The new members are Vince DeFreitas, managing director of Silver Developers, Tiffany Elder, operations manager at Legacy Green, and Chris Simmering, owner of Take It Outside.
Elder will work on guiding resources to deliver the greatest impact for each project. DeFreitas and Simmering, an accredited U.S. Green Building Council green associate, will work with the group's project selection committee to evaluate the scope of work for projects.
In 2009, Rebuilding Together completed 16 projects at area homes.
-- David Frost, senior partner of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Associates of Chapel Hill, Durham and Sanford, has been named chairman emeritus of the Health Volunteers Overseas board of directors.
Frost has served as chairman since 2003. He will co-chair the new Oral Health Initiative under sponsorship of the American Dental Association and American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
Frost has been active with Health Volunteers Overseas since 1988 and served as a volunteer in India, Nepal, Peru, Vietnam, Cuba and Chile.
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