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Thursday, July 5, 2007
PEOPLE OF NOTE
Kim Kennedy joins American Product Distributors
Kim Kennedy has joined
American Product
Distributors as health and
environmental compliance
officer, said Ray Kennedy,
chief executive and presi
dent of APD.
Ray Kennedy is Kim
Kennedy’s father.
“With her academic cre
dentials and
job experi
ence, Kim
offers our
i
Zeoli
received
I
Simpson
the N.C.
Afterschool
Alumni
Award from
the N.C.
Center for
Afterschool
Programs at a
Regional
Afterschool
Summit held
on June 8,
the Asheville
Resort in
2007.
Crowne Plaza
Raleigh.
Jamie Knowles of N.C. CAP
presented the award before
an audience of more than 70
elected officials and busi
ness and community lead
ers.
Asheville Mayor Terry
Bellamy and N.C. Rep. Ray
Rapp were among the atten
dees.
At the event, N.C. CAP
unveiled a video honoring
Simpson’s leadership and
service to the West Gastonia
Boys & Girls Club of Greater
Gaston, where she is a
member of the Junior Staff
volunteer corps.
Leadership Charlotte has
hired
Elizabeth
Nye McKee as
executive
director,
effective
immediately.
The
announce
ment was
made by Paul
D. Shipley, president of
Leadership Charlotte.
McKee
McKee is the former direc
tor of Leadership Initiatives
at McCoIl School of Business
at Queens University of
Charlotte.
She helped create the cur
riculum for MBA and under
graduate students, she
developed an international
leadership experience in
Chile with Vertical, S.A.
Joe Thompson of Durham
has earned a National
Heritage Fellowship from
the National Endowment for
the Arts.
The
Heritage
Fellowship is
the country's
highest
honor in the
folk and tra
ditional arts.
Twelve fel
lowships,
which include a one-time
award of $20,000 each, are
Thompson
presented to honorees from
nine states.
The awardees were cho
sen from among 259 nomi
nations on the basis of their
artistic excellence, cultural
authenticity, and contribu
tions to their field.
The NEA National Heritage
FeUowship program is pre
sented with support from
the Darden Restaurants
Foundation.
Kennedy as proper
environmen
tal practices," Ray Kennedy
said. “Her role will be critical
for us going forward."
Kim Kennedy earned a
bachelor's in health sciences
and management at Howard
University, graduating in
2001. She earned a master’s
in epidemiology at Emory
University in 2003.
The younger Kennedy
worked for the state of
Georgia as a liaison between
the public health and med
ical communities.
Then she became a public
health specialist for a global
health informatics firm in
Atlanta.
Alyse Zeoli
has joined
Sterling
Events
Company as
managing
director of
the Charlotte
office.
She will be
responsible for Sterling's
marketing and operations
efforts as a full-service des
tination management com
pany in the Charlotte area.
Prior to joining Sterling,
Zeoli served for six years as
Director of Operations for
TBA Global Events, a desti
nation management compa
ny in Las Vegas.
She will represent Sterling
as a member of Visit
Charlotte, the Greater
Charlotte Hospitality &
Tourism Alliance and the
Greater Charlotte Chapter of
the International Special
Events Society.
Lucy Emerson of Myers
Park High School has been
awarded an AFS 2007 Youth
Ambassadors Arabic
Summer Language Institute
Scholarship, a distinction
shared by only 25 high
school students nationwide.
Almost 200 students
throughout U.S. were nomi
nated for this prestigious,
merit-based program
awarding full scholarships
for a summer study pro
gram in Cairo, Egypt.
The program is sponsored
by AFS Intercultural
Programs/USA and the
Educational and Cultural
Exchange Bureau of the U.S.
Department of State.
Scholarships were award
ed on the basis of academic
excellence, a series of writ
ten essays, a demonstrable
interest in learning the
Arabic language, and mak
ing a commitment to con
tinue Arabic classes upon
returning to the U.S.
Lucy's full scholarship
includes intensive Arabic
language courses, as well as
opportunities to visit impor
tant historical sites and
interact with Egyptian par
liamentarians and leaders.
She will also gain firsthand
knowledge of the Egyptian
culture by living with a host
family to experience what it
is like to live as a member of
a family, school, and com
munity during the six week
program.
Kara Simpson, a student
in Gaston County Schools,
If paid in full within 12 months.
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