Linda Morrison has joined Golder Associates Inc., Atlanta, as director of federal projects. She had been chief of operations in the Savannah, Ga.-based district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Morrison also previously directed the agency’s national regulatory wetlands program in Washington, D.C., which had a staff of 1,300 at the time. This year, Morrison received the Steel Order of the de Fleury medal from the Army Engineers Association for leadership and service to the Corps’ civil-works program.
XL Insurance, the global insurance unit of XL Group plc, Dublin, has named David S. Hewett as executive vice president and William J. Mills Jr. as senior vice president of its surety division. Both are based in Baltimore. Hewett was executive vice president of Zurich North America Insurance, where he headed its domestic operations. Mills had been in Zurich’s contract surety group in an undisclosed management role.