LOWCOUNTRY -- American LaFrance LLC’s parent company, Patriarch Partners Management Group, has hired Bill Hinz as the managing director and leader for the aero, auto and truck platform, which includes American LaFrance, Global Automotive Systems and MD Helicopters. Hinz is responsible for the daily operations at American LaFrance and the senior staff reports directly to him. Hinz spent almost 30 years at Allied Signal where he served as the president of Worldwide Aftermarket Repair and Overhaul and Distribution as well as president and CEO of European Operations. 

STATEWIDE -- The S.C. State Park Service announced the artists-in-residence for its parks: Betty Gorman, Barnwell State Park; Susan Cato and Myrtie Cushman, Cheraw State Park; William Morris, Dreher Island State Recreation Area; Jeannine Cook, Kara Gunter and JoAnn Taylor, Givhans Ferry State Park; Barbara Duimstra, Deborah Holtzscheiter, Mary Alice Lockhart, Marcelo Novo and Jen Pepper, Hickory Knob State Resort Park; JJ Casey, John Fry and Jeanne Bradley, Keowee-Toxaway State Natural Area; Sue Corcoran, Lake Wateree State Recreation Area; Jennie Branham, Paris Mountain State Park; Al Beyer, Diane Hopkins-Hughs and Stacy Morgan, Poinsett State Park; Steven Faucette and Terry Strong, Oconee State Park; Anna Barnwell-Williams, Bruce Bunch, Taylor Ilkin and Judy Riley, Santee State Park; and Mark Fletcher, Linda Koffenberger, Richard Ondrovic and Robert Urban, Table Rock State Park.

LOWCOUNTRY -- Margaret Wilson Sembos has joined Kestrel Horizons LLC’s Charleston office. She is a registered professional engineer with more than nine years’ experience. Previously, Sembos was employed with Wilbur Smith & Associates in Columbia.

LOWCOUNTRY -- Mark Davis has joined Berenyi Inc. as a civil engineer and is designing and planning land development. David Bordner has joined the firm as a landscape architect intern.