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Mooresville has new CVB director
Jan. 26. The Mooresville Convention & Visitors Bureau has a new executive director. Randy DuTeau, who has worked in tourism, event management and hospitality for more than 30 years, has overseen destination marketing organizations, development for sports commissions, and high-profile sports events, including Ironman 70.3 Augusta, USA Cycling National Championships, and Amateur Athletic Union Cross […]
Two named to Swanepoel Power 200
Jan. 19. Two top executives at leading real estate companies in Charlotte have been named to the Swanepoel Power 200 for 2024, an annual list of real estate’s most powerful and influential executives and leaders n the real estate brokerage industry. Budge Huskey, president and chief executive officer of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, was No. […]
New business center manager at Peoples in Huntersville
Jan. 9. Diana Richards is the new Business Center Manager in the Huntersville branch of Peoples Bank. Peoples Bank, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Inc., operates 17 banking offices in North Carolina, with offices in Catawba, Alexander, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Iredell, and Wake Counties. The Bank also operates loan production offices in […]
Janice Walker will lead 18,000 nurses across Atrium Health
Jan. 5. Janice Walker has been named Southeast Region chief nursing officer for Advocate Health. She will lead more than 18,000 nurses at Atrium Health’s 40 hospitals and hundreds of care locations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. Walker, who has 25 years of experience in health care. is a nationally known speaker […]
Davidson Centre for the Professions to get new leader as co-founders retire
Dec. 18. The Davidson Centre for the Professions, which provides disaster relief services and clergy renewal programs, has named Suzanne Denise Schilling as its new leader effective Jan. 1. Co-founders George and Gordon Jacobs, the husband-wife team who have provided professional development and renewal programs for ministers and lay leaders since 2003, will fully retire […]
New music director at Charlotte Symphony
Dec. 14. Kwame Ryan is the new music director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra (CSO). Hailed as a “dynamic conductor” by The Baltimore Sun, Ryan will assume his new role next year, the CSO’s 93rd season. He will lead two performances of Wang Jie’s Symphonic Overture “America, the Beautiful,” Brahms’s Symphony No. 1, and Tchaikovsky’s […]
Peter Safir lands top volunteer honors at SCORE
Dec. 13. The National SCORE organization honored Peter Safir, with the North Carolina District 46 Outstanding Volunteer and Exceptional Mentor award. In 2022 Safir provided mentoring services to over 77 SCORE Charlotte clients and spent over 300 mentoring hours with them. In addition, Safir served as a coach for more than eight prospective mentors which […]
Pat Cotham: 10 years on Meck County board
Dec. 8. Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio has presented Commissioner Pat Cotham with her 10-year service pin. Cotham has served through some of Mecklenburg’s most challenging years, including the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, which altered how Mecklenburg County conducts business.
Town of Davidson hires sustainability manager
Dec. 8. Kayla Kovach is the new sustainability manager for the Town of Davidson. She has a master’s in science degree in Environmental Engineering from Clemson University, with a focus on Sustainable Systems. Hera bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering is from the University of Cincinnati. Kovach previously served as an Environmental Engineer at SLR Consulting […]
Advocate co-CEOs rank 17th on Advocate Health influencer list
Dec. 6. Advocate Health’s co-CEOs are sharing the No. 17 rank in Modern Healthcare’s annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare listing. Jim Skogsbergh and Eugene A. Woods head up the third-largest nonprofit health system in the US. The Modern Healthcare designation honors leaders who wield influence and clout and are making an impact in […]
