ZACH BYRNE
New job title: Summer intern
Company: Three Oaks Realty Company
Duties: Byrne will assist the partners and agents in their day-to-day activities.
Related Experience: Byrne worked for his family’s property management business, from maintenance of properties to collection of rents as well as administrative duties.
Education: Byrne graduated from Mount De Sales Academy. He plans to attend Georgia Southern University in the fall.
KEVIN ABELSON
New job title: Chief financial officer
Company: J.T. Turner Construction
Related Experience: Abelson spent the last eight years working as the chief accounting officer for Ashton Woods Homes, the 20th largest private homebuilder in the United States. He salso pent six years with Price Waterhouse as a CPA.
Education: He received his CPA license in Pennsylvania and graduated from Laroche College in Pittsburgh with a B.S. in accounting.
TOBY BROWNE, JR.
New job title: Vice president, commercial relationship banker
Company: Colony Bank
Duties: Browne will help expand the banking relationships of new and existing clients.
Related Experience: Browne has 11 years experience in community and commercial banking.
Education: Browne earned a bachelor of arts in finance from Georgia Southern University. He is a graduate of the Georgia Banking School at the University of Georgia.
JAMES B. CLARDY
New job title: Project engineer
Company: Hussey, Gay, Bell & DeYoung
Duties: Clardy will be responsible for supporting the permitting, design and construction administration of water and sewer projects.
Education: Clardy holds a bachelor of science civil engineering degree from The Citadel.
TIM ASHMEN
New job title: Project engineer
Company: Rives E. Worrell Company
Duties: Ashmen will perform construction related tasks for project management and field construction activities, including tasks related to materials/equipment, quality and safety.
Related Experience: Ashmen interned at several general contractor companies and was a construction supervisor for Habitat for Humanity.
Education: Ashmen graduated from Georgia Southern University with a bachelor’s degree in construction management and a minor in business management.
DAVID VATER
New job title: Project engineer
Company: Rives E. Worrell Company
Duties: Vater will perform construction-related tasks for project management and field construction activities, including tasks related to materials/equipment, quality and safety.
Related Experience: Vater has worked as a mechanical services estimating assistant and was an intern with AMEC Power & Process in Woodstock.
Education: David earned his bachelor of science degree in construction management at Georgia Southern University.
ZACHARY TANNER
New job title: Intern
Company: Rives E. Worrell Company
Duties: Tanner will assist in project management and field operations.
Related Experience: Tanner has worked for several subcontractors, including HVAC and electrical.
Education: He is in the School of Building Science at Auburn University and will graduate in the fall of 2014.
TUCKER HELMS
New job title: Intern
Company: Rives E. Worrell Company
Duties: Helms will assist in project management and field operations.
Related Experience: Helms has worked for a custom home builder and remodeling company. He also was a volunteer construction worker doing plumbing and remodeling for Orphanage Emmanuel in the summer of 2013.
Education: He will graduate from Auburn University in December 2015 with a degree in building science with a minor in Business.
COREY NEAL
New job title: Intern
Company: Rives E. Worrell Company
Duties: Neal will assist in project management and field operations.
Related Experience: Neal has worked as a construction laborer and has completed a previous internship with Rives E. Worrell.
Education: Neal is attending Georgia Southern University and is working toward a degree in construction management.
DERRICK MCKINNEY
New job title: Intern
Company: Rives E. Worrell Company
Duties: McKinney will assist in project management and field operations.
Related Experience: McKinney was a Junior Achievement mentor at Hodge Elementary School. He has served as a volunteer on several local charitable events.
Education: He is a 2014 graduate of Alfred Ely Beach High School.
Armstrong professors selected as Governor’s Teaching Fellows
Two faculty members at Armstrong Atlantic State University — Becky da Cruz, an associate professor of criminal justice, social and political science, and Mirari Elcoro, an assistant professor of psychology – were recently selected as governor’s teaching fellows for the 2014 Summer Symposium Program.
White elected to Georgia Trust Board of Trustees
Lisa L. White has been elected to the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Board of Trustees. White is a graduate from Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law. In addition to The Georgia Trust, she is currently on the board of directors for the Georgia Humanities Council, the Ossabaw Island Foundation, the University of Georgia Libraries, the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, the Georgia Civil War Heritage Trails, and the city of Savannah Cultural Affairs Commission.
World Trade Center Savannah names new board members
World Trade Center Savannah (WTCSav) announced that James Anderson, director of International Education and Assistant to the Vice President at Armstrong Atlantic State University and Screven County Development Authority’s representative, Dwight Evans, founding partner in the Pendleton Consulting Group, as new members of the WTCSav Board of Directors. The new members began their two-year term in January.