NEWSMAKERS

Howard Feinsand, principal of Feinsand Business Advisory LLC and volunteer treasurer and chair of the finance committee of the Woodruff Arts Center, has been named chair of the board of The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.

The Norton Agency, Residential Division, has appointed Amy Sutherland to vice president, partner.

Jeff Mulkey has been promoted to superintendent at Winter Construction.

First Data Corp. has named Dan Charron executive vice president, global business solutions.

Scott N. Sherman has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP as a partner in the Atlanta office.

Mickey Carver has joined Winter Construction as a project site superintendent.

James T. Viviano has joined 5G Studio Collaborative as partner.

Porter Keadle Moore accounting firm has added Veronica Hicks as a partner.

Eric Tanenblatt has been elected to the board of trustees of The Fund for American Studies, a nonprofit educational organization.

First Data Corp. has named Anthony S. Marino executive vice president, head of human resources.

Kaitlin Meurer has been promoted to account executive for strategic accounts at Sterling Risk Advisors.

Catherine M. Alfano, formerly a program director with the National Cancer Institute, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has joined the American Cancer Society as vice president for cancer survivorship.

DEKRA North America Inc. has named Joel Pekay vice president, business development for consumer goods. Also, Patricia Baressi has joined the company in the new role of vice president, strategy development and marketing.

Mayor Kasim Reed recently appointed Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton partner Yendelela Neely Anderson to a 2-year term on the local workforce investment board for the Atlanta Workforce Development Agency.

Private Bank of Buckhead & Decatur has added Regine Francois as a vice president and mortgage banker in its PrivatePlus Mortgage division.

Kajima Building & Design Group has promoted Ronald Torralba, Masashi Katayama and Saul Garcia to senior project managers. Also, Charles Rose has been promoted to field engineer, Chet Cofield to senior estimator, Mark Lee to project manager and Jeffrey Tutman as industrial engineering manager-vice president, and Shinya Urano president/chief executive officer.

Private Bank of Buckhead & Decatur has promoted Reid Hutchinson to senior vice president and relationship manager; Brian McGuire to senior vice president, Vita Sims to assistant vice president and loan administration officer, and Marsha Lee Dollar to senior loan administrative specialist.