noted. ON THE MOVE
Dream Hotel Group announced that Leslie Wesklaski, who has more than eight years of local industry experience, including most recently as executive chef of DoubleTree Hotel Raleigh, was selected as the new culinary manager and executive chef at Unscripted Durham. She will oversee day-to-day operations of The Patio, The Studio and Allday Café. Susan Bowen became the new vice president
and chief campus operations officer at Durham Technical Community College on March 1. Susan holds a doctoral degree in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania and most recently worked as the associate vice president for information technology and chief information officer at The University of Scranton. Stephanie Fennell
became the new deputy director of Durham County Library on March 7. Stephanie most recently worked as branch manager of the North Regional Library on Milton Road and has held a variety of positions within the Durham County Library system for 14 years. Germane James was selected as the new
executive director of NorthStar Church of the Arts. Germane brings a combination of creative, strategic and project management skills to the arts collective. NorthStar also hired 14
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Dana Livermore as operations manager. Since
Mavis Gragg, co-founder of Black Girl Basel
Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas,
Durham City Council member Charlie Reece
moving to Durham in 2014, Dana has been involved in the artistic community as a dancer, choreographer, project manager, stage manager and web designer for independent dance artists, arts organizations and nonprofits.
an organization that connects children with cancer treatment in North and South Carolina, announced on Jan. 27 that staffing at its Durham location tripled with an addition of Laura Dellicker and Amber Receski, both full-time family advocates. The hirings address the anticipated increase in children diagnosed with cancer, and number of families who need help accessing care. On Feb. 8 the organization also added two new board members, including Durhamite Mary Beck White-Sutton, the sector director of counseling at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Pür Bella Naturals, a line of plant-based hair
products launched in 2013 by Lashanda DeBerry, a licensed cosmetologist of more than 25 years, are now available online and at local grocery stores, including Wegmans.
and host of Provident1898’s Meet The Artist talk series, will host the second of its three exhibitions, “Maroon Archive,” curated with Marcella Camara’s Young Gifted & Broke creative consultancy, through April 9.
resigned on March 7. Charlie cited the reason for his resignation being that his wife, Laura Helms Reece, CEO of their clinical research organization, Rho, will temporarily need to spend a significant amount of time in Europe for her job, and Charlie and their family will join her there. PBS North Carolina CEO Lindsay Bierman
left the station to become CEO and executive director of San Francisco’s nonprofit public learning laboratory the Exploratorium. As of press time, PBS plans to work with the UNC System to select an interim chief executive in March.
Pop Box Gallery, a pop-up featuring rotating,
multidisciplinary art exhibits, opened at Boxyard RTP in February. The gallery is among the inaugural group of four recipients of a residency at PopBox, a 320-squarefoot shipping container at the retail and entertainment hub, and a $5,000 grant from NC IDEA and Research Triangle Foundation. During its three-month residency, Pop Box Gallery, a partnership between Laura Ritchie, former director of The Carrack, and
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The Kramden Institute received a $30,000 Spectrum Digital Education Grant to be put toward its Computer Basics for Seniors programming. The grant is part of Spectrum’s $7 million commitment over five years to promote digital education nationwide. The funding will allow Kramden to supply up to 150 older adults with computer skills training and refurbished laptops.