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Wells Fargo promotes
Yvette Hollingsworth
Wells Faigo & Company has named Yvette
Hoi lings worth as its chief compliance officer.
Hollingswoith, who most recently served as man
aging director and global
neaa or^ operations
Complianc^and Financial
Crimes Compliance & Risk
Management for Barclays
Corporate & Investment
Bank, will begin her new
role on June 1, 2012. She
succeeds Tim Marrinan,
who announced his retire
ment late last year.
Hollingsworth will be based
in San Francisco, and will
report to Caryl Athanasiu,
HoUingsworth
executive vice president and chief operational risk
officer in the Corporate Risk group.
As chief compliance officer, Hollingsworth will
be responsible for ensuring that all areas of the com
pany meet compliance management responsibilities
and abide by all applicable laws and regulations. Her
team will continue to provide independent oversight
of business-based compliance management activities.
Hollingsworth has extensive experience in com
pliance and risk management, having spent approxi
mately 10 years as a regulator with the Federal
Reserve System with roles at the Federal Reserve
Banks of San Francisoo and New York as well as the
Board of Governors.
Dollar General Foundation
grant to local nonprofit
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has
announced that it has awarded a $2,200 grant to El
Buen Pastor Latino Community Services in Winston
Salem. The funds will be used to further El Buen
Pastor Latino Community Services's summer pro
grams for children and teens.
'The Dollar General Literacy Foundation appreci
ates the work El
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Services is doing
to help students
improve their liter
^ skills over the
summer," said Rick Dreiling, Dollar General's chair
man and CEO. "Summer reading helps childen con
tinue their education while discovering the joy of
reading."
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awards
grants to oiganizations in communities where its cus
tomers, employees and their families live and work.
The summer reading grant helps libraries and non
profit oiganizations implement or expand summer
reading programs.
For more information on the Dollar General
Literacy Foundation and a complete list of grant
recipients, visit www.cjgliteracy.org.
Professor to appear on tax show
Dr. Kathryn Kisska-Schulze, assistant professor
of business at N.C. A&T State University, has been
invited to be a correspondent in the area of state and
local taxation for TaxTV, a division of Interactive Tax
Group Inc. based out of Los Angeles, Calif.
She has published three columns for TaxTV: "E
Commerce and the Role of the Streamlined Sales and
Use Tax Agreement," "Online Retailers and States'
Quest for Nexus" and "E-Commeree Sales and the
Need for Congress to Step in and Help!" TaxTV offers
daily newsfeed, columns and videos on up-to-the
minute tax issues.
Kisska-Schulze also has been invited to speak
May 16 at the Academy of Marketing Science
Conference in New Orleans on the "The Impacts of
Online Retail Sales on State, County and Municipal
Economies."
% 3 Help Goodwill with a click
As part of the product launch of its new longer
lasting Fruit of the Loom Gray Sole sock product for
men, Mt. Airy-based Renfro Corporation, Fruit of the
Loom's sock licensee, is partnering with Goodwill
Industries International.
Through July 31, Renfro will donate $1 to
Goodwill for every "like" it receives on its Faoebook
page www.facebook.com/fruitsocks. The goal is to
raise $100,000, to support career services at
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The new Gray Sole socks will be introduced while
raising awareness and revenue for Goodwill.
"Partnerships with household names like the
Fruit of the Loom brand enable us to expand our mis
sion of job training to a new base of consumers," said
Jim Gibbons, president and CEO of Goorfcvill
Industries International."
Reynolds American
digs deep for charity
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Last year, the Reynolds American
employees and their private charita
ble foundations donated approxi
mately $10 million to a wide range
of non-profit organizations.
Reynolds American is the par
ent company of R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company, American Snuff
Company, LLC, Santa Fe Natural
Tobacco Company, Inc. and
Niconovum AB.
"We have a true legacy of giv
ing to the community that began
more than 135 years ago, and
which I am proud to say is still part of who
we are today," said Alan Caldwell, RAI
Services Company's director of corporate and
civic engagement. "We will continue to sup
port and transform the communities where
our employees live and work, and plan to
particularly focus on initiatives that support
youth tobacco prevention, tobacco harm
reduction and other important community
initiatives."
Reynolds American family of companies
contributed a combined $5.5 mil
lion to non-profit organizations in
2011. Significant donations
included 360 acres of land valued
at $3.5 million to the Davie
County Economic Development
Commission, as well as ,pver
3,000 pieces of art to the Arts
Council of Winston-Salem and
Forsyth County with an estimated
tax value of more than $700,000.
Other donations were made to
Keep America Beautiful, River
Caldwell
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Run International Film Festival and the
American Red Cross.
In 2011, the Reynolds American
Foundation made 415 charitable contribu
tions, including matching grants, totaling
$3.5 million. The Foundation's largest con
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Meeting of Legal Minds
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Wake Forest University School of Law Professor Tim Davis (left)
interviews Gary Way7~ general counsel tb Nike Global Sports
Marketing organization, during the law school's latest
"Conversation With ..." event last month. Prior to joining Nike in
1996, Way spent 10 years in the NBA legal department while con
currently serving as a U.S. Army Reserve officer.
Hundreds of N.C. high school students
earn associates degrees
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
The more than two dozen local high
school students who graduated from the
Forsyth Technical Community College-based
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nariy *_ouege are among
about 900 students
throughout the state who
earned their high school
diplomas and associate
degrees.
There are more than
SO early college high
schools in North
Carolina. While Forsyth
County only has one thus
far, neighboring Guilford
County offers five of the
programs, which give
students the chance to
earn an associate degree or
as much as two years of
college credit in addition
to a high school diploma.
There are about 1.800
early college graduates this year in North
Carolina. Half of them earned college degrees
in addition to their diplomas. State officials
say that in addition to giving students a leg
up in college, the program - which is free -
will save families lots of money.
All campuses of the University of North
Carolina accept associate degrees from the
state's community colleges as two full years
of credit, giving graduates of early college
high schools who earn them a big head start
- and a big savings - on a four year degree.
Normally, tuition alone for an associate
degree from a community col
lege in Norm Carolina aaos
up to more than $4,000; that
figure can double or triple for
two years on a UNC campus.
Early college graduates with
associate degrees typically
enter four-year colleges and
universities as freshmen, but
with about the same amount
of completed credit as college
students beginning their jun
ior year.
North Carolina's early
colleges - which account for
about a third of similar
schools nationwide - are
developed and operated under
unique partnerships among
local school districts, the
.State Board of Ffiicalion. the
Department of Public Instruction, the Noith
Carolina Community College System and the
University of North Carolina. The North
Carolina New Schools Project, which helps
lead the state's early college high school ini
tiative, works with school districts and
schools statewide to transform secondary edu
cation to ensure that all students graduate
ready for college, careers and life.
RED Day sends employees to Boys Club
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Keller Williams Realty
of Winston-Salem held its
RED (Renew, Energize and
Donate) Day on Thursday,
May 10. The day is
designed to highlight the
company's year-round char
ity and community service
efforts.
Local Keller Williams
employees had a full day of
giving back at the
Salvation Army Boys &
Girls Club, where they
helped beautify the outside
of the building by planting
flats of flowers. The
employees also pitched in
with the Club's after school
program by leading childen
in games and serving them
Submitted Photo
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Justice group
honoring Martin
and Khalifa
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
The National Conference for
Community and Justice of the
Piedmont Triad will honor Dr. Harold
L. Martin Sr. and Zaki Khalifa during
its 2012 Citation Award Dinner on
Thursday, Nov. 8.
"These men have shown through
personal example and their lives' work
that all people deserve equal opportuni
ties," said NCCJ Executive Director
Susan Feit. "They have focused on
expanding horizons for their brothers
and sisters throughout our community,
no matter what their religion, race or
ethnicity, and we are sincerely grateful
to them for their
service and com
mitment to
diversity and
inclusion."
The local
NCCJ is a
human relations
organization
that promotes
understanding
and respect
among all cul
lures, rates aim
religions
through advoca
Martin
cy, education and dialogue. It works to
transform communities through institu
tional change and by empowering lead
ers so that all people will have access to
the nation's opportunities and be
included in its promise. NCCJ of the
Piedmont Triad Inc. was founded in
1937 as the Greensboro Chapter of the
national organization. It became an
independent 501(c)3 organization in
2005.
Khalifa is the owner of Zaki
Oriental Rugs in High Point. According
to NCCJ, he has spent three decades
building bridges of faith and understand
ing in Guilford County, across the
nation and around the world. A native of
Pakistan, he has overcome prejudice to
stand proudly and teach others about his
Muslim faith, particularly in the imme
diate aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.
An icon of humility and goodwill in
the High Point community, he fosters
the development of people of all cul-**T- ? ?
tures and beliefs through his support of
a broad range of community initiatives,
including the Chamber of Commerce,
Foster Friends, Community Against
Violence and the Al-Aqsa Community
Clinic.
Martin is chancellor of North
Carolina A&T <^Btate University.
According to NCCJ, he has spent his
career building educational opportuni
ties for all young people and takes a
hands-on approach to teaching respect,
diversity, inclusion and advocacy to stu
dents and has lectured widely on increas
ing the presence of under-represented
groups in science and technology fields.
With a focus on collaboration across
all groups, he also challenges partners
to confront their hidden prejudices. He
has also made great strides in making
N.C. A&T a pre-eminent institution of
higher learning for its increasingly
diverse student body.
The (inner will be held at the
Greensboro Coliseum Special Events
Center. For tickets and/or other infor
mation, go to www.nccjtriad.org.