On the Move

Samantha Bogdovitz was promoted to account executive at The Marketing Consortium.

Matt Daniels and Andy Mindler joined Studiobanks as designers.

Patrick Dillon, an attorney, joined Wishart Norris Henninger & Pittman.

Eric Griffin was named financial services sales manager at The Cason Group.

Amanda Hogan joined Easter Seals UCP as development manager.

Chris Hutter was promoted to senior director of operations at Presbyterian Orthopaedic Hospital. Mike Riley was promoted to president. Andrea Smith-Jones was promoted to senior director of nursing and surgical services.

Aimee Reimann was promoted to vice president of home and community based services at United Church Homes and Services.

Yvonne Sawicki joined Sherpa as account manager for technology and project management. Katie Swanson joined as account manager for accounting and finance.

Michael Shor joined the Charlotte office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP as "of counsel."

Corrine Spain was promoted to account coordinator at Luquire George Andrews.

John Sterrett joined CEO Inc. as an account executive.

Dr. Joshua Ziebell, an optometrist, joined Gaston Eye Associates.

Notable Items

Cordelia Anderson, deputy director of marketing and communications with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, has earned the Accreditation in Public Relations professional designation.

Colleen Brannan, president of BRANSTORM Public Relations & Marketing and Kim Marks, a principal at ai Design Group, were named to the board of directors for Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas.

Dave Cash and Ken Costanza, owners of Allstate Insurance agencies, each received its President's Conference award for high standards in customer satisfaction, customer retention and profitable business growth. Melanie Poteat, an Allstate exclusive agency owner, received its Honor Ring award.

Dana Rader Golf School and its senior instructor Nancy Harvey were named by the PGA of America to its list of Play Golf America's Top 100 Performers in 2010.

Jacqueline Ferrell, of Hunton & Williams, was recognized as Mecklenburg County Bar's Volunteer of the Month for work with the Council for Children's Rights.

The Salisbury branch of Industrial Supply Solutions, Inc. was named its number one performing operation in 2010.

Marc Lapointe, senior instructor and PGA Class A Professional, at Dana Rader Golf School, was named to U.S. Kids Golf Honorable Mention list of Top 50 Kids Teachers for 2010.

Rob Marcus and Larry Sitton, of Smith Moore Leatherwood, were named by North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine as top attorneys for 2011. Tanya Oesterreich and Clint Wimbish were named 2011 North Carolina Rising Stars.

This week

APRIL 27

"Becoming a Resilient Leader"

Details, registration: www.queens.edu.

The McColl School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte will host its next Food for Thought lunch at noon, in the first-floor auditorium at Piedmont Natural Gas, 4720 Piedmont Row Drive. Will Sparks, an instructor at Queens, is the featured speaker. Free. Lunch provided.

Next week

MAY 2-6

"Human Resources and Compliance Training"

Details, registration: 704-522-8011; www.employersassoc.com.

The Employers Association offers training at its conference center, 3020 W. Arrowood Road. Courses offered include: Foundation for Human Resources, HR Management IV-Total Rewards, and Principles of Management I and II. Registration required.