Mana D. C. Hewitt Dr. Tom Austin has joined Providence Women’s Health practice in northeast Columbia.

The National Kidney Foundation’s new board members are Charles P. Austin , city manager for the City of Columbia; David R. Campbell , president and chief operating officer for Chernoff Newman Silver Gregory; Milton G. Kimpson , an attorney with the SC Department of Revenue; and Mark Walker , the district right of way manager for the Central Region of the Department of Transportation.

Satch Kranz

The SC Economic Developers’ Association’s 2005– 2006 officers are Henry H. Johnson , Upstate Alliance in Greenville, president; Deepal Eliatamby , Alliance Consulting Engineers, vice president; John Lummus , Anderson County Economic Development Office, treasurer; and Beverly B. Frost , University & Site Location Coordinator, Gameday Centers, past president. Remaining board members are Buddy Bateman , regional director, business development, BellSouth; and Dr. James Morris Jr ., senior vice president Wilbur Smith Associates. Newly elected board members are April Allen , director business development MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.; Felicia Rhue Howard , manager/community & Econ Development, SCANA Corporation; Heather Simmons Jones , executive director Greater Beaufort–Hilton Head Economic Partnership, Inc; and Mike Ey , attorney McNair Law Firm, PA. Ex–officio board members are Robert A. Faith , SC Department of Commerce, secretary; Dr. James Hudgins , executive director of the Center for Accelerated Technology Training; Bernard Groselose Jr ., president & CEO of SC State Ports Authority; and Chad A. Prosser , director of SC Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.

Dr. Tom Austin

Debra A. Daniel The SC Arts Commission 2006 Artist Fellows are poetry, Debra A. Daniel ; visual arts, Mana D. C. Hewitt and alternate Leslie Kendall ; and music composition, Maxine Miller Warshauer and alternate John Fitz Rogers.

Maxine Miller Warshauer

Riverbanks Executive Director Satch Kranz was named vice president of the American Zoo & Aquarium Association which means he will be president in 2007–08. When this happens Kranz will be the first person to hold the presidential office twice.

The SC Department of Mental Health and the SC Vocational Rehabilitation Department have received an award of recognition for their participation in the Johnson & Johnson – Dartmouth Community Mental Health Program to help people with mental illness join the workforce.

Carolyn R. Boltin has been appointed deputy commissioner for the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.

Thomas W. Bunch III , D. Clay Robinson , and Kevin K. Bell have joined the management committee of Robinson McFadden Attorneys and Counselors at Law.