NEWSMAKERS

Concurrent, a worldwide leader in real-time Linux-based computing technologies, announced that Krish Panu has been elected to the board of directors. He is managing partner with the Galleon Group, one of Concurrent’s largest shareholders.

Kenneth E. Thorpe, an Emory University health policy researcher, has been named director of Emory’s new Center for Entitlement Reform.

Sherry Treco-Jones has been inducted into the Order of the Phoenix and the Georgia PRSA Hall of Fame by the Georgia chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

Jon Kaye has joined Fifth Third Bank as vice president, commercial relationship manager.

Jim Tucker, publisher of Southern Automotive Journal, is the new president of the Greater Atlanta Automotive Media Association. Russ Heaps, auto writer for Hispanic magazine, is the group’s new senior vice president.

Lisa Bell has been named a project manager for Rees Associates, an architecture, planning and interior design firm.

Executive Strategies Inc., an Atlanta-based national search firm, has named Kimberly Vaughn as a partner. She will focus on senior-level searches in the life sciences, health care, medical device and nonprofit marketplace.

Professional Service Industries Inc., also known as PSI, has named Paul Wachsmuth as a principal consultant. He has a civil engineering degree from Clemson and a master’s in environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.

Snellville resident Tim Rhodes has been named one of five finalists in FNBO Direct’s Pay Yourself First Challenge. FNBO Direct is an Internet bank, part of First National Bank of Omaha, a subsidiary of First National of Nebraska.

Ed McKinney has become a principal and shareholder of Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin Inc., a community planning firm. Another Atlanta-based team member, Joel Mann, has been promoted to associate of the firm.

Culinary Concepts has announced A.D. Allushi as the general manager for Market, which will open this November.

The Georgia Research Alliance, in conjunction with Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, has named three new Eminent Scholars. They are Joel Saltz, at Emory; John C. Crittenden, Georgia Tech; and Philippe Van Cappellen, Georgia Tech.

Jason Jeffay has joined Mercer’s human capital consulting business as a principal.

Abel Solutions, a leading Microsoft SharePoint solution provider, has promoted Shannon Webster to director of solutions delivery.

Craig Long LLC, a real estate law firm with offices in Cumming and McDonough, announces that Ashley Carroll has joined the firm as an associate attorney.

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