John Allison, the lead commercial appraiser for the Forsyth County Tax Department, was named the Appraiser of the Year by the N.C. Association of Assessing Officers. He received the award during the NCAAO fall conference in November. Forsyth County commissioners recognized him honor during their briefing Dec. 13. Allison has been with the department for 24 years.

Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Reynolds American Tobacco, and its recycling partner TerraCycle have recycled more than 100 million pieces of cigarette wasted since the fall of 2012.

Pharr Law, PLLC has been selected by U.S. News as a 2019 Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” in Litigation-Construction, Metropolitan Tier 2 and Construction Law, Metropolitan Tier 3.

Piedmont Advantage Investment Solutions has received two CUSO Financial Service Silver Awards. The first award is for Branch Marketing, which is presented for top campaigns demonstrating exceptional results by engaging new member-clients through marketing campaigns. The organization received a bronze award in this category in 2017. It also won the Silver Rookie of the Year Award, which is presented to investment programs that joined CUSO Financial Services between Jan. 1, 2016 and March 31, 2017 with the highest gross dealer concession per $1 million of financial institution deposits.

Pam Anglin has been named vice president of Marketing and Communications for Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina. She has worked with area nor-profit organizations for 20 years. Anglin was previously with Habitat for Humanity, the Children’s Museum and Big Brothers Big Sisters. She is a graduate of Wake Forest University with a bachelor of arts degree in religion and education, and obtained a Certificate of Non Profit Management from Duke University.

Mark Grover, an executive vice president at BB&T, will lead the bank’s Corporate Banking Energy team following the retirement of Jeff Forbis. Grover has 32 years of experience in the financial services industry. He joined BB&T Capital Markets in 2010 to lead its corporate banking in Texas. Grover is a graduate of Albion College with a bachelor’s degree in economics and management and an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Advanced Consumer Electronics has relocated to 979 W. Northwest Blvd. It has offices in Winston-Salem and Greensboro, the former Heritage Technologies. ACE-HTI provides design build services to residential and commercial clients with security, camera, networking and WiFi, and audio/video solutions. It also provides security and fire alarm monitoring and has been serving the Triad for more than 35 years.