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Promotion Watch ’21: Carr, Riggs & Ingram Adds 31 New Partners

Posted on by Jason Bramwell

From 2015 to 2020, the average size of new partner classes at Carr, Riggs & Ingram was 17. So I did a double-take when I saw the recent press release from CRI in my spam folder (my work email always thinks CRI press releases are spam for some reason) that the firm just added a robust 31 people to the partnership.

Here are the 16 men and 15 women who are the newest rainmakers at CRI:

  • Kristine Anderson, Corpus Christi, TX
  • Nick Cadden, Enterprise, AL
  • Amy Cannon, Houston
  • Geoff Cover, New Orleans
  • Adria Deren, Gainesville, FL
  • Paul Evans, CRI Capital Advisors LLC, Montgomery, AL
  • Cindy Gross, Auditwerx LLC, Tampa, FL
  • Jonathan Hall, Harlingen, TX
  • Cheryl Hunt, Enterprise, AL
  • Craig Ivey, Enterprise, AL
  • James Jensen, Corpus Christi, TX
  • Ben Kincaid, Destin, FL
  • Richard Lanois, Atlanta
  • Thomas Lind, Melbourne, FL
  • Brandon Maddox, CRI Capital Advisors LLC, Montgomery, AL
  • Mike Maxson, Huntsville, AL
  • Amy Miller, Gainesville, FL
  • Matthew Montemayor, Harlingen, TX
  • Theresa Myers, Fort Pierce, FL
  • John Parker, Enterprise, AL
  • Kim Pausina, New Orleans
  • Kristin Peniston, Atlanta
  • Laura Ranger, Melbourne, FL
  • Jed Rimmer, Shreveport, LA
  • Stephanie Schuchardt, Enterprise, AL
  • Dan Sellers, Birmingham, AL
  • Dan Shuey, Clearwater, FL
  • Madonna Stafford, New Bern, NC
  • Tina Stewart, Enterprise, AL
  • Cheryl Wallace, Jackson, MS
  • Esmeralda Yniguez, McAllen, TX

Congrats to one and all!

[Carr, Riggs & Ingram]

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With Valentine’s Day around the corner will GT take the next logical step and extend their passion campaign in to special topical ad?

Avi Dan is President & CEO of Avidan Strategies, a New York based consultancy specialized in advising professional service companies on marketing and business development. Mr. Dan was previously a board member with two leading advertising agencies and managed another.