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Accolades & More
Andra L. Watkins, principal of Positus Consulting LLC, has been appointed to the S.C. Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Committee for a one-year term. She will represent the Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce.
South Carolina Realtors has named Wayne Poplin of Charleston as the 2007 Realtor of the Year. The award is given annually to a real estate agent in South Carolina who works to advance the real estate profession and who embodies the realtor spirit of high principles and faithfulness to the realtor code of ethics and who practices principles of good real estate.
The new officers of the South Carolina Chapter of the Federal Bar Association are Thomas P. Gressette Jr., president; Christie Varnado, president-elect; Kay West, vice president; Christy Ford Allen, treasurer; Hannah Metcalfe, secretary; and Nancy Bloodgood, national delegate. The 2007-2008 board members are the Honorable Margaret Seymour, E. Jeanne Howard, Sam Sammataro, Mia Maness, Thad Westbrook and Zandra Johnson.
Eleven students from Pinewood Preparatory School have been inducted into the International Thespian Society for their work during the 2006-’07 school year. They are juniors Hayley All, Daniel Poaps, Stanley Cruse, Kyle Schultz, Emily Soyka, Blaise Bailey and Blake Wood; seniors Ashley Droste and Sandy Redzikowski; and Class of 2007 graduates Mallory Haupt and Elliot Hitchcock. Students completed more than 100 hours of work in the theater arts to qualify for induction.
Pinewood Preparatory School teachers Janet Zielke, Sarah Coyne and Cory Fuller have completed the South Carolina Independent School Association Teacher Institute, a two-day training program. Classroom discipline, classroom procedures, school politics, co-curricular activities, testing and grading, and communication with parents were among the topics covered. The South Carolina Independent School Association is a nonprofit, voluntary association of approximately 100 independent schools serving more than 37,000 teachers and students.
The South Carolina Independent School Association has recognized Pinewood Preparatory School faculty members Stephanie Hopper and Angie Ringley as Master Teachers.
Brad Waring, a partner in Nexsen Pruet’s Charleston office, has been appointed chairman of the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel. Waring also is listed in Best Lawyers in America.
Angela Christa Bedell, a 2007 graduate of the Charleston County School of the Arts, has received a $2,000 scholarship from the Charleston Men’s Chorus. The scholarship is awarded annually to a graduate of the School of the Arts who plans to pursue a degree in vocal music or choral conducting. Bedell will attend Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Carolina Youth Development Center’s board of directors has elected new officers for its 2007-’08 year. They are Wendy Wilkie, chair; Amy Spencer, vice-chair; John Hyland, treasurer; Neyse Barkley, secretary; and members Michael Beville, Tracey Bible, John Burbage, Charles Callahan, Lester Detterbeck, Roseann Drew, Michael Frederick, Wesley Harvey, Mike Hutchinson, Wilbur Johnson, Patrick Kiernan, Marlon Kimpson, Leonard Lanier, Lynn McKnight, Anne Meadors, Chuma Nwokike and Priscilla McLeod Robinson.
David G. Jennings, an attorney with Rosen Rosen & Hagood LLC, has been honored as the 2007 Ambassador for Economic Development for Charleston County. Jennings has been a key contributor to the area’s tourism promotion, airport development and economic recruitment efforts.
Barbara Franklin, owner of Charleston-based Franklin & Associates, has been appointed to the 2008 advisory board of the American Association for Long Term Care Insurance, the national trade group for insurance companies that sell the product.
Charleston relationship coach and author Glenn Cohen gave a talk on “How to Create an Emotionally Intelligent Relationship” at the Oct. 24 Women at Work luncheon.
CPM Federal Credit Union has opened a new North Charleston branch at 1066 East Montague Ave.
Ann K. Barrett of Disher Hamrick & Myers and Cindy Norton of Prudential Carolina Real Estate have received the Accredited Buyer Representation designation from the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council Inc. of the National Association of Realtors. Barrett and Norton join more than 32,000 real estate professionals in North America who have earned the ABR designation. All completed a course on buyer representation and on a buyer representation specialty.
Turner Padget attorneys John K. Blincow and Elaine H. Fowler will be included in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Mary-Margaret Fitzhenry, Michael Wood and Dendy Engelman have been named to the Pinewood Preparatory School Board of Trustees.
Dorchester County, Charleston and North Charleston have received distributions from PalmettoPride, a statewide nonprofit anti-litter and beautification group. Under one of the group’s programs, the PalmettoPride Tree Grant, Dorchester County received 70 crepe myrtles, 80 dogwoods, 10 red cedars and 15 river birches. The trees, between five and six feet tall and grown at the state Department of Corrections, will be planted in public spaces. Under the group’s Keep South Carolina Beautiful Grant, the county also received $8,000 while Charleston received $7,225 and North Charleston received $7,000. The funds will be used to develop litter and waste reduction programs and beautification efforts.
The new board members for this year’s BB&T Charleston Food + Wine Festival are Julianne Farnsworth, John Orr, John A Wallace Jr. and Mike Lata. New officers include Laura Hewitt, chair; Natalie Dupree, chair emeritus; and Richard T. Widman, secretary. Existing board members are Louise Ballard, Barry Gleim, Lou Hammond, Jean Y. Helms, Richard Jerue, Anita Zucker, Marc Collins, Ciaran Duffy and Fred Neuville.
East Shore Athletic Club will open a new 7,000-square-foot facility—its ninth in the region—in December in Moncks Corner.
Timothy W. Bouch, managing partner of Leath Bouch & Crawford LLP, has been elected to serve as chair of the American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section for a one-year term.
Bouch is a past chair of the ABA Litigation Section Environmental Litigation Committee.
John A. Jackson has been sworn into the South Carolina Bar. Jackson is a licensed lawyer in Georgia, Virginia and Pennsylvania, and has an office on Johns Island.
The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce announces its newly elected board of directors and executive committee for the 2007-2008 year. Members on the board of directors include: George Acker; James Bennett; Steve Brandt; Michael Brenan; Terry Brown; Chris Browning; Mia Butler; Lonnie Carter; Jay Cox; Lewis Creel; Barney Easterling; Deepal Eliatamby; Barry Falin; Clente Flemming; Caleb Fort; Fredrick Gibbs; Avery Hilton; Randy Horn; Charles McFadden; Todd Mitchell; Jim Morris; Eddie Nail; Jonathon Pinson; Sue Priester; Pete Primm; Jim Rex; Michael Riordan; Rick Saunders; Roger Schrum; Sophia Shoate; Ken Smith; Jim Stritzinger; Thomas Upshaw; Allen Ward; Emory Ware; Mitch Watson; Doug Wendel; Kim Wilkerson; Keith Wilson; George Wolfe; and William Youngblood. Members on the executive committee include: James Micali, chairman; William Boyd, chair-elect; Dennis Wade, treasurer; Harris DeLoach, past chairman; Steve Benjamin; John Creech; John Darby; Anne Ellefson; Willis “Trip” Gregory III; Charles Hamrick; Roger Jones; Mark Kent; and Nancy Spencer.
The Wellness Councils of America has presented the Gold Well Workplace Award to Select Health of South Carolina at a recent awards luncheon. The Gold Well Workplace Award recognizes an organization for its commitment to the health and well being of their employees.
The annual class of LeadershipSCR, a comprehensive leadership program conducted by the South Carolina Realtors, graduates include: Angela Black, Daniel Island Real Estate; Lauree Bradway, Lauree Bradway & Associates; and Rob Woodul, Keller Williams Charleston West. LeadershipSCR is designed to enhance real estate agent leadership skills, productivity and community involvement.
Woodland Resort & Inn Chef Tarver King has been named one of the “chefs to watch” in the November issue of Esquire magazine. The magazine describes King as a chef who “is ready to play on his own stage.”
RMF Engineering Inc. and David Crutchfield, in conjunction with Clemson University, have been awarded First Place in the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Regional Technology award for the USC Omega II Biomedical Research Laboratory. RMF Engineering and Donald Zimmerman III, in conjunction with the Town of Summerville, have been awarded First Place in the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (ASHRAE) Regional Technology award for the Summerville Town Hall Complex. RMF Engineering and Seth Spangler, in conjunction with CDA Architects Inc., have been awarded First Place in the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Regional Technology award for the CDA New Office Building. Honorable mentions by the society for RMF Engineering employees include: Craig Buck for Christiana Hospital; Donald Zimmerman III for Maritime at Kiawah; Brian Keiser for Clemson Baruch Institute Office/Lab Building; and Brian Keiser for the UVA Medical Complex Tertiary Chilled Water System.
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