Michael A. Kester of Elgin, S.C., has earned the certified culinary administrator ™ (CCA™) designation from the American Culinary Federation (ACF), Inc.

Lieutenant Ricky Griddine Lieutenant Ricky Griddine has received the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Association Lifetime Achievement Award.

My Gym Children's Fitness Center of Lexington Northeast Columbia has received the 2009 International Franchise Achievement Award from MGE Enterprises.

Dr. Linda Salane has received the Grand D.I.V.A award for outstanding community service impacting the lives of girls and women.

Victoria L. Esl inger has been selected as Advocate of the Year by South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center Honors. Palmetto GBA has achieved the COPC– 2000® CSP Standard, a qual i ty–measurement framework maintained by Customer Operations Performance Center Inc.

Rev. Dr. Beverly R. Wallace has been named as the interim director of the Lutheran Theological Center in Atlanta by Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. Carl L. Solomon has been elected treasurer of the South Carolina Bar Association Board of Governors for the 2009–2010 term.

Dr. Linda Salane The Mungo Companies CEO, Steven Mungo, has been elected to serve as president of the Home Builders Association of South Carolina.

Dr. David S. Shields, McClintock professor of Southern Letters at the University of South Carolina, is one of three recipients of the 2009 Governor’s Award in the Humanities.

Tom Burch has joined NAI Avant, LLC as a senior broker specializing in commercial development sites with a focus on the retail and restaurant sectors.

Ryan Welch has joined NAI Avant’s Property Management division as a property manager for retail, office, and industrial properties. Brian Hofferth has joined First Citizens as retail credit support manager in Columbia.
CEO Steven Mungo
Tom Burch
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