The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
NEWSMAKERS
■ McGuireWoods has appointed Christopher Greene, a leveraged finance lawyer, as managing partner of the firm’s Atlanta office.
■ has Crossman named & Company a Greg Hughes regional property manager.
■ Boyd Collar Nolen & Tuggle has added Alexis
Garcia and Hayley Settles as associates to the firm.
■ Mark Jones has been named CEO and team leader of Keller Williams Realty Intown Atlanta.
■ BIP Wealth (formerly Buckhead Investment Partners) has promoted Kathi Ray to the position of chief operating officer. It also has hired Samantha Phillips as chief financial officer.
■ Draffin & Tucker LLP has promoted Darin Lane to manager in the firm’s health care practice and
Mercedes McKoy to senior in the firm’s health care and commercial practices.
■ Home BancShares Inc.
has appointed former Stonegate CEO Dave
Seleski as a member of the Centennial Bank board of directors and promoted
David Druey to regional president in Florida. ■ Molly Beery and Cia Cummings have joined Dorsey Alston Realtors.
■ Wanda Lynn Riley, former chief audit and risk executive and director of audit and advisory services at the University of California, Berkeley, has been appointed director of university auditing and advisory services at Georgia State University. ■ Henry Hicks, chairman and CEO of Georgia Business Associates Inc., and Charles Jay, founder and owner of Jay & Associates LLC of Macon, have been named life members of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers. ■ Bryan Galeazzo was recently named as the interim executive director of the state’s photographic trade association.