■ Becky Hutchinson of Allen Tate Realtors has completed the Realtor e-PRO course. The certification, offered through the National Association of Realtors, is designed to provide real-estate professionals with the technology tools needed to assist consumers in the purchase or sale of a home.
■ The Bryan School of Business and Economics at UNC Greensboro has established an MBA board of advisors. The board is made up of 21 members from the business and academic community, including six Bryan School alumni. They are: Mark Baker, '78, controller, Automotive-Americas North Global Automotive Division, Tyco Electronics, Winston-Salem; Preston Bergen, a senior vice president, BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem; Joseph Brower, managing director, Cary Street Partners, Greensboro; Katharine Brower, president, the Education Center Inc., Greensboro; Robert Buck, '98, president, Liberty Hardware Manufacturing Corp., Winston-Salem; Noel Burt, senior vice president of human resources, Moses Cone Health System, Greensboro; Jan Capps, president, Moses Cone-Wesley Long Community Health Foundation, Greensboro; Paul Dascoli, chief financial officer, V.F. Jeanswear Limited Partnership, Greensboro; Balaam Elliott III, '88, Atlanta; Robert Harris, senior vice president and general manager, Zink Imaging Inc., Whitsett; Herbert Hugill, chief executive officer, Qualicaps Group, Whitsett; Gengiz Nazim, president, EPES Logistics Services Inc., Greensboro; Dianne Neal, '88, chief financial officer, Reynolds American Inc., Winston-Salem; Greg Peele,'98, vice president of operations, Skanska USA Building Inc., Durham; Dirk Querter, vice president parts supply chain management, Volvo Parts North America, Greensboro; John Riley, North American Supply Chain Lead, Syngenta Crop Protection Inc., Greensboro; Bob Tursky, senior vice president of human resources, AIG-United Guaranty, Greensboro; Thomas Wayne, '89, senior vice president and chief financial officer, Bank of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge.
Ex-officio members are Dr. Joyendu Bhadury, associate dean for graduate programs and research; Dr. Vidyaranya Gargeya, director of the MBA program and professor of operations management; and Tom May, assistant to the dean.
■ Consumers Digest, a nonprofit product review and recommendation service, awarded Consumers Digest "Best Buys" ratings to three models in Amarr Garage Door's Classica Collection of garage doors in the magazine's August issue. The magazine awards the Best Buy seal to products its independent staff judge to be of the best quality and offered at the most reasonable price.
■ PhoneTree in Winston-Salem is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Since 1989, PhoneTree has manufactured and sold automated messaging systems to a wide variety of organizations. PhoneTree has more than 45,000 systems in use by faith-based organizations, medical and dental practices, civic organizations, libraries, schools, businesses, and government agencies.
■ Davenport, Marvin, Joyce & Co., LLP, certified public accountants and consultants, said that Daniel Billings has earned the Certified Financial Planner designation. He is a financial planner for DMJ Wealth Advisors LLC based in Greensboro.
■ DeWayne Anderson, the founder of The Landmark Group in Winston-Salem, will deliver the keynote speech at Preservation North Carolina's annual conference Oct. 9. Anderson, who received the organization's 2007 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award for historic preservation work in North Carolina, will discuss, "Why Historic Preservation Matters."
■ Dianne D. Cobb has opened a business valuation and consulting practice in Winston-Salem after a career in trust investments at Wachovia, where she managed the closely held business group for more than 25 years. She has the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, issued by the CFA Institute and the designation of Accredited Senior Appraiser in Business Valuation issued by the American Society of Appraisers.
■ The 2008-09 Piedmont Triad Partnership Board of Directors are: Representing Alamance County Commission is Chairman Larry Sharpe, Caswell County Commissioner C. Hester Vernon III and Davidson County Commissioner Max Walser. Private-sector investors are Doug Atkinson, vice president of business development, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center; Spence Broadhurst, the president of the Triad Region, SunTrust Bank; L. B. Clayton, vice president of MidSouth Region, Old Dominion Freight Line; Mark Davidson, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey, & Leonard; Phillip Morgan, community-relations manager, Piedmont Natural Gas Co.; Mehran Ravanpay, director, Dell Inc. North Carolina Operations; Steve Strawsburg, vice president of public issues, Reynolds American; and Ronnie Taylor, senior manager, Triad Region, Duke Energy. Other 2008-09 board members are Mayor Yvonne Johnson, representing Greensboro; Councilman Dan Besse, representing Winston-Salem; City Manager Strib Boynton, representing High Point; Robin Rhyne, president, Surry County Economic Development Partnership; Graham Pervier, president, Rockingham County Partnership; and Evelyn Acree, senior vice president, Mechanics and Farmers Bank.
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