BUSINESS
ON THE MOVE NEW HIRES/PROMOTIONS
Vinciguerra
Wyatt
Bedenbaugh
Walker
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Hilton Head Vacation Rentals announced two new hires. Tiana Vinciguerra has joined the company as guest services/administrative assistant. Previously, she was a graduate assistant at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Dana Wyatt also was hired to be front desk/administrative assistant. Previously, she worked in guest services at Palmetto Dunes Resort. Gina M. Dunn has been promoted to mortgage loan partner with PNC Bank on Hilton Head Island. Dunn has years of lending experience, mortgage origination and corporate management. She is located right off the Sea Pines circle on Pope Avenue at the PNC Bank. BB&T Carswell Insurance Services has promoted Russell Stuart Bedenbaugh to assistant vice president. Bedenbaugh is an employee benefits account executive in the employee benefits department at BB&T Carswell Insurance Services. BB&T Carswell Insurance Services has promoted Kristin Walker to assistant vice president. Walker is a family risk manager in the personal lines department at BB&T Carswell Insurance Services. She earned a designation as a certified insurance service representative from the National Alliance. She has been in the insurance industry for more than 15 years. Rich Hodsdon, a 35-year veteran of the Hilton Head Island real estate business, has joined the sales team at Hilton Head Properties as an associate broker. A respected longtime real estate veteran, Hodsdon has a reputation as a Realtor with a passion for the Hilton Head and Daufuskie areas. He moved to Hilton Head Island in January of 1980. Hilton Head Properties hired Bruce Tuttle as a broker associate. His primary focus will be working with buyers and sellers of investment properties, second homes, primary residences and fractional ownership. Tuttle has been licensed in real estate sales in South Carolina since 1987. A Michigan native, Tuttle has lived on the island since 1979 and brings an extensive knowledge of the area to the Hilton Head Properties team.
LOCAL AUTHOR RELEASES LATEST BOOK, ‘SOUTH’ Popular local author Wendy Nilsen Pollitzer recently released her latest book, “SOUTH: What It Means to be Here in Heart or in Spirit.” The book is comprised of 70 noted contributors sharing their stories, images, thoughts and experiences in a high-quality coffee table book edition. Pollitzer and publisher Lydia Inglett embarked on a year-anda-half-long journey to publish the book. The 144-page book is presented with a gold-foiled hard cover and leather finish The cost is $34.95. Find the book online at www. starbooks.biz or www.lydiainglett.com.
Broad Creek Public Service District announced the appointment of Mike Allen as its new general manager, replacing longtime general manager Rusty Hildebrand, who died last year. Allen joins the organization after serving the previous 14 years as the utility director for Lowndes County in Valdosta, Ga. He brings extensive experience in water and wastewater operations. Hilton Head Christian Academy is excited to announce that Dylan Curtis has recently been appointed middle school principal. Curtis has been at HHCA for three years. Since in 2011, he has been the school’s director of instructional media and technology, and he previously served as a business educator in the Academy of Finance magnet program at Lansdowne High School in Baltimore, Md. Curtis has a master’s degree in arts and teaching and a bachelor’s degree in corporate financ and risk management insurance. First Citizens announced that Allison Trippe has been named vice president and retail sales manager for the company’s Hilton Head branch, located at 2 Northridge Drive. In her role, Trippe will be responsible for helping current customers meet their unique financial goals, introducing the bank’s products and services to new customers, and representing First Citizens in the community. Wayne Corley is now a broker associate with Gateway Realty. Corley moved to the Lowcountry in 2001 and became director of sales and marketing for Harden Tuten Custom Homes. He founded The Corley
OLIVER EARNS AWARDS FROM DUNES REAL ESTATE
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Ken Oliver earned Dunes Real Estate’s distinction as “Top Listing Agent” and “Top Producing Agent” for 2014. Additionally, Oliver has achieved “Top Listing and/or Selling Agent” for the company 28 of the past 35 years. Oliver can be reached at 843-816-0220, 843-842-0816 or 866-842-0816. His email is ken@ken-oliver.com and his website is Ken-Oliver.com.
Group in 2005 as a residential construction consultant and real estate broker. Daniella Augenstein has joined Gateway Realty as a sales agent, bringing a diverse background and interests to the Gateway Team. Prior to becoming a licensed Realtor, she worked as a model, bank teller and studio director for a boutique-style movement studio in Cleveland. Jerry Petitt has joined Gateway Realty as a sales agent. Originally from Alexandria, Va., he relocated to Bluffton in 2006. He has a degree in economics from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. As a licensed Realtor since 1979, he has extensive sales experience throughout the southeast including Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Margaret O’Hanlon has joined Gateway Realty as a broker/agent. She is a successful sales professional with 20 years of experience in all facets of the real estate industry. Prior to relocating to the South Carolina Lowcountry, she was an associate broker with The Creig Northrop Team of Long & Foster Real Estate, the No. 1 real estate team in Maryland. Gateway Realty announced the addition of Karen Hall of Yadkin Mortgage to the main Gateway office as a preferred mortgage lender. Hall has over 13 years of mortgage experience, and she has been a top mortgage lender in southern Beaufort County for the past five years. Yadkin Mortgage offers a full array of financial services for the first time homebuyer as well as the seasoned investor including lot loans, construction and permanent financing. Gateway Realty is pleased to welcome college intern Samantha O’Donnell to the team. O’Donnell is a Hilton Head Island native who currently attends the University of South Carolina Beaufort studying English and communications. At USCB, she is also on the women’s golf team, a contributor to The Tidal Tribune campus newspaper and a member of the Gamma Beta Phi Honors Society.
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