Shantel Sams joins Southern Nuclear Operating Company (Southern) as human resources manager for the Farley Nuclear Generating Station located near Dothan, AL.  Sams was recruited from Exelon Generation, where she was the human resources manager of the Dresden Nuclear Power Station.

Chris Morgan has joined Sam’s Holdings as their new Construction Project Manager at Sam’s Xpress® Car Wash. The McAulay Smith Firm recruited Morgan, who has over 20 years of construction experience, from Primax Construction.

Julia Lagun has joined KeyBank as their senior director of tax , responsible for all federal and merger and acquisition tax functions. KeyCorp, a publicly-traded corporation, is one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $136.5 billion. The McAulay Smith Firm recruited Lagun from Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. where she served as their federal tax director.

Chris Doyle has joined AAA Carolinas, the largest and fastest-growing AAA club, as chief marketing officer. Prior to joining AAA Carolinas, Chris was with Pinnacle Promotions where he increased revenues five times over four years as their vice president of sales and oversaw a $million digital marketing budget as the vice president of marketing. 

Hilltop Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq-HTH), a Dallas-based financial holding company, announced the appointment of Walter Clarke as senior vice president, director of financial planning and analysis. Walter joins the Company from PricewaterhouseCoopers. Prior to PwC, Walter was with GE Capital