The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
NEWSMAKERS
The Castle Group named Philip
Hauserman, an Atlanta native and veteran public relations professional, to lead it.
Envistacom, an Atlanta-based, Hispanic woman-owned defense contractor, named
Shane Loveless as director of counterterrorism operations.
Kevin Purcell has also joined Envistacom as the vice president of finance and accounting. Additionally, Preston Collins and Shara Atkinson have been appointed as director or enterprise architecture and director of marketing, respectively. Helene Obst has been promoted to vice president of human resources.
Bryan Batson, senior vice president of southern operations and president of Atlanta Gas Light, Chattanooga Gas and Florida City Gas at Southern Company Gas, a subsidiary of Southern Co., is the new president of the Technical College System of Georgia Foundation. The Foundation’s new trustees include
Sloane Evans, vice president of human resources at Georgia Power; Henry Todd, operations manager at Caterpillar’s Athens facility; and Aleisa Howell ,a partner at Mauldin & Jenkins.
John Goodwin has been named head of communications at TWC.
Marietta-resident Sheri
Kell has launched Sheri Kell Communications, a boutique firm offering public relations, media relations, public affairs, social media and special events.