People on the Move: Aug. 30
This is a weekly roundup of promotions, appointments and employee accomplishments in the Birmingham metro area. For more People on the Move, check out the Birmingham Business Journal’s print edition each week. Send announcements to ccrawford@bizjournals.com.
ACCOUNTING
Ralph Summerford, founder and President of Forensic/ Strategic Solutions, was recognized recently by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners with the 2010 Cressey Award. This award is the ACFE’s highest honor which recognizes a lifetime of achievement in the detection and deterrence of fraud.
Ross Mendheim, CPA and shareholder at Barfield Murphy Shank & Smith accounting firm, recently presented at the ACEC Tri-State Convention in a session entitled “Health Care Reform for the Business Owner.”
INSURANCE
Allstate exclusive agency owner Willie Robinson in Hueytown and owner Nicky Reed have been designated a Premier Service Agency for 2010.
LEGAL
Attorney David Donaldson of Donaldson Guin LLC was quoted in a front-page story in the New York Times about HUD Chief Andrew Cuomo. Donaldson handled a high-profile case involving deceptive mortgage-premium practices.
Jay V. Shah, an attorney with Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker LLC, was a featured speaker at the American Bar Association annual meeting in San Francisco. Shah was a part of the panel presentation “Anatomy of Business Law: ABC’s of an IPO,” presented by the ABA Young Lawyers Division on Aug. 6. Shah is a member of Haskell Slaughter’s Transactional Practice Group, representing clients in a variety of business and finance matters with a particular focus on securities offerings and periodic reporting. He also practices as part of the firm’s International Law and Immigration practice team and has a working knowledge of Gujarti and Spanish.
NONPROFITS
The Muscular Dystrophy Association has named Jerry Farris Jr. of Pinson the recipient of its 2010 Robert Ross Personal Achievement Award for Alabama. He also is a finalist for the 2011 national award. Farris will accept the Alabama award during the local broadcast of the 2010 MDA Telethon on Sept business card templates. 6 on WVTM, NBC, Channel 13 HD, in Birmingham.
REAL ESTATE
Shelly Terry, a sales associate with RealtySouth Acton Road office, earned the Certified Residential Specialist designation from the Council of Residential Specialists, an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors. She also recently earned the Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource certification from the NAR.
SENIORS
Jody Linton launched Caring Transitions of Birmingham to provide seniors and families transition, including senior moving, downsizing and estate sales. Linton was involved with health care management for years and then worked in hospice.
UNIVERSITIES
Karen Sparks, University of Alabama professor and founder of Urban Business Incubator, met with teens from the Birmingham area recently and encouraged them to graduate from high school and get their diploma in a motivational speech at the Taco Bell “Graduate to Go” Business Camp at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel.
Professor of Chemistry Charles Watkins is the 2010 recipient of the Ellen Gregg Ingalls/UAB National Alumni Society Award for Lifetime Achievement in Teaching. In his 40-year UAB career, Watkins served for 10 years as the associate dean for the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, which became a part of the new UAB College of Arts and Sciences in 2009. He also spent 10 years serving the University Honors Council, the advisory body that interviews and selects students for the University Honors Program.
Assistant professor Ho-Wook Jun from the UAB Department of Biomedical Engineering has received a National Science Foundation Career Award. The $407,000 award benefits Jun’s research into a bioactive hybrid nanomatrix for intervertebral disk regeneration.
Donna Arnett, professor and chair of epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, has been elected leading scientific officer for the American Heart Association’s Greater Southeast Affiliate.
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