LUCIA BRUS
New job title:
Inbound marketing manager
Company:
United WebWorks
Duties:
She will tailor inbound marketing plans to clients’ specific revenue goals, manage a team of marketing coordinators, prioritize and delegate projects, interpret website metrics and build reports for clients.
Related Work Experience:
Brus served as a marketing coordinator at United WebWorks, where she managed blogging, social media, email marketing and Pay Per Click accounts; performed keyword research and competitive analyses; built and optimized landing pages and provided client training for web editing and online marketing campaigns.
Education:
Brus graduated from Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing.
KATHRYN HAYES
New job title:
Licensed Realtor
Company: Seabolt Brokers LLC
Related Work Experience: A local artist who has been featured in many Savannah boutiques, Hayes is the founder and designer of the Savannah women’s clothing line Mint Julep.
Education: Hayes graduated with a bachelor’s degree in interior design from the University of Alabama.
CHRIS WHITE
New job title:
Licensed Realtor
Company: Seabolt Brokers LLC
Duties: White recently joined Seabolt Brokers as a licensed Realtor.
Related Work Experience:
He has five years of experience in the real estate industry, and is a top producer in the Savannah market.
Education:
He received a bachelor’s degree in English and southern literature from the University of Mississippi.
ANDREW PHILLIPS
New job title:
Mortgage loan officer
Company:
Homeowners Mortgage Enterprises
Duties:
He will be serving the Savannah SMSA while maintaining his contacts in Beaufort and Jasper counties in South Carolina.
Related Work Experience:
He has more than 10 years of mortgage banking experience with the majority of his time having been spent in the Lowcountry of South Carolina and the Savannah area.
DENNIS ANTHONY DALY
New job title:
Principal
Company:
Benedictine Military School
Related Work Experience:
Daly is Benedictine’s director of curriculum, guidance counselor for freshmen and sophomores, and director of the Learning Center.
Education:
Daly earned a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College and a master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
ROBERT RUND
New job title:
Executive director
Company: Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
Related Work Experience:
Rund comes to Savannah from Asheville, N.C., where he has run Robert Rund Creative Consulting since 1998. From 2008 until 2010, he served as the president and head of school for the American Boychoir School in Princeton, N.J. Rund also has extensive experience in the international performing arts industry.
Education: Rund earned a bachelor of music degree in music education from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton and a master of arts administration degree from Goucher College.
CHRISTOPHER LANE
New job title: Attorney Company: WSWGS, LLP.
Duties:
His practice is in the field of residential and commercial real estate.
Education:
Lane received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgia State University and his law degree from the University of Tulsa School of Law.
RAYMOND FRANKLIN
New job title:
Historical interpreter
Company:
Telfair Museums
Duties: Historical interpreters conduct guided tours of the Owens-Thomas House and Telfair Academy. Interpreters also conduct research on the Owens-Thomas House and related topics.
Related Work Experience: Franklin was a barista at Starbucks, a historical interpreter and National Park Service Park Ranger and a graduate assistant.
Education:
He earned a master’s degree in European history and a bachelor’s degree in American History from Armstrong Atlantic State University and an associate’s degree in political science from Middlesex County College, Edison, N.J.
BRENT SCOGGINS
New job title:
Senior project engineer
Company:
Rives E. Worrell Co./JE Dunn
Duties: He will help prepare subcontracts, review and submit product submittals, prepare requests for information, coordinate with subcontractors on scope and schedules and coordinate project schedules.
Related Work Experience: Scoggins worked for J.T. Turner Construction and SeamonWhiteside + Associates in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., as a civil engineer and project coordinator.
Education:
Scoggins earned a bachelor of science degree in physics from Furman University and a Master of Science degree in civil engineering from Clemson University.
New job title: Account manager, employee benefits practice
Company: Seacrest Partners, Inc.
Duties:
Simmons will administer fully insured and self-insured health and welfare programs for middle-market and large corporate clients. Her responsibilities will include plan performance evaluation, managing the implementation process, trend reporting and analysis and client service.
Related Work Experience:
Simmons brings more than 18 years of benefits consulting and account management experience to her position.
Education:
Simmons earned a Bachelor of Arts from Mercer University in Macon.
Brown to receive ‘Working Women’ award
Hospice Savannah home care social worker Brenda L. Jackson Brown will be honored at the 14th Annual AWWIN Top Ten Working Women Of The Year Awards Gala & Silent Auction, on May 8 at The Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum. As the visionary for Savannah Girlfriends, Inc., she organizes the annual Savannah’s Biggest Slumber Party and is the co-founder of young girls’ mentoring organization For All Our Daughters.
Loomis to head local NAPW chapter
Mary H. Loomis, assistant vice president for business and finance and comptroller at Savannah State University, has been named the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) Savannah Chapter president.
The chapter president’s responsibilities include administering networking events, scheduling monthly meetings with chapter members and promoting activities and events designed to promote core values.