May 21. Newton-based Peoples Bank has promoted three officers: Connie Ollis, a banker for more than 40 years, has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Director of Compliance. Paula Parker has been named Senior Vice President, Retail Sales Manager. She has more than 30 years of experience. Amber Hoyle as Vice President, General Auditor. She […]
March 14. Christy Phillips has joined ServisFirst Bank as a mortgage loan officer in the new ServisFirst branch on Bailey Road, just east of Hwy. 21. She’s the first and sole mortgage loan officer within ServisFirst’s North Carolina offices. Phillips has more than 27 years of banking experience, having worked with mortgage brokers, dealers and […]
Feb. 12. Chuck Busse is the new Senior Mortgage Loan Officer at Peoples Bank for the Lake Norman area. His office is located at 163 Plantation Ridge Drive in Mooresville.
Jan. 30. Nakesha Lopez has been appointed executive vice president and Chief People & Culture Officer for Advocate Health. She will be responsible for the strategic management and delivery of all people programs, policies, processes and practices for Advocate Health. She will align the HR function with the organization’s strategy, drive teammate engagement and craft […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]