Michael J. Targia Carole C. Wells has been appointed to the Commission on Consumer Affairs by Governor Mark Sanford.

Braxton Davis, Ph.D. has been named director of science and policy for the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.

Stan F. Gibson , Wachovia commercial banking executive for North Carolina and South Carolina, has been elected president of the University of South Carolina University Associates for 2006-07.

Jeff Williams has been named Champion Technician by the South Carolina Trucking Association's South Carolina Maintenance Council.

Wayne Adams was recently honored by UPS for completing 30 years of service with the company.

Debbie W. Johnston, RN, has been promoted to senior vice president of business development for Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine Providence Hospitals. Michael Nienhuis, M.D. has joined the staff of the hospital.

South Carolina's Champion Technician Jeff Williams of Columbia Freightliner with Lee Long of Southeastern Freight Lines and chairman of the 2006 Technician Skills Challenge.

Michael J. Targia, CPS, has been promoted to audit manager at Moore Kirkland & Beauston L.L.P. in Columbia.