NEWSMAKERS

Pierrette H. Jones has been named a workers’ compensation associate at the law firm Constangy, Brooks and Smith.

Richard G. “Dick” Clarke, senior vice president of J. Smith Lanier & Co. in West Point, has been elected 2009 president of RiskProNet International, a network of 25 leading independent insurance brokers.

Ashwin Damodaran has been named a principal of Innovar Partners.

Karla Zientowski has been named account service coordinator and junior copywriter at B. Sheppard Consulting in Atlanta.

Steve Cover has been named managing principal of HOK Atlanta.

Turknett Leadership Group has announced leadership character awards for the year. Winners include Philip Tomlinson, CEO of TSYS; Lux Borrero of the city of Atlanta; Jack Shipkoski of the American Cancer Society; Martha Nesbitt of Gainesville State College; Nellie Duke of the Georgia Women’s Institute; and Michael Petrik of Alston & Bird.

Patrick Cuccaro, general manager of Affairs to Remember Caterers, has been inducted into the board of directors of the Georgia Restaurant Association.

Gil Fridman has been named chief financial officer at Discrete Wireless in Atlanta.

Turner Sports and Entertainment Digital has promoted Seth Ladetsky, Ken Shapiro and Keller Withers to vice presidents of Turner Sports and Entertainment Digital Sales.

Russell A. Jones and Jason S. McCarter have been named partners of Dow Lohnes, a law firm.

Kent Gray has been named regional practice leader, technology services, for Tatum, the nation’s largest executive services firm.

The Association County Commissioners of Georgia has named former state Rep. Richard Royal a recipient of an ACCG Lifetime Service Award.

Bart Meijers has been named director of catering and convention services at Grand Hyatt Atlanta.

The Midtown Assistance Center installed three new members to its board of directors: Richard Felker, president, the Richard Felker Co.; Mike Mason, community investment services director of compliance and servicing at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta; and Rose Sias, case manager at Crossroads Community Ministries. The center officers for 2009 are Lisa Robinson, president; Marth Beth Grady, vice president; Charlotte Montague-Shields, secretary; Henry Wirth and Christopher Brown, as co-treasurers.

Kelly Fink of Bowen Family Homes was named Marketing Director of the Year at a national awards ceremony held during the National Association of Home Builders’ annual International Builders’ Show.

Dr. Eric M. Gibney, a transplant nephrologist, has joined Piedmont Hospital Transplant Services from the Division of Nephrology and the Hume-Lee Transplant Center at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Gregory Rancone has been named director of marketing for Legacy Property Group of Atlanta.

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