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Accolades & More
Doug English was recognized at the 2007 Linsco/Private Ledger national conference for providing exceptional client service as a member of LPL’s Chairman’s Club.
Dolphin Architects and Builders has launched its new interactive Web site, www.dolphindesignbuild.com, and has relocated its East Cooper office to Belle Hall Parkway.
David Hendriks, director of food and nutrition at Trident Medical Center, has been elected to serve on the American Society for Healthcare Food Service Administrators board for the 2007-2008 fiscal year. He has been an ASHFSA member since 2003.
PURE Theatre stage and film company, has installed Harvey D. Friedman of Charleston Radiologists PA as the president of its board of directors.
Bradley S. Talbert, CEO of Kindred Hospital Charleston, has been named a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a professional society for health care leaders. Fellow status represents achievement of the highest standard of professional development. Only 5,400 health care executives hold the distinction.
The town of Mount Pleasant was awarded the Tree City USA award for the 17th consecutive year by the South Carolina Forestry Commission. The Tree City USA represents a longstanding commitment to urban forestry. In order to keep its status, Mount Pleasant must meet four standards: a tree board or department, a tree care ordinance, a comprehensive community forestry program and an Arbor Day observance.
Christopher Nowell of Charleston-based accounting and business advisory firm Jarrard Nowell & Russell LLC has been named to the board of directors for the ASCEND Foundation. The vision of the ASCEND Foundation is to ensure that the voice of those touched by cancer is heard.
The Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce was one of three finalists for Chamber of the Year by the America Chamber of Commerce Executives, the national professional association for chamber of commerce executives.
GenPhar Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, broke ground at Innovation Park in Mount Pleasant Aug. 31.
Philip Lader has been reappointed to a second three-year term on the Harvard Law School’s Board of Visitors, which annually reviews the school’s curriculum, research, student life and facilities to report to the university’s board of overseers.
Richardson Patrick Westbrook & Brickman LLC attorney Tom Gressette Jr. has been sworn in as the president of the S.C. chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Gressette has been active in the Federal Bar Association’s S.C. chapter since 2003 and has served as a board member and officer of the chapter.
Evan Powell, middle school director at Pinewood Preparatory School, was named by the National Association of Independent School to receive the Fellowship for Aspiring School Heads. The fellowship supports professional development of independent school administrators who have demonstrated significant leadership potential.
Attorney Eric C. Schweitzer, managing shareholder of the Charleston office of Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart P.C., was included in the 2008 The Best Lawyers in America list in the areas of environmental law and labor and employment law. The Best Lawyers in America surveys thousands of top attorneys in the United States, who confidentially evaluate the legal abilities of their professional peers.
The South Carolina World Trade Center’s semi-annual globalMARKETS program reported its highest turnout ever. Attendees included local high school teachers and administrators interested in exposing their students to new career paths in international trade.
WebsterRogers LLP partner Bobby R. Creech Jr., CPA, has been elected vice chairman of the South Carolina Board of Accountancy. Each year, the BOA elects a chairman, vice chair and secretary. The members are appointed by the governor.
South Carolina’s first lady Jenny Sanford has joined the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease in its efforts to spotlight chronic disease prevention as a necessary and central component of U.S. and state health care policies. Roper St. Francis Healthcare, also a partner in the coalition, hosted the announcement at its new heart and vascular tower in downtown Charleston.
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