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Accolades & More
Debra Pratt, of the Beach Co., earned a Certified Manager of Community Association designation from the National Board of Certification for Community Association Managers.
Seabrook Island, whose golf courses have been designated as the first fully certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary in South Carolina, finished ninth in the 2006 North American Bird Watching Open. It ranked as the fourth best in the Atlantic flyway region.
The Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce received three Awards for Communications Excellence during the American Chamber of Commerce Executives’ 22nd annual convention. The recognized entries from the Charleston Chamber were the 10th Anniversary Business Summit materials, the Education Foundation 10th Anniversary brochure and the Annual Meeting & Gala End of Year Accomplishments DVD.
Tara Hulsey, the associate dean for academics and interim associate dean for faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina, was awarded the 2005 Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellowship. Hulsey is one of 20 nurses in executive leadership roles nationwide focused on leading the country’s health care system into the 21st century.
Sandy Nettles of AgentOwned Preferred Group in Mount Pleasant, was named among the top luxury specialists in the country by Unique Home magazine. As a recipient, she was featured in the luxury specialist of the South section of the publication’s August/September 2006 issue.
Conrad Festa, interim president of the College of Charleston, was awarded the Order of the Palmetto by South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. Sanford recognized Festa’s service to the Palmetto State and its citizens as well as his contribution to higher education.
Kenneth P. Brannan, head of civil and environmental engineering for The Citadel, with co-author Phillip C. Wankat of Purdue University, received the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education annual conference’s Overall Best Paper Award for their paper entitled “Survey of First Year Programs.”
Charleston RiverDogs president Mike Veeck is one of several authors featured in a new baseball publication entitled 108 Magazine. The publication, whose inaugural issue became available this summer, is a collection of baseball articles and memoirs celebrating the rich history and traditions of the game.
Dorchester County Economic Development Director Jim Friar took part in the Silver Crescent Salute to Manufacturing Awards, where he served as a judge, in Greenville, S.C.
The Charleston Symphony Orchestra received a grant from The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation in the amount of $115,000. The grant is for general operations for fiscal year 2007, a three-year membership in the American Symphony Orchestra League and a strategic planning review of artistic and administrative issues.
The law office of Patrick J. McDonald, located on Daniel Island, celebrated its first anniversary. The firm concentrates on construction law, business litigation, real estate, wills and estates and civil litigation law. Pictured: Kathleen McDonald, office manager; Patrick McDonald, attorney; and Julie Restivo, paralegal.
Thomas Sweeny, a financial services representative of MassMutual, has been awarded a certificate of recognition in business succession planning by The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Verizon Wireless awarded its Leadership Awards for Excellence to 10 Charleston call center employees who successfully provided outstanding internal and external customer satisfaction, and implemented process improvements to better serve customers. The honorees were: David Jackman, Thersa Ketwig, Wrena Parker, Sonja Randall, Roxanne Saldano, Dana Schneider, Danielle Smalley, Todd Travis, Doris Tucker and Gary Young.
Anchor Commercial was recognized as the 15th most recognizable commercial real estate brands by The Lipsey Co., an international leader in training and consulting for the commercial real estate industry. This annual top 25 survey is compiled by examining more than 20,000 practitioners and industry leaders from institutions, mortgage bankers, commercial brokers, asset managers, property managers and related professionals.
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