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Business Briefs

The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce is holding

its yearly membership drive this month. Chamber members

are seeking out local business owners to join the organization that is

the "voice of business" in Fayette County.

The chamber helps area businesses network

throughout the community. Some of the more successful activities of

the chamber have been the Business After Hours program and

Quarterly Membership Breakfasts.

The newest networking promotion is the Fayette First

Rewards program. This new program provides added value to a

membership and tangible benefits for participation.

For further information, call a staff member at 770-461-9983

or e-mail the chamber at [email protected].

Rockdale Hospital and Health System has named Peachtree City resident

Mark Geiger as assistant director of public relations. Geiger's

responsibilities include media relations and internal and external

communications.

Geiger comes to Rockdale following 10 years of active

duty with the U.S. Army where he worked in several public

relations positions in the U.S. and overseas.

"I believe my military experience and the places I've

been such as Haiti, Bosnia and Honduras gave me a greater

appreciation for life and how to compassionately deal with others who

have been through some rough times," he said. "I'm looking forward

to working with the employees, patients and community here

at Rockdale. I also want to continue to get the word out regarding

the great work and quality of care that is provided here."

Geiger's military awards include the Meritorious

Service Medal, five Army Commendation medals, three Army

Achievement medals and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.

The Atlanta office of Weber Public Relations has

promoted 1986 Fayette County High graduate Kimberly Ryan

to account supervisor.

With more than nine years of experience in public relations

and public affairs, Ryan's account experience includes

developing and implementing media relations, community relations

and customer relations programs for consumer and

business-to-business clients.

Ryan previously held account service positions at HHH

Public Relations in Atlanta. While at HHH, she represented clients

in the fields of economic development, law, accounting,

executive search, mortgage, advertising, biomedicine and publishing.

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