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Jason Colvin receives ChFC designation
Aug. 18. State Farm local agent, Jason Colvin, recently earned the Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) professional designation from The American College. To earn the designation, Colvin was required to complete nine course and 18 hours of supervised exams. The program was designed to help professionals meet the advanced financial need of individuals, families and small-business […]
Andy Yates ‘Rising Star’ in national publication
Andy Yates, senior partner of Red Dome Group, has been named a “Rising Star” in the political campaign world by Campaigns and Elections magazine. Yates managed NC Rep. Charles Jeter’s closely watched campaign last year. Below is part of a Q&A with Yates from Campaigns and Elections http://campaignsandelections.com C&E: How do you become a self-made […]
Dakeita Vanderburg-Johnson reappointed to Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Board
July 21. The Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Board of Trustees has announced the reappointment of Dakeita Vanderburg-Johnson of Concord to the College’s board. Vanderburg-Johnson was recently reappointed by Governor McCrory to serve on the board through 2019. Vanderburg-Johnson has served as a Rowan-Cabarrus trustee since September 2011. She currently serves as chairman of the Legislative Advancement […]
Dari Caldwell reappointed to RCCC Board
Dari Caldwell, the president of Novant Health Rowan Medical Center in Salisbury, has been reappointed to the Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Board of Trustees. A Concord native, Caldwell has served as a Rowan-Cabarrus trustee since February 2012. She serves on the institutional advancement & legislative committee. Caldwell earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Health Care Administration from Columbia Pacific […]
NC Downtown Association elects Diane Young president
Diane M. Young, executive director of Concord Downtown Development Corp., is the new president of the North Carolina Downtown Association, which works at “the creative intersection of the public and private sectors to enhance downtowns as cultural and economic centers throughout the state.” There are also eight new board members who will serve a two-year […]
Aneralla, incumbent Jill Swain file to run for mayor of Huntersville
July 10. UPDATED 12:15 pm. It’s official: Both incumbent Jill Swain and John Aneralla have filed with the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections to run for mayor of Huntersville. Swain, who filed Thursday, may be tough to beat. Swain is in her fourth term as mayor. She served four previous terms on the Huntersville Town […]
Ewart named to Old Courthouse board
July 7. Mary Kathryn Ewart has been appointed to serve on the Old Courthouse Theatre’s board of directors for a three-year term. Ewart, is a two-time Charlotte Rising Star finalist. Her mother, Becky Ewart, served on the board in the early 1990s, and her brother, Jonathan Ewart, is a two-time Metrolina Theatre Association award winner […]
Aquesta names city executive for Concord
Aquesta Bank has recruited commercial banker Michelle Riley from Bank of North Carolina to be the Concord City Executive for the Cornelius-based bank. “It’s a very attractive market; there are quite a few businesses that are looking to expand there,” said Aquesta CEO Jim Engel. “This [a commercial loan production effort] is a very practical […]
Burn Boot Camp is bulking up with franchise, corporate stores
By Rachel Daniels. Burn Boot Camp is flexing its muscle, less than three years after it started in an empty parking lot. Entrepreneur Devan Kline is already up to eight North Carolina locations and 1,700 clients. Twelve more units, franchises and company-owned, will open by 2016 throughout the Southeast and New York. He’s changing the world […]
Uwharrie Bank names chief credit officer
June 30. Cheryl Rinehardt has been named executive vice president and chief credit officer at Uwharrie Bank. She joined the Albemarle-based bank in 2008 as a vice president of credit administration. Through the years, she continued to assume additional responsibilities within the credit administration area and was named senior vice president in 2011. The announcement […]
