Cynthia Ham was selected for the American Association of Advertising Agencies client public relations committee. Ham was among 14 marketing professionals selected nationwide for the committee, formed to help advertising agencies better understand how to integrate the role of public relations in an agency environment.

Becky Hensley joined Archer-Malmo as an account coordinator. Hensley will support the advertising account services team, working with clients such as Kraft Food Ingredients, FedEx Aviation Services and ThyssenKrupp Elevator. She previously worked at Thompson & Co. as traffic manager.

Jeff Perky was promoted to account manager with The ServiceMaster Company. He will serve as an account manager for direct marketing work with ServiceMaster Clean, Furniture Medic and Merry Maids.

Pattie Woods was promoted to director of associate development at Fogelman Management Group. In this position, Woods will direct all national training programs and lead the companys internal customer service initiative. Woods joined Fogelman in 2000 and previously served as regional vice president.

Debi Raffanti joined Fogelman Management Group as regional vice president of the Mid-South region. Raffanti has more than 17 years experience in multifamily property operations and most recently was senior vice president at LEDIC Management Group.

Margaret M. Chesney joined Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs as an associate. She earned a bachelors degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from the University of Memphis. Chesney concentrates her practice in the area of commercial litigation.

Dr. Tom Feagin, Methodist Alliance Hospice medical director, was certified by the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Edward L. Powell Jr. joined environmental engineering firm E. Roberts Alley & Associates as a senior project engineer in the Horn Lake, Miss., office. He earned a bachelors degree from Christian Brothers University. Prior to joining the firm, he was operations manager/senior project engineer for Applied Earth Sciences Inc.

Kyle Cornish was promoted to president of Digital Interactive Entertainment. He previously served as vice president of the company. He earned a bachelors degree from the University of Northern Iowa.

R. Scott Vincent joined the law firm Husch & Eppenberger as an associate in the general business litigation practice group. He earned a bachelors degree from the University of Kentucky and a law degree from the University of Memphis. Vincent concentrates his practice in the areas of Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA, litigation; disability, health and life insurance defense; and medical malpractice defense.

Emile C. Tiny Ott, M. Curtiss McKee, Jerrald L. Shivers and Bethany Brantley Johnson joined Memphis-based law firm Lewis Fisher Henderson Claxton & Mulroy. The four attorneys will work out of the firms Jackson, Miss., office.

With these additions, Lewis Fisher becomes the largest labor and employment boutique law firm in Mississippi. The firm, which also has offices in Los Angeles and Tampa, has a total of 10 Mississippi-licensed lawyers practicing in Mississippi.

Ott, McKee and Shivers bring a combined 110 years of experience to the firm, having been partners with Jackson law firm Fuselier, Ott, McKee & Shivers, one of the original Mississippi labor and employment law boutiques.

Shivers earned bachelors and law degrees from the University of Mississippi. He concentrates his practice in labor and employment.

Ott earned bachelors and LL.B. degrees from the University of Mississippi. His practice areas are labor and employment.

McKee earned bachelors and LL.B. degrees from the University of Mississippi. His practice areas are labor and employment.

Both Ott and McKee have been honored as Best Lawyers in America. Each also is a fellow in the College of Labor and Employer Lawyers.

Johnson earned a bachelors degree from Mississippi State University and a law degree from Mississippi College School of Law. She devotes a significant part of her practice to rendering advice to employers on current employment issues.