The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
NEWSMAKERS
■ Osmose Utilities Services Inc., based in Peachtree City, has appointed P. Cody Phipps president and chief executive officer.
■ Atlanta venture capital firm Valor Ventures has announced the addition of a third general partner, Gary Peat.
■ Davida Morgan Washington has been named president of the Ferst Readers board of directors.
■ Paul Schmitz has been hired as market manager for public roads at Tensar International Corp. The company, a global provider of geogrid stabilizing solutions, also has appointed Don Herbert as industry market manager, rail.
■ Atlanta-based Gray Television Inc. has promoted Lori Bruffett and Scott Sanders to general manager positions.
■ Goodwill of North Georgia announces the appointment of four board members. They are DeRetta Cole Rhodes, senior vice president and head of human resources for the Atlanta Braves; Eloisa Klementich, president and chief executive officer of Invest Atlanta; Heather Ostis, vice president and head of global supply chain management at Delta Air Lines; Ellen Stern of Goodwill of North Georgia.
■ Cognosos, a leader in IoTbased asset intelligence, has announced that Braxton Jarratt has joined the company as its new CEO effective immediately.
■ Professional organizer Brenda Wagman has been named as a board member and director of membership for the Georgia Chapter of the National Association of Productivity & Organizing Professionals.
■ Dr. Sheryl G.A. Gabram-Mendola, professor of surgery at Emory University’s School of Medicine, has been named to the board of the nonprofit TurningPoint Breast Cancer Rehabilitation.
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