The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
NEWSMAKERS
Marietta-based Venture Homes has appointed Farrell Middleton as senior vice president of operations. Batson-Cook Company has named Kevin Appleton, currently senior vice president and manager of healthcare Atlanta, as chief operating officer, and Denny
Godwin, a health care project executive, vice president of healthcare Atlanta. OneDigital Health and Benefits has named Greg Blair chief information officer.
Renée Brooker and Eva Gunasekera, former attorneys in senior positions with the United States Department of Justice, have joined the Atlanta-based law firm of Finch McCranie LLP as Counsel. Atlanta-based Hotel Equities has named Jim Holliday as regional director of sales for the firm.
Mark Harper has joined Unique Logistics International, a global freight forwarding provider, as sales executive.
M. Lorainne Clark has joined the North Atlanta branch of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage as a home mortgage consultant.
Derek Smith has been named vice president of the newly formed education division at RA-LIN and Associates, a Georgia general contractor and construction management firm. Jennifer Dorian has been promoted to executive vice president of Turner Portfolio 360 Brand Strategy, a newly created position she will assume in addition to her current role as general manager of Turner Classic Movies and FilmStruck. PeachCap has named Edward
Kim as chief information officer of fixed income markets for Pêssego Global Analytics and Research. Atlanta-based Hotel Equities has named Joe Luck the regional vice president of business development for the firm. Global engineering and risk mitigation consultancy Telgian Engineering & Consulting has appointed April Musser as southeast regional practice leader of fire protection engineering. Global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will has named
David Dymecki managing director of its Atlanta office. Dr. Jian-Dong Li, director of the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, has been appointed to serve on the National Institutes of Health Council of Councils. Piksel has named Dev Khosla senior solutions architect. Hodges-Mace has appointed
Kevin Andrews president. Andrews has been serving as chief technology officer and will continue in that role.