People moving up and around in the metro business community:
AloStar Bank of Commerce Chairman and CEO Michael J. Gillfillan has announced his retirement effective April 15. The board of directors of AloStar Bank of Commerce has announced the appointment of Andrew S. "Andy" McGhee as CEO. He will also join the company's board of directors.
SPR Atlanta has hired Haley Barton as an account coordinator to assist with media relations, social media and content marketing.
Joe Oglesby has joined PMRG's Southeast Division as senior vice president responsible for capital markets and development.
Shared Vision's creative department has added Casey Paquet who as associate creative director.
Steve Diamond and Christopher Hurst have joined EarthCon as senior engineer.
DTZ has named R. Fain Hicks IV managing director.
Tom Carstens has rejoined Crawford & Company as a senior vice president. GTS is Crawford's global solution for large, complex claims.
Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group has promoted Alex Hill to associate and Margaret Womble to senior analyst.
Schooley Mitchell has named David Mainor as strategic partner.
Halpern Enterprises, a retail development company, is expanding into the build-to-suit niche, and has hired Marc Kirchhoff as vice president to lead the effort.
The Norton Agency Mountain Region has appointed Wade Rhodes vice president, director of expansion.
Fuel has named Jay Juan Garcia as its new director of sales and marketing.
Lisa Harris has been promoted to account executive for strategic accounts, specializing in commercial and construction accounts, at Sterling Risk Advisors.
Six experienced commercial real estate professionals have joined Bull Realty since the beginning of 2015. They are Aven Barbosa, Michael Brown, Bryant R. Dromey, Danny Glusman, Oscar Sinisterra and Scott K. Spalding.
Private Bank of Buckhead & Decatur has added James Murrill as a vice president and mortgage banker in its PrivatePlus Mortgage division.
First Data Corp. has appointed Anthony S. Marino as executive vice president, head of human resources.
BCG Systems Inc. has named Jason Shipley to the its network solutions team.
Kaitlin Meurer has been promoted to account executive for strategic accounts at Sterling Risk Advisors.
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