Greenville Business Magazine 2009 December issue : Page 64››the beat Owning and operating a business in Greenville can be hard. That’s why we’ve made things a little easier for you by providing quick bits on who's moving in and who's moving up in the world of Greenville business. Because while knowing your business is your job, knowing Greenville’s business is ours. ALLEN BERESH MOVING IN AND MOVING UP CIFUENTES COYNE Thomas M. Coyne was recently named winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Textile Rental Services Association of America. He is the owner and chairman of the board of Coyne Textile Services, which serves Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson. ELLISON LINNING MARTIN MCCURRY Coldwell Banker Commercial Caine recently welcomed Kathryn “Kitty” Allen, CCIM, to its Greenville office, as a com- mercial real estate broker. Allen has operated in commercial real estate since 2000 and is recognized as a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), an honor obtained by only 6 percent of real estate professionals in the nation. ROSS TEAM Ann Thompson is among an elite group of Allstate insurance agents who recently earned the Personal Financial Representative title. Thompson will now be able to provide his customers variable annuity, variable life and mutual fund products, in addition to auto, homeowner and traditional life insurance products. She is appointed with the broker dealer Allstate Financial Services, LLC. TOATES WENGER Reggie Ellison has recently joined the NAI Earle Furman Property Management group as Property Management Assistant. Reggie is a Greenville native and will graduate from Furman University this spring with a degree in Business. T. David Rheney of Gallivan White & Boyd was recently elected president of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association. Interim Healthcare we,comes the following new employees: Bernd Schmelz, PT, will be working as a Physical Therapist for the Greenville location and Amanda Wagner, has rejoined Interim 64 GREENVILLE BUSINESS MAGAZINE | DECEMBER 2009 Healthcare as a Call Center Coordinator. The Simpsonville Area Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors announced that Kelly Wilkins, the Chamber’s director of mem- bership has been selected as the Chamber’s new president and CEO. Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP attorney Michele Lyerly was recently tapped to moder- ate a discussion concerning the New Markets Tax Credit program at the International Council of Shopping Centers 2009 U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference. NCEES, the organization com- posed of the nation’s licensing boards for engineers and sur- veyors, recently named Davy McDowell, P.E., its associate executive director, Trish Land manager of its new meetings and outreach department and Liz Wickman information systems liaison for its IT department. Prudential C Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® announced Pam McCurry of the Pelham Road office, was named “Chairperson of the Year” for the Greater Greenville Association of Realtors. The company also fol- lowing awards for the Pelham Road office for October 2009. Mary Ann Linning was named Top Listing Agent, while Elaine Wenger earned Top Buyer’s Agent. The Beresh Martin Group and The Faith Ross Team received Top Listing Teams. The Beresh Martin Group and The Toates Team earned Top Buyer’s Teams. The Team Agent of the Month, as voted by her peers, is Della Toates. Home Helpers announced the addition of Joseph “Kip” Kelly as the new director of client services and the placement of Tracy Kelly as in-home care coordinator for the Upstate. RE/MAX Realty Professionals welcomes Marsha Wright and her husband Rick Wright to the company. Marsha has been a licensed agent for 33 years and has been a multi million dollar producer throughout her career. She has received numer- ous awards including ‘Agent of the Year’, ‘Team of the Year’, ‘Residential Listing Team’, and ‘Sales Team of the Year’. Sandra Cifuentes joins the Greenville First Bank Verdae Team as loan operations associate. Cifuentes speaks fluent Spanish and brings nine years of loan banking experience to Greenville First. Dr. Jacques Kongawi, American Leprosy Mission’s country repre- sentative for the DR Congo, has been named the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Damien-Dutton Award. This award is given to an outstanding individual or group of individuals who has made a sig- nificant contribution to the elimi- nation of leprosy. Former award recipients include President John F. Kennedy, the first President to proclaim “World Leprosy Day,” and Mother Teresa. Hilary Hurst of ERA Riverside in Greer has been named the company’s top listing agent for October. Susan Wagner has been named the company’s top selling agent for the month of October. Anthony J. Meyer CFRE has been named president of the Scott Hannon Memorial Foundation and has recently opened a new office for the Foundation in Greenville. Meyer previously served as President of the Lexington Medical Center Foundation and as CEO of the Greenville Hospital System Foundation. ■ Email your business announcements to editor@intmedpub.com >>the beatOwning and operating a business in Greenville can be hard. That’s why we’ve made things a little easier for you by providing quick bits on who's moving in and who's moving up in the world of Greenville business. Because while knowing your business is your job, knowing Greenville’s business is ours. Publication List |
















