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YVETTE UPTON
New job title: Associate vice president and dean of students
Company: Armstrong Atlantic State University
Duties: Upton will be responsible for providing initiatives and support services to promote student engagement and encourage learning experiences.
Related Experience: Upton joined Armstrong as the interim assistant vice president for student affairs in 2012. She has 20 years of higher education experience within the University System of Georgia.
Education: Upton earned a B.A. in journalism and an M.A. in women’s studies from Georgia State University in Atlanta. She is completing her Ed.D. in higher education management from the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia.
KIMBERLY KERSEY
New job title: Sales associate, Savannah office
Company: Coldwell Banker Platinum Partners
Duties: Kersey specializes in coastal properties, the Lowcountry and acreage.
Related Experience: She has a background in the banking industry and previously worked for local banks and the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles.
KARL C. ZIPPERER
New job title: Associate
Company: Zipperer, Lorberbaum & Beauvais, PC
Duties: Zipperer joined the firm in January and will expand his practice to include federal and state criminal defense, in addition to personal injury and other civil matters.
Related Experience: Zipperer practiced in the area of civil litigation and has represented clients throughout the state in a wide variety of cases, including products liability, personal injury, contract disputes and professional malpractice.
Education: Zipperer is a graduate of the Georgia State University College of Law and has been practicing law in Savannah since being admitted to the bar in 2009.
MARGARETT MCINTOSH
New job title: Chief of Civil Works Programs and Project Management
Company: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District
Duties: McIntosh will oversee the budgeting, planning and performance of the Corps civil works program, which includes maintenance dredging of the Savannah and Brunswick harbors; Tybee Island beach renourishments; operation of three hydroelectric dams and reservoirs on the upper Savannah River; the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project; and other water resource development projects in Georgia and portions of South Carolina.
Related Experience: McIntosh has more than 10 years of experience with the Corps in civil works planning and policy, engineering and project management in addition to private sector experience as an environmental consultant. She is a registered professional geologist and a registered project management professional.
Education: McIntosh has a bachelor of science in geology from the University of Georgia and a master of science in geology from the University of Utah.
JONI LUKES
New job title: Pro bono and community outreach coordinator
Company: Georgia Legal Services Program, Savannah Area Office
Duties: Lukes will oversee the pro bono project and coordinate development and other community events.
Related Experience: Lukes has worked with various Nevada nonprofits seeking to provide services to victims of domestic violence. Most recently, she has worked as a program coordinator with Rivers Edge Independent Retirement Community.
Education: Lukes holds an associates in theology and is working toward her BA in business.
BONNIE MCMILLAN
New job title: Benefits advisor
Company: McLaughlin Smoak & Clarke
Duties: McMillan will advise local and regional clients on cost-containment strategies for fully insured and self-insured group benefit programs, compliance issues and legislative changes.
Related Work Experience: McMillan has more than 35 years experience managing employee benefit programs for middle-market and large employers throughout Georgia. She most recently served as a benefits account executive with Wells Fargo Insurance Services in Savannah.
Hospice elects new board members, officers
Amy Piersol, senior trust advisor, South Carolina Bank & Trust, was named chair of the Hospice Savannah Foundation, Inc. Board of Trustees for 2014-2015 at the organization’s March 25 annual meeting.
Fran Kaminsky was named vice chair, and R. Vincent Martin, III, senior vice president and financial advisor of Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. was named secretary/treasurer.
Blenda Wilson was elected to serve a three-year term on the board. Other new board members are Connie Darbyshire and Joseph Roberts, who have served previously.
McDougal recognized as a ‘top producer’
Judy McDougal, with RE/MAX Savannah, has been recognized for being in the Top 25 for annual transactions in RE/MAX. She has worked in the real estate industry for more than 19 years, and this is the 10th year she has been recognized with this honor.
Attorney Spiva receives honor
Attorney Howard Spiva was invited to speak at Superstar Personal Injury Lawyers, Best Verdicts of 2013 conference in January 23. He was also named a “Champion Member” to the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association.