Press Releases For NC - Durham (US)

Dan Bruer has been appointed Director of Development with The Triangle Land Conservancy. Mr Bruer’s role with TLC will be focused on the successful completion of the Our Water, Our Land Campaign, directly improving TLC’s capacity to protect vital lands in the region. He will also be responsible for creating and implementing strategies to increase funding for new and expanding initiatives.

Linda Shaw, consultant and former Senior Community Development Officer with Wachovia Bank, has been appointed Executive Director of the Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA, beginning January 5, 2009. She will fill the position to be vacated by retiring ED, Betty Bailey. Ms. Shaw will inherit a well-respected, valued and stable organization. This role is particularly fitting for Ms. Shaw, whose professional career has focused on advocating for social justice and policies that positively impact families and communities.

DesignHammer, a Durham based web design and development agency, has recently completed redesign work on Thought Leader Select, now live at thoughtleaderselect.com. Thought Leader Select is a private research and consulting firm that identifies and connects experts in the biopharmaceutical and health care industries.

Today, Source-Omega revealed knowledge gained from their review of the omega-3 literature and published research.

Longistics, a full-service provider of global logistics solutions, has announced that H. Berry Petty, Jr. has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the company’s transportation division. As vice president and general manager of the transportation division, Petty will manage the division’s day-to-day operations and manage customer and vendor relations. Petty began working at Longistics in 1998 and previously served as a controller. A certified public accountant, Petty has served in controller and vice president of finance positions for the past 26 years.

Web design and development company, DesignHammer, will again be sponsoring the Raleigh-Durham BarCamp for their Fall 2010 event this Saturday October 23rd. This event marks the fifth time for BarCampRDU and the second consecutive year of sponsorship from DesignHammer.

DesignHammer will be sponsoring the 3rd Annual Internet Summit held in Raleigh this November 17-18. The Summit is focused on bringing the executives, entrepreneurs and investors together to share knowledge about the latest information on trends in the Internet business community and encourage technology development in the Southeast Region.

This month David Minton, Managing Partner of DesignHammer, has been honored by Business Leader Media as a Triangle 2010 “Mover and Shaker.” The magazine’s annual award celebrates executives in leadership positions making a difference in their company and the community.

techcello recently conducted a survey among ISVs on SaaS : Engineering factors. The results of this survey were published today.

Source-Omega's Pure One brand moves towards private label offering and licensing in a growing market with green economic outlook. Estimated at $400M, the total European omega-3 market is now doubling every 10 years.

For years, the lack of fish odor or reflux taste has led many people to microalgae oil instead of fish oil as a source for omega-3s. Another feature of microalgae oil is now more important than ever — it is not touched by any ocean, now or ever.

Durham web design and development company, DesignHammer has recently been honored by inclusion in Business Leader Media’s Top 100 Small North Carolina Businesses list. The annual award issued by the publication, honors companies with fewer than 100 employees who have demonstrated business success as well as a commitment to community engagement over the course of the year.

Keith MacDonald, a construction coordinator for SMI Housing of Durham, NC is being released on emergency loan status to assist in supervising clean-up efforts along Florida's Gulf Coast.

When Matt Taylor of Raleigh, NC found out his best friend was getting married, he was faced with a choice: to question his best friend’s pick in a lifelong mate or to help him celebrate. Fortunately for all those involved, he chose the latter. It wasn’t long before Taylor was planning a celebratory guys’ weekend in Myrtle Beach, SC for the groom-to-be and their circle of friends.

Pure One™ DHA supplement manufacturer today announced a license from the Vegan Society for trademark use in the United States, Canada, the European Union, and Australia. The Vegan logo adds to Pure One’s quality offering for vegetarian consumers and vegan retailers, in addition to the benefits of being sourced and Made in the USA and recognized good for pregnant-nursing mothers and infants.

Pure One™ DHA supplement manufacturer today announced a license from the Vegan Society for trademark use in the United States, Canada, the European Union, and Australia. The Vegan logo adds to Pure One’s quality offering for vegetarian consumers and vegan retailers, in addition to the benefits of being sourced and Made in the USA and recognized good for pregnant-nursing mothers and infants.

Pure One™ DHA supplement manufacturer today announced a license from the Vegan Society for trademark use in the United States, Canada, the European Union, and Australia. The Vegan logo adds to Pure One’s quality offering for vegetarian consumers and vegan retailers, in addition to the benefits of being sourced and Made in the USA and recognized good for pregnant-nursing mothers and infants.

With great pleasure, the PLM Families Together Board of Directors announces Beth Bordeaux as its newest Executive Director. Ms. Bordeaux has a passion for serving those in need, encouraging healthy relationships, working in community and working from a perspective of ministry.

Ziva Raney, currently serving as Director of Development with Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina, has been appointed to President and CEO of the same organization, following a year of interim leadership and an extensive nation-wide search.

The Oblate Missionary Society, Inc. has recently taken great strides in advancing its mission with the appointment of two new executives. Phillip Perry has been selected as the new Director of Charitable Giving, and Guy de Torcy has been selected as the new Director of Marketing.

Etherlene Pearce, Executive Director of Hilltop Home, has announced her plan to retire. She has devoted over 40 years of her life to the daily routine of loving and caring for the children of Hilltop Home, beginning in 1960 as a nurse and assuming the director role in 1976. Drawing her to Hilltop Home was the empathy she held for a niece with brain damage and the fact that no facilities existed to care for these children prior to the 1960s. She now looks forward to traveling and visiting family and friends.

Capability Company is pleased to announce the addition of Pam O’Connor as the new Vice President for Audience Development for the North Carolina Symphony.

This week the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) is launching a newly designed website after recruiting the services of DesignHammer to undertake the project earlier this year. NISS is an independent research organization formed by organizations in the statistical sciences community, Triangle universities, and organizations in 1991 performing research for predominantly national governmental and industrial clients. Their clients include national governmental and industrial clients including the National Cancer Institute, National Center for Health Statistics and US Department of Health and Human Services.

This week Durham Web Design Company, DesignHammer Media Group LLC has launched NC Transparency, a new site for the John Locke Foundation. The John Locke Foundation, a conservative non-profit North Carolina think tank, sought to create in NC Transparency a new initiative to encourage more public accessibility to government entity information. "In the age of the Internet and digital technology, citizens are demanding their state, local and national governments provide online access to the basic information they must have in order to make decisions as responsible citizens… We hope NCTransparency.com will help convince more government leaders that it's time to let in the sunshine,” stated Fiscal and Health Care Policy Analyst for the Foundation, Joseph Colletti.

Indyweek.com, the online edition of the popular alternative paper serving the Triangle, The Independent Weekly, has added a new look to the paper’s blogs using the services of DesignHammer Media Group, LLC. The revised look of the entire website complements the print edition of The Independent Weekly which has been providing alternative news to the Raleigh community since 1983.

As the National Students of AMF (deceased or "Ailing Mothers, Fathers," or loved ones) Support Network has grown, it has chosen to hire its first executive director, retaining the services of Capability Company, a Raleigh-based executive recruiting firm, to help with its search.

After founding and running Capability Company for the past seven years, Rebecca Worters has traded in her briefcase for a paintbrush.