HIRES/PROMOTIONS
BECKY ORSI-FAIRCLOTH
New job title: Marketing/specialty leasing manager
Company: Savannah Mall
Related work experience: Orsi-Faircloth served as a group business development representative for General Growth Properties/Oglethorpe Mall. She has more than 28 years of experience with eight developers in four states.
Education: Orsi-Faircloth received a bachelor of science degree in public relations and broadcasting from Mississippi University for Women.
PHIL MCCONNELL
New job title: General manager
Company: Savannah Mall
Related work experience: McConnell served as senior general manager at General Growth Properties/Oglethorpe Mall. He has more than 37 years of experience in the shopping center industry, working for 10 different developers in 10 states.
Education: McConnell is a graduate of Mississippi State University with a degree in political science and received a Certified Shopping Center Manager credential from the International Council of Shopping Centers.
PAUL H. TIETZ
New job title: Partner
Company: Gray Pannell & Woodward LLP
Duties: Tietz will practice principally in the areas of public finance and corporate finance.
Related work experience: Tietz has practiced in the area of public finance extensively since 1975. His experience includes taxable and tax-exempt financing of hospitals and nursing homes, as well as other nonprofit and for-profit health care facilities.
Education: Tietz received his B.S. in economics with a major in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He received his law degree with distinction from Duke University School of Law.
KATHY DERINGER
New job title: Primary care/post-acute care territory manager
Company: THA Group
Duties: Deringer’s responsibilities include business development activities for physician offices and targeted living facilities, maintenance of professional relationships with current and prospective referral sources and community education.
Education: Deringer is a 2006 graduate of Florida Atlantic University with a degree in marketing and communications.
GRAYSON GRESHAM
New job title: Target.com group leader
Company: Target
Duties: Gresham will be a leader in the Target.com department.
Related work experience: Gresham worked an internship with Target last year.
Education: Gresham earned a B.A. in arts in journalism from the University Of Georgia. She also has a certificate in personal and organizational leadership.
LAUREN PURVIS
New job title: State court attorney
Company: Chatham County District Attorney’s Office
Duties: Purvis will prosecute misdemeanor crimes.
Related work experience: Purvis served as assistant solicitor general in the Northeast Judicial Circuit.
Education: Purvis was a double major at the University of Georgia in journalism and English, with a minor in philosophy and received her juris doctorate from the Georgia State University College of Law.
JEREMIAH JOHNSON
New job title: State court attorney
Company: Chatham County District Attorney’s Office
Duties: Johnson will prosecute misdemeanor crimes.
Related work experience: Johnson served in Fayetteville’s Office of The Public Defender, as well as at Viril Brown & Associates in Zebulon.
Education: Johnson received his BS in biodiversity and ecosystems from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., and his juris doctorate from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
TIMOTHY SHEPPARD
New job title: Recorder’s court director
Company: City of Savannah
Related work experience: Sheppard has served as the assistant director of Recorder’s Court since 2010. He was the deputy court administrator for Chatham County State Court from 2004 to 2010.
Education: Sheppard earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Jacksonville University and his master’s in public administration from Savannah State University.
MARTI BARROW
New job title: Director, annual giving
Company: St. Joseph’s/Candler Foundations
Duties: Barrow is responsible for developing and executing annual fundraising initiatives and cultivating philanthropic support in the community to support the mission of St. Joseph’s/Candler.
Related work experience: Barrow served as executive director of the Savannah Area Tourism Leadership Council.
Education: Barrow earned a bachelor of science degree in travel industry management from the University of Hawaii.
ANDRE PRETORIUS
New job title: Chief of State Court Division
Company: Chatham County District Attorney’s Office
Duties: Pretorius will prosecute misdemeanor crimes in Chatham County.
Related work experience: Pretorius was the assistant solicitor general at the Hall County Office of the Solicitor General in Gainesville.
Education: Pretorius received his BA in political science from Georgia State University and his Juris Doctorate from John Marshall Law School.
DOUG KELLOGG
New job title: Partner
Company: Kellogg Investment Group, LLC
Duties: Kellogg works with businesses and individuals and other professional advisors to offer comprehensive and creative financial solutions. His multi-generational approach focuses on individual client needs, planning for retirement, and asset and risk management.
Related work experience: Kellogg was a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Advisors prior to co-founding Kellogg Investment Group.
Education: Kellogg graduated from Georgia College & State University with a bachelor’s degree in marketing.
DANA FLOOD
New job title: Personal banker, Godley Station office
Company: The Coastal Bank
Duties: Flood assists customers with new and current accounts and offers banking solutions ranging from cash management to consumer loan options.
Related work experience: Flood served a personal banker at SunTrust Bank in Pooler for six years.
DEANNA SCHULTZ
New job title: Clinical director of counseling services at the Counseling Center
Company: Union Mission
Duties: Schultz supervises all clinical and administrative staff.
Related work experience: Schultz served as an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) supervisor and counselor at Secure Health in Macon and has provided counseling services to various non-profits in central Georgia.
Education: Schultz earned a B.A. in sociology from Valdosta State University and an M.S. in mental health counseling from Fort Valley State University.
HONORS/AWARDS
Accountant earns certification
Brittany Riddick has received her Certified Public Accountant certification. Brittany started an internship with Hancock Askew & Co., LLP in January of 2011 and joined the firm as a staff accountant in April of that year in the Savannah office.
Food bank installs board members
America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia inducted new members to its board of directors. Newly appointed members include:
• Kevin S. Blair, chairman, CEO & president SunTrust Bank, Georgia Region;
• Chad Cunningham, Savannah consumer market area executive, Bank of America;
• William C. Keightley, retired VP, group CFO, Marmon Water, Inc.
Financial planner earns certification
R. Chase Mouchet has been authorized by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards to use the certified financial planner and CFP certification marks in accordance with CFP Board certification requirements.
Architect honored
The Savannah chapter of the American Institute of Architects has presented the Kolman Award to T. Jerry Lominack. The award is presented for service to the profession, AIA Savannah and the community and high ethical standards in the practice of architecture. It is the highest award presented by AIA Savannah. Lominack is a partner in Lominack Kolman Smith Architects.
Savannah Tech student receives scholarship
Savannah Technical College Welding student Andy Burns was selected to receive a $350 scholarship from the American Welding Society. He is the first student to be awarded an AWS scholarship at the college. He is scheduled to graduate with multiple welding technique Technical Certificates of Credit in June.
Savannah man appointed to board
SCBT Financial Corporation announced that Robert H. Demere, Jr. has been appointed to its board of directors. Demere is president of Colonial Group, Inc., a petroleum marketing company in Savannah.