ROBIN BOYETTE
New job title: Director of the Liberty County Neighborhood Center
Company:
Senior Citizens, Inc.
Related experience:
Boyette worked at the Coastal Center for Developmental Services, where she helped adults with autism and Down syndrome transition into jobs throughout the Savannah area.
Education: Boyette served in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Reserves for eight years in Germany and Savannah. She has a bachelor of science degree in business management.
KAVIE RUTHERFORD
New job title: General manager
Company:
Southeastern Medical Equipment
Related experience: He was the manager of Medics Home Health in Savannah and the director for Sleepwell.
Education: Rutherford holds a degree from Armstrong State University and has worked in the medical equipment field for more than 30 years.
BRUCE BARRAGAN
New job title: Executive-in-Residence, Masters of Health Services Administration Program
Company:
Armstrong State University
Duties: Barragan will assist faculty with internship and fellowship site development, student placement, preceptor training and mentoring, teaching and professional development opportunities for students.
Related experience: Barragan has more than 40 years of experience as a health care executive in Georgia and South Carolina.
Education:
Barragan earned a master of hospital administration from Duke University and a B.A. in economics from the University of North Carolina.
KIM PLUMMER
New job title: Marketing manager
Company:
E Dunn/Rives E. Worrell Construction Co.
Duties:
Plummer is responsible for producing all marketing publications, coordinating responses to requests for qualifications (RFQ) and request for proposals (RFP) and guiding company presentation teams for project interviews. She will also perform marketing coordination for company events and corporate sponsorships.
Related experience: Plummer recently relocated to the company’s Savannah office after serving as the senior marketing coordinator in the company’s Kansas City, Mo., office, for seven years.
Education:
Plummer earned a B.L.A. with distinction from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
GEOFFREY DURESKA
New job title: Senior Associate
Company:
The Conner Law Group
Duties:
Dureska practices in commercial litigation, contract and trademark law.
Related experience: Dureska operated his own general practice firm in Alexandria, Va., and practiced business and intellectual property law with Nova IP Law in Manassas, Va.
Education:
Dureska earned a bachelor of science in molecular genetics from Ohio State University and earned a law degree from Case Western Reserve University.
JIM TAIT
New job title: Vice president, Sales Operations and Analysis
Company: Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.
Duties:
Tait leads activities related to sales operations, including customer relationship management, commercial contracts, market research, aircraft pricing, residual value analysis and customer financial support.
Related experience: He has more than 25 years of experience in the engineering, defense and aviation industries, focusing on long- and short-range business plans, trend analysis, financial outlooks and pricing strategies.
Education:
Tait earned a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting from Temple University in Philadelphia and a master of science degree in corporate finance from Georgia State University in Atlanta. He is an associate member of the National Aircraft Finance Association.
Bowen earns Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating
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Park Place Outreach appoints new board member
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Mopper adds Kelly as partner
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