Terry College of Business - Fall 2008 - (Page 65) State Bank’s board of directors. She is currently a sales representative with Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America. Heather Gentner (BBA ’95) of Atlanta and husband Chris welcomed the birth of their son, Christopher Daniel Gentner Jr. Michael S. Lewis (BBA ’95) of Fairfax, Va., was ranked No. 1 in The Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street Analyst” survey for his stock picks in aerospace and defense — and No. 3 by Financial Times/ StarMine. He is currently employed with BB&T Capital Markets. Lance Nail (PhD ’96) of Hattiesburg, Miss., was named dean of the college of business at the University of Southern Mississippi. He had previously served as chair of the Department of Finance, Economics and Quantitative Methods for the past five years at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. While a faculty member at UAB, he received the President’s Excellence in Teaching Award and the Beta Gamma Sigma Professor of the Year Award. Lance is managing editor for the International Review of Financial Analysis, he served on numerous boards. Henry W. Bailey Jr. (BBA ’97) of Bogart accepted a position as a realtor with Prudential Blanton Properties in Athens. He sold more than $6 million in real estate in his first two years as a realtor. Russell Bates (BBA ’97) of Moultrie was named vice president, commercial loan officer at Ameris Bank in Moultrie. Bates leads the commercial loan division. Michael Choy (BBA ’97) of Chicago welcomed a daughter, Penny Rae, on July 25, 2007. Choy is a senior associate at the Chicago law firm Winston & Strawn. Nicole Brown (BBA ’98) of Atlanta was appointed vice president and account executive for Wells Fargo’s southeast region Professional Risk Group. She will be based in the firm’s Atlanta office. Frank Dyer (MBA ’98) of Duluth was appointed director of product marketing for Onity, which is one of the world’s leading providers of electronic locking solutions. Prior to joining Onity, Frank was a senior product marketing manager for AT&T. Elizabeth Terry College oF Preiss (BBA ’98) and husband David Preiss (BFA ’97) of Atlanta welcomed the birth of their twin daughters, Caroline and Sophia, on Sept. 21, 2007. Melissa IntVeldt (BBA ’99) of Duluth was promoted to an account executive position with Marriott International, where she will manage the leisure market sales for the Courtyard brand hotels in Gwinnett County. Melissa became engaged to a fellow Terry grad, kendall Starr Dutton (BBA ’99), while on vacation in Hawaii, and the couple plans to marry in the spring of 2009. Jeff Shiver (BBA ’99, JD ’04) of Atlanta joined the law firm of Peter A. Law, P.C. as an associate. Thomas Wilkins (AB ’99, MA ’02) of Athens published a cover story for the Georgia Historical Quarterly (summer 2007) on Sir Joseph Jekyll, for whom Jekyll Island was named. 2000-04 Jess Barnett (BBA ’00) of Loganville received his master’s degree in Christian Studies from Luther Rice Seminary. He is currently volunteering with the Loganville Community Ministry Village. Jess and wife Rebecca (BSW ’04) have two children, Julia Grace and Joel Morgan, and they are looking forward to another awesome Georgia football season this year. Lin Clayton (BBA ’00) of Bremen and his wife Shannon announce the birth of James Luke Clayton, who joins big sister Abbey. John Holden (BBA ’00, MAcc ’00) of Athens, audit manager of Rushton & Co., was elected president of the 240-member Northeast Georgia Society of CPAs. He is a certified public accountant and a certified fraud examiner. Lindsay Zaltman (MMR ’00), of Pittsburgh, Pa., is a coauthor of Marketing Metaphoria: What Deep Metaphors Reveal about the Minds of Consumers. Mark Anthony Thomas (BBA ’01) of New York, N.Y., accepted the position of deputy director of City Futures, Inc., which runs the Wall Street-based think tank Center for an Urban Future. He is also a graduate student at Columbia University’s School of International & Public Affairs. James Gregory Wright (BBA ’02) joined the staff of Security Bank in Albany as a banking officer/branch manager. Christy Marsh (BBA’02) of Statesboro is a loan originator with AgSouth Mortgages. Previously, she was a realtor with Coldwell Banker Tanner Realty. Christy and husband Elliott Marsh (BSA ’02), have two daughters, Adison and Annalee. Stefan Obenland (BBA ’02) of Atlanta joined OCI Chemical in Marietta as a purchasing agent. Tony Polito (PhD ’02) of Greenville, N.C., authored a short piece in Quality Progress, the leading publication for practitioners of quality, on the topic of W. Edwards Deming one of the founding fathers of the quality movement. Tony was also quoted in SmartMoney magazine regarding current problems in the airline industry. James Gregory Wright (BBA ’02) joined the staff of Security Bank in Albany as a banking officer/branch manager. Phoupasong “Song” keovongsak (BBA ’03) of East Point accepted the position of branch manager of the BB&T Bank in Jonesboro. Keovongsak will begin pursuing his master’s in business administration this fall. Albert Reilingh (MBA ‘03) of Mableton was appointed project manager and business analyst with Abel Solutions, a leading Microsoft SharePoint solution provider. Albert was formerly a knowledge management lead with Multi-National Force-Iraq. He has managed teams handling highly sensitive information for projects at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and for the defense department in Baghdad, and his career includes tenure with BearingPoint, Inc., Siemens Energy & Automation, and Coca-Cola Enterprises. Eric Rein (BBA ’03) of Canton joined NorthWest Bank & Trust as an assistant vice-president /relationship manager. Chon Abraham (PhD ’04) of Williamsburg, Va., was awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship for a nine-month research fellowship in Japan. Chon is an information systems professor at William & Mary — and a recipient of the school’s Alfred N. Page Undergraduate Teaching Award. Phillip Jackson (BBA ’04) of Auburn, Ga., was named branch manager of Oconee State Bank’s main office in downtown Watkinsville. 2005-08 Drew French (BBA ’05) of Athens opened Your Pie, a deli-style pizza parlor, in the Colonial Promenade Beechwood Shopping Center. keith Miles (MBA ’05) of Snellville, was admitted to the state bars of both Georgia and North Carolina. He has opened his law practice and he will focus on business transactional work, tax controversies and estate planning. Shawn Vincent (MBA ’05) of Augusta was promoted to vice president of operations for the newly created oncology division of the Hospital Corporation of America. Andrew Dill (BBA ’06, AB ’07) of Athens, who represents U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (BBA ’66) across Northeast Georgia, was selected for Athens’ 2009 Leadership Education Awareness Development program. kirsten Jonathan Gurley (BBA ’06, BS ’06) of Bogart was appointed to banking officer by Athens First Bank and Trust’s board of directors. Sam Lorenzo (EMBA ’06) of McDonough formed a partnership with six other emergency physicians and has established a Georgia Urgent Care unit in Alpharetta [see story on p. 63]. Stephanie Schwert (BBA ’06) of Jacksonville, Fla., was promoted to account director in the commercial insurance division of Harden & Associates. Matt Culberson (BBA ’07) of Lawrenceville is marketing director for Innovative Outdoors, an Atlanta landscaping company started by another Terry graduate, Thomas Boyce (BBA ’07). Brother John Boyce (BBA ’08) of Dacula is also part of the Innovative Outdoors team. Laura Scredon (BBA ’07) of Santa Barbara, Calif., is an account executive in the trauma and spine division with Ossur North America. ■ Fall 2008 • 65 Business
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