Awards and achievements in the metro Augusta business community.
Dr. Michael Dugan
Award/honor: Has been named winner of the 2020 Accounting Department Outstanding Alumnus Award from the University of New Orleans; Dugan is a professor and Peter S. Knox III Distinguished Chair of Accounting in the James M. Hull College of Business at Augusta University
Connie Wilson
Award/honor: Has received the Accredited Commercial Manager designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management; Wilson is managing partner and senior vice president of Sherman & Hemstreet Real Estate Co.
Dr. Steve Xiao
Award/honor: Has been named the 2020 recipient of the Donald Orth Lifetime Achievement Award for being a leader and expert on hydrogen isotope separation technologies; Xiao is a manager at the Savannah River National Laboratory
Gerry Owens
Award/honor: Has received Edward Jones’ Eagle Award for “clear vision of both client and business goals” during the past year; Owens is a financial adviser for the firm in Aiken
Dr. Paul Cloessner
Award/honor: Has been named the 2020 recipient of the Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award for exception scientific contributions; Cloessner is a scientist at Savannah River National Laboratory
Tabby Huffman
Award/honor: Was sales agent of the month in October at Bankers Life
George Douglas Bratcher
Award/honor: Has been appointed a consumer member of the Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists by Gov. Brian Kemp; Bratcher is an intelligence analyst with Advanced Technology Leaders at Fort Gordon
Dr. Noel Steinle
Award/honor: Has been named Chiropractor of the Year and the Deane Mink Membership Awards recipient by the Georgia Chiropractic Association; Steinle is a practitioner at Advanced Chiropractic and Wellness Center
Mordecai Evans
Award/honor: Has earned the Certified Mergers & Acquisitions Professional certification from the Coles M&A Academy at the Kennesaw State University College of Business; Evans is an adviser with Integra Business Brokers
Dr. Julie Dahl-Smith
Award/honor: Has received the Family Medicine Educator of the Year Award from the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians; Dahl-Smith is president of the academy
Alecia Kimball
Award/honor: Was named an Operation Vetrepreneur Winner by Dream Vacations; Kimball is an account manager for Galls in North Augusta
Brennan, Wasden & Painter
Award/honor: Has been recognized in the 2021 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Law Firms list in the following categories: medical malpractice law-defendants; personal injury litigation-defendants; litigation-construction, real estate and bankruptcy; professional malpractice law-defendants; and commercial litigation
Balch & Bingham
Award/honor: The firm’s Augusta office as been recognized in the 2021 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Law Firms list for medical malpractice law-defendants
Alison South Marketing Group
Award/honor: Won the top rating of Excellence during the Southern Region of the International Association of Business Communicators’ Silver Quill virtual awards event
Aggressor Adventures
Award/honor: Received two silver 2020 Magellan Awards from Travel Weekly, one in the Overall River Cruising category for The Aggressor Nile Queen and the Overall Destinations category for its Safari Lodge in Sri Lanka
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