People moving up and around in the metro Atlanta business community:

Atlanta-based Interface Inc. has appointed Jay Gould chief operating officer and executive vice president.

New South Construction has promoted Jeff Brown to vice president and Rob Dunn to executive vice president.

Crawford & Company has named Dan Daniel vice president of catastrophe services for its U.S. property and casualty unit.

Bennett Thrasher LLP has promoted Cory Bennett and Zack Leder from senior managers to partners in the financial reporting and assurance and tax departments.

Emory University has appointed P. David Johnson, a 25-year veteran of higher education advancement, communication and marketing, as its new associate vice president of marketing and communication in the department of communications and public affairs.

Kids 'R' Kids Learning Academies has named David Vinson president and CEO of Kids 'R' Kids International Inc.

KidsPeace Georgia has added Carroll County resident Ann Newman to its board of associates.

View Point Health, a public nonprofit provider of mental health, substance abuse and developmental disability services in Gwinnett, Rockdale, and Newton Counties, has hired Randy S. Johnson as director, human resources.

Danny Sellers has been named a principal at Sterling Risk Advisors.

Shea Meddin has been hired by Cushman & Wakefield as director in its brokerage group in Atlanta.

Katherine M. Koops has joined Taylor English Duma's corporate and business practice.

Cherry Bekaert LLP has named Michael Anthony Smith as a director in the firm's Atlanta practice.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University have appointed Dr. Cynthia Wetmore director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Research at Children's.

Adam Kessler recently joined Fifth Third Bank's Georgia affiliate as vice president/commercial relationship manager, focusing on middle market companies with annual revenues up to $500 million

Edward Andrews Homes recently hired real estate and construction industry veteran Kevin Norton in the role of vice president of land acquisition and development.

Christina Bertinelli has joined Lumentus as a senior partner.