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Steve Farrar
Named president-elect of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC) and appointed to the board of directors of the Defense Research Institute (DRI). As president-elect of FDCC, Farrar will travel as an ambassador for the organization and civil defense attorneys. He is an attorney at Smith Moore Leatherwood.
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Maddy Varin
Joins Community Journals as a marketing representative. Varin previously worked at the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services as a probation and parole agent. She graduated from Clemson University with a degree in sociology.
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Emily Yepes
Hired as a marketing representative at Community Journals. Yepes spent the first several years of her career working in nonprofit management before switching to sales. She is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and has a master’s degree in biology.
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Michael Short
Joins commercial real estate and investment firm CBRE’s Carolinas Project Management team as a project manager. Based in Greenville, Short will focus on serving clients as an owner’s representative in the South Carolina market.
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Grady Jones
Named vice president of advancement, marketing, public relations and communications at Presbyterian College. Jones has 19 years of higher education administration experience, having served as a director of development, vice president and vice chancellor at a number of colleges and universities.
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ACADEMICS
University of South Carolina Upstate assistant professor Desireé Rowe received a $4,860 grant from the Waterhouse Family Institute of Communication and Society at Villanova University to begin field research on her project, “Performing Gender-Based Activism in Eastern Germany.” Her goal is to engage local gender-based activist organizations in the Berlin region of East Germany. Rowe received her doctorate from Arizona State University.
Palmetto Health and the University of South Carolina appointed Les Hall as CEO of the Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group and executive dean of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. As CEO, Hall will oversee and advance the clinical integration of Palmetto Health’s physician practices and the School of Medicine’s clinical departments. As executive dean, he will oversee all academic and research programs.
Furman University hired Mike Wilson as executive director of alumni and parent engagement. Wilson previously held positions at Duke Energy’s corporate office, working in regulatory affairs, planning and marketing. He is also a board member of multiple school and community organizations.
The Corporate and Career Development Division at Greenville Technical College named Scotty Nicholson the 2014 Instructor of the Year and Diane Jarecky the 2014 Adjunct Instructor of the Year. Nicholson serves as an instructor for the CNC Machine Operator class and also helps local manufacturers create their workforce by teaching the GE Engineer Edison Apprenticeship program and the Bosch Rexroth Apprenticeship program. Jarecky is an instructor with the Corporate and Career Development Division’s Medical Assistant Program, teaching medical terminology, medical law and ethics, and clinical courses.
APPAREL
Loggerhead Apparel hired Jennifer Henderson as general manager. In the newly created position, Henderson will lead day-to-day operations and manage the continued growth of the four-year-old company. She recently served as director of purchasing and inside sales at Southern Tide. She has more than 18 years of apparel industry supply chain expertise.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
The Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce hired Nikki Crabtree as the director of membership engagement. Crabtree recently graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in tourism management. While in school, she worked at the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce in the events and membership divisions.
DESIGN/ARCHITECTURE
Ron Geyer, founder of Good City Architects, was named chair of the Interfaith Forum on Religion Art & Architecture, an organization of architects focused on the design of worship spaces. Geyer is responsible for fundraising and leadership development in 2015.
FINANCE
Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP named Dennis Vick as managing partner of the firm’s Tax Compliance and Consulting Practice. He will focus on strategy, quality and growth. Most recently, Vick was the office-managing partner of Dixon Hughes Goodman’s Greenville office. He has more than 30 years of experience in public accounting.
SC Telco Federal Credit Union named Tracey Biggers, Doug Glick, Nicole Martinetti and Donna Smith as branch managers on the credit union’s Upstate management team. Biggers will head the Verdae Branch in Greenville. Biggers has more than a decade of experience in the financial industry. Glick has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry including certifications with the Illinois Bankers Association and the American Bankers Association. Martinetti has 17 years of experience serving credit union members, and is a past president of the Liberty Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the Leadership Pickens County Board of Directors. Smith most recently served as a member service specialist in SC Talco’s Spartanburg branch.
FOOD SERVICES
Rhino Concessions hired Amanda Gardner as a marketing and operations manager. Gardner graduated from Clemson University in 2014 with a degree in marketing. At Clemson, she was named to the dean’s list four times.
