Spectacular Magazine (Sept 2014) | Page 17

Briefly CONTINUES SAINT AUGUSTINE’S UNIVERSITY NAMES VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER RALEIGH, NC - Dr. Steven E. Hairston of Raleigh, NC has been named the vice president for Institutional Advancement and chief operating officer at Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) effective September 8, 2014. In this role, he will report to Interim President Everett B. Ward and has responsibility for all University development and fund-raising, alumni relations and external affairs. As chief operating officer, he will direct, administer and coordinate the internal operational activities of the University in accordance with policies, goals and objectives established by the President and the Board of Trustees. Prior to SAU, Hairston served as a public administrator with more than 25 years of experience in the state government and non-profit sectors. Most recently, he served as the strategic planning manager for the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Before that Hairston served in the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services with the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services, where he was the chief of the Operations Support Section. In addition to his Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) degree from Virginia Union University, he received a Masters in Public Administration from Temple University, and a Ph.D. in leadership studies from North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University where he was a Waldaran L. Kennedy 4.0 GPA scholar. He holds certificates from the Center CHELTENHAM APPOINTED TO NC BOARD OF RECREATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE BOARD RALEIGH, NC - Nexsen Pruet attorney Laetitia Cheltenham has been appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Board of Recreational Therapy Licensure. She will serve a three-year term. In addition, Cheltenham has been selected as co-chair of the Health Law Section Diversity Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association. Laetitia Cheltenham is the rare combination of certified health care provider and health law attorney. Her decade of experience inside health care organizations such as medical centers, long term care facilities, and mental health agencies informs her pragmatic and clinical perspectives on current health law issues. As the wife of a physician, mother of three, and former health care practitioner for ten years, Laetitia sti