Career Almanac
On the Move
The SEN Design Group hired Jenny Catalano as director of accounting at the kitchen and bath company’s national headquarters in Charlotte.
Lauren E. Bailey joined Hatcher Law Group as a family law attorney.
Theory House, a marketing firm specializing in retail, promoted Maggie Bean to creative director.
Larry Powers, CPA, PLLC, acquired Payroll, Inc., of Mooresville, a payroll and accounting firm founded in 2000 by Gwen Moore, who remains with the company.
Luquire George Andrews, the advertising, marketing and public relations agency, hired Sean Sullivan as senior web developer.
Jesse Jones joined The McIntosh Law Firm, Davidson. His legal practice focuses on business and corporate law, and civil litigation.
Lori Camp, Wen Xiao, David Austin and Stuart Modeen joined Wilson Realty as agents.
Giving Tree Realty added six new broker-associates, each of whom selected a charity to receive a donation on every sale they make. The new-hires are Allison Coggins, whose designated charity is the Humane Society; Eric Craft, Ronald McDonald House; Autumn-Renee Cooley, Antioch International Church/Christians for Messiah Ministries; Beth Hahn, Coalition to Unchain Dogs; Nick Parker, Levine Children’s Hospital; Myrna Mowrey, The Dove House.
Myers & Chapman Inc., hired Tim Arnold, Don Cain and Aaron Bevins as project superintendents.
The Sumner Group of Gastonia hired Rocky Correll as office manager of the advertising agency.
Notable Items
Three members of the sales team of Weichert, Realtors - Rebhan & Associates completed Weichert’s Fast Track training: Ralph Davis, Wendy Wolf Petzel and Liz Alshatat.
The following Allen Tate Realtors employees graduated from the company’s Winner’s Edge training in the Charlotte region: Mike Bowden and Julian McPherson, Ballantyne; Anne Monstead and Heather Rocholl, Center City; Ryan Cox, Andrea Giorno, Michelle McCormick, Lisa Rainey and Judith Tracy, Providence@485; Chandra McClary, Steele Creek; Tess Dalsing, University City; Christine Stewart, Concord; Jerry Gaglione, Fort Mill; Paul Ashurst, Gastonia; Haley Fay, Nicole Rosenthal and Julie Yow, Lake Norman; Robin Denton, Michael Licht and Liz Parrish, Matthews/Mint Hill; Ann Marie Adams, Melissa Johnson, Frank Mahan, Loretta Mason and Christopher Wright, Rock Hill; Kimberly Braswell, Amy Claugus and Ellie Lacey, Union County-New Town Road.
Gene Cochrane, president of the Duke Endowment, received the 2015 Jim Bernstein Community Health Career Achievement Award.
Mike Vale, director of operations for eight LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants in the Charlotte market, was chosen for the company’s top leadership award, Director of the Year, from among more than 60 LongHorn operations directors nationwide.
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This story was originally published October 17, 2015 at 3:00 AM with the headline "Career Almanac."