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HIRES/PROMOTIONS
LISA SCHWARTZ
New job title: Director of Independent Life at Home
Company: THA Group
Duties: Schwartz oversees day-to-day staffing needs for South Carolina life care operations; serves as the primary contact for ILAH clients, families and caregivers; performs community relations, marketing and educational activities and markets all THA services as needed.
Related work experience: Schwartz was the community relations manager for Hospice Advantage in Savannah.
Education: Schwartz is a graduate of Berry College with a B.A. in mass communication, public relations.
TINA HANEY
New job title: Ideal Aging Program director
Company: THA Group
Duties: Haney provides oversight and direction for THA Group’s geriatric care consulting services and works with clients to identify resources to support independent living.
Related work experience: Haney was a nurse for the ALS Association of Georgia, serving as its outreach coordinator and patient care provider.
Education: Haney is a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia.
AMY FRASER
New job title: Recruiter and employee recognition program coordinator
Company: THA Group
Duties: Fraser recruits for clinical and community office positions within two service lines of the organization; develops and implements programs to recognize employees throughout the year; and collaborates with the marketing team to communicate internally with employees and develop the influence of social media and company branding.
Related work experience: Fraser was the career services coordinator at Pitt Community College and later the assistant director of career services at Armstrong Atlantic State University.
Education: Fraser is a graduate of Keene State College and has a master’s degree in counseling from UNC Greensboro.
TOM CERBONE
New job title: Deputy chief of Early Intervention Program
Company: Chatham County District Attorney’s Office
Duties: The EIP program helps law enforcement agencies in the early stages of their investigations of major criminal cases.
Related work experience: Cerbone has more than 30 years of legal experience as a trial lawyer, 22 of them in the Chatham County DA’s office.
Education: Cerbone graduated from Saint Leo College with a B.A. degree in political science and received his law degree from Atlanta Law School in 1981.
MIKE DENNARD
New job title: Deputy chief assistant of State Court Division
Company: Chatham County District Attorney’s Office
Duties: Dennard will oversee and manage the effective and timely prosecution of misdemeanor cases in the Eastern Judicial Circuit/Chatham County.
Related work experience: Dennard has more than 27 years in the legal field in both the private and public sectors.
Education: Dennard graduated from Morris Brown College with a B.A. in 1981 and received his law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1984.
CHUCK COOK
New job title: Outside sales and service representative
Company: SOS Tire and Auto
Duties: Cook will market commercial/industrial tire products and services, including industrial press-on solid tires with mobile press and three off-the-road service vehicles.
Education: Cook is both Tire Industry Association and Michelin Off the Road certified in commercial and industrial applications.
SEAN G. PELLICCIONE
New job title: Certified public accountant
Company: Pelliccione & Associates
Duties: Pelliccione is a senior staff accountant specializing in write up services, auditing and individual tax preparation.
Related work experience: Pelliccone has been employed with Pelliccione & Associates since 2008.
Education: Pelliccone earned a master of accountancy from Georgia Southern University and a Bachelor of Science in management from Georgia Institute of Technology.
JOSEPH KELLEY
New job title: General manager of Mansion on Forsyth Park,
Company: The Kessler Collection
Duties: Kelley will oversee hotel operations and staff management, budget for the property, oversee project management and achieving key business goals and focus on maintaining and establishing local relationships.
Related work experience: Kelley was general manager at The Landings St. Lucia and The Osprey at Beaver Creek. In addition, Kelley also has worked at La Posada de Santa Fe Rock Resort, Sandals Grande St. Lucian Resort, Sandals Antigua Beach Resort, The Elms Resort and Conference Center and Radisson Aruba Caribbean Resort.
Education: Kelley graduated from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration.
DANIEL BROMSTAD, CFA
New job title: Vice president-investments
Company: Wells Fargo Advisors
Duties: Bromstad will help clients meet their financial needs.
Related work experience: Bromstad was a portfolio manager with Wells Fargo Investment & Fiduciary Services.
Education: Bromstad has a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the University of Southern California. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst, or CFA designation.
LAWRENCE BRODY
New job title: Managing director-investments
Company: Wells Fargo Advisors
Duties: Brody will help clients meet their financial needs
Related work experience: Brody has been a financial advisor for 25 years in Savannah with Wells Fargo Advisors and its predecessor companies.
Education: Brody is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in finance from Georgia’s Terry College of Business.
JACEK LUBECKI
New job title: Director of The Center for International Studies
Company: Georgia Southern University
Related work experience: Lubecki served as coordinator of international studies and of Middle Eastern studies and assistant and associate professor of political science at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. He previously taught at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs and at Millikin University in Decatur, Ill.
Education: Lubecki studied law and romance languages at the Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznan, Poland. He received his Ph.D. in international studies from the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver.
SEANNE HOLLIDAY
New job title: Branch manager, Godley Station
Company: The Coastal Bank
Duties: Holliday will oversee all staff responsibilities, market the bank’s products and services and originate loans to new and existing customers throughout the Pooler area.
Related work experience: Holliday has served as the senior financial center manager for Wachovia Bank in Raleigh, N.C.; vice president at JPMorgan Chase in Dallas; community bank president for Grand National/Old Kent Bank in Sycamore, Ill.; and human resources officer at First of America Bank in DeKalb, Ill.
Education: Holliday earned a B.S. in technical management from DeVry University and is currently completing an M.S. program in accountancy through Keller University.
ANDREI IONESCU
New job title: Associate
Company: The Conner Law Group
Education: Ionescu received his law degree from the University of Georgia Law School. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 2009 with bachelor’s degrees in political science and international affairs and a minor in Spanish.
HONORS/AWARDS
Realtor earns designation
Brooke Bass of Keller Williams Coastal Area Partners was recently awarded the Seniors Real Estate Specialist designation by the National Association of Realtors.
Bass, a member of the Savannah Board of Realtors, completed the training required to achieve the designation, which is specifically targeted for the 50-plus buyer and seller.
Attorney selected as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer
Mike Conner, managing partner of The Conner Law Group, has been selected for membership into The National Trial Lawyers and invited to join The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers. Membership is by invitation only.
Professor receives international recognition
Georgia Southern University assistant professor of operations management, Alan Mackelprang, has been named the winner of the 2012 Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Award. The internationally competitive award, co-sponsored by McGraw-Hill and the Decision Sciences Institute, encourages and publicizes outstanding dissertation research by selecting and recognizing the best dissertations written in the past year in the decision sciences.