On the Move

Dr. Matthew McAlees was selected to the Maximized Wellness Advisory Council board that will travel with U.S. Olympic teams to London.

Dennis Bunt was named corporate controller for Sam's Mart.

Welles Campbell has joined the Moore & Van Allen firm as an associate.

Chad Critcher has been elected as vice president of RS&H's transportation program.

Katie Fisher joined Studiobanks as a copywriter, while Crystal Wright was hired as senior producer at the digital agency that specializes in online marketing and Web development.

Brian Davis will now lead the business development team at Sentinel Capital Partners.

Steve Gassaway is leaving CB Richard Ellis to join Cassidy Turley and lead the Carolinas region.

Jerri Haigler accepted a newly created position at United Way of Central Carolinas as the vice president of education, engagement and communications.

Jeremy Hicks was promoted to principal of LarsonAllen LLP.

Ashley Jones was hired as executive assistant of the digital marketing agency, WebsiteBiz.

T.J. Ferraro Jr. has joined Tyler 2 Construction as an assistant project manager, and Herb Middleton will now be superintendent at the company.

Stephen Smith has been named senior lead consultant for the North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia region for Univers Workplace Solutions.

Heather Edmondson Tucker was named branch manager of NAFH National Bank's Stonecrest financial office.

Jennifer Tuttle joined HDR Architecture as the director of interior design.

Justin Weaver was hired as a field technician for ECS Carolinas LLP.

Notable Names

William Adams, Dennis Greene, Ed Misle, Laurie Prevette, J. William Rasberry, Jerry Reed, William Simpson, William Sloan and Peggy Ward - some pictured below - received special recognition as past presidents of The Charlotte Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals at the society's 75th anniversary celebration.

Wendy Bartlett, Terry Brown, Douglas Canipe, Nalo Coban, Jane Crook, Jeremy Cross, Ros Deal, Hunter Egnor, Kimberly Johnson, Mark McClain, Kate Merrill and Ren Ramsey have graduated from Allen Tate Realtors' Winner's Edge training.

Rodney Garner, Allstate agency owner, received the Agency Hands in the Community Award for his commitment to helping others.

Julie Haack, president of Donald Haack Diamonds & Fine Gems, was named by The Mecklenburg Times as one of Charlotte's "50 Most Influential Women."

Robert Harrington, an attorney with Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., has been chosen as president-elect of the Mecklenburg County Bar for the organization's 2011-12 term that begins July 1. Harrington will serve as president in 2012-13.

Jeff Howard of Consolidated Planning qualified for 2011 Million Dollar Round Table, Court of the Table and Top of the Table.

Moonlight Creative Group won a Gold 2011 Aster Award for a sponsor guide it created for the Community Blood Center of the Carolinas.

Dr. Vicki Parker, founder of The Brain Trainer, won the National Association of Women Business Owners' Rising Star Award.

SQUiERS, LLC won the Telly award's highest honor, the Silver Telly, for Microsoft's Kinect Xbox 360 at the 32nd Annual Telly Awards.

The Marketing Consortium received national recognition for its creative work and was presented with a Gold Award from the Aster Awards, and Bronze and Merit Awards from the Healthcare Advertising Awards.

This week

Wednesday

'How to Be in Business for Yourself, But Not by Yourself. N.C. Opportunities in Franchising'

The event will be at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participants will learn the fundamentals of franchising while hearing from current franchisees' experiences. Details: www.charlotte chamber.com/events .

Thursday

'Insights to Innovation, University City Chapter Luncheon'

This event will be at the Hilton Charlotte University Place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Details: www.charlotte chamber.com/events .