Names in the News
Gordon W. Clapp, executive
director of the N.C. Division of Tourism, Film and
Sports Development, was named State Tourism Director
of the Year by the National Council of State
Tourism Directors. Under Clapp's stewardship
North Carolina's tourism sector has grown to a
$12 billion-a-year industry. The award was for
Clapp's successful "branding" for the
state's new travel theme: "North Carolina, A
Better Place to Be." Clapp has led the state
travel agency since 1995, and plans to retire
later this fall after a 28-year career.
H. Allen Andrew, the long-time
president of U.S. Label Corp. in Greensboro, donated
$10,000 to the Capital Campaign of the N.C.
Community Colleges Foundation. Andrew is a member
of the N.C. Community College Foundation Board,
which is headed by Steve Zelnak
of Martin Marietta Materials in Raleigh. Andrew
is a member of the NCCBI Board of Directors and
Zelnak is a past chairman.
Bill McCanless, CEO of Food Lion
LLC and CEO of parent Delhaize America Inc., has assumed the
additional title of president of the grocery
store chain, Delhaize America announced. Also,
Richard A. Anicetti, a 20-year food retailing
veteran, was named executive vice president and
COO of the unit. The announcement came after the
decision by Food Lion President and COO Joseph C.
Hall to take early retirement from the unit and
the Delhaize American board of directors.
Anicetti, 42, previously was executive vice
president of Hannaford's Southeastern Division.
Delhaize recently merged its Food Lion unit with
Hannaford.
Tim Kent, who has led the N.C.
Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
for 10 years, leaves to become executive vice
president of the N.C. Association of Realtors, effective Oct.1. The
Realtors Association has 23,000 members and a
staff of 17 at its Greensboro headquarters, and
is the third largest corporate or association PAC
in the state, according to a 1998 analysis by
N.C. FREE. NCAR also has a government relations
office in Raleigh, directed by Stephanie Mansur.
Before joining NC AIA, Kent was executive
assistant to House Speaker Joe Mavretic in
1989-90 and before that spent 13 years as a TV
reporter and anchor, including five years at
WRAL-TV.
Richard J. Lutovsky, formerly
president and CEO of the Broome County, New York,
Chamber of Commerce, was named president and CEO
of the Asheville Area Chamber of
Commerce,
according to an announcement by Janice Brumit,
chair-elect of the Asheville chamber's board of
directors. Before working at the Broome County
chamber, which is in Binghamton, N.Y., Lutovsky
was head of the Metro Decatur, Illinois, Chamber
of Commerce.
Halifax County Manager Charles Archer
was selected chairman of the county managers
group of N.C.'s Northeast Partnership. He will serve as a
liaison between the managers and the
partnership's board and staff. The Northeast
Partnership covers Beaufort, Bertie, Camden,
Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Halifax,
Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank,
Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington counties.
Pender County Republican Al Freimark,
a retired Kodak executive, said he will make a
third try at unseating Rep. Edd Nye
(D-Bladen) in the 96th House District. Freimark
was named by Republican Party officials to
replace Republican candidate Joy Barbour, who
withdrew for family and personal reasons.
Carteret County has been selected as one
of the best places in the country in which to
retire by The Searchers, a St. Louis-based data
research and information provider. Quality of
life, taxes, crime rate and affordability of
housing were among the criteria used in selecting
the Beaufort-Morehead City area for the
recognition.
Buck Lattimore, a native of
Cleveland County, was appointed by Gov. Jim Hunt
as chairman of the North Carolina Industrial
Commission. The Industrial Commission administers
the Workers' Compensation Act for all employees
and employers in the state and also has
jurisdiction over tort claims against the state
and claims by families of law enforcement
officers, fire fighters, and rescue squad
workers. Lattimore has served as the Industrial
Commission's Administrator since 1994, where he
was the agency's COO. In addition to Lattimore,
whose term will expire June 2006, Hunt also made
the following reappointments:
* Bernadine Ballance to a term
expiring June 2006;
* Laura Mavretic to a term
expiring April 2005;
* Dianne Sellers to a term
expiring April 2001.
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