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The National Restaurant Association selected **Roy Jackson**, a longtime leader at the Coca-Cola Company, to be executive vice president of development and industry relations.

**Tonya Almond** was appointed to the new position of vice president of knowledge and experience design with the Professional Convention Management Association.

The Million Dollar Round Table appointed **Barbara A. O’Connor** to managing director. Previously, she was a director with SmithBucklin.

**Wendy DuBoe**, president and CEO of United Way of Metro Chicago, is stepping down after 15 years with the organization.

**Jacquelyn C. Bode** was named executive director of the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation.

The Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association promoted **Brenda Villarreal** to senior manager of professional development and to executive director of PRSM Foundation, Inc.

**Aretha Kelly** joined Associated Luxury Hotels International as director of sales for the Mid-Atlantic region.

**Brian Coughlin** was named general manager of the flagship Live! Hotel and Event Center in the Washington, DC/Baltimore corridor.

Advocates for Rural Broadband promoted **Derrick B. Owens** to senior vice president of government and industry affairs and **Eric Keber** to vice president of government affairs.

**Jessica Bello** was named director of operations and meetings for Eisenman & Associates, Inc.

**Catherine O’Riordan** was named executive director of the Ecological Society of America.

Commonwealth Hotels, LLC, appointed **Megan Gabriel** as field director of sales and marketing for the Midwest and Florida regions.

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