ARRIVALS

•  Kelly Sessions has joined Maurices in Myrtle Beach as store manager.

•  Alesia Papastavros has been named full-time marketing director at Inlet Square Mall.

•  Brandon Sessions has joined Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corp. as director of development; Candace Howell has joined as director of marketing and membership.

•  Chris Rutherford has joined Affordable Suites of America, Inc. as chief operating officer; Tammy Hart-Coon has joined as chief business development officer.

PROMOTIONS

•  Rivers Anderson of Anderson Brothers Bank has been promoted to commercial loan officer at the Church Street office in Conway.

•  Robert N. Boykin, Jr. has been promoted to executive vice president of NBSC, a division of Synovus Bank.

NEW BUSINESS

• LibertyTax Service has opened an office in Carolina Forest at 3713 Renee Drive in the Kroger Shopping Center. For information, call 903-1040.

• Coastal Carolina Home Watch has opened a second location in Mount Pleasant. For information, call 357-4440.

AWARDS

•  Mary “MJ” Warrington, manager of Griswold Home Care of Myrtle Beach, has earned two certifications: Certified Senior Adviser and Certified Grief Counselor.

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