People, Companies & Deals

June 1, 2008

Personnel Moves

Jim Budzinski, former senior VP and CFO at St. John’s Health System in Springfield, Mo., has been named CFO for WellStar Health System.

CB Richard Ellis Senior Managing Director Brett Hunsaker is leaving the brokerage house to be executive VP of business development for competitor Grubb & Ellis.

William A. Clement, chairman of Atlanta Life Financial Group, will serve as interim president and CEO after the death of Ron Brown, president and CEO.

UPS named Romaine Seguin VP of operations for the company’s Europe Region and Cindy Miller VP of operations for the South Europe District.

KPMG tabbed Steve Sullivan to head its Southeast area business performance services practice.

Kiz Toys, Cumming, added former Atlanta Braves’ pitcher and Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, and International Motorsports Hall of Fame stock car racer Warren Johnson, to its board of advisors.

Michael Halbert has joined CIBER as area director for the firm’s Atlanta office.

Cooper Carry named Sean McLendon, Chris Reynolds, Keith Simmel and Rob Uhrin as principals in the design firm.

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia named Peter Andruszkiewicz, senior VP of health plan operations for the regions outside California, as its interim regional president, replacing President Carolyn Kenny.

Recycling company Novelis Inc. tabbed Jean-Marc Germain as president of Novelis North America, replacing Kevin Greenawalt, who retired.

Coca-Cola Enterprises named Pamela O. Kimmet as its senior VP of human resources.

The Home Depot named Frank Bifulco senior VP and chief marketing officer.

Michael Porter has been named CEO at Rockdale Medical Center.

Cox Communications named Mimi Thigpen senior VP of strategy and Montie Pace VP of business operations.

Cousins Properties named Cris Burgum general manager, and Megan Cleary marketing manager of the Avenue Forsyth.

Awards

Three Atlanta companies have made Diversity Inc. magazine’s 2008 Top 50 “Companies for Diversity” list, including Coca-Cola, which ranked No. 2; Cox Communications, No. 6; and Turner Broadcasting Systems, No. 23. Cox also ranked 10th for black employees.

High-tech business-to-business marketing and public relations firm Arketi Group earned a coveted spot on BtoB’s “Top Agencies of 2008” list, an annual ranking of small, medium and large BtoB agencies.

For the second consecutive year, the Medical Group Management Association recognized Cobb County’s Georgia Lung Associates with a certificate of superior performance in its 2007 national survey evaluating the performance and practices of successful medical groups.

Deals

Triarc Companies, the franchisor of the Arby’s restaurant system, and Wendy’s International have reached a definitive merger agreement for an all-stock transaction in which Wendy’s shareholders will receive a fixed ratio of 4.25 shares of Triarc Class A Common Stock for each share of Wendy’s common stock they own. The combined systems will have approximately 10,000 restaurant units and pro forma annual system sales of approximately $12.5 billion, positioning it as the nation’s third largest quick service restaurant company.

Cox TMI Inc., a unit of Cox Enterprises, has purchased San Bruno, Calif.-based Adify Corp., a vertical online advertising company. The company, which will operate as a stand-alone company and led by Russ Fradin, president and co-founder of Adify, will remain in San Bruno.

LandCastle Title LLC, the title company of real estate firm Morris|Hardwick|Schneider, has established a new vendor management division, LandCastle Lender Services.

Atlanta Oncology Associates installed the first AccuBoost breast cancer radiotherapy system in metro Atlanta, only the eighth in the United States.