BANKING & FINANCE
Jeff Evans has been elected as a director for Auburn National Bancorporation and AuburnBank.
HC3, a statement partner for banks and credit unions, has promoted Maureen Sears to chief experience officer and Jeremiah James to chief strategy officer.
Jonathan Ceci has been promoted to commercial banking officer for ServisFirst Bank Huntsville.
Healthcare Management Partners LLC, a turnaround management and financial advisery firm, has hired Tim Puthoff as managing director.
Regions Bank has hired Whitney Stewart Russell as head of consumer products and origination partnerships. Jay Darnell has rejoined Regions as head of commercial card and fintech enablement. Dana Nolan, head of investor relations, has retired.
United Community has hired Clint Calvert and Dina Overstreet as vice presidents and Matt Wisner as associate vice president and promoted Bobbie Weathers to vice president.
CONSTRUCTION
Ricky Byrd has been promoted to chief operating officer, Zach Moore to president-commercial and Michael Lewis to vice president-governmental with Caddell Construction.
HPM has hired Christy Colee as director of K-12 business development.
EDUCATION
Coastal Alabama Community College Dean of Students Dendy Moseley has received the Phi Theta Kappa International Distinguished College Administrator Award.
Cynthia Anthony, president of Lawson State Community College, has been appointed to UAB Medical West’s hospital board.
Chris Franklin has been appointed dean of student services at Wallace Community College-Dothan.
ENGINEERING
Hargrove Engineers & Constructors Chief Financial Officer Jeb Shell has received the Golden Eagle Award from Scouting America Mobile Area Council.
Neel-Schaffer has named Clarke Chauvin intelligent transportation systems practice lead.
FOOD & BEVERAGES
Chris Lilly, of Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q, is one of three chefs headlining the Smoke BBQ Festival at the Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Texas in mid-June.
GOVERNMENT
The city of Anniston has promoted its police department captain, Matthew Caballero, to interim city manager. He succeeds Kenneth Free.
Russell Collier has been appointed full-time chief of Montgomery Fire/Rescue.
HOUSING
Birmingham-based Landing, a network for flexible-style apartments, has hired Joel Meriwether as chief financial officer.
LEGAL
Bradley partner Jim Archibald has been elected treasurer of the American College of Construction Lawyers’ executive committee. Jeffrey M. Harvey will be leading the firm’s new outside general counsel services team.
Maynard Nexsen has hired Phillip Corley Jr. and Prim Escalona has rejoined the firm as a shareholder.
ORGANIZATIONS
Scott McClintock has been promoted to vice president of policy and political affairs at the Business Council of Alabama.
Liz Freeman, president of Long’s Human Resource Services, has been named chair of the Mobile Area Chamber Foundation board.
TECHNOLOGY
The 2026 Alabama ORBIE Award winners are Anthony Williams, of SCA Health; Kevin Stone, of Motion Industries; David Myers, of Diversified Energy; Darryl Burroughs, of the city of Birmingham; and Andrew Ryan of Harbert Management Corp.
Pentecom has promoted Laura Burke to chief financial officer/chief administrative officer.
This article appears in the May 2026 issue of Business Alabama.
