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Fela Babb, Jon Blackwelder, Ronald Brinson, Christopher Chapman, Jonathon Kauserud and Robert Kidd, Jr. joined Ameritrust Mortgage as mortgage consultants. Erika Heine joined as account manager. Denise Rodda joined as sales assistant.
James Clayton was named director of diversity and community development at Rodgers Builders, Inc.
Amy Craparo joined Tizzerts as a cake designer.
Chad Ewing joined the Charlotte office of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice as business litigator.
Hunter Goodwin joined Allegiance Realty Corporation as director of acquisitions.
Deborah Kenney joined McNeary, Inc. as senior vice president of its Charlotte-based healthcare unit.
Bill Laughlin was promoted to director of operations at the Charlotte office of Moseley Architects.
Randy Matz was promoted to national managing director at RSM McGladrey.
E. Thomas Watson, an intellectual property attorney, joined Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson.
Notable Names
ABZ Design Group and UNC Charlotte Continuing Education were awarded the Gold Nonprofit Award for Best E-mail Newsletter for Marketing Purposes by the MarketingSherpa organization.
Allen Tate Insurance Services was named Agency of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of Charlotte Mecklenburg.
Billy Austin, Chuck Curlin and Don Deese, of Shultz Engineering Group, have each earned the distinction of Mitsubishi Diamond Designer.
Gail Bennett, managing director/senior project manager with Project Managers, Inc. earned the Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute.
John Carpenter, a partner with the law firm Culp, Elliott and Carpenter, was named in North Carolina Magazine as one of the Best Lawyers in America, in the field of tax law.
Allyn Foster was named to the Rock Hill advisory board at BB&T.
Larry Johnson, an Allstate Insurance agency owner, received its Chairman's Inner Circle Conference award.
Pamela Johnson and Tristan McMannis, of Site Solutions, both earned the LEED Accredited Professional designation from the Green Building Certification Institute.
Barbara Jones, co-owner of Allegra Print & Imaging, received the 2009 Rising Star Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners.
Dr. Mike Kaufman, director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center at Carolinas Medical Center, was appointed president-elect of the Consortium of MS Centers and chairman of the Integration Panel of the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed MS Research Program.
Brian King, of JenkinsPeer Architects, successfully completed the Architectural Registration Exam and is now a registered architect and a member of the American Institute of Architects.
Mike Knaub, of Schaefer Systems International, was inducted into the Environmental Industry Association's Hall of Fame. Morris Marlow received the Waste Equipment Technology Association's Employee of the Year Award in Engineering.
Ben Knight, owner and president of FASTSIGNS on South Tryon, received the 2008-09 American Subcontractors Association award for outstanding service to the Charlotte chapter.
L.A. Management Company received a Telly Award for production of a series of informative videos for Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology.
Optima Engineering earned LEED platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its South End office.
Park Inc. was ranked 59th on the 2009 Inner City list of the 100 fastest growing inner-city companies in America.
Stefanie Schulman was elected president of the Charlotte chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants for the 2009-2010 year.
Traci Zeller Designs, of Charlotte, received the Readers' Choice 2009 Best Use of Images in Web Design award from About.com.
This week
JULY 11
“Members Round Table: The Three Bears Economy ”
Details, registration: 704-622-4621 or www.aaii.com/localchapters.
The Charlotte Chapter of the American Association of Individual Investors will meet 9:30 a.m.-noon at Myers Park United Methodist Church, 1501 Queens Road. Rich Barrett, George Guzynski and Bob Clyde are the featured speakers. Free.
Next week
JULY 13 - 17
Computer Skills Training
Details, registration: 704-522-8011 or www.employersassoc.com.
The Employers Association offers one-day computer training courses 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Employers Association Conference Center, 3020 W. Arrowood Road. Courses offered are: Adobe Photoshop Elements, Microsoft Excel Level 2 2007, Microsoft Excel Power User, Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Standard, Microsoft Excel Recording Macros, Microsoft Word Level 1 2007, Microsoft Excel Formulas & Functions 2, Microsoft Office New Features 2007, Microsoft PowerPoint Level 1 2007, Microsoft Dashboard for Excel, Microsoft Excel Dashboard and Microsoft Excel 2003 Level 2. Each course is $185. Registration required.
