NEWSMAKERS

Leon Morales has been named principal of business development by Innovar Partners.

Christine Moeckel has been named a Team Player of the Year for Rees Associates Inc., an architectural firm.

John Sugg has joined Davis, Matthews & Quigley as an associate in the business and commercial litigation section.

Professional Builder magazine has named Steve Been, CEO of Legacy Communities, the 2009 National Builder of the Year.

Paul R. Beshears has been named a partner in the Atlanta office of Ford & Harrison, a national labor and employment law firm.

Steve Christopher has been promoted to Georgia region manager for Royal Cup Coffee’s OCS Division.

Mary Anthony Merchant has been named partner in charge of the Biotechnology Patent Practice of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll. Previously, she was a partner with Troutman Sanders.

Madison Veneaux has been named director of business partnerships at LisaCampbell MEDIA.

Dr. Michelle G. Hutchinson, a Marietta-based dentist and president of Wordhelper Editing Services, has been included in the inaugural group of professionals to be certified in public health by the National Board of Public Health Examiners.

James McGarrah has been named director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s Information Technology and Telecommunications Laboratory, which conducts applied research in computer science, information technology, communications and networking.

Brian S. Galison, Scot Kees and Matthew B. Lerner have been named partners at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America has named Cynthia Court as senior vice president of resource development and marketing and Kirk Dominick executive vice president, club services.

Thomas Cotney Jr. has been named president and chief executive officer of Air2Web, a market leader in mobile communications. Curtis Rapp has been named vice president of sales and marketing. Susan Hedrick joins the company as vice president of development. Other appointments: Harvey Scholl, vice president of operations; and Robert Kostrinski, chief financial officer.

AGH, a CPA and business advisory firm, has promoted Cindy Buie to partner of real estate and partnership taxation.

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