HIRES/PROMOTIONS
ROSE BRENKUS
New job title: Heavenly Spa manager
Company: The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa
Duties: Brenkus will manage the Heavenly Spa and the teams that function within the department. She is also responsible for the generation of revenue within the Heavenly Spa.
Related work experience: Brenkus supervised more than 45 therapists at Spa Palazzo at The Boca Raton Resort and Club. Prior to Boca, Rose was at Red Door Spa and The Spa at The Breakers.
Education: Brenkus has a bachelor’s degree from Florida Atlantic University, with a major in finance and a minor in marketing.
N. LEE YATES, III
New job title: Medical director of vascular surgery
Company: St. Joseph’s/Candler
Duties: Yates will provide leadership of the vascular surgery program at The Heart Hospital at St. Joseph’s Hospital, as well as the vascular screening program.
Education: Yates received his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and his medical degree from Mercer University School of Medicine.
REAGAN DALY
New job title: Public relations coordinator
Company: Willingway
Duties: Daly will coordinate Willingway’s public relations functions and management of activities and events within and outside Willingway.
Related work experience: Daly was the editor and creator of Moments magazine in Statesboro. She also sold cable news shows and anchored online vodcasts. Most recently, she was the advertising manager for Savannah Media LLC.
Education: Daly is an alumna of Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C.
PAUL MORALES
New job title: Medical IT engineer
Company: MD Tech Pro — Savannah/Charleston Offices
Duties: Morales will configure and troubleshoot hardware and software issues for clientele and maintain network stability in a medical environment.
Related work experience: Morales has experience in IT contracting and consulting.
Education: Morales attended Trident Technical College and Cisco Academy.
JOEL K. GERBER
New job title: Partner
Company: Brannen, Searcy & Smith LLP
Duties: Gerber’s practice is focused on residential and commercial real estate closings, trusts and estates, corporate law, probate and construction law.
Education: Gerber graduated from the University of Georgia, A.B., cum laude, 1997, and from the University of Memphis, with his J.D., 2001.
HONORS/AWARDS
Savannah man honored
Destination Marketing Association International has named Zeek Coleman, Internet Marketing Manager of Visit Savannah, as one of 30 future leaders of the destination marketing industry. Coleman has been the interactive marketing manager since October 2010, concentrating on online marketing and Visit Savannah analytics.
Savannah woman honored
Dr. Carmen Cobb Wallace of Savannah was honored with the 2013 Intern of the Year Award at the Medical College of Wisconsin where she was promoted to resident physician in the combination Internal Medicine/Pediatric residency program.
Nlaws Produce names Driver of the Month
Nlaws Produce has named Ervin Johnson Employee of the Month. Johnson has been with the company for more than seven years.
Savannah doctor honored
Dr. Richard S. Roth, with SouthCoast Medical Group, has been named attending physician of the year by the Internal Medicine Residency Program and teacher of the year by the Family Medicine Residency program, both at Memorial Health University Medical Center.
Roth has been in private practice since 1993 in Savannah.
Savannah banker honored
The Coastal Bank has announced that vice president and mortgage sales manager Marlene S. Buhler was recently named to the board of governors for the Mortgage Bankers Association of Georgia. She represents District III with Lisa Lively of Fidelity Bank Mortgage.
Rotary club swears in new officers
Metropolitan Savannah Rotary, Chatham County’s newest Rotary International club, has sworn in new officers for the 2013-14 year. The new board of directors is as follows:
• President: Julie Wade — The Wade Law Firm
• President elect: Robert McCorkle — McCorkle & Johnson LLP
• Past president: Jordan Chase — Memorial Health
• Secretary: Bea Saba — Live Oak Public Libraries
• Treasurer: Brad Whitfield CPA — Deemer Dana & Froehle LLP
• Membership chair: Patton Dugas — The Coastal Bank
• Foundation chair: Liza Smith — stay-at-home mom
• Public relations chair: Robert Hughes — Brannen, Searcy & Smith LLP
• Programs chair: David Acuff — community organizer
• Service/grant chair: Jessica Pedigo — Seacrest Partners
• Sergeant-at-arms: Leigh Acevedo — Savannah Economic Development Authority
• Family of rotary: Suzanne Kirk — Employee Development Strategies Inc.
• At large: Clint Murphy — Keller Williams Realty Coastal Area Partners
• At large: Josh Brooks — J.T. Turner Construction
• At large: Bret Bell — city of Savannah