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Paul W. Foster
Received Northwestern Mutual’s 2014 Top 20 Producer at the company’s 134th Annual Meeting event in Milwaukee, Wis. Foster is a wealth management advisor based in Greenville.
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Janice C. Hartsoe
Selected as the new registrar at Southern Wesleyan University. Hartsoe has 20 years of higher education experience. She most recently served as registrar at the University of North Georgia and was also associate registrar at the University of South Carolina.
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Benjamin Jeffers
Joined Community Journals as a writer for UBJ and the Greenville Journal. Jeffers previously worked for the company as an editorial intern. He graduated from Bob Jones University in 2013 with a degree in journalism and mass communication.
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David Pauly
Named to Canal Insurance Company’s board of directors. Pauly’s experience includes chairman and CEO of Capitol Insurance Companies in Middleton, Wis., and COO of Heritage Mutual (now Acuity).
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Jim Brogdon
Named attorney of counsel by Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Columbia office. Brogdon was the former general counsel and executive vice president for Santee Cooper. He will practice in the areas of energy and utilities, business litigation, class action, and dispute resolution.
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CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING
O’Neal Inc. has hired Rick Hannas as safety technician, Jeffrey May as design project manager and Michael Brooks as business development manager. Hannas has construction safety experience in the areas of nuclear, power and institutional. He has worked with such organizations as Morgan Corporation, Department of Energy and Avisc and has achieved his OSHA 500 certification. May has experience in the engineering, procurement, and construction industry. He has worked with firms such as CH2MHill and M+W Group.Brooks has professional business development experience marketing construction materials and equipment as well as risk management services. He obtained his B.S. degree in Business from Presbyterian College.
SynTerra, environmental and engineering consulting firm, named Matt Mudge as a senior professional. Mudge is a geologist with 14 years of experience in engineering and environmental consulting and is experienced in managing and preparing environmental assessments and studies for both private and public sector.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The Greenville Area Development Corporation has added Taylor Capps as an intern for the fall of 2014. During her internship, she will focus primarily on the GADC’s social media marketing efforts. Capps, a native of the area, joins the GADC team from Clemson University, where she is currently a senior majoring in marketing.
EDUCATION
A Clemson University assistant professor of bioengineering, Frank Alexis, made the national list of top junior faculty researchers who were chosen based on their number of patents. Alexis develops new ways of delivering drugs in nanoparticles that are 10,000 times smaller than the cross-section of a human hair. Alexis has six patents to his credit.
Gary W. Southern has joined North Greenville University as director of the new NGU Media Center. The Media Center will provide digital printing and media solutions to the university and the greater Greenville community. He joins NGU after serving since 1998 as general manager at TruColor Marketing and Printing in Greenville.
INSURANCE
Virginia Huffman of Turner Agency Insurance of Greenville, has successfully achieved the designation of Certified Insurance Service Representative (CISR). Huffman completed several courses covering and passed five comprehensive exams to earn this designation. Huffman is a personal lines account manager with Turner Agency Insurance with over 11 years experience in the insurance industry. She is a graduate of Clemson University.
MARKETING/PR
Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG) has chosen Holly Rollins and her 10-x Group team as PR/content consultants. Rollins and her team will produce strategic analysis, public relations and content marketing services for OBHG. 10-x also recently won the Content Marketing Maven award this year.
REAL ESTATE
NAI Earle Furman (NAIEF) welcomed Cameron Babbitt and Clay Williams to the brokerage team. Babbitt joins NAIEF’s Investment Services Group, representing clients in the sales and acquisitions of investment properties. Prior to joining NAIEF, Babbitt earned his law degree at West Virginia University College of Law and worked as a commercial real estate agent in Morgantown, WV, for Black Diamond Realty LLC. Williams joins NAIEF’s Industrial Division, focusing on sales and leases of industrial properties across the Upstate. Williams is a native of Spartanburg and comes to NAIEF with seven years of experience in sales and service within the technology industry.
STAFFING
Phillips Staffing has promoted Tracy Howard to branch manager of the firm’s Seneca office and Helen Schenck to interim branch manager of its Gaffney office. Howard has more than two decades of experience in staffing, recruiting, sales and management for industrial and telecommunications organizations. Schenck has 15 years of experience in industrial, healthcare, distribution and manufacturing circles. She holds multiple certifications from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
