Unlimited Marketing Solutions has been awarded four ADDY Awards at the American Advertising Federation of The Midlands ADDY Gala.

Bill McCrary The Silver Crescent Foundation Board of Directors has elected new officers for 2009. Gar y Foster, president and chief executive officer of Automation Engineering Corporation in Greenville, was elected chairman; Mike Rose, who recently retired as plant manager of Bridgestone Firestone in Aiken, was elected vice chair; and George Lockwood, president of CPM Federal Credit Union, was elected secretary/ treasurer. The Board has also recognized Oscar Pr ioleau, retired president of Prioleau Steel, for his longstanding service to the Foundation and presented him with a resolution bestowing him Honorary Emeritus board status.

J. Alexander Hay has joined Atlantic Executive Consulting Group as an information technology consultant in Columbia.

The University of South Carolina will honor A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. with its distinguished Compleat Lawyer award.

RIGGS has received Best of Show and Best of Broadcast at the 2008 ADDY Awards.

Wanda Long has been promoted from branch manager to vice president and branch manager for First Citizens.

Brett Frantz, director of Corporate Real Estate for First Citizens, has joined the Board of Directors for City Center Partnership. The Midlands Authority for Conventions, Sports & Tour ism (MACST ) has been selected as a Gold Addy co- recipient for its Famously Hot Sales Kit.

Jeanne Porter Ashley has joined H&S Real Estate Solutions as the broker In charge.

Bill McCrary, founder and CEO of Strategic Partner, a Columbia- based professional services firm that specializes in leadership and sales force development, has been awarded the 2009 David H. Sandler Award by Sandler Training, formerly known as Sandler Sales Institute, of Owings Mills, Md. Only 12 awards have been given in the history of the company.