BILL O’BRIEN
New job title: Certified mentor
Company:
SCORE Savannah
Duties:
O’Brien will mentor new business owners in the areas of accounting, business development, real estate acquisition and business sustainment.
Related Experience: He has experience with high tech manufacturing, as purchasing director for a solar cell equipment manufacturer and was self-employed in real estate management and hospitality services.
Education:
O’Brien has a bachelor of science in engineering from University of Massachusetts.
MEGHAN HEWITT
New job title: Inbound marketing assistant
Company:
United WebWorks
Duties:
She manages marketing campaigns on social media, creates or manages design opportunities such as Facebook fan pages and oversees the creation of relevant content that reaches its audience.
Related Work Experience: Hewitt served as a graphic designer and social media manager for Southeastern Auto Auction of Savannah, where she was responsible for customer service, redesigning business cards and revamping the logo, branding, website, social media and flyers.
Education:
Hewitt received her bachelor of arts degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a major in visual communications and a focus in graphic design. She also received her associate of arts degree from the Delaware College of Art and Design with a graphic design focus.
TONYA HILLIS
New job title:
Marketing representative
Company: Hospice Savannah, Inc.
Duties:
Hillis will obtain earlier referrals from physicians for the hospice serving Chatham, Bryan, Effingham, Liberty and Long counties.
Related Work Experience:
She served as office manager and marketing rep for locally owned Wound Care Clinic-ESU.
Education:
She studied English and fine arts at Georgia Southern University and Armstrong State University.
STAN DIXON
New job title:
Vice president, G650 Continuous Improvement
Company:
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.
Duties:
Dixon is responsible for ensuring the continued success, reliability, quality and availability of the Gulfstream G650 and flagship G650ER.
Related Work Experience: In his previous role as vice president of government and sustaining programs, Dixon managed entry-into-service programs for Gulfstream’s in-production fleet; led the reliability, quality and availability action team; co-chaired the production change management Team; and oversaw all retrofit management programs.
Education: He earned an engineering degree from Texas A&M University in College Station and is an active pilot with commercial, multi-engine and instrument ratings.
KATELYN ROUNDTREE
New job title:
Interior designer
Company:
Office Services Inc.
Duties: Roundtree is responsible for space planning, designing, specifying, showroom management and assisting sales staff.
Related Work Experience:
She completed an internship as an interior design assistant at Palmer Architects.
Education:
Roundtree has a B.S. in interior design with a minor in business management.
ANDREW J. DIES
New job title:
Assistant Dean of Student Integrity
Company: Armstrong State University
Duties:
Dies is responsible for administering Armstrong’s student conduct system, which involves academic and non-academic violations of the student honor code. In addition, he serves on the university’s behavioral assessment team, working with students in crisis.
Related Work Experience: Dies served as resident director for UNC Charlotte, the Art Institute of Philadelphia and Temple University, where he oversaw day-to-day operations of the housing departments, as well as recruitment and training for supervisors and staff.
Education: Dies holds a master of education in higher education administration from North Carolina State University and bachelor of social work from the University of Kansas.
LEANY G. WOOD
New job title:
Telephony technician
Company:
Speros
Duties: Wood will be responsible for the installation of cabling for Speros’ customers’ voice, data and surveillance needs.
Related Work Experience:
Wood brings 13 years experience in telecommunications and served in the U.S. Army.
Education:
Wood has a bachelor of science in IT with a focus on networking and telecommunications.
BECKY VARNER
New job title:
Sales and account management
Company: Speros
Duties: Varner will provide sales and account management support for customers.
Related Work Experience:
She has more than 15 years of experience in information technology (IT) sales and operations, along with a background in commercial and government sales.
Education:
Varner earned a bachelor of arts from the University of South Florida.
MICHAEL KLINE
New job title:
Sales representative
Company:
Tingue, Brown & Co.
Duties:
Kline serves commercial, institutional, industrial and on-premise laundries in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
Related Work Experience:
He is a veteran of the United States Marines Corps and is a former logistics and operations manager for Target Corp.
Education:
Kline is a graduate of University of Georgia.
TAMIKA MUTCHERSON
New job title:
Realtor
Company:
Coldwell Banker Platinum Partners
Duties:
She specializes in new homes and residential properties in Savannah, Pooler and the surrounding areas.
Related Work Experience:
Mutcherson has 10 years of property management experience in bond, conventional and tax credit communities and has previous property management experience.
Education:
She holds an associates degree in business administration from Savannah Technical College.
MELVIN WILLIAMS
New job title:
Senior vice president of AGL Resources and president of Nicor Gas
Duties: Williams will oversee all operations for the largest natural gas utility in Illinois, serving approximately 2.2 million residential, commercial and industrial customers.
Related Work Experience: Williams. a native of Savannah, has been with AGL Resources for more than 25 years.
SCAD’s Concepción honored by Scripps Howard Foundation
Beth Concepción, dean of the School of Liberal Arts and chair of the writing program at SCAD, was one of six people selected to participate in the 2015-16 Scripps Howard Foundation Visiting Professors in Social Media Program. Concepción will fulfill her grant at DigitasLBi in Chicago this summer.
HunterMaclean firm ranked in Chambers USA Guide
HunterMaclean, a business law firm with offices in Savannah and Brunswick, has been ranked in the Chambers USA Guide 2015, an annual listing of top law firms and lawyers in the United States.
Chambers & Partners’ 150-member editorial and research team ranks law firm practice areas and recognizes individual attorneys in 185 jurisdictions worldwide.
HunterMaclean earned rankings for environmental law, labor & employment and general commercial litigation practice areas.
In addition, Chambers recognized six HunterMaclean attorneys as “Leaders in their Field:” Andrew H. Ernst, environmental law; Wade W. Herring II, labor and employment; Shawn A. Kachmar, labor and employment; Sarah H. Lamar, labor and employment; John M. Tatum, general commercial litigation; and T. Mills Fleming, health care.
Savannah Book Festival announces board committee
The Savannah Book Festival recently announced the 2016 Savannah Book Festival board of director’s executive committee.
The seven-person executive committee includes officers who have served on various committees for the book festival.
Serving as chairman for the third year is Jack Romanos, former president and CEO of Simon & Schuster. Ann Higbee, returns in her third year as board president. Robin Gold begins her fifth year as executive director.
Serving in their third years are Jenny Long, secretary; Will Holland, treasurer; and Ben Oxnard, assistant treasurer. Bob Faircloth, returns as development director.