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Arcadia Publishing promoted Lynn Ruggieri to senior publicity manager and Megan Feske to controller. Arcadia also hired Kai Oliver-Kurtin, marketing assistant; Erika McMillan, marketing coordinator; Lynda White, application and database administrator; and Eraina Johnson-Bryant, credit and collections representative.
Garden & Gun magazine, a new publication of Charleston-based Evening Post Publishing Co., announced the following additions to its editorial and advertising staff: Rebecca Wesson Darwin, head of the magazine; Kimberly Douglas, director of advertising sales; Maggie Brett Kennedy, managing editor; Katharine Walton, literary editor; Jane Redden Kononchuk, regional sales representative; and Christi Ames, advertising sales assistant.
Charleston’s WCSC-TV hired Hatzel Vela as a general assignment reporter. Vela will be responsible for investigating and assembling daily news stories on a wide array of topics.
Meredith H. Siemens has joined Morris Visitor Publications as the editor of Where magazine. She was formerly the special events and marketing manager for Saks Fifth Avenue.
WCIV-TV hired Victoria Hansen as an ABC News 4 team anchor for the 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts. Hansen will join Dean Stephens as anchor following the departure of Nina Sossamon.
Chef Mark Lee has joined CruisingTheICW.com, a destination guide for Intracoastal Waterway leisure cruisers, to write a feature called Seaside Chef.
Rawle Murdy hired Eric Monteiro as a senior account executive and Kelly Seger as an account executive.
Matthew Dearsman has been named director of admissions for The Art Institute of Charleston.
Brad W. Reed of Gastonia, N.C., has been named president and CEO of Water Missions International. Reed succeeds George and Molly Greene, who as co-founders, previously held the positions of CEO and president, respectively.
The Trident Workforce Investment Board appointed Paul L. Connerty as its executive director.
The Deedee Paschal Barrier Island Trust hired Allison C. Bello as its new executive director. Bello brings a wealth of public- and private-sector experience in regional planning and preservation of the natural and built environments and knowledge of nonprofit management, fundraising, facilitation, conservation and preservation.
Ginger Rosenberg joined the Center for Women as marketing and outreach coordinator. Previously, Rosenberg worked at Hill-Rom Co. Inc., the Charleston Regional Development Alliance and Trident United Way.
Michelle A. Mapp has been named program director for the Lowcountry Housing Trust. She has been the part-time coordinator for the trust for a year. Mapp will be responsible for overseeing all programs implemented to increase affordable housing production.
Denise Sanger joined the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium as assistant director for research planning. Previously, Sanger worked for the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management as a senior scientist.
Carrie C. Armentrout has joined JMC Charleston as an intern. JMC Charleston is a full-service event planning and destination management company located in Charleston.
A Charleston Event, a CBA Group company, moved to a new location in North Charleston. A Charleston Event entered into a new partnership with Blooming Dales FFC to form a one-stop event planning source.
David Ramey joined LS3P Associates Ltd. as a business development specialist. He is responsible for cultivating strategic relationships in the public sector.
ARCADIS hired Daniel McInnis as project engineer in its land resources group. McInnis will be responsible for project management and design for land development projects including residential, commercial, industrial and institutional. He will also provide engineering design for water resource projects.
CEMS Engineering announced Chris Hinson and Jeremy Bongiorno have been named associates and shareholders in the firm.
Josh Christian joined Goff D’Antonio Associates as an intern architect.
Truepenny Homes Inc., a custom home builder located on Daniel Island and in Columbia, S.C., appointed Robin Thomas Snellgrove, a certified public accountant, to chief financial officer. Snellgrove brings more than 20 years of experience to the position. She most recently served as the chief financial officer and treasurer of the city of Charleston’s housing authority.
Jennifer Pingolt and Melanie Jackson have joined HR On-Call as directors of client services. They are responsible for marketing and sales, public relations, client management and community and organization involvement.
Thetyka Husser joined South Carolina Federal Credit Union as community relations coordinator. Previously, she was marketing events coordinator at Blackbaud Inc. and member programs director for the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce.
New South Mortgage hired Ashley Mullins as a mortgage consultant in the company’s Mount Pleasant office. Previously, Mullins was a loan officer at Global Mortgage Group on Daniel Island.
Atlanta-based accounting firm Moore Colson promoted Lauren Simms to tax supervisor in its Mount Pleasant office.
Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. relocated from Daniel Island to 145 King St. in downtown Charleston.
Eddie Brewer opened Anago of Charleston, a commercial cleaning franchise. Brewer is a native of Charleston and has exclusive Anago territory rights to the S.C. coastline
Doug English, a certified financial planner, has created a new wealth management firm in North Charleston called Scientific Investors. English’s firm is associated with the country’s largest independent brokerage company, Linsco/Private Ledger, and will specialize in passive investing.
Kent Thune, former senior investment advisor for American Pensions Inc., has formed a fee-only financial planning firm, Atlantic Capital Investments LLC.
Phil McElhaney, Dan Brewer and Chris Moore opened Carolina Port Services LLC, a new transportation and distribution provider for freight moving through the Port of Charleston, located in Summerville.
Fitness Together, a new personal training studio, opened at 717 Old Trolley Road in Summerville. Fitness Together, part of Fitness For Life Franchise Corp., is owned and operated by Courtney McLeod, a certified trainer and fitness professional.
The James Doran Co., a Charleston-based real estate investment and development company, added four new staff members: Jesse Long, finance investment coordinator; Robin Crider, construction site manager; Stan Marcinkowski, new project manager; and Stephanie Zahnen, marketing and sales associate for the Northshore Town Center in Knoxville, Tenn.
Blair Belk, formerly with Retail Properties Inc., joined Grubb & Ellis | Barkley Fraser.
Scott Ferguson, Clint Kelly and Amee Baker joined the Mount Pleasant office of AgentOwned Realty.
Amy Sancilio joined CC&T Real Estate Services as office assistant and receptionist. Sancilio is a licensed real estate agent.
Kelley Wildman has been promoted to office operations manager for the MarshallWalker.com team of Keller Williams Realty. Wildman is responsible for day-to-day office operations.
Christopher Johnson has joined Weichert, Realtors-Dean Kelby as a specialist in residential sales. Johnson will serve clients in Charleston and the surrounding areas.
EXiT Realty Charleston Group hired Jennifer Gregory to join its West Ashley office as a sales agent. Previously, Gregory worked as a secretary at EXiT Realty’s Chuck Dawley Boulevard location in Mount Pleasant.
Sandlapper Real Estate Group hired Eric Vaughn, who will focus on residential properties in Mount Pleasant and Daniel Island.
Ron Chamberlain, formerly with Century 21, has joined Disher Hamrick & Myers’ West Islands office, which serves Kiawah, Seabrook, Johns and Wadmalaw islands.
ERA Tides Realty hired Brandi C. Chambers. Chambers has more than 12 years experience in management, human resources and nonprofit fundraising.
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