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Chamber E-gram                                            6/30/09

Advancements & Promotions

CDA Architects announces two LEED Accredited Professionals

CDA Architects is proud to announce that Anna Dis Sveinsbjornsdottir and Jill Dougan are now a LEED^®-Accredited Professional, having earned their Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Anna Dis has 5 years of design experience.  She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2002 from Converse College in Spartanburg, SC and joined CDA Architects in the fall of 2004.  Anna Dis is well-versed with sustainable design, code review, corporate design, education/library design, and lighting design. 

Jill has had 9 years of experience in design, construction documents, specifications, project management, construction administration and proposals.  She earned a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering Technology from the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston in 1999.  Since then, Jill has worked for various firms throughout the Midlands before joining CDA Architects in April of 2008. Jill’s experiences have given her a strong sense of understanding in all aspects of the construction process from schematic design to completion.

LEED^® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) design is an environmentally-friendly method which incorporates design and construction practices that significantly reduce or eliminate the negative impact of buildings on the environment and occupants. The LEED^® Green Building Rating System is organized into five environmental categories:  Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy & Atmosphere, Materials & Resources, and Indoor Environmental Quality.  Sustainable buildings supported by LEED^® are quickly becoming a demanded factor in today’s world of design.  The LEED^® system was developed and is administrated by the U.S. Green Building Council; it promotes and guides comprehensive and whole-building integrated design.

Lexington Medical Center Welcomes New Board Member

he Lexington County Health Services District has appointed Ernest Rene Derrick to its board of directors. Mr. Derrick will join the 21-member board and serve a three-year term.

"Mr. Derrick will be a wonderful addition to the Board of Directors.  He has valuable life experiences that he can rely on during his service on the board, and I know he genuinely cares about providing high-quality health services to the people in our community," says Thad Westbrook, chair of the Lexington Medical Center board of directors.

Mr. Derrick worked for SCANA for 28 years before his retirement. He served as SCANA’s land department manager, with Lake Murray management and in the Right-of-Way department. He is active in community and civic organizations such as the Lions Club and the Jamil Temple Shriners. Mr. Derrick is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in marketing.

“I want to bring a heart center to Lexington Medical Center and help in any way I can to make that happen,” he says.

Mr. Derrick and his wife currently reside in Lexington, where he has lived for 40 years.  They are members of Lake Murray Baptist Church.  He has two sons and four grandchildren.

Gail Carter promoted to Assistant VP/Market Executive for First Community Bank in Camden

First Community Bank, a local community bank with eleven offices in the Midlands, is pleased to announce that Gail Carter has been promoted to Assistant Vice President/Market Executive serving Camden and the surrounding markets.  She is responsible for business development of loan and deposit relationships in the bank’s Camden market along with supervising the Camden office team. 

Gail has extensive experience in banking and has served the Camden market for fourteen years.  She currently lives with her husband and two children in Camden. 

TERRY PADALINO NEW BROKER-IN-CHARGE AT KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY

Life Time Circle of Excellence Member REALTOR® Also to Serve as Team Leader

Terry Padalino, award-winning Realtor and licensed Broker at Keller Williams Realty, the 3^rd largest real estate franchise in the United States and Canada, has been named Broker-in-Charge and Team Leader of the Columbia office located at 4400 St. Andrews Rd.  Sherrie Puffer, Operating Principal of the Columbia Keller Williams announced the promotion this week.

Padalino, a Columbia resident since 1989, and former Executive with the Bi-Lo grocery chain started his career in the grocery business as a bag boy, was promoted to top management and supervised over 20 grocery stores and approximately 2,000 associates before changing his career path and becoming a successful realtor and multi-million dollar producer in a real estate team with his wife Janet. Early in his career, his mentor, Gary Keller, founder of Keller Williams Realty and author of “The Millionaire Real Estate Agent”  taught him the value of being the best YOU can be. Padalino has never settled for anything less than striving to be the best. In his new role, he will focus on recruitment and training.  According to Padalino, “Keller Williams Realty through profit sharing, phenomenal coaching, training, and our technology offerings, is attracting the best and the brightest agents in the market.” Keller Williams is also launching affordable health insurance which has been unavailable to independent contractors in the past. His dream is to assist his agents in growing their business above and beyond their expectations and believes Keller Williams offers the best real estate model for success. He will enjoy helping the local sales agents (expected to exceed two hundred within a year) to attain their professional goals.

DuBose Web Group Names Creative Director

Amy Moseley has joined DuBose Web Group as Creative Director. Amy is a graduate of the University of SC Honors College and holds a B.A. in Journalism, with concentration in Advertising and Public Relations. Amy’s experience, education, and personality make her a welcome addition to our team.

Amy has most recently served as Marketing Production Manager at Edens & Avant where she was responsible for design and production of marketing materials, trade show graphics, and event planning.  She brings with her more than 12 years of corporate marketing, agency, and freelance design experience.

For more information about DuBose Web Group, please visit www.duboseweb.com or call (803) 750-9321.

Hal Cottingham, a 30 year veteran of the shopping center industry, has joined the firm as Senior Advisor. Cottingham has headed up the property management division for several of the nation’s largest developers and owners of retail properties.

Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company has named Pam Jenkins director of life product development. She is responsible for managing the company’s life insurance plans, including developing marketing strategies and designing new life products. Jenkins previously served as life product manager. She has been with Colonial Life for 22 years, holding a variety of positions in the product area supporting all product lines.

For more information about Colonial Life's employee benefits products or services, call Colonial Life at (803) 798-7000 or visit www.coloniallife.com.

Anne Marie Hempy Joins Collins & Lacy

Collins & Lacy, P.C. is pleased to announce that Anne Marie Hempy has joined the firm as an associate in the practice areas of Workers’ Compensation and Defense Litigation.

Anne Marie graduated cum laude from The University of South Carolina Honors College in 2003. She received her Juris Doctor from The University of South Carolina School of Law in 2006.   While in law school, Anne Marie worked as a law clerk for Collins & Lacy and served as an Articles Editor for the South Carolina Law Review.  Prior to joining Collins & Lacy, Anne Marie served as a law clerk for the Honorable G. Ross Anderson, Jr., and then worked as an associate at the firm of Turner, Padgett, Graham & Laney practicing in the area of Professional Liability Defense.   Anne Marie is a member of the South Carolina Bar, Richland County Bar Association, and the South Carolina Defense Lawyers’ Association. She has been an active member of the Cinderella Project Committee for the South Carolina Bar Association and is currently a member of Leadership Columbia, Class of 2009.

VAN WHITEHEAD JOINS HAYNSWORTH SINKLER BOYD

Former DHEC Attorney Now Based in Firm’s Florence Office

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. is pleased to announce Evander M. E. (Van) Whitehead has joined the Firm’s Florence office.  He will concentrate on environmental, regulatory and administrative law as well as probate matters.

Prior to joining the law firm, Whitehead was a Staff Attorney for the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control in Charleston, SC, for more than four years.  In this position, he defended agency decisions in administrative and judicial review, pursued enforcement actions on behalf of the agency, and consulted with agency staff on environmental law matters.  He regularly appeared before the SC Administrative Law Court and worked on many cases before the SC Court of Appeals.

Anne S. Ellefson, the law firm's Managing Director, said, "Van's experience at the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Controls will be most useful to our clients.  In addition to working closely with the Department’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, Van worked with the Department’s Office of Environmental Quality Control in a broad range of program areas throughout the State. Van's experience will strengthen our environmental team's capabilities."

In 2006, he was an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he presented lectures on environmental law in South Carolina.  He was recognized by his alma mater in receiving the Compleat Lawyer Award from the USC School of Law in 2003.

A Florence native, Whitehead earned a J.D. from the University of South Carolina in 2003, where he was president of the Environmental Law Society and the Public Interest Law Society, Articles Editor of the SC Environmental Law Journal, and received the USC School of the Environment Award in 2003.  Whitehead earned his B.S. at Davidson College in 1998.  He served as a law clerk for Chief Judge Kaye Hearn on the SC Court of Appeals, and also clerked for the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control in Columbia.

Whitehead is admitted to the SC Bar, U. S. District Court, District of South Carolina, and 4^th Circuit Court of Appeals.