1997 William Applegate is a member of
the Historic Charleston Foundation Board of Trustees and is an attorney with Yarborough Applegate in Charleston. William is a plaintiff’s attorney with experience ranging from oil pollution to personal injury to unsafe consumer products to pharmaceuticals. Michael Campbell is the vice president of distribution at Quincy Compressor in Greenville, S.C. Anthony Constantine is the sales manager at Fox Audio Visual in Charleston, S.C. Donna Limbaker Peagler is an administrative assistant at Moody & O’Neal CPAs in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
1998 Randy Adkins (M.S. ’04) is a
member of the College’s Alumni Association Board of Directors. Randy is a senior consultant with Modus21 in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., and is the assistant pastor at Canaan Missionary Baptist Church. He and his wife, Sherlonda Peake Adkins ’99 (M.S. ’03) have three children and live in North Charleston.
1999 Sherlonda Peake Adkins (M.S. ’03) Randy Adkins ’98 [M.S. ’04]) (see Kerry Brady-Stritch is a pain sales specialist at Pernix Therapeutics in Mt. Pleasant. Kerry and Drew Stritch ’00 have a daughter and twin sons. Scott Carrington lives in California and leads digital and social media marketing at Patagonia. Todd Warrick is a new member of the College’s Board of Trustees. Todd is a physician and leads the Tuomey Palmetto Health Pain Treatment Center in Sumter, S.C.
2000 Kate Arnold is a development officer
for the Lamar Dodd School of Arts at the University of Georgia. Ryan Beasley is a member of the College’s Alumni Association Board of Directors. Ryan received his J.D. from Tulane University and is an attorney in New Orleans. He and his wife, Laura, have four children. Bree Grossman received her nutrition training and certification from Bauman College. Bree is the founder of bakedbree.com. She was named a Top 100 Food Blogger and is a regular contributor to Simple As That. Her work has been featured on Oprah.com, Pinhole Press, Martha Stewart Weddings, Apartment Therapy, Parents.com, Yogalife, Philadelphia Magazine, Babble and Huffington Post. Lance Malone is the project manager for the 787 Boeing South Carolina program at Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Drew Stritch (see Kerry Brady-Stritch ’99)
2001 Stacy Haynes is the supervisor for
the circulation department in the College’s Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library. Jon Holt is a Realtor with Keller Williams Realty Charleston/Mt. Pleasant. Rivers Pearce is the director of marketing for BoomTown in Charleston, S.C. Rivers and his wife, Leigh Ann Kennedy Pearce ’03, have two children and live on the Isle of Palms. Rivers is a member of the College’s Alumni Association Board of Directors. Ryan Holmes Small is the assistant director of annual leadership and reunion gifts in the College’s annual giving office.
2002 Jonathan Brilliant and Amanda
McCavour created two site-specific installations of their art exploring organized
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chaos called Eye of the Needle for the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Va. This exhibition will be on display through August 2016 in Taubman’s Medical Facilities of America Gallery and Temporary Exhibition Gallery. Andrea Pyatt is an educator in Orangeburg County (S.C.) Consolidated District 5 and is also a graduate student at the University of West Florida. Marysa Raymond was named Direct Member of the Year at the 2016 Annual Diamond event organized by the Charleston Apartment Association. Marysa is a director for Greystar, where she is responsible for overseeing operations of 9,400 apartment homes in South Carolina (Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Columbia and Spartanburg) and Georgia (Savannah and Augusta). Heather Richie is the digital editor for Covey Rise magazine, and her first book is due from LSU Press in 2017. Jessica Sawin Sage serves as the treasurer of the 2016 Maritime Association of S.C. Executive Committee. Jessica is the CFO of Charleston’s Rigging and Marine Hardware.
2003 Cuyler Applegate is a Realtor and
owner of Applegate Real Estate on Charleston’s upper King Street. Cuyler’s company currently employs four CofC grads. Matt Bartolotta is the sales manager of inertial navigation systems and integrated cockpit display systems at Sagem Avionics in Grand Prairie, Texas. Angharad Chester-Jones is the director of public relations and marketing at the southern branch of Regan Communications Group. George Davis’ artwork has been included in the Prince Street Gallery 2016 Eighth National Juried Exhibition in New York. Ryan DeAntonio is an enterprise account executive at Benefitfocus on Daniel Island, S.C. Seth Gadsden is the managing director of the Indie Grits Film Festival in Columbia, S.C., which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The festival gives South Carolina filmmakers an outlet to launch careers in the film industry. Michael Grueneberger launched Tidehaven Wealth, an independent registered investment advisory firm based in Mt. Pleasant. Culver Kidd ’04 and Erica Lanford Kidd announce the birth of their son, E. Culver “Elan” Kidd, born in June 2014. Culver is an attorney with the 9th Circuit Solicitor’s Office in Charleston, and Erica is a sales analyst with Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Leigh Ann Kennedy Pearce (see Rivers Pearce ’01) Jermel President is the head basketball coach of Oceanside Collegiate Academy, a public charter high school in Mt. Pleasant. Oceanside aims to prepare student-athletes for college through a class curriculum balanced with an emphasis on athletics. Kevin and Bridget Bettelli Price announce the birth of their second child, Margaret Hennessy, born in December 2015. The Price family lives on Sullivan’s Island. Sean Seabrook is a solution consultant at NetSuite, an Atlanta-based company providing cloud-based business management software. Laura Zagby-Dye was presented with the Presidential Award for Excellence by the American Red Cross in March. Laura is the account manager for donor recruitment for the South Carolina Blood Services Region. Her efforts helped the South Carolina organization exceed collection goals each month of the 2015 fiscal year, placing her in the top 3 percent of her peers nationally.
2004 Jessica Barton and Mike Gerel were
married in August 2013 and live in Portland, Ore., where Jessica owns a pet service business called EAT.PLAY.LOVE. Matthew Brockbank is a real estate agent and relocation professional at the Dunes Properties downtown Charleston office. Bernard Coaxum is the head basketball coach for the boys’ varsity team at Palmetto Scholars Academy in North Charleston. Denee Daniel is an independent consultant and recruiter at Palmetto Senior Benefits. Bob Flynn is a member of the College’s Alumni Association Board of Directors. Bob is a virtual sales account manager for Cisco Systems in Raleigh, N.C. David Fraser (see Biz Mitchell Fraser ’06) Chris Gilpatrick (see Ana Emelianoff ’07) Jennifer Hayes is the accounts payable manager at United Infrastructure Group in Great Falls, S.C. Jennifer and Steve Larson were married in September 2012 and live in Rock Hill, S.C. Culver Kidd (see Erica Lanford Kidd ’03) James and Allison Ruggles Lutz announce the birth of their son, Zander Plunkett, born in August 2015. The Lutz family lives in Charleston. Michael Olander founded O2 Fitness in 2002 with one center in Raleigh, N.C., and has now expanded to 12 North Carolina locations, including Carrboro, Cary, Chapel Hill, FuquayVarina, Wake Forest and Wilmington. Olander has also opened three locations in Charleston. Lauren and Brandon Pierce announce the birth of their daughter, Isla Lilliana, born in November 2015. The Pierce family lives in Baltimore, Md. Matt and Taylor Thomasino Rautenbach live in Seattle with their twins. Matt is an account executive at Workday, a provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. Tori Hinde Schallot is the director of the software engineering division at CodeLynx in Charleston. Tori received her M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh. Jay Whitt is the field sales manager for Alliqua BioMedical and lives in Charleston, S.C. Karey Sanders Wilson is the assistant vice president and branch support manager of Southcoast Community Bank in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
2005 Aaron Ballard is an actor,
improvisor and sketch comedy writer in New York City. She has been with Phoenix Artists since 2011. Aaron received her M.F.A. from Rutgers University – New Brunswick in 2010. Christopher Beckham (see Kristen Munsey Beckham ’07) Magie Boyle and Kevin Gray were married in December 2014. They have two children, Edie Elizabeth and Margaret Lane. Magie is a clinical research director for Clinical Research of West Florida. She worked as an RN at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa before getting her master’s in nursing from the University of Tampa and becoming a licensed nurse practitioner. Thomas Bullington is living in Georgia and working on his doctorate in British literature through the University of Mississippi. Aaryne Elias is the College’s campus planning manager. Aaryne received her M.P.A. from Clemson University in 2012. Graham Ervin is the director of special events at the Cedar Room in Charleston. She is also an adjunct faculty member in the College’s hospitality and tourism department. Lance Hagaman is the vice president of leasing at Brixmor in Atlanta.