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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