has joined Morris, Manning & Martin LLP as a partner in the hospitality and commercial real estate development and finance practices. Molly Kacheris also is joining MMM.
Crawford Global Technical Services has named Geoff Piggot its new chief executive officer.
Kilpatrick Townsend has added
Erik D. Choisy to the firm’s Atlanta office as an associate on the mergers and acquisitions and securities team.
Atlanta-based Purchasing Power has named Richard Carrano to its senior management team. Also,
Scott Rosenberg, formerly chief financial officer, has been named president and CFO.
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta has elected John B.
Rucker, managing director of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company Inc., to fill the independent directorship vacancy on FHL Bank Atlanta’s board of directors.