The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
NEWSMAKERS
■ JLL has hired Eric Weatherholtz as senior managing director.
■ Crawford & Company has appointed Andrew Bart to global president of Global Technical Services — the firm’s large and complex claims handling business. In addition the company has named Tim Jarman president of operations in Australia.
■ Attivo Consulting Group has named Tyrone Conner a senior account executive.
■ Melissa Sargeant has moved to SugarCRM as chief marketing officer following nearly three years as CMO with global e-commerce cloud-based solutions provider ChannelAdvisor.
■ LeaseQuery, a leading provider of lease accounting software, has named
Jennifer Booth vice president of accounting.
■ The Cobb Chamber has named Dana Johnson executive vice president of economic development and executive director of Select Cobb, the organization’s economic development strategy.
■ Gather recently named
Thomas Angst senior vice president of sales.
■ Goodwill of North Georgia has named three new board members — Kyle Waide of Atlanta Community Food Bank, Noni Ellison of Carestream Dental and Kofi
Smith of Atlanta Airlines Terminal Company
■ The Board of Directors of The Southern Company has elected two new directors, Janaki Akella and Anthony F. Earley Jr. ■ Financial Aid Services, an Atlanta-based management consulting firm that helps colleges and universities optimize their financial aid and student business operations, has appointed
Janet Hunter and Nicole Verrett to senior staff positions with the firm.
■ Kumho Tire USA Inc. has appointed Samuel Choi to serve as chief executive officer.
■ Jon Rotenberg is now an “Of Counsel” attorney with family law firm Hedgepeth Heredia LLC.
■ Atlanta’s Dewberry firm has promoted Phil Thiel to executive vice president.
■ The American Cancer Society has named three new members to its board of directors. They are
Dr. Mark A. Goldberg ,a medical oncologist and hematologist on the faculty of Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Michelle M. Le Beau,
Chicago, the Arthur and Marian Edelstein Professor of Medicine-Section of Hematology/Oncology, director of the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center; and Terri McClements, McLean, Va., the Mid Atlantic Managing Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
■ Lindsay Gordon has joined 360 Media Inc. as director of client services.
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