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Pride Goes to…EARN YOUR MASTERS – CHARLOTTE!

By Kurtavia Burton Content provided courtesy of StarvingArts.org Earn Your Masters is a collaboration among three companies: UnitedMasters — a digital music distribution company; Earn Your Leisure — a media outlet for business, entrepreneurship and investing; and Ally Financial, recently named Best Online Bank of 2024.…
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Hugh Allen • NotableNames • January 2024

Hugh Allen Hugh Allen is the Mid-South regional president for TD Bank where he is responsible for providing strategic direction and sales leadership to the Mid-South region’s Small Business, Consumer, Commercial, and Specialty Banking Operations and Lending Services. Within this network, Allen leads a team of nearly 4,400 employees across 130 branches.…
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James E. Ford • NotableNames • January 2024

James E. Ford James E. Ford, Executive Director at the Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED), was recently selected to be part of the next Allstate Foundation Executive Leadership Program. Ford will participate in a cohort-based learning experience along with 29 other nonprofit leaders through the Kellogg School Center for Nonprofit Management at Northwestern University.…
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Jenene Seymour • NotableNames • January 2024

Jenene Seymour Jenene Seymour is the director of diversity and community development for Rodgers Builders, a top contractor in the nation for health care, cultural, community and senior living. Seymour, a skilled executive with over 15 years of organizational leadership experience, is a diligent advocate for providing marginalized communities with equitable access to social, educational and economic opportunities.…
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Keith Burgess • NotableNames • January 2024

Keith Burgess             Northridge Middle School science teacher, Keith Burgess, is a recipient of this year’s Arts & Science Council (ASC) Cato Excellence in Teaching Award. The award is given to educators who demonstrate dedication through community leadership and have at least 15 years of experience teaching science, art, or history.…
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Notable Names • Dr. PAM OLIVER

Dr. Pam Oliver is the new executive vice president and chief medical officer of Novant Health. In this new role, Oliver has oversight of safety and quality measures as well as credentialing staff across the Novant Health enterprise, one of the largest healthcare systems in the Southeast.…
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Notable Names • March/April 2023

By Ryan Kouame Congratulations to Peggy Harris, regional chief diversity officer of Atrium Health, for being recognized as a 2022 Atrium Health Pinnacle Award Honoree and being named on Becker’s Hospital Review List of 40 Health System Diversity and Inclusion Executives To Know.…
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Learning From Biblical and Godly Pastors

Although commonly portrayed in the media as untrustworthy, hypocritical, money-loving adulterers, the office of pastor is an essential and valuable asset to culture. Biblical pastors set the example for leadership both inside and outside of the church. When it comes to understanding leadership, there is no better set of qualifications for selecting leaders or determining how they should lead than what is found in Scripture.…
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Notable Names at Atrium Health • Dr. Janelle White

By Lelita Cannon Dr. Janelle White joined Atrium Health in 2004 and currently serves as the System Medical Director of Community Health. In this role, she provides leadership and administrative management to formulate and implement enterprise-wide and regional public health initiatives aimed at delivering clinical care and quantifiable progress for at-risk populations.…
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Notable Names – MAXINE SWAYNE

Maxine Swayne is a financial services executive and the new chief administrative officer (CAO) of diversity, equity, and inclusion for U.S. Bank. Swayne has years of diverse leadership experience defining business problems and executing integrative solutions in consensus building, risk management, and relationship building across diverse teams with multiple Fortune 100 and 500 companies.…