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LUELLA SANDERS
New job title:
Chief financial officer
Company: Senior Citizens, Inc.
Duties:
Sanders’ responsibilities will include overseeing all financial management operations and working closely with executive leadership to maintain budgeting, financial forecasting and cash flow for administration and existing programs.
Related Work Experience:
Sanders was the former director of finance for Union Mission where she administered payroll, coordinated year-end audits and implemented updates to accounting programs.
Education:
Sanders received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Savannah State University and a master of business administration from Georgia Southern University.
KATHY CARROLL
New job title:
PRO Services rep
Company:
Floor & Decor
Duties: Carroll will develop relationships with the Pro customer community in Savannah and analyze the local market to identify potential opportunities, companies and buyers.
Related Work Experience:
Carroll worked in the natural stone industry for more than 15 years.
Education:
She has a B.A. in economics from Armstrong State University.
MARNIE NOWICKI
New job title:
Board of directors
Company:
Park Place Outreach – Youth Emergency Shelter
Related Work Experience: She volunteered at the shelters of the Montgomery and Autauga County Humane Societies and participated on the boards of related fundraising events. Nowicki also assisted with the promotion of the Take Back a Neighborhood initiative of Common Ground Montgomery ministries serving inner-city youth in high crime areas. She previously served on the board for the Boys and Girls Club of Chico, Calif.
Education: She is a graduate of Ferris State with a BA in marketing and advertising.
JESSICA LOWTHER
New job title:
Nurse practitioner
Company: SunGate Medical Group
Related Work Experience: Lowther worked with a Mohs surgeon prior to joining SunGate. She is board-certified by the American Nurse Credentialing Center.
Education:
Lowther earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of South Carolina.
DR. JOHN SEARLES
New job title:
Board certified plastic surgeon
Company: SunGate Medical Group
Duties: Searles is a board-certified plastic surgeon with training in skin-cancer removal and reconstructive surgery, along with a number of other cosmetic procedures.
Education:
He earned his bachelor of arts degree from Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., and returned to school at Colorado University to complete pre-med courses where he then completed medical school.
ERIK DREISTADT
New job title:
Web developer
Company:
group46
Related Work Experience:
Dreistadt has experience in freelance web development and PHP programming and will aid the group46 team in programming and database back-end development.
Education: He has a BS in computer science from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.
RACHEL RUCKER
New job title:
Account coordinator
Company: group46
Related Work Experience:
She has a background in marketing and public relations and joins group46 after having had experience in print media with Hilton Head’s Pink magazine.
Education:
She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina.
SEAN FERDA
New job title:
Business development director
Company:
group46
Related Work Experience: He has experience in increasing businesses’ return on investment and has most recently been linked to The Island Packet.
Education:
Ferda graduated from the University of South Carolina.
HITCH GILCHRIST
New job title:
Assistant project manager
Company: Choate Construction Co.
Duties: Gilchrist’s responsibilities include assisting in the coordination and supervision of all facets of work including initial preconstruction involvement, preliminary budgets, design coordination, progress drawing review, contract administration, project documentation, buyout and management of subcontracts, project cost control, scheduling and maintaining a consistent flow of information with owners and subcontractors.
Education: He graduated from Auburn University with a degree in building science.
ALLISON HERSH
New job title:
Director of Marketing and Communications
Company:
Armstrong State University
Duties:
Hersh is responsible for the strategy and execution of all marketing and communications initiatives at Armstrong.
Related Work Experience:
She joined Armstrong in 2013 as the university’s public relations manager. She previously served as vice president of media relations at Abshire Public Relations and as the editor of Savannah Scene.
Education:
Hersh earned a Ph.D. and M.A. in English language and lterature from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in English with high honors from the University of Texas.
Edwards receives Horizons honor
Horizons Savannah announced that its executive director, Christy Edwards, has received Horizons National’s highest honor, the Horizons Leadership Award, at a ceremony in Connecticut. Established in 2011, this award recognizes the contributions of an executive director who has helped grow their affiliate and made significant contributions to the Horizons National affiliate network.
Bowman named Chaplain of the Year
Maj. Thomas “Brannon” Bowman, the wing chaplain for the 165th Airlift Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, has received the 2014 Samuel Stone Award for Outstanding Air National Guard Chaplain of the Year.
Bowman also serves as the lead chaplain for several geographically separated units of the Georgia Air National Guard including units at Hunter Army Airfield, Brunswick and Savannah International Airport.