HIRES/PROMOTIONS
REGGIE GADSON
New job title: Sales associate
Company: Coldwell Banker Platinum Partners
Duties: Gadson specializes in new homes and residential properties in Savannah and surrounding counties.
Related work experience: Gadson worked for Wal-Mart for more than 19 years.
Education: Gadson holds a B.A. in business from Savannah State University and is a licensed broker in Georgia.
KIM WEBSTER
New job title: Operations and sales manager
Company: Tybee Island Tourism Council
Duties: Webster is responsible for retaining and pursuing Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce members on Tybee Island; overseeing the Tybee Island Tourism Council Visitor Center, developing marketing materials and representing the tourism council.
Related work experience: Webster worked as the catering, tour and travel manager for Hilton Garden Inn in Blue Ash, Ohio. She also served as the sales manager at Parkers Blue Ash Grill, corporate sales manager at the Crowne Plaza and catering manager at the Crowne Plaza.
Education: Webster studied international relations and communications at the University of Cincinnati and business management at Cincinnati State.
LONNIE KINLAW
New job title: Director of sales
Company: The Landings Company
Duties: Kinlaw will work with Landings Company agents and with president Bill Houghton on programs to make The Landings Company more effective.
Related work experience: Kinlaw is a licensed broker in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia with more than 27 years experience in real estate.
HONORS/AWARDS
Edgewood Travel wins award
Valerie Edgemon, owner of Edgewood Travel, accepted the 2012 Kaizen award in Boston in June. This award is given annually by Travel Agency Management Solutions based in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Bream named certified payments professional
Tami Bream, chief operating officer of Equity Payment Inc., a leading provider of advanced merchant processing services, has earned distinguished recognition as a Certified Payments Professional by the Electronic Transactions Association.