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[ontop] Visit Charlotte (formerly the Charlotte Convention & Visitors Bureau) has named Mike Anderson the new national sales manager, Sports Market, for the Char lotte travel and tour ism organization. Anderson will be assuming the responsibilities held previously by Bill McMillan, who recently accepted a position with the Charlotte Regional Sports Commission . Steven H. Ott, professor of Mike Anderson finance , has been named the John Crosland Sr. Distinguished Professor of Real Estate and Development in the Belk College of Business Administration at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The Crosland Distinguished Professorship in Real Estate was established in 1991 by friends and colleagues of developer John Crosland Sr. in recognition of his contributions to the Charlotte region and the real estate industry. Ott, who joined the Belk College faculty in 1999, developed a real estate curriculum which supplements the general MBA program with specialized courses in real estate finance and development to provide students with the educational foundation and skills necessary to become managers and leaders within the real estate industry. Additionally, Ott has organized an advisory board for the Belk College real estate program to provide guidance on curricular and program issues . Fred Klein of Childress Klein Properties chairs the board and Todd Mansfield of Crosland serves as vice chair. Charlotte business leaders Krista Tillman and Matthew Michalewicz have joined the Business Advisory Council of the Belk College of Business Administration at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte . Tillman is president of North Carolina operations at BeiiSouth Corporation , a role she assumed in 2000 after 21 years with the company. She is chair of the North Carolina Business Committee for Education, a director of both the North Carolina Business Council of Management & Development and the North Carolina Telecommunications Industry Association , Inc., and vice chair of Charlotte Center City Partners. She also serves on boards at UNC Wilmington , Communities in Schools and the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. Michalewicz is president and CEO of NuTech Solutions , a company he co-founded in 1999. He is a member of the board of advisors of the College of Applied Artificial Intelligence at the Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology in Warsaw, Poland and serves on the board of directors of Excavio Systems, Inc. A 1998 graduate of UNC Charlotte, Michalewicz serves on the university's board of advisors for the College of Information Technology. He was named UNC Charlotte's 2002 "Young Alumnus of the Year" and was a Charlotte Chamber " Entrepreneur of the Year" finalist. The Business Advisory Council is a group of business and civic leaders who work with the Belk College of Business to increase its visibility and presence in the community. The council also provides feedback so the college can better serve the com-
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munity through its curriculum and programming. Members are appointed to a three-year term and can serve two consecutive terms . Johnny Belk, president of Belk Stores Services, is chair of the Business Advisory Council. Crosland , one of the Southeast's leading diversified privately-held real estate companies, has appointed David L. Smith as vice president of construction services for Crosland's Contracting division . Smith will oversee pre-construction services, which include design consultation , estimates and project scheduling. In addition, Smith will collaborate with the other Crosland divisions on the construction of multi-use and mixed-use projects including design review, contractor selection and project coordination. James Carroll , the managing partner of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft's Charlotte office, has been appointed Chair of the Securitization Committee for the American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of Real Property, Probate & Trust Law for the 2002-03 bar year. Carroll had served as vicechair for the Real Estate Securitization Section of the ABA's Real Property division since 1998. James Carroll In his new role , Carroll will guide the committee in addressing the securitization aspect of residential and commercial mortgage lending, including the legal issues affecting the borrower/ lender relationship as a result of the securitization of the financing vehicle. Carroll, a member of Cadwalader's Management Committee , concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate finance and securitization. He also has an active capital markets practice in mortgage loan conduit programs, mortgage pool purchases and sales as well as multiple property and numerous originations of single asset real estate securitizations. Charlotte Checkers owners Felix Sabates and Carl Scheer have announced the addition of Mark Richardson as a minority partner in the East Coast Hockey League team. Richardson joins Steve Luquire (CEO, Luquire George Andrews, Inc.) as a minority owner in the ECHL club. South Carolina businessman Jerry Zucker is also part owner. Richardson is the president of the NFL Carolina Panthers and is a member of the NFL Properties Board of Directors . Colony Homes, L.L.C., the largest privately owned homebuilder in the Southeast and ranked #38 in the nation, has appointed Scott Kavanaugh to area manager for the company's Charlotte division, headquartered in the University Area. Kavanaugh was formerly Area Manager for Colony Homes' Atlanta division, having served previously as a customer service manager and builder. Beth Petty has been named director of film by the Charlotte Regional Partnership. The former project coordinator for the Partnership's film division , Petty is charged with recruiting feature films , commercials and other video productions to the region . Since joining the Partnership in 1998, Petty has been instrumental in bringing several major film projects to the Charlotte area including The Patriot with Mel Gibson and Shallow Hal with Gwyneth Paltrow.
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