N OT E D. ON THE MOVE Chapel Hill Deputy Town Manager Florentine “Flo” Miller retired on June 1 after nearly 32 years on the job. She joined the town as assistant manager in 1989, became deputy town manager in 2004 and has served under three different town managers. Flo received her bachelor’s degree in sociology from UNC Greensboro and a master’s of public administration from UNC, before working for governments in Leesburg, Virginia, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, before returning to Chapel Hill. Last year, the Florentine Miller Leader in Public Service Diversity Scholarship Endowment was created in her honor to benefit students in traditionally underrepresented groups entering the master’s of public administration program at the UNC School of Government. Orange County named Corey Root as its housing and community development director in June. Corey had been the coordinator of the Orange
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In June, Gov. Roy Cooper appointed Orange County attorney Joal Broun as a district court judge in Judicial District 15B, which includes Chatham and Orange counties. Joal is a former member of the Carrboro Town Council and a current member of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education. Joal, who received her law
degree from Wake Forest University, filled the seat vacated by Beverly Scarlett, who retired and had served since 2007. Most recently, Joal was the director of the lobbying compliance division in the North Carolina Secretary of State’s office.
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Orange County Commissioner Mark Dorosin resigned on July 31 after he accepted a job teaching at the Florida A&M University College of Law. To replace him, the Board of County
Bold Construction hired Megan Cone as
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accepted applications for the vacancy up until July 19, which were then sent to the Orange County Democratic Party. The OCDP will review the four applications from Marilyn Carter, Rani Dasi, Penny Rich and Anna Richards and send three nominees to the commissioners, who are slated to fill the seat Sept. 2.
County Partnership to End Homelessness since 2016 and has
UNC Athletics hired two new head coaches in June. Aimee Neff is the new head coach for women’s golf, while Danna Durante leads
partnered with local government officials and community advocates to advance affordable housing in Orange County and implement programs for those experiencing homelessness. She holds an undergraduate degree in film and television from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts and a master’s in public administration from NC State University.
the gymnastics program. Aimee held the position of associate head coach of women’s golf at UNC before becoming head coach of women’s golf for the past three seasons at Florida Atlantic University. Aimee is the fourth head coach in Carolina women’s golf history. Danna has more than 20 years of collegiate coaching experience. She was the head gymnastics coach at the University
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of California, Berkley from 2011 to 2012, and then went on to lead the University of Georgia’s gymnastics program from 2012 to 2017. Then she served as operations director for What Drives Winning. Danna became UNC’s fourth head gymnastics coach after Derek Galvin, who retired in June 2020.
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hired a new home repair manager this summer. Mason Neiman is originally from Wyoming and now works with Habitat homeowners to complete repairs and teaches classes on home maintenance.
selections coordinator and interior design expert. Megan has a bachelor’s in construction management and interior design from East Carolina University and six years of experience working with clients to achieve their ideal homes. Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce hired Danielle Shepherd as
its member success and operations coordinator. Danielle and her family moved to Hillsborough in February 2020 to be closer to family. Danielle is a graduate of Southern New Hampshire University with a degree in business management and human resources. In August, the Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce hired Whitney Corn as the office administrator and event