Achievers

Hunt to be recognized with Excellence in Regional Collaboration Award

Thomas Hall, executive director of the Thomas E-Hub and UNCP Incubator recently announced that ED HUNT, UNCP KBR coordinator, is the recipient of NC Rural Center's 2022 Excellence in Regional Collaboration Award, which will be presented at Rural Day in Raleigh on March 22. “The Excellence in Regional CollaboHunt ration award recognizes an individual or organization that has developed and implemented innovative collaborations across sectors and/or regions in order to secure a more vibrant future for all people in their communities,” the email from Hall read. “The winner will have demonstrated an understanding of the interconnectedness of our rural places and demonstrated a steadfast commitment to fostering inclusive partnerships that equitably and sustainably address community needs across the region they serve.”

“Ed certainly is well-deserving of this award, as he has led our efforts over the last five years to improve the economic vitality of the agriculture community in the Pembroke region,” he continued. “Funded by KBR and NC IDEA, Ed has conducted numerous Good Agricultural Practices workshops, established and runs the Produce Point that has increased the amount of locally purchased produce from 2% to over 16%, and is working to build out the AgHealth Innovation Site, establish a Food Market, and restore the momentum the agriculture community had prior to the pandemic. He did all this by building strong partnerships and collaboration with the many like-minded agricultural groups in the region.”

The NC Rural Center works to improve life in rural areas across North Carolina by developing, promoting, and implementing sound economic strategies across 78 of North Carolina’s 100 counties.

Greater Fayetteville Apartment Association honors Keystone Apartments with award for improvement

Keystone Apartments of Fayetteville, located at 425 Woodstream Trail, was recently recognized by the Greater Fayetteville Apartment Association as the 2021 Most Improved Community of the Year.

“Congratulations to our Management Team, Sweetwater Property Management,” Scott Kerico, managing partner at Cash Flow Capital Partners LLC, said in a LinkedIn post. “Together we have achieved the 2021 Most Improved Property of the Year for Keystone Apartments in Fayetteville, NC. We all appreciate your dedication and hard work.”

Sweetwater Property Management manages several properties both locally and out of state. The Fayetteville and Hope Mills properties include Birchfield Apartments, Keystone Apartment Homes, Carolina Pines Apartment Homes, Cedar Heights Townhomes, Church Street Apartments, Meadow Pointe Apartments, Woodland Ridge, Oakridge Court, Forest Pointe, Residences at Haymount, Highland Court, Westlawn Apartments, Amelia, Devonwood, Carolina Place, Claremont Hills, and Magnolia Crossing.

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Fayetteville PWC hires Ruiz in cybersecurity role

Fayetteville Public Works Commission recently hired a new cybersecurity manager.

“I am excited to share that I accepted the role as the Cybersecurity Manager for the Public Works Commission (PWC) family in Fayetteville N.C.,” DAVID RUIZ, who recently stepped into the role, wrote. “I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to join such an excellent team of professionals. Super excited!”

Ruiz joins PWC as a veteran of the U.S. Army with more than 26 years of experience in IT and communications systems. Prior to this position, he served in roles such as signal operations and communications support senior leader; senior executive personnel manager; and operational positions to include IT security management, IT systems management, IT operations, and network operations.

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Campbell Oil Company welcomes three new hires to the Minuteman Food Mart team

Minuteman Food Mart has welcomed several new hires to its team recently.

BJ MADARASZ recently joined the operations team as the district leader. “BJ brings a great deal of experience in convenience marketing, most recently leading districts for Cruizers and Refuel. Her foodservice experience and history running extremely high-volume operations adds value to our team as we continue to improve and grow,” Chris Postlewaite, senior director of retail at Campbell Oil Company, recently said in a LinkedIn post of Madrasz. The team also welcomed TYLER BAKER as the fuel equipment tech. “Tyler comes to us with extensive fuel equipment and POS experience, most recently with JFP,” Postlewaite said. “ In his position as Fuel Equipment Technician, he will be responsible for everything pump and tank related as part of the maintenance group lead by Howard Plowman. This will bring quite a bit of the work that we have relied on third party companies for to be completed in house by us on our timeline. He has already hit the ground running, adding value to the group spearheading the fuel price sign integration and the installation of Intevacon for our new in-house fleet program.”

CHRIS SHEFFIELD joined the leadership team as the director of food and beverage. “Sheffield comes to us with an extensive foodservice background, most recently with Grandy’s as Director of Operations,” Postlewaite wrote. “He is an Air Force veteran and has experience with branded food concepts including Arby’s and KFC. In this role, he will be responsible for program development, training, operational support, and profitability for Minuteman Kitchen, Burney’s Sweets Express, Little Caesars Express, fresh packaged foods, and all dispensed beverage programs.”

Minuteman Food Mart falls under the umbrella of Campbell Oil Company, which started in 1948 and is a third generation family-owned business. Campbell Oil Company is based in Elizabethtown, N.C.

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FSU’s Glackin honored by The United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship as an emerging scholar

DR. CAROLINE GLACKIN, the director for innovation, entrepreneurship, & economic empowerment at Fayetteville State University, was recently named the USASBE 2022 Minority and Women Entrepreneurship Emerging Scholar.

“This is given to an emerging scholar/educator who has demonstrated early career success in minority and/or women's entrepreneurship and offers promise for further advanced innovative research and/or instruction in this area,” a post from USASBE on LinkedIn read. “Congratulations, Caroline and thank you for your hard work and dedication.”

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Small Business and Entrepreneurship is “an inclusive community advancing entrepreneurship education through bold teaching, scholarship, and practice,” the Facebook page reads.

In addition to her role at FSU, Glackin also serves as the associate editor of the International Journal of Instructional Cases, a role she was appointed to for a three-year term in 2020. More specifically, she is the associate editor of entrepreneurship.

Dogwood Festival executive director to join board of directors for N.C. Association of Festival & Events

Dogwood Festival Executive Director SARAHGRACE SNIPES will serve on the North Carolina Association of Festival & Events’ Board of Directors.

Other board members come from a variety of festivals and organizations across North Carolina including: Duplin County Tourism; Goldsboro and Wayne County Tourism; Historic Morganton Festival; North Carolina Whirligig Festival; North Carolina Pickle Festival; City of Kings Mountain-Special Events; City of Asheboro; Historic Morganton Festival; brioLIVE; North Carolina Black Bear Festival; InterACTive Theater of Jef; Town of China Grove-Farmer's Day; North Carolina Apple Festival; and two legacy members.

Although Snipes became the executive director for the popular Fayetteville festival last year, this will be her first in-person Spring festival in the role, since the cancellation of the event over the last couple of years due to the pandemic. The Fayetteville Dogwood boasts an impressive lineup of national acts and activities for the whole family, which ultimately encourages more people to come to Fayetteville for the event. "The economic impact comes down to us bringing between 200-250 vendors to the Fayetteville area, with at least 50 percent of them being outof-town visitors, which leads to them needing to book hotel rooms in the Fayetteville area. This includes our entertainment as well," Snipes said in a recent interview with GFBJ.

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Beam named next VP for student life and Christian mission at Campbell University

Campbell University recently announced that REV. FAITHE BEAM will serve as the new vice president for student life and Christian mission.

Beam first joined the CU staff in 2002 as the director of student services for the Divinity School. In 2003, she earned her Master of Divinity degree from CU. “I believe students most often remember the people who make up their Campbell experience — friends, faculty, staff and peers,” she said. “They remember the people who have invested in them and hold on to experiences they shared with them.”

In 2007, Beam assumed the position of campus minister.

Throughout her career at Campbell, Beam worked under Dr. Dennis

Bazemore, who worked for more than 18 years in the cabinet before announcing his retirement. “She has a deep love for students, she is well respected by our student body and she has grown in her role,” Bazemore said. “She is well equipped in so many ways to provide leadership in Student Life for years to come, and I am excited for her appointment as the next vice president.” “I can think of no one better prepared to lead Campbell’s Student Life program than Rev. Faithe Beam. I am deeply grateful that she has answered this call to lead, and I am equally grateful for the outstanding leadership and commitment of Dr. Dennis Bazemore to Campbell’s student body for the last 18 years. We will miss his big smile, laughter Beam and involvement in every aspect of Campbell University,” said President J. Bradley Creed. “I am grateful to Dr. Bazemore for his strong and steady leadership,” Beam said. “He is a loyal steward of the Campbell experience in his care and commitment to students. He exemplifies the mission of Campbell in who he is and how he has served faithfully through his own purpose and calling.”