HIRES/PROMOTIONS
CATHERINE HAWLEY
New job title: Export NVOCC supervisor
Company: Page International
Duties: Hawley will guide her team to facilitate all aspects of routed export transactions through our foreign agency network from pricing to final document distribution on behalf of U.S. shippers and foreign consignees.
Related work experience: Hawley was employed with Page International in December 2009 in transportation analysis and transferred to ocean export documentation until her return to transportation analysis in October 2012.
Education: Hawley has a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech communication from the University of Georgia.
CHANCE RAEHN
New job title: Principal/industrial development leader
Company: Integrated Science & Engineering
Duties: Raehn will help develop a growing portfolio of regional and national markets.
Related work experience: For 17 years, Raehn has provided master planning services for more than 125 million square feet and designed more than 30 million square feet of warehouse and manufacturing space from northern Florida to North Carolina.
Education: Raehn graduated in 1995 from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering.
MELISSA PHILLIPS
New job title: Director of marketing
Company: Integrated Science & Engineering
Related work experience: Phillips brings more than 15 years of experience managing marketing and business development activities.
Education: Phillips is a graduate of Memorial Day School and attended Armstrong Atlantic State University and Georgia Southern University.
CAROLE MALAN
New job title: Chief financial officer/CFO
Company: Telfair Museums
Duties: Malan will direct all aspects of the museum’s administration and annual budgeting process.
Related work experience: Malan worked as a tax accountant at Hancock Askew & Co. in Savannah. Prior to coming to Savannah she served as the pathology department administrator at the University of Arizona.
Education: Malan holds a B.A. in economics from Vassar College and MBA from Harvard Business School.
HONORS/AWARDS
Attorney honored
Hunter-Maclean partner Chris Phillips was recently inducted into the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). ABOTA is a national association of trial lawyers and judges dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the civil jury trial right provided by the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
NLaws names driver of the month
Darnell Blackshear has been named NLaws Produce Driver of the Month for January. Blackshear has worked for the company since 2011.
CASA elects 2013 executive members
Savannah/Chatham CASA Inc. board of directors recently elected new 2013 executive committee members. Those appointed at the Jan. 15 meeting were:
• Chairman, Ryan Sewell, Bernard Williams Co.
• Vice-chair, Stephanie Mobley, Savannah Power Yoga
• Secretary, Joy Youngblood, Re/Max Savannah Realty
• Treasurer, Vernon Taylor, Jr., Memorial University Medical Center
• Recording secretary, Yvonne Hafer, CASA Volunteer Advocate
Advisor earns certification
Morgan Stanley has announced that financial advisor Sam Gallagher of the firm’s Savannah office has successfully completed the biannual renewal of his Certified Investment Management AnalystSM (CIMA) designation from the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA).
Attorney named co-chair
Hunter-Maclean partner Sarah H. Lamar was recently named co-chair of the Georgia Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) Governmental Affairs Committee. Lamar practices in the area of employment law and has experience representing employers in employment litigation in state and federal courts.
Friends of Massie names 2013 board
Friends of Massie, a nonprofit support organization of Massie Heritage Center, recently named board members for 2013.
New board members include:
• Susan Dailey, president
• Denise Grabowski, vice president
• Staci Donegan, treasurer
• Leah Colby
• Kristin Detwiler
• Vaughnette Goode-Walker
• Buttons Jordan
• Patrick Phelps
• Cathy Rodgers
• Pat Ryan
Financial planner earns certification
Laura Evans with Edward Jones in Richmond Hill has been authorized by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) to use the certification mark CFP. Evans successfully completed CFP board’s initial certification requirements, which include completion of financial planning coursework and passing a comprehensive examination.
Savannah man elected to board
At its January board meeting, the executive board of the Office and Professional Employees International Union recognized the election of Dennis R. Arrington as the new president of the Industrial, Technical and Professional Employees ITPEU/OPEIU Local 4873.
Martin invited to speak at MDRT
Tony Martin of Martin Financial Group has been invited to speak at the 2013 Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on June 11. Founded in 1927, MDRT is an international, independent association of nearly 38,000 of the world’s leading financial service professional from more than 450 companies in 79 countries.