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IFG Companies Announces Mesale Solomon Joins as Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer

January 6, 2016

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ALPHARETTA, GA - IFG Companies has announced that Mesale Solomon has joined as its Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer.  Mesale comes to IFG with more than 15 years of experience leading human resource professionals and helping businesses with their talent strategy including acquisition, development, performance management, total reward and other talent-management needs.  She is based in IFG's Alpharetta, Georgia office.​

Mesale began her career in Human Resources at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan.  During her nine years with Ford, she held several positions including in recruiting, on-boarding, training, compensation and succession planning among other areas.  After Ford, Mesale worked at Miller Brewing Company in Trenton, Ohio for two years as an Employee Relations Manager.  Following Miller Brewing, Mesale joined Avis Budget Group in Parsippany, New Jersey, where she served in several senior human resources positions, including Director of Talent Acquisition and Diversity, Director of Human Resources for Avis's International operations and Director of Learning and Development.  Most recently, Mesale was the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Innotrac Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia.

Mesale holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Communication from Western Michigan University and a Master of Public Administration in Human Resources Management from Clark Atlanta University.  She earned her Six Sigma Greenbelt at Ford Motor Company where she also participated in its Human Resources Fast Track program from 1998 through 2001.

Mesale is assuming responsibility for the People function as IFG's dedicated and long-serving Vice President of Human Resources, Carol Hennrikus, plans for retirement.