The University of North Carolina Wilmington has announced that Shawn Bingham has been named director and associate dean of the school's honors college. Bingham has more than 15 years of experience in higher education and brings a great deal of expertise to his role at UNCW, university officials said in a news release. Currently, assistant dean of A ...

New Hanover County Manager Chris Coudriet has announced that Sara Warmuth has been selected as the county’s new property management director, according to a news release from the county. Warmuth will begin her role on July 3, officials said in the release. She has spent the last 10 years with Forsyth County, most recently serving as the assistant directo ...

Jillian Dempsey, who works with the Pearson Patterson Smith Wealth Management Group at UBS, has received her Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation, according to a news release. Dempsey earned this designation after extensive training and hours of rigorous coursework, officials said in the release. She has worked with the Pearson Patterson Smith Group at UBS sinc ...

Wilmington-headquartered Coldwell Banker Commercial SunCoast, a commercial real estate and property management firm, has hired Ayize Glenn Gray, expanding its team of brokers, according to a news release. “The regional economy is strong, and our firm is growing to accommodate the increasing demand for commercial real estate,” said Grayson Powell, managing pa ...

The Board of Directors of the Paul Gregory Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association (WCFHBA), awarded $7,000 in scholarship funds, according to a news release. The funds are through the foundation’s Gift of Education Builder Scholarship and the Ted Hardeen Memorial Scholarship Fund to the Cape Fear Community College F ...

Diane Lantz joined the Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) at the University of North Carolina Wilmington as its newest business counselor. Lantz began her role with the SBTDC in late March, according to the SBTDC. As a business counselor, she focuses on helping small businesses increase profits and jobs through SBTDC services such as obtaining capi ...

Kathryn Bruner has joined the team at Intracoastal Realty, according to a news release. Bruner, a broker and Realtor, brings a variety of experience and dedication to Intracoastal Realty, officials said in the release. She is originally from the Mt. Shasta region of Northern California. The Coast Guard brought her to North Carolina in 2010. After retiring from t ...

WithersRavenel has announced that Don Mizelle, director of entitlements, has relocated from its Cary office to Wilmington. Mizelle has taken on the role of director of Land Development, Wilmington at WithersRavenel, a civil and environmental engineering, geomatics and landscape architecture firm, according to a news release. In this capacity, he will be responsible ...

Brian Kromke, an attorney in the Wilmington office of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (CSH Law), recently completed training for mediator certification and is now classified as a certified superior court mediator with the N.C. Dispute Resolution Commission, according to a news release. Kromke joined the Wilmington office of CSH Law in 2007, officials said in the ...

Wilmington-based Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC (PPD) has announced that the company has been recognized for excellence in clinical research by pharmaceutical and biotechnology executives surveyed for Life Science Leader magazine’s 2018 CRO Leadership Awards. PPD earned honors for its capabilities and reliability, based on survey responses from industry ex ...