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STATEWIDE ART SHOW RETURNS TO CAM

TThe State of the Art/Art of the State exhibit, which opened last month, runs through September 18. The unique show includes 776 works by artists from across North Carolina. On April 1, Cameron Art Museum held a 24hour event during which artists eighteen and older who live in or are native to North Carolina were invited to bring a single work of art to be included. Nationally renowned curators greeted each artist, giving them the chance to talk one-on-one with a curator about their work. “This is a rare educational forum for artists to gain insight into their work,” says CAM executive director

ANNE BRENNAN, “and affords them a vital chance to be seen and heard.”

Info: cameronartmuseum.org

LEGAL ELITE, SUPER LAWYERS NAMED PENDER AMERICORPS SENIORS’ DIRECTOR WURTZBACHER MOVES TO SENIOR NHC ROLE

Hundreds of lawyers made Business North Carolina magazine’s Legal Elite list this year. The group included forty Wilmington-area lawyers.

Female Legal Elite attorneys this year are ABBY ADAMS, CHRISTINE FARRELL, KARA GANSMANN, DEEDEE GASCH, VANESSA GONZALEZ, JESSICA SOLES HUMPHRIES, PAIGE INMAN, JILL PETERS KAESS, REBECCA KNUDSON, EMILY JONES QUEEN, LINDA B. SAYED, FAISON SUTTON, and MELISSA WRIGHT. (Hall of Fame honoree: JEAN SUTTON MARTIN)

Another legal industry accolade that comes out each year is the Super Lawyers list.

They include KATHLEEN SHANNON GLANCY, MELODY JOLLY, JILL PETERS KAESS, REBECCA KNUDSON, PAULA KOHUT, LISA SALINES-MONDELLO, LINDA SAYED, NICOLE SLAUGHTER, and HELEN TAROKIC.

And Super Lawyers/Rising Stars: KATHERINE HADDOCK, BRITTANY HALL, JESSICA SOLES HUMPHRIES, PAIGE INMAN, EMILY JONES QUEEN, HEATHER DOLAN KAEMMER, KATHLEEN O’MALLEY (above), and DIANE PAPPAYLIOU.

CATHY GUIDRY recently joined Pender AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) as the new director, replacing Barbara Mullins, who retired.

Guidry is a leader and active participant in a wide range of community service organizations and activities across Pender County. She is a former president of the Burgaw Rotary Club.

“Supporting our seniors and others to learn more about their talents, dreams, and help with their unmet needs is inspiring,” Guidry says. “I look forward to working with our volunteers and staff to make a difference in our shared Pender County communities.”

AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP in Pender County receives funding from AmeriCorps Seniors, the federal agency that connects individuals and organizations through service and volunteering to tackle some of the nation’s most pressing challenges. It is one of the nation’s largest networks for senior volunteer opportunities.

Locally, Pender AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP is sponsored by Pender Adult Services with services provided across Pender County through centers in Burgaw at Heritage Place and in Hampstead at the Topsail Senior Center.

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LISA WURTZBACHER, who has been New Hanover County’s chief financial officer since 2012, will step up to the role of assistant county manager. She starts in her new position May 9, soon after the retirement of assistant county manager SHERYL KELLY.

Officials picked Wurtzbacher after an internal search and recruitment effort. She will serve with TIM BURGESS, deputy county manager, and TUFANNA BRADLEY, assistant county manager, under the leadership of county manager CHRIS COUDRIET.

“As CFO, I was able to work with all of our departments and understand their needs from a financial perspective,” Wurtzbacher says, “but I am excited to be able to work with the departments in an all-new way to assist them and make sure we are providing the best services, resources, and opportunities for our community.”

Wurtzbacher, who has worked for the county since 2010, will initially manage the county’s Parks & Gardens Department, N.C. Cooperative Extension & Arboretum, Public Library, Cape Fear Museum, Soil & Water Conservation District, Tax Office, and Board of Elections “with the potential of additional department oversight in the new fiscal year to align with priorities going forward,” officials say.

“Lisa has been an integral leader for the county through some of the largest initiatives and projects we’ve had over the past decade,” Coudriet says.

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