Careers
NED honors ~
Eight North Carolinians were honored for
their leadership in diversifying the marketplace
during the second annual North Carolina
Statewide Minority Enterprise Development
(MED) Week celebration
Sept. 11 in Greensboro.
The Agency
Diversity Advocate of the
Year was presented to
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools. The Individual
Diversity Advocate of the
Year Award went to
Stephane Berwald, sen
ior associate, Lil
Associates in Charlotte.
MWBE Outstanding
Acnievemeni Awards
were presented to six businesses:
? Core Technology Molding Corp., Geoff
Foster, CEO and president, Greensboro.
? Geodynamics, Sloan Freeman. CEO.
Newport.
? Honey Baked Ham Cafe. Jackie Barton,
co-owner. Jacksonville.
? John Davenport Engineering, John
Davenport, president, Winston-Salem.
? Superior Mechanical Systems, Leonard
Burch, president, Charlotte.
? Taylor Fish Farms, Valee Taylor, partner.
Cedar Grove.
"Business diversity is essential for our eco
nomic vitality and for providing the diversity of
products and services required to sustain com
petitive advantage," said Andrea Harris, presi
dent of the North Carolina Institute of Minority
Economic Development, which co-hosted MED
Week celebration along with the North Carolina
MWBE Coordinators' Network. "These individ
uals and organizations have distinguished them
selves by operating successful businesses and
organizations that help create a vibrant, diverse
marketplace."
Davenport
Company awards grants
Winston-Salem-based Excalibur Direct
Marketing has announced the nine non-profit
recipients of its 40th Anniversary Community
Grants Program. The agencies will receive more
than $40,000-worth of pro bono direct marketing
services from Excalibur. a national direct market- ?
ing company that specializes in database analysis,
direct mail, creative, printing and fulfillment.
Arts For Life
(Weaverville) the
Augustine Literacy
Project, Bookmarks,
Habitat for Humanity of
Forsyth County, the NC
Black Repertory
Company. Safe Harbor
Rescue Mission
(Hickory), the SECU
Family House, the
Winston-Salem Piano
Teachers' Association
and the Yadkin Arts Council/Willingham Theatre
(Yadkinville) receive the services.
Sixty-five North Carolina non-profit organi
zations submitted applications for the grants.
Grant requests were reviewed by an independent
panel of community members with expertise in
marketing and fundraising. Grant recipients were
selected based on the clarity of the organization's
request and the impact that Excalibur's services
could have on the organizations. Grants are being
made by Excalibur on behalf of its employees,
whose work makes the program possible.
"I've always been passionate about achieving
our clients' goals and collaborating with business,
arts, education, and nonprofit leaders to make
good things happen for our communities," said
J.D. Wilson, founder and president of Excalibur
"Our growth and success in business is a happy
byproduct of our. commitment to delivering
results for our clients and communities."
Wilson
Brisk exporting in W-S
According to the U.S. Department of
Commerce's International Trade
Administration (ITA), merchandise exports
from the Winston-Salem metropolitan area
totaled $1.7 billion in 2013.
International trade figures released by
ITA show 156 U.S. metropolitan areas
exported more than $1 billion in merchan
_ dise in 2013. More
than 200 metropolitan
areas registered posi
tive export growth
between 2012 and 2013
- with 134 reaching
record export levels.
Key merchandise
export categories for
the Winston-Salem
metropolitan area in
2013 included textiles, :
transportation equip
ment, machinery, chemicals, and beverages
and tobacco products. Trading partners in the
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation and Asia
were the leading destinations for Winston
exports.
"Metro area exporters continue to reach
out to world markets through the Internet,
improved logistics options, and the array of
available export assistance?all of which
have changed the dynamics of doing interna
tional business," said Greg Sizemore. direc
tor of the U.S. Commercial Service in
Charlotte. "We assist many businesses (in)
finding new sales opportunities in markets
where they haven't previously done business
before."
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Sizemore
ECSU
has a new
chancellor
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Stacey Franklin Jones, a manage
ment and technology partnerships
consultant with extensive higher edu
cation leadership experience, has
been elected chancellor of Elizabeth
City State University by the Board of
Governors of the 17-campus
University of North Carolina.
UNC President Tom Ross placed
Jones' name in nomination on Sept. 4
during a special meeting of the board
held at SAS Institute in Cary. Jdnes,
53, will assume her new duties Oct.
1, succeeding Charles L. Becton,
who has served as interim chancellor
since Willie Gilchrist retired from
the post in June 2013.
"Stacey Franklin Jones brings to
the role of chancellor a rare blend of
leadership experience in higher edu
cation, industry and government, as
well as a practical understanding of
how to guide institutions through
serious
challenges,
whether
academic
or financial
in nature,"
Ross said.
"A mathe
matician
and sys
tems engi
neer by
training,
she has
held execu
tive, man
age m e n t
and
research positions at respected, high
er education institutions, including
Johns Hopkins University and the
University System of Maryland, and
consulted for technology-focused
corporations involved in large gov
ernment and private contracts.
Since 2011, Jones has been a sen
ior consultant on executive manage
ment, technology partnerships, and
corporate development. Based in
Washington. D.C., she has helped
technology-focused contractors
develop their core capabilities in sci
entific and technology support serv
ices, build partnerships with subject
matter experts and scholars, and
secure and manage contracts from
federal agencies including the
Departments of Labor and Health
and Human Services.
Raised in Boston, Jones graduat
ed magna cum laude from Howard
University in 1982 with a bachelor's
degree in mathematics. She later
earned masters' degrees in numerical
science (1986) and technical man
agement (1991) from Johns Hopkins
University and a doctorate in com
puter science (1997) from George
Washington University. In addition,
she has completed the Management
Development Program at Harvard
University and the Executive
Leadership Program at Hampton
University. In 2005-06, she was an
American Council on Education
Fellow hosted by Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute.
Jones spent the early part of her
career (1982-93) in private industry
as a defense and electronic systems
software engineer and product devel
opment manager for Northrop
Grumman in Maryland. She then
worked for several years as an engi
neering manager and system archi
tect for other Maryland-based com
panies before transitioning into high
er education.
She began her academic career in
1997 in the computer science depart
ment at Johns Hopkins University,
where she was a research scientist
and adjunct member of the research
faculty, teaching systems program
ming. co-designing a "surgery for
engineers" course, and conducting
investigations funded by the National
Security Agency.
In 2000, Jones was recruited to
Benedict College in Columbia. S.C..
the nation's fburth-largest private
historically black college. At
Benedict, she served two years as
chair of the Mathematics and
Computer Science Department
before becoming dean of the School
of Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics (STEM), a position
she held from 2002 to 2008. Under
her watch, the STEM school
achieved accreditation from key
national organizations, and the ]
physics program repeatedly ranked
among the top five nationally for sci
ence degrees awarded to African
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Franklin Jones
Toyota loans Rams a Prius
WSSU PhoCo by Garrett Garms
Winston-Salem State University Athletic Director Tonia Walker (center)
accepts the keys to new Toyota Prius hybrid vehicle from General Sales
Manager Jim Butler at Modern Toyota on Sept. 9 as Alva Mason, Toyota's
national manager of African American Business Strategy, stands near. As
part the Toyota Green Initiative (TGI), a stewardship program designed to
educate students and alumni of historically black college and universities
about the benefits of sustainability, the automobile maker is giving the athlet
ic departments of 22 ClAA and SWAC schools one-year leases to Priuses.
Montgomery's tenure
at Bethesda to start
CHRONIC! I STAR REPORT
City Council Member
Derwin Montgomery will
begin serving as the execu
tive director of the
Bethesda Center, the city's
largest homeless shelter,
on Sept. 22.
He replaces Peggy
Galloway, who had served
as executive director since
August 2010. She
informed the agency's
board of her decision to
retire in March. According
to the agency, a search
committee was formed to
find her replacement.
Galloway says the agency
is being left in capable
hands.
"Derwin has the capac
ity to lead, to
inspire people
and to articulate
our vision
clearly for serv
ing the home
less," Galloway
says. "1 am
excited that the
leadership
Derwin brings
will be effec
tive, result-ori
ented and excit
ing. The good news is he
will be working with a
Board of Directors that is
involved and committed to
making a difference for
those who are homeless."
Montgomery
Board Chair Kathryn
Milam said, "Derwin
comes to us with great
qualifications and out
standing connections in the
community as well as with
an abundance of enthusi
asm and caring
for the clients we
serve. He has big
shoes to fill, but
I'm sure he'll
make excellent
progress build
ing on Peggy's
stellar tenure."
Montgomery
represents the
East Ward on the
Winston-Salem
City Council and is the
pastor of First Calvary
Baptist Church. He will
leave his position as
Professional Development
and Parent Engagement
Manager at Family
Services, a position he held
for a year and a half. He
also worked for two years
at Winston-Salem State
University, his alma mater,
in the Department of
Housing and Residence
Life.
"1 am honored to fol
low in the footsteps of
someone like Peggy, who
has guided the Bethesda
Center well," Montgomery
says. "The Bethesda
Center is a vital part of our
community, serving clients
who often have no other
options. 1 look forward to
leading Bethesda into its
next chapter of service. 1
see great things in the
future of Bethesda and our
clients."
The Bethesda Center
for the Homeless was
founded in 1987 and has
worked collaboratively for
27 years with other organi
zations in and around
Winston-Salem to provide
support services for the
homeless. Today, it has
become a leader in caring
for the community's most
desperate homeless indi
viduals. The mission of the
Bethesda Center is to
reduce homelessness in our
community by providing
temporary shelter and sup
port services to adults that
result in independent liv
ing.
Galloway
Submitted Pltotos
Bishop Vashti Mckenzie, Sybil Wilkes and Synthia SAINT James
Events and special guests planned for
Fuse-Hall's installation
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Dr. Rosalind Fuse-Hall will be installed as the 17th president of Bennett
College on Saturday. Sept. 27 on the campus quadrangle at 10 a.m.
Fuse-Hall assumed leadership of
the historically black college for
women, one of only two in the nation,
on July 1, 2013. Officials say she has
infused energy and enthusiasm into
its fabric by stressing the strong foun
dation on which it was built.
A week of celebrations will be
held under the theme "Reviving the
Bennett Ideal." It all starts on
Monday, Sept. 22 with Community
Day from 5-7 p.m. at the school's
Global Learning Center. The Miss
Bennett College Reception will also
be held at the Center on Wednesday,
Sept. 24 at 6 p.m.
On Thursday, Sept. 25, the Belle Ringer Luncheon, which costs $75 per person,
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Dr. Rosalind Fuse-Hall