Webb is an attorney and partner at The Edmisten & Webb Law Firm. He is a member of the Board of Visitors for the UNC Children's Hospital, the UNC Lineberger Cancer Center, and the Federal Criminal Justice Act Panel for the United States District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina. Webb received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University, located in California and his doctorate's degree from UNC Chapel Hill.
The commission protects the safety and well-being of participants in boxing and promotes the public confidence and trust in the regulatory process and the conduct of boxing. The commission has eight members, each serving a three-year term. The governor appoints one member.
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Valerie P. Foushee of Chapel Hill was appointed by Gov. Bev Perdue to the Historic Hillsborough Commission.
Foushee is retired. She is chairwoman of the Orange County Board of Commission, serves on the Durham Technical Community College Board of Trustees and the Department of Social Services Board, Orange County. Foushee received her bachelor's degree in political science, and African and African American studies from UNC.
The commission preserves and restores the Town of Hillsborough as a living, functioning, educational, and historical exhibit of North Carolina`s early life and times. It acquires, disposes of, repairs, restores and improves historical properties, prepares a history of the town and writes, compiles, publishes or sponsors historical works that pertain to the town. There are 40 members on the commission, each serving a six-year term. The governor appoints all members.
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Terrence Foushee of Chapel Hill deployed to begin work on his first service project of the year with the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), an AmeriCorps program.
Foushee is serving as one of 28 team leaders at the Southwest Region campus in Denver. As a team leader, Foushee will be responsible for managing the daily activities of 10 to 12 Corps members on a series of six- to eight-week-long service projects.
Foushee graduated from Chapel Hill High School and attended N.C. A&T State University for two years studying business management. He is the son of Stanley and Valerie Foushee.
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Lillie Atwater of Carrboro, and Lisa Jones and Ashley Osment of Chapel Hill, and Bill Wagner, formerly of Chapel Hill were selected to serve on the Patient and Family Advisory Board for the North Carolina Cancer Hospital in Chapel Hill. The hospital is the clinical home of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The new 19-member Advisory Board was created to strengthen the collaboration between patients, family members and caregivers and the N.C. Cancer Hospital's health care team to provide the highest quality of comprehensive, safe and compassionate health care.
Atwater, a breast cancer survivor, previously served on the UNC Lineberger Breast Center Advisory Board and is retired from UNC Hospitals. Jones, a breast cancer survivor, is a community volunteer, including serving on the Chapel Hill Public Library Foundation Board. Osment, currently undergoing treatment for a rare type of ovarian cancer, is a senior attorney at the UNC Center for Civil Rights at the UNC School of Law. Wagner was the caregiver for his wife, who lived six years with ovarian cancer before her death just over a year ago.
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UNC professor Gary Rozier has been recognized as one of six honorees for Public Health Thank You Day (Monday). Rozier has worked with numerous public health officials in North Carolina to develop programs to address dental health issues, especially among low-income and minority children.
Rozier has implemented several successful programs such as Into the Mouths of Babes, Early Head Start Initiative and Carolina Dental Home that have provided oral services and preventative care for countless North Carolinians who otherwise would not have received the care they needed.
The honorees were selected by Research!America, the nation's largest not-for-profit public education and advocacy alliance working to make research to improve health a higher national priority, and its 500 member organizations.
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John Hardin is now executive director for the N.C. Department of Commerce's Office of Science & Technology, Secretary Keith Crisco has announced. Hardin had been serving in an acting capacity.
Hardin has been at Commerce since 2003, serving as deputy director and chief policy analyst for the Office of Science & Technology. As executive director, he conducts strategic planning and makes recommendations for technology-based economic development, among other tasks. From 1998 to 2003, he served as assistant vice president for research and sponsored programs in the UNC General Administration. He is an adjunct assistant professor in UNC Chapel Hill's Department of Public Policy, where he teaches courses on American politics, public policy and policy analysis. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from UNC.
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UNC soccer legend Mia Hamm will be the fourth recipient of the Heisman Humanitarian Award, the Heisman Trophy Trust has announced. The award will be formally presented to Hamm at the 75th Annual Heisman Memorial Trophy Dinner on Dec. 14 in New York City. Former Heisman Humanitarian winners include Joey Cheek, Olympic speed skating gold medalist; George Martin, former defensive end of the New York Giants; and Pat LaFontaine, former NHL star.
The Heisman Humanitarian Award was established, by the Heisman Trophy Trust in 2006 to recognize athletes who go above and beyond to serve their community and improve the lives of others.
In 1997, Hamm's brother Garrett passed away due to complications associated with aplastic anemia prompting Mia to start the Mia Hamm Foundation to raise awareness and funds for families needing marrow or core blood transplants and to champion growth opportunities for young women in sports.
As the recipient of the Award, Hamm will receive a $50,000 charitable donation from the Heisman Trophy Trust on behalf of the Mia Hamm Foundation as well as a plaque commemorating the honor.
Do you know of someone who is deserving of recognition? Send the information to Editor Dan E. Way at dway@heraldsun.com or call 419-6654.
