On the Move

Adam Alvey joined STV/Ralph Whitehead Associates' Charlotte office as an engineering specialist.

Evette Beckett-Tuggle was named president and CEO of the Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Council.

Bruce Beegle Jr. was promoted to collection manager at Charlotte-based American Profit Recovery.

Andrew Bowman joined McAngus Goudelock & Courie's Charlotte office.

Justin Brittain, Jon Jordan and Heidi Royal were named shareholders at Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.

Maryann Bruce was appointed to the board of the investment advisory firm, Dorsey Wright & Associates, as an independent director.

Chad Ewing, a business litigation and bankruptcy attorney, was promoted to partner in Womble Carlyle's Charlotte office.

Nichell Fowler and Christopher Peters of Charlotte joined Youth Villages North Carolina as family counselors.

Eloise Hale joined Electrolux North America as head of North American Communications.

Sharon Harrington was named assistant vice president for institutional advancement at Johnson C. Smith University.

Michael Prendergast was named senior vice president of sales and marketing for DukeNet Communications.

John Preston Jr. was named account manager for the Charlotte office of TrueBridge Resources, a national professional staffing company. Sherry Hart was named senior recruiter.

Mitch Rifkin joined Hobart Financial Group, Inc. as the firm's wealth preservation specialist.

Evan Sauda and Heather White of Smith Moore Leatherwood's Charlotte office have been promoted to partner.

Danielle Stallings was hired as treasury services manager at Yadkin Valley Bank's SouthPark office.

Laramie Taylor joined the engineering firm of McKim & Creed as an administrative assistant.

Robert Vaughn III was promoted to senior vice president at BB&T.

Lars Wilson was promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer of Bissell.

Notable Items

24 Hours of Booty Inc. won the "Best Charity Ride" category in Endurance Magazine's annual "Best of North Carolina" contest. Cool Breeze Cyclery of Mooresville has been named "Best Of" in seven categories.

Osborne Ayscue Jr., Kenneth Bell, Jonathan Buchan Jr., Boyd Campbell Jr., John Cobb, Peter Covington, Robert Cox Jr., Larry Dagenhart, Douglas Ey Jr., Bradley Kutrow, Lynwood Mallard, Harrison Marshall Jr., Graham McGoogan Jr., Robert Pryor, L.D. Simmons II, Robert Simmons, Scott Vaughn, David Whelpley Jr. and Elizabeth Wren of McGuireWoods LLP's Charlotte office were recognized as Super Lawyers in the annual North Carolina Super Lawyers guide, published jointly by Charlotte Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine. Richard Conner III, Jason Evans, Benjamin Holland, Gregory Kilpatrick, Kevin McGinnis, Paul Navarro, Bart Walker, Mayleng Watson and Heather Wilson were recognized as Rising Stars.

Craig Bromby, Todd Brown, Jean Gordon Carter, Charles Case, Frank Emory Jr., William Flynn, Douglas Kenyon, William McBride, Michael Nedzbala, William Patterson and Mary Nash Rusher of Hunton & Williams LLP were recognized as Super Lawyers in the annual North Carolina Super Lawyers guide. Matthew Hanchey and Canon Pence were recognized as Rising Stars.

John Cole of Nexsen Pruet was appointed director of governmental affairs for the N.C. State Council of the Society of Human Resource Management.

Brian Drozd and Lance Lawson of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP's Charlotte office were named to Business North Carolina magazine's "2012 Legal Elite" in the practice of intellectual property law.

DukeNet Communications, a regional service provider offering high bandwidth data services, was awarded the MEF 9 and MEF 14 certifications for Ethernet Private Line (EPL), which are designed to accelerate the deployment of Carrier Ethernet services.

Christopher Fernandez of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton's Charlotte office was recognized in Business North Carolina's 2012 "Legal Elite" in the area of real estate law.

Elizabeth Harpootlian of Charlotte was appointed by Gov. Bev Perdue to serve on the N.C. Council on Developmental Disabilities.

Lime Energy Co.'s Zemel Road Landfill Gas to Energy Facility was named Project of the Year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Landfill Methane Outreach Program.

Jeffrey Long of Bray & Long, PLLC was selected for inclusion in the 2011 listing of North Carolina Super Lawyers and North Carolina Rising Stars in the area of business litigation.

Dr. Peggy Terhune, chief executive at Monarch and executive director of The Arc of Stanly County, was appointed to the DHHS Waiver Advisory Committee.