HIRES/PROMOTIONS
DOUGLAS A. PERRY
New job title: Physician Consultant in Georgia
Company: Island Health Care, Inc
Duties: Perry’s responsibilities will include issuing programmatic guidance and providing consultation in collaboration with attending physicians to optimize patient care.
Related work experience: Perry is a full-time practicing board-certified internist in Richmond Hill.
NASHIA C. WHITTENBURG
New job title: Director of multicultural affairs
Company: Armstrong Atlantic State University
Duties: Whittenburg will provide leadership, guidance and professional development to Armstrong’s under-represented students.
Related work experience: Whittenburg served as associate director of multicultural affairs for St. John’s University in Queens, N.Y. In 2005, she was an academic adviser for Stony Brook University’s EOP/AIM (Equal Opportunity Program), and from 2004-2005 she was Stony Brook University’s Reginald C. Wells Fellow for Multicultural Affairs.
Education: Whittenburg earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of South Carolina and a master’s degree in social welfare with a specialization in student community development from Stony Brook University, State University of New York.
JEAN BARTELS
New job title: Provost and vice president for academic affairs
Company: Georgia Southern University
Related work experience: Since April 2011, Bartels has served as the dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences at Georgia Southern. She earlier served as interim provost and vice president for academic affairs and as chair of Georgia Southern’s School of Nursing. She has served as the chair of nursing at Alverno College in Milwaukee and worked as a staff nurse in the intensive care unit at Columbia Hospital in Milwaukee.
Education: She earned a Ph.D. in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a Master of Science in Nursing from Marquette University, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Alverno College and a diploma in Nursing from the Columbia Hospital School of Nursing.
JEFF KREIDE
New job title: Vice president of Business Solutions
Company: Gulfstream Aerospace
Duties: Kreide will be responsible for developing and managing integrated business solutions to support all facets of Gulfstream, including product lifecycle management and enterprise resource planning.
Related work experience: Kreide has been with Gulfstream for 30 years, serving in a variety of management positions.
Education: Kreide graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering.
SUZANA WARD
New job title: Real estate agent
Company: Realty Executives Coastal Empire
Duties: Ward will sell residential properties.
Related work experience: A Savannah native, Ward is returning home after living in Beverly Hills, Calif., where she worked at Sperry Van Ness Associates and Elite Properties Realty.
Education: Ward holds a master’s degree in fine art from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
HONORS/ AWARDS
NLaws Produce names driver of the month
Ervin Johnson has been named NLaws Produce driver of the month. Johnson has been with NLaws longer than any driver and has earned driver of the month several times.
Georgia Legal History Foundation honors Savannah judge
Georgia Legal History Foundation recently recognized veteran Savannah lawyer and retired Court of Appeals Judge John W. Sognier, 91, who was given its Nestor Award. The annual award honors the accomplish-ments of the state’s leading lawyer and judges.
Savannah native wins education awards
Dr. Bonzo K. Reddick, a Savannah native and physician with South East Area Health Education Center in Wilmington, N.C., has received two awards for his work as a physician and faculty member with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
Reddick recently received the Clinical Preceptor Excellence in Teaching Award for off-campus faculty and the 30th Annual Citron Award.
JCB employee presented “Patriot Award”
On June 6, the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve visited JCB’s North American Headquarters in Pooler to present JCB employee Diane Curtis with the “Patriot Award.”
This award recognizes Curtis’s work as a supportive employer who makes it possible for guardsmen and reservists to fulfill their commitments.