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Jon Weitz has joined Kiawah Island Resort as director of development and General Council for the Resort.  Weitz comes to Kiawah from the firm of Nexsen Pruet Jacobs Pollard and Robinson, LLP of downtown Charleston.  His primary focus will be on developmental concerns of the resort.

Brian D. Gray joins the Civil Engineering section of General Engineering.  A civil engineer with over two years of experience, Gray will be involved primarily in stormwater design/management and site remediation projects.

Lenwood B. Howell has been named senior vice president by The National Bank of South Carolina (NBSC).  Howell has over 17 years banking experience and has been with NBSC since January 1993.  Professionally, he is a member of Robert Morris Associates, East Cooper Breakfast Rotary and an advisory board member of Carolina Youth Development.  NBSC also has named Kevin W. Futrell as vice president.  Futrell has eight years of banking experience and has been with NBSC since July 1992.  Professionally, he is president of the Greater Charleston Chapter of Robert Morris Associates.

George Bullwinkel has been named senior vice president of SCANA Corporation with added responsibilities for the company’s governmental affairs and economic development activities.  In addition to his new responsibilities, Bullwinkel will continue as president of SCANA Communications, Inc., SCANA’s telecommunications subsidiary, and serve on SCANA’s senior management staff.  Bullwinkel has worked for SCANA and SCE&G for 28 years. He is past chairman of the Charleston Trident Development Board.

Krista Meindertsma has joined the Charleston branch office of Advent Environmental, Inc., a professional engineering and environmental consulting firm, as marketing coordinator.  She previously worked in the marketing department of Ross Systems, Inc., a computer software company in Atlanta.  In her new position, Meindertsma will be in charge of developing a media contact plan, preparing proposal materials and producing new marketing materials.

Arthur C. Ellis was recently named CEO of Family Services, Inc., where he will direct agency services.  The following were elected as members of the 1999 board of directors for Family Services, Inc.:  Reverend Bruce C. Jayne, Chairman; Ellie Setser, Vice Chair; Terry Strawn, Treasurer; Walter S. Howell, Secretary; Richard M. McGillivray, Immediate Past Chair; James W. Berry, Jr.; Lucy Glenn; Henry H. Freudenberg; Steven E. Goldberg; Rabbi Anthony D. Holz; Ira Rosenberg; Jeffrey L. Sabel; Ray Setser; Frederick A. Stent; Colleen Troy; John S. Whaley, Jr.

Elizabeth Fisher of Fisher Recycling has been promoted to director of operations.  Fisher Recycling is a commercial recycling collection company that services offices, hotels, local colleges and restaurants.

Scott D. Love, CPA, has been appointed to the College of Charleston School of Business and Economics Alumni Advisory Board.  Love is a 1986 graduate of the College of Charleston where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.  Love serves as a manager in the Charleston office of Gamble Givens & Moody, P.A.

Helen Murphy has joined Westvaco as senior vice president and chief financial officer.   She joins Westvaco from PolyGram Holding, Inc., where she concluded a nine-year tenure and served as CFO since 1997.

Josh Zollweg has joined Kiawah Island Resort as corporate golf sales manager.  Zollweg has two-and-a-half years of experience in the field.  His new duties will include catering to large groups of 60 people or more, preparing accommodations, making tee time arrangements and dining reservations, arranging meeting facilities and organizing trips into Charleston.

Misty Smith has joined the professional staff of the South Carolina agency of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. as an insurance and investment service specialist.  Smith, a native of Orangeburg, recently graduated from the College of Charleston with a degree in Communication.  Jack Hibbits, Jr. has joined the agency as an insurance and investment services specialist.  Hibbits recently graduated with honors from Presbyterian College with a degree in History.   

Richard Ryan of Coastal Roofing Co., Inc., in Charleston has been elected to the Carolinas Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association board.  Ryan will serve as Secretary/Treasurer for the 1999 year.

The Better Business Bureau of Charleston and Columbia has selected Paul Heinauer to its executive committee.  Heinauer is the president and owner of Glasspro, and has been on the Better Business Bureau board for two years.

Burnet R. Maybank III, former director of the South Carolina Department of Revenue and Taxation, has joined Nexsen Pruet Jacobs Pollard and Robinson, LLP as special counsel in the law firm’s Charleston office.  He will concentrate on economic development, local and state tax issues and administrative law.  Maybank served as the first director of the Department of Revenue and Taxation and also as Deputy Securities Commissioner and General Counsel in the Secretary of State’s Office; a commissioner on the South Carolina Public Service Commission; and a member of the board of DHEC.  He served for three years as chairman of the Enterprise Zone Committee of the Coordinating Council for Economic Development.

Renee Cammer has been named sales manager for John Q. Hammons’ newest property, the Embassy Suites Charleston Convention Center, located within the convention center complex in North Charleston.  Her responsibilities will include sales and marketing for the hotel handling the regional association market.  She brings six years of sales and catering experience to her new position, and previously was sales manager for the Hilton Charleston North.

Doug Dougherty has been promoted to senior account executive with Atlantic Publication Group.  Dougherty has been an account executive with APG for two years, and was previously associated with The Post and Courier and the Clemson University Publications and Graphics Department.

Tim Hussey has announced the formation of Hussey design, a full-service graphic design firm located in downtown Charleston.  Hussey recently relocated from New York City where he handled design projects for clients including MTV, Rolling Stone, Sony Music, ABC, VH-1 and GQ magazine.  On a local level, he was a designer with Rawle Murdy Associates in 1995 where he worked on accounts such as Kiawah Island, the Charleston Regional Development Alliance and the South Carolina Aquarium.


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