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HONORED
Pam Melbourne
Awarded the Palmetto Award, South Carolina’s highest end-of-life honor, for her vision and leadership in hospice care. Melbourne is CEO of Hospice of the Upstate, where she has been employed for 10 years.
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HONORED
Lindsay McPhail
Received the Charter Business Pulse Volunteer Award for September 2013. McPhail is a member of the PULSE Connects committee and earned a bachelor’s degree from Clemson University. She currently works in human resources for Global Lending Services LLC.
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HIRED
Mark Bjelland
Joined Core Care Medical as director of operations. Prior to joining Core Care Medical, Bjelland spent over 20 years in physician practice management, and served as practice administrator for Cardiology Consultants in Spartanburg.
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HIRED
Sallie Smith
Joined NAI Earle Furman as a marketing and research specialist. Previously, Smith was the director of marketing and communications for the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts at Clemson University. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Clemson in 2009.
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PROMOTED
Karen Taylor
Promoted to director of corporate services and relocation at Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., Realtors. Taylor previously served as an agent with C. Dan Joyner Co. in the Simpsonville office.
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CLOTHING
Delta Apparel recently announced that Rod McGeachy will become president of the group’s sports and military brand Soffe. McGeachy was most recently chairman and CEO of Tandy Brands Accessories.
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CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING
O’Neal Inc. has hired Carl Whitaker as electrical estimator. Whitaker has more than 30 years of electrical construction and estimating experience. He previously worked for the Davis Electrical Constructors and comes to O’Neal from CH2M Hill.
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EDUCATION
Shannon Finning has been named dean of students and associate vice president of student affairs at Clemson University. Formerly dean of student affairs at Babson College, Finning, a Clemson alumna, has more than 16 years of experience in the student affairs field. Finning earned her BA from Bryant University in 1996 and a master’s in education from Bridgewater State College in 1999. She came to Clemson in 2006 to earn her Ph.D. in educational leadership. Finning will start Nov. 9.
The Furman University Board of Trustees recently welcomed three new board members. Ed Good is a 1967 graduate of Furman and holds a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He established the Hampton Development Company in 1985 and now serves as president. Gordon Herring graduated from Furman in 1965 and obtained an MBA from the University of Virginia in 1970. He joined the TeleCable Corporation in 1970 as director of research, and retired as executive vice president in 1989 upon the sale of the company. He is one of the founders of the Weather Channel. Richard W. Riley served as U. S. Secretary of Education under President Bill Clinton (1993-2001) and was elected to two terms as governor of South Carolina (1979-1987). He is a 1954 graduate of Furman, and formerly served as chair of the Furman Board of Trustees.
The Rotary Club of Greenville recently named Anne Kelsey-Zibert its Teacher of the Year. Zibert is a seventh-grade social studies teacher at Northwest Middle School and is a graduate of Princeton University. Adam Massey, a business education teacher at Greer High School, was first runner-up; Tom Rogers, a physics, statistics and computer science teacher at Southside High Academy, was second runner-up; and third runner-up was Mandy Waters, a first-grade teacher at Westcliffe Elementary School.
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FINANCIAL SERVICES
World Acceptance Corporation recently announced that Kelly M. Malson plans to retire from her position as senior vice president and chief financial officer of the company. Malson’s eight-year tenure with the company began in 2005.
Markel Valuation PC recently announced that CPA John R. Markel earned the designation Accredited in Business Appraisal Review (ABAR) from the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA). Markel is principal analyst and business appraiser for Markel Valuation PC. He has been a CPA in Greenville for over 30 years and has specialized in business valuation and litigation accounting for the past 18 years.
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GOVERNMENT
The Greenville Area Development Corporation has added Jackie Antunes as an intern for fall 2013. Antunes joins the GADC from Clemson University, where she is a senior. She previously interned at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston.
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LEGAL
Wyche recently welcomed Suedabeh Walker as an associate, focusing her practice on transactional matters including corporate, environmental and commercial real estate. Prior to joining Wyche, Walker worked with the Environmental Protection Agency, Turner Environmental Clinic and the Southern Environmental Law Center.
Kenison, Dudley & Crawford LLC announced that Townes B. Johnson III was recently made partner.
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MANUFACTURING
Dr. Richard Vosburgh, KEMET Corporation’s senior vice president of human resources, was recently voted to the board of directors of HR People & Strategy (HRPS) as vice-chairperson (in succession to become chairman of the board). HRPS is a professional society with membership exclusive to top HR executives.
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MEDICAL
The Greenwood Genetic Center recently welcomed Elliot Stolerman, M.D., and Swetha Krishnamurthi, M.D. Stolerman is a 2000 graduate of SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics. Krishnamurthi is a 1994 graduate of Maulana Azad Medical College at the University of Delhi in New Delhi, India. She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.
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PUBLIC RELATIONS/MARKETING
DNA Creative Communications (DNA) recently welcomed Tierney Gallagher as a new account executive. Prior to joining DNA, Gallagher served as the graduate assistant for Clemson University’s Graduate School Publications Office and the graduate intern for the Office of Communications & Public Relations in the College of Health, Education and Human Development.
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STAFFING
Find Great People International recently hired Rebecca Garvin, Arlene Johnson and Jennifer Aughtry, promoted Rhiannon Poore, and expanded Aaron Mishler’s job role. Garvin joined Find Great People in July as an executive search business coordinator. Johnson initially joined FGP as an intern and is now responsible for FGP’s accounts payable processes and procedures as one of the company’s accountants. Aughtry is the new marketing manager for Find Great People. Poore was promoted to senior executive recruiter. Mishler transitioned from the human resources consulting department and is now FGP’s customer care specialist.
