People moving up and around in the metro business community:
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta has named Sharon Cook chief marketing officer.
DEKRA North America has named Patricia Baressi vice president, strategy development and marketing.
Shelley Lewis has joined the Atlanta office of Stanton Chase International.
SPR Atlanta (formerly Schroder Public Relations) has hired Greg Harding as videographer.
Paul Slone has been named a supervising engineer in the Atlanta office of Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global infrastructure strategic consulting, engineering, and program/construction management organization.
The Metro Atlanta Chamber has named Gregg Simon to lead its project development and regional partnerships team.
Kieran Rigby has been named as chief executive officer of Crawford & Company in Europe.
Citizens Bank has named Patrick Moody director and senior business capital originator for Citizens Commercial Banking.
Comverge Inc. has named Shane Fay as vice president, utility sales.
National law firm Polsinelli has added five new shareholders: Barry D. Alexander, R. Ross Burris III, Jonathan M. Kendall, Ross E. Sallade and Sean A. Timmons.
MedAssets Inc. has promoted Charles O. Garner to executive vice president and chief strategy and transformation officer.
The Weather Company has elevated Lauren Frasca to vice president of original programming for The Weather Channel.
Management consulting company AGSI has named Chuck Sparrow a new partner.
Atlanta-based financial supply chain consultancy, Spend Management Experts, has named Kim McQuilken chief operating officer.
Dennis Dean Catering has hired Claire Dornburg as senior social sales manager.
Private Bank of Buckhead & Decatur has added Aaron Binion as a vice president and relationship manager. It also has added Sherry von Klitzing as a vice president and mortgage banker.
Lindsey Steffen has joined Trillium Springs Counseling Center as an associate professional counselor.
Six experienced commercial real estate professionals have joined Bull Realty since the beginning of 2015: Aven Barbosa, Michael Brown, Bryant R. Dromey, Danny Glusman, Oscar Sinisterra and Scott K. Spalding.
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