Names in the
News
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William A. Long, the president
and CEO of Piedmont Bank in Statesville, has been
named to the NCCBI Board of Directors to complete
an unexpired term. Bill is a native of Lancaster,
S.C., who attended East Carolina University and
the LSU School of Banking of the South. He's a
member of the board of the N.C. Bankers
Association, a board member of Barium Springs
Home for Children, foundation manager for the
Davis Hospital Foundation and a past chairman of
the Iredell-Statesville School Board.
* Daniel
B. "Ben" Berry of Elizabeth
City was named Economic Development Ally of the
Year by the N.C. Economic Developers Association.
Berry was cited for his work in promoting the
four-laning of US Highway 17 from Norfolk to the
North Carolina line and in bringing natural gas
to Northeastern North Carolina. Berry is
president and CEO of Gateway Bank in Elizabeth
City. He also serves as a board member of North
Carolina's Northeast Partnership and chairman of
the partnership's Economic Development Advisory
Committee.
* Ed Turlington,
deputy manager of Bill Bradley's unsuccessful
presidential campaign, has joined the Raleigh
office of the Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphry
& Leonard law firm. He will specialize in
communications and technology law for the firm,
which has also has offices in Greensboro.
Turlington, a former state Democratic Party
official, plans to help Democratic gubernatorial
nominee Mike Easley, Vice President Al Gore and
state Supreme Court Chief Justice Henry Frye this
fall. Turlington worked as Gov. Jim Hunt's
executive assistant before going to work for
Bradley.
* Abdul Sm Rasheed,
president of the N.C. Community Development
Initiative since 1993, has been named a Fannie
Mae Foundation Fellow at Harvard University's
John F. Kennedy School of Government. Rasheed is
one of 20 leaders in affordable housing efforts
who will attend the school's program for state
and local government executives, an intensive
three-week course designed to prepare them for
increased responsibilities, stimulate interest in
new ideas and techniques and develop
relationships among public-sector officials
around the country.
* The National Federation of
Independent Business presented 12 legislators,
all Republicans, with its Guardian of Small
Business Awards for their voting records on
issues of concern to small business owners. They
are Reps. Billy Creech
(R-Johnston), Leo Daughtry
(R-Johnston), Michael Decker
(R-Forsyth), Theresa Esposito
(R-Forsyth), Charlotte Gardner
(R-Rowan), Danny McComas (R-New
Hanover), David Miner (R-Wake), Richard
Morgan (R-Moore), Art Pope
(R-Wake) and Connie Wilson
(R-Mecklenburg), and Sens. Virginia Foxx
(R-Watauga), and Bob Rucho
(R-Mecklenburg).
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N.C. Central University Chancellor Julius
Chambers announced his retirement,
effective next June. Chambers became chancellor
in 1993 and said then he intended to remain only
three years. He said he will return to Charlotte
and become involved in the law firm he founded.
* Dave
Phillips, the High Point business leader
and former state Commerce Secretary, was
appointed to a three-year term on the Smithsonian
Institution's board of directors
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