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Blanton Phillips
Named to the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce 2014-2015 board of directors. Phillips serves as president and CEO of Phillips Staffing. He serves on numerous boards, including the board of directors of GrandSouth Bank, SubAir Systems and Meridian Resources.
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Lauren Newton
Named client services director of Flourish. Newton will be the firm’s team leader for its real estate, club and hospitality clients. She most recently served as the marketing and communications manager at The Reserve at Lake Keowee. She has more than 11 years of experience in private real estate marketing and club hospitality.
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Joel Greenstein
Named a fellow by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. The election by society members recognizes achievement, superior professional performance, exceptional contributions and personal service to the society. Greenstein, a six-time professor of the year, teaches industrial engineering at Clemson University.
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Wade Shugart
Named executive vice president and senior lender for Southern First Banchares Inc., Columbia market. Shugart has over 35 years of banking experience, most recently as regional vice president for Wells Fargo Bank, and has also held positions with The South Financial Group, Synovus Corporation (NBSC) and C & S National Bank.
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Scott Shearouse
Named outside sales manager at EDTS. Shearouse will direct all outside sales and client development while contributing to the EDTS management team in customer service, marketing and strategic planning capacities. He has more than 20 years of business-to-business experience in sales management, customer service and support roles.
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FOOD SERVICES
High Cotton hired Haydn Shaak as sous chef. Shaak has almost 10 years of professional culinary experience. He most recently served as the executive chef at Westminster Retirement, where he managed all culinary operations. He earned an associate degree in culinary arts from Greenville Technical College.
MARKETING/PR
Jackson Motorsports Group added Glenn Taylor and A.J. Turner to its operations team. Together, Taylor and Turner will handle the daily operations of JMG’s two large warehouses. Their responsibilities include shipping and receiving all company and client assets, prepping for events and managing warehouse inventory. Taylor has 18 years of experience in automotive repair, performance and finishes. Turner’s experience includes processing and material handling for Benore Logistics Systems.
NONPROFIT
The Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation hired Kelly Lang-Ramirez as director of resource development. Lang-Ramirez will design and deploy all aspects of resource development initiatives. She will oversee all fundraising and sustainability activities, communications and public relations. She will also assist in operational planning and policy development. Lang-Ramirez has been on management teams for national and statewide nonprofit organizations and spent time consulting with for-profit organizations.
PRINTING
Emediagroup hired Mike Schmitz and Jessie Lloyd as event media customer service representatives. They will be responsible for servicing endurance sports races in need of bib numbers, signage and marketing print needs. Schmitz has 12 years of experience in the print industry. Before joining emediagroup, he served as president and chief running officer of Electric City Printing. Lloyd has eight years of experience in the customer service and event management industries.
SITE DESIGN
SeamaonWhiteside’s Greenville office hired Christian Crear as project coordinator/civil engineer EIT, Daniel Merritt as a land planner and Stu Farmer as a project coordinator. Crear previously worked for the City of Greenville in the Environmental Engineering Department and Fisher & Arnold Inc. in civil site design. Merritt previously worked in the Mount Pleasant office of SW+. He has experience in landscape architecture, including residential design, regional planning and urban design and community revitalization projects. Farmer has 10 years of civil engineering and project management experience with Freeland & Associates Inc. He specialized in residential and commercial developments; including site layout and design, utility and infrastructure design, and stormwater management.
