UBJ On the Move
HIRED Malcolm “Bo” Hastings Joined GreenWood Inc., an integrated operations, maintenance and construction solutions provider, as Corporate Director of Construction Operations. Hastings is a 30-year construction industry veteran with experience in heavy mechanical and industrial construction projects, construction management services, direct hire programs, engineering processes and startup. His market experience includes project work within the petroleum, chemical, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, energy and general manufacturing markets. Before joining GreenWood, he performed project work for Jacobs, Day & Zimmerman, Rust, and Brown & Root (now KBR).
CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING: Mavin Construction recently welcomed Ryan Boiter, Tyson Boulton and Robert Hill as superintendents. Boiter has worked since 2008 as superintendent for SYS Constructors Inc. following graduation from the University of Alabama. Boulton contributes over 15 years of professional construction experience to the Mavin team. He was a superintendent for SYS Constructors Inc. from 2007-2012, and worked with Boulton Construction in Fort Myers, Fla., for over 10 years. Hill contributes over 14 years of professional experience as a superintendent for Beers-York Construction and superintendent at SYS Constructors, Inc. O’Neal Inc., a Greenville-based integrated design and construction
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firm, has hired Eric Rose as business development manager. Rose has more than 20 years of professional experience in business development of process and industrial services. He has experience with Rockwell Automation and most recently Day and Zimmermann in Greenville. EDUCATION: Bob Jones University recently announced the appointment of Ken Still as chief financial officer to replace John Matthews who will move full-time into his new role as vice president for advancement and alumni relations. Still most recently served as vice president of Finance and Corporate Treasurer (CFO) for Aldersgate United Methodist Retirement Community in Charlotte, N.C. He is also a certified public accountant. Prior to his most recent position, he served as vice president of finance and corporate controller, interim CFO, group controller – treasury, and director of accounting with SantaFe HealthCare Inc. and as a senior auditor with Arthur
Andersen & Company. Matthews has been serving as chief financial officer, vice president for finance and vice president for advancement and alumni relations since December. He is a licensed certified public accountant and worked at Ernst & Young for two years before joining the BJU accounting faculty and later becoming the assistant chief financial officer. NONPROFIT: Upstate Forever recently announced the addition of Emily Neely and Kate Premo to its staff. Neely is Upstate Forever’s new development associate, returning to the organization after serving as Program Manager for Upstate Forever’s Spartanburg office from 2004-2008. She is experienced in nonprofit and higher education programming, has written for local and regional publications such as Spartanburg Magazine, the Converse Bulletin and the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, and taught undergraduate coursework on traditional musics of the American South. Premo has worked with several environmentally focused nonprofit organizations in the Upstate, most
Joined Keller Williams Realty as broker in charge to the teams in the Greenville Market Center and Augusta Street Business Center. Lawton has been a Realtor for over 15 years, and has been a top producer the majority of his career. He co-founded The Lawton Team in 1998, and in three short years helped grow the team greatly. He joined Keller Williams in 2009, first as a Realtor, and now as broker in charge and assistant team leader.
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Joined the staff of Brains on Fire as community manager for the VisitGreenvilleSC and Tinkernation accounts. Megan is a graduate of Furman University with a degree in South Asian Religion and Music. Her previous work experience includes social media direction for the scooter company Zike LLC as well as studio management for Getzcreative Photography.
HONORED Bryan Kohart
Senior environmental engineer for Renewable Water Resources (ReWa); recently recognized at the South Carolina Environmental Conference (SCEC) with the Water Environment Association of South Carolina (WEASC) Engineer of the Year Award. The award is given to an engineer who is responsible for the design of a facility, or has demonstrated excellence by managing, directing, operating, education, research or pollution prevention on a project in the field of wastewater collection, treatment, or residual management. Since 2005, Kohart has served as a leader for ReWa, bringing countless projects to fruition with environment-minded results. He has been a senior environmental engineer for ReWa since December 2005. recently the US Endowment for Forestry and Communities, and is now a project associate for Upstate Forever’s Clean Air and Water Program. She is also certified as a Senior Sustainability Professional. The Friends of the Greenville Zoo recently welcomed Lynn King operations coordinator/grants administrator. King brings years of experience working in the nonprofit arena including management and community outreach at Healthy Smiles of Spartanburg, as well as at Regenesis Health Care. PUBLIC RELATIONS/MARKETING: Jackson Marketing Group (JMG),