Edwards Brothers has hired Barb Dawson for the newly created position of Chief Information Officer. The hire is part of the company’s initiative Connecting with EB, which is focused on automating transactions, such as order entry, billing, ship notifications, and tracking, through online ordering tools such as EB’s One Touch Reprint solution. Dawson was most recently the CIO at Two Men and a Truck International, the largest franchise moving company in the U.S.

Robin Gold is the new executive director for the Savannah Book Festival. Gold served as a consultant for 2011 Savannah Book Festival. Now in its fifth year, the 2012 Savannah Book Festival will take place on February 17-19, 2012.