Cathy Sims Phenix has been hired as the new travel specialist for AAA Vacations.

Joe Wilson Rober t McCul loch has been named the new executive chef of The Capital City Club.

Congressman Joe Wilson has received The Military Coalitions 2009 Award of Merit.

Army Nat ional Guard Pvt. Jescinquay D. Taylor has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson.

Tommy Lavender , a member (partner) in Nexsen Pruet’s Columbia office, has been elected as a fellow by the Board of Regents of the American College of Environmental Lawyers.

Emma Dean has joined Nelson Mullins in Columbia.

William C. “Chip” Lyerly, III has been elected as president of First South Bank by its Board of Directors.

Michele M. Parnell PhD, and Meredith E. Sawyer have been elected members of The Price Group.

Master Patrol Of f icer Jason Whi tt le, of the Columbia Police Department’s Traffic Safety Unit, has been presented with the Medal of Valor.

Tommy Lavender The Santee Cooper Regional Water System’s treatment plant on Lake Moultrie has received a Ten–Year Directors Award from the Partnership for Safe Water, one of just 31 water utilities nationwide to be honored for a decade of surpassing and maintaining stringent federal performance standards.

Sue Erwin Harper has qualified for recertification as a specialist in the Employment & Labor law by The South Carolina Supreme Court.
William C. “Chip” Lyerly
Michele M. Parnell
Meredith E. Sawyer
Jason Whittle