Folks about town

Columbia native Ronald W. Huff, the full- time chief of staff of the South Carolina National Guard, has been promoted to the rank of brigadier general.

Brig. Gen. Ronald W. Huff and his family (l- r): Daughter- in- law Kathryn, Brig. Gen. Huff, grandson Dylan, son Kelley, son Capt. Dylan Huff, grandson Jack and Carolyn, the general's wife. Nancy Brown has been named the next chief executive officer of the American Heart Association

Jonathan Goley has been awarded the fifth annual Contemporaries' Artist of the Year award during a soirée and silent auction hosted by the Contemporaries of the Columbia Museum of Art on November 6.

Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals has been named one of the Ameri- can Society for Training and Development (ASTD) 40 BEST organizations for workplace learning and performance.

The Epilepsy Foundation of South Carolina has announced the selection of Hunter and Martha Howard as King and Queen of the Mardi Gras Gala 2009.

Lee Marsha III has joined NAI Avant in its Columbia headquarters office as a senior commercial real estate broker.

Hunter Howard Tyler Winton has joined Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC as an associate.

Tyler Winton