LAUREN MEADOWS
New job title: Associate in the Litigation Department
Company: Oliver Maner, LLP.
Duties: Meadows concentrates in the areas of local government law, government liability litigation, commercial litigation, employment litigation and general liability litigation.
Related Experience: Meadows worked as an associate attorney for a civil litigation law firm in Atlanta.
Education: Meadows is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in management and certificates in law, science, and technology as well as marketing. Meadows received her Juris Doctor from the Georgia State University College of Law.
JENNIFER MESSNER
New job title: Donor relations coordinator
Company: Hospice Savannah Foundation
Duties: Messner supports donors in their charitable giving to Hospice Savannah, Inc., assists with fundraising and special events and writes funding proposals.
Related Experience: Messner’s experience includes work with not-for-profits in the field of communication and administration, most recently with the Savannah Book Festival.
Education: Messner has a BA from Mount Holyoke College and a master’s in human service administration from Antioch University, New England.
NATE SHAFFER
New job title: Vice president and commercial loan officer
Company: S Bank, Savannah location
Duties: Shaffer will handle and grow the commercial loan portfolio in the Savannah market and will handle new and renewal business.
Related Experience: Shaffer served as a commercial lender at the Claxton Bank and has been assistant vice president at Colony Bank and vice president- business banker at Darby Bank and Trust Company
Education: Shaffer is a graduate of Lowestoft College in the United Kingdom and Community Bankers University, a commercial and consumer lending school in Atlanta sponsored by the Community Bankers Association of Georgia. He is also a Veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.
TAMMY YOUNG
New job title: Branch manager for Savannah location
Company: S Bank
Duties: Young has joined the bank as vice president and branch manager. She has more than 25 years of banking experience and has served as a regional operations manager, retail leader and branch manager.
Education: Young is a graduate of University of Georgia and Georgia Bankers Association, Bankers School.
STACIA CLEELAND
New job title: Director of catering and convention services
Company: Hilton DeSoto
Duties: Cleeland works with the executive chef, food and beverage director and banquet manager to plan and execute meetings and special events.
Related Experience: Cleeland worked at The Westin in Savannah and The Inn at Ellis Square.
Education: She graduated Temple University with a bachelor of science in tourism & hospitality management in 2007.
BEVERLY COSMANN
New job title: General manager at Richmond Hill City Center
Company: The Wilderman Group
Duties: She will manage the day-to-day operations of the facility and will be responsible for preparing budgets and marketing strategies and managing expectations.
Related Experience: Cosmann has more than 15 years of hospitality experience and has worked as a convention services manager and catering sales manager at the Westin Buckhead Atlanta and director of catering at the Hilton Savannah Desoto.
Education: Cosmann holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from Texas State University. She also is certified in fashion design and management from the Guild of London and has a diploma in fashion design and management from FDMC - Johannesburg, South Africa.
ANDREW PHILLIPS
New job title: Assistant vice president, branch manager
Company: Colony Bank
Duties: Phillips will expand client relationships through loan and deposit production for Colony Bank’s Highway 17 location and will serve as a mortgage originator for the Savannah market.
Related Experience: Phillips has 10 years retail banking and mortgage lending experience with community banks.
Education:
He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from Georgia Southern University.
SANDRA KERR
New job title: New Head of School
Company: Hancock Day School
Related Experience: Kerr brings more than 20 years of educational and administrative experience to her new role.
RICHELLE LAUGHINGHOUSE
New job title: Executive sales assistant
Company: Three Oaks Realty Company
Duties: Laughinghouse will be responsible for assisting the Three Oaks Realty Company sales team, clients and vendors.
Related Experience: Laughinghouse was head coordinator of JW Salon & Spa and was awarded a certificate of excellence in customer service, known as the STAR award, from the Downtown Business Association.
Education: Laughinghouse received an English-Communications degree from Armstrong Atlantic State University.
CHRIS MCCORMICK
New job title: Sales associate
Company: Three Oaks Realty Company
Duties: McCormick will be responsible for providing services to clients in buying, selling and leasing residential real estate.
Related Experience: McCormick was an owner of Live Wire Music Hall.
Education: McCormick received a bachelor of arts degree in English literature from Armstrong Atlantic State University.
CANDACE ADKINS
New job title: Branch Manager, Godley Station Office
Company: The Coastal Bank
Duties: In her new position, Adkins is responsible for the administration and daily operation of a full service branch office.
Related Experience: Adkins began her banking career as a peak-time floating teller in 2001 at First Union, later Wachovia, in Savannah and she was named branch manager in 2005. In 2007, Adkins joined The Coastal Bank as retail sales administrator and was promoted to assistant vice president of the bank’s retail banking division in 2008.
Education: Adkins graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from South University in 2005.
Oliver Maner recognizes Super Lawyers
Oliver Maner LLP’s announces their members recogized as 2014 Georgia Super Lawyers.
• David H. Dickey, estate planning & probate
• William P. Franklin, Jr, Georgia The Top 100/personal injury, malpractice/defense
• Julian R. Friedman, estate planning & probate
• I. Gregory Hodges, personal injury general: defense
• Patrick T. O’Connor, Georgia The Top 100/civil litigation: defense
• William J. Hunter, general litigation
• Alison S. Kennickell, personal injury medical malpractice: defense
• George T. Major, Jr., personal injury general: plaintiff
• Benjamin M. Perkins, state, local and municipal
• Christopher L. Ray, personal injury medical malpractice: defense
• Timothy D. Roberts, business litigation
• Robert W. Schivera, closely held business
• Paul H. Threlkeld, general litigation
• Andrew M. Wilkes, general litigation
Hospice Savannah, Inc. elects new board members
At Hospice Savannah Inc.’s annual meeting, Myra Hill was elected chair of the board of directors for 2104-2015. Bruce Barragan was named vice chair; E.B. (Zeke) Gaines, III was named secretary; Paul Meyer was named treasurer, and William A. Baker, Jr. became past chair.
New board members elected to serve a three-year term are:
• Rabbi Ruven Barkan
• William C. Keightley
• Dr. L.E. (Bud) Robertson
• William C. Roelle
• Maura Sovchen
• Marjorie Young
• Derek Zimmerman
Montgomery takes leadership role with bankers committee
Adam Montgomery, vice president of marketing at The Coastal Bank, a locally owned and operated community bank headquartered in Savannah, was recently named vice chairman of the Georgia Bankers Association (GBA) marketing committee.
Montgomery will help guide the association and the marketing committee in their efforts to stay in tune with marketing, advertising and public relations issues of importance to GBA members. The committee participates in the planning of educational programming for bank marketing professionals and provides direction in the organization’s lobbying efforts. Originally from Atlanta, Montgomery earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Georgia.