Randall Gore will serve as state director for rural development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Rural Development office administers and manages more than 40 housing, business, and community infrastructure and facility programs designed to improve the economic stability of rural communities, businesses, residents, farmers and ranchers.
Paul T. Sheils is the new CEO of Raleigh-based DocSite, which supplies electronic health record technologies.
Charles & Colvard, the Morrisville-based maker of moissanite jewels, has named Thomas G. Pautz vice president of sales and marketing.
Tom Gongaware was named general sales manager for Allen Tate Co.'s Triangle region. Gongaware will work with Phyllis Brookshire, regional vice president-Triangle, overseeing all aspects of Triangle operations. Gongaware will work from the company's Glenwood Avenue office in Raleigh.
Sarah Frazier was hired as account manager at Sinclair & Co., an advertising, marketing communications and public relations agency in Raleigh. Frazier will manage day-to-day activities for several of the agency's clients, keeping them apprised as projects move from concept to execution.
On the boards
CropLife America appointed Bill Buckner, president and CEO of Bayer CropScience, as chairman of the board of directors. CropLife America represents the developers, manufacturers, formulators and distributors of plant science solutions for agriculture and pest management in the United States.
Ten Thousand Villages, a fair-trade store in Raleigh's Cameron Village, added three members to its board of directors. David Both, owner, Millennium Technology Consulting; Suzanne Edwards , human resources consultant; and Ben Jorgensen, information technology director, LabCorp.
The Triangle District Council of the Urban Land Institute announced new officers and executive committee members for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. Jon Wilson, principal of Kimley-Horn and Associates, will head the group as chairman. The executive committee includes: John Healy, principal at Hyde Street Holdings; Mitch Silver, planning director at the Urban Design Center; Ken Bowers, deputy planning director at the Urban Design Center; Evelyn Contre, managing director at Springleaf Strategies; John Gallagher, principal at Aptus Management; Trish Healy, principal at Hyde Street Holdings; Carman Liuzzo, vice president, investments at Highwoods Properties; Wayne Maiorano, partner at Smith Anderson law firm; Sal Musarra, senior land planner at Urban Resource Group; Julie Paul; Mack Paul, partner at K&L Gates; Bret Batchelder, managing director at Cherokee; and Cara Permar, Young Leaders.
Railinc Corp. in Cary announced that Carl Harrison, vice president and chief information officer at Kansas City Southern Railway, was elected to the company's board of directors.
The N.C. Veterinary Medical Association announced its 2009-2010 board of directors: Phil McHugh, Park Veterinary Hospital (Durham), president; Jim Dobies, South Point Pet Hospital (Belmont), president-elect; Suzanne Sewell, Crestview Veterinary Hospital (Marion), vice president; Chessie Green, Falls Village Veterinary Hospital (Raleigh), secretary-treasurer; Jane Williston, Armstrong Animal Clinic (Charlotte), immediate past president.
New board members who have joined the Orange County Rape Crisis Center: Cathy Canzanella, retired from JPMorgan Chase of New York; Bryant M. Colson, Orange County Human Relations Commission, Orange County Economic Development Commission, Hillsborough/Orange County Rail Station Task Force; Jennifer Galassi, civil rights specialist, Orange County Human Rights and Relations; SabrinaCogington-Farrar , housing officer, Town of Chapel Hill; Kristen Sullivan, associate professor, Elon University; Sharon Holmes Thomas, director of recruitment, admissions andfinancial aid, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work.
