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Dave was certified in 1974 the New Jersey/Delaware area. He continued to dive in many locations throughout the world while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. In 1999, while stationed in Hawaii, he became a PADI Scuba and Nitrox instructor. He has worked in the dive industry as a Scuba and Nitrox instructor, a boat hand, a dive trip planner, and in the retail sector. Having recently relocated to North Carolina, Dave has continued his training and crossed over as a NAUI Instructor. Dave is currently a business owner and student at East Carolina University.

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Karen is the Associate Director of the First Year Center at East Carolina University. She joined the Jaycees in 2004 after moving to Greenville and has served as the Membership VP, Newsletter Editor and the chair of the Greenville Christmas Parade and Santa Letter projects. Karen enjoys going to the beach, playing Ms. Pac-man, and spending time with her husband BJ, dog Casey, and cat, Maya.

Reed Case enters his first season as the director of football administration at East Carolina University. Case will be in charge of all in-house and on campus day-to-day recruiting efforts for the Pirates. Prior to his appointment at ECU, Case served as the coordinator of football operations at Oklahoma State University from August 2007 to May 2008, where he handled day-to-day operations of the football recruiting department. Case has an extensive background in recruiting, coaching and athletic administration. He arrived in Stillwater after serving as a recruiting assistant at Big Ten member Northwestern. Before arriving in Evanston, he spent a year as director of football operations at Akron. The Hopedale, Ohio native began his professional career in 1992 as an assistant coach in Ohio at Thornville's Sheridan High School and Cadiz High School, where his teams advanced to the state playoffs four times in five years. In 1997, he joined the University of Texas staff as a special assistant to the head coaches John Mackovic and Mack Brown and spent four years assisting the Longhorns in scouting, film endeavors and recruiting. In 2001, he returned to coaching as a defensive graduate assistant at the University of Virginia. Following a stop in the scouting department of the NFL's Houston Texans, Case returned to college football at TCU before heading to Akron. Case earned his bachelor's degree in education from Ohio University in 1995. His wife, Dr. Rhonda Evans Case, is a political science professor at East Carolina University.

Sharon Collins is a current member of the Evolving Technologies Group of EDUCAUSE and a graduate of the EDUCAUSE Management Institute. She is currently a Project Manager at East Carolina University with over 15 years with the academic community. Experience includes work with the Federal Government for nine years, worked on a Department of Defense grant investigating collaborative technologies and distance education solutions, web-conferencing platforms, computer programming, public relations, web page development, training, server support, Blackboard, and lead consultant on handheld computers (pdas). She has an undergraduate degree from Mount Olive College, North Carolina in business, a Master''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s degree from East Carolina University in Education and Instructional Technology and is currently working on her PhD with Walden University in Applied Management and Information Systems.

Andrew is the Sales & Marketing Manager at the Greenville-Pitt County Convention & Visitors Bureau in Greenville, NC. In addition to his to his role at the bureau, Andrew is a part-time professor in the hospitality management program at East Carolina University where he teaches senior-level courses in foodservice and lodging marketing.

ANGELO RESTIVO is Assistant Professor of Film Studies in the Department of English at East Carolina University. He is the author of The Cinema of Economic Miracles: Visuality and Modernization in the Italian Art Film, and has contributed articles to Film Quarterly, The Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory, and The Road Movie Book.

Billy Godwin enters his third year as the head baseball coach at East Carolina University. After officially taking over the reigns of the Pirate ship on Oct. 28, 2005, Godwin has guided the Pirates to a 73-49 two-year record which includes wins over nationally-ranked Cal State Fullerton, Houston, N.C. State, Pepperdine, Rice and Tulane. Godwin led the 2007 Pirates to a 40-23 overall record collecting the most team wins since its 51 victories in 2004 and claimed a second-place finish in both the Conference USA regular season and C-USA Tournament Championship. The Pirates also made a return trip the NCAA Regionals earning a No. 2 seed in the Chapel Hill Regional and was ranked in the national polls for the first time since the beginning of the 2005 season. In two years, Godwin has had 10 players earn all-conference honors placing three on the first-team and five on second-team, while having two on the All-Freshman squad. Six players have signed professional contracts and five have heard their names called in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft: Jake Smith (Oakland Athletics in 2006), Shane Mathews (San Francisco Giants in 2006 and Baltimore Orioles in 2007), Dale Mollenhauer (Chicago White Sox in 2007), Jason Neitz (San Francisco Giants in 2007) and Dustin Sasser (Chicago Cubs in 2007).

Brandon came to Eye Integrated as a Summer intern and has evolved into an important team player. Even as an ongoing student at East Carolina University, Brandon has a braced discipline for solid design solutions and constantly proves himself an asset in the most critical times.

Brian Holder, currently a student at East Carolina University, is earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Information and Computer Technology. Mr. Holder assists our firm with computer-related issues.

Calvin Mercer is a professor of Bible studies at East Carolina University. He is also trained in clinical psychology and practiced professionally part-time for about a decade. He was known in the region as the "go-to" therapist for clients where religion was a factor in their mental distress and/or behavioral dysfunction. In both his teaching and his psychotherapeutic practice, he has worked extensively with fundamentalist Christians.

Caroline Schacht, has a M.A. in Sociology and M.A. in Family Relations, is Instructor of Sociology at East Carolina University where she teaches Courtship and Marriage and Introduction to Sociology. Her clinical work includes marriage and family relationships. She is also a divorce mediator and the co-author of several books including Marriage and the Family: A Brief Introduction (Wadsworth, 1999).

Charles W. Calhoun is professor of history at East Carolina University. His recent books include Conceiving a New Republic: The Republican Party and the Southern Question, 1869-1900 (2006), Benjamin Harrison (2005), and the second, revised edition of The Gilded Age: Perspectives on the Origins of Modern America (2007). He is a past president of the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.

Courtney Maness is a Graduate Student at East Carolina University. She is currently the extraordinary assistant to the editorial team for the Journal of Curriculum and Instruction (JoCI).

David is divorced dad of two, with a Ph.D. from the Inter-Divisional Doctoral Program in Marriage and Family Living at Florida State University. Dr. Knox is a marriage and family therapist and Professor of Sociology at East Carolina University. He is also the author or co-author of ten books including "Choices in Relationships" and "How to Be Your Own Family Therapist". He recently authored the book "The Divorced Dad's Survival Book".

Elizabeth Hodge is an Associate Professor at East Carolina University. She is also the Associate Director for the Center for Scholarship in Education. Her research is based primarily on the infusion of technology tools to develop and support a social network and space for students. She has authored/coauthored over 15 articles in this area. Her current research is in the use of immersive technology and the incorporation of virtual worlds. Ithaca College - BS East Carolina University - MS University of Florida - PhD Elizabeth has 10 years of experience in the teaching field.

A native of Durham, North Carolina, Ernest Turner has been an active member of the New Orleans and North Carolina music scenes since 1999. Studying classical music (with his mother)and involved in many musical groups from the age of 4, Ernest naturally joined band- and eventually jazz band-in middle school, which further developed his love for music. At the time a brass player, Ernest thought his career in music was to be as a trumpeter, but his newly started lessons with Barbara Cooke, his mother's former college piano instructor, would change all that. He credits Cooke for not only broadening his understanding of music, but for also fostering a deeper love and appreciation for music. Turner's involvement in music throughout high school eventually led him to Loyola University, where he received his B.M. in jazz studies, and later University of New Orleans, where he obtained his M.M. in jazz studies. It was here the young pianist learned the commitment necessary to sharpen his craft, and also encountered two of the strongest influences of his musical career, jazz pianist Michael Pellera and classical pianist John Murphy. While in New Orleans Ernest had the pleasure of playing and befriending many great jazz musicians, including Delfeayo, Jason and Ellis Marsalis, Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Adonis Rose, Ed Peterson, Harold Batiste, Steve Masakowski, Tony Dagradi, Johnny Vidacovich, Brice Winston, John Mahoney and Michael Pellera. Ernest currently serves as instructor of jazz piano at East Carolina University and is also involved in various musical endeavors in the North Carolina area.

Ginny Sconiers is a Project Coordinator at East Carolina University. Ginny works on projects assigned by Academic Outreach. Current projects and research areas include: building community in online courses, providing faculty support in the use of new collaborative tools, and management of the next Think-In event.

Jacqueline Marcotte is a graduate student at East Carolina University who has worked closely with the National Park Service in submerged site survey at Fort Vancouver, Washington. Jacqueline brings along her skills as a researcher and surveyor in the field of maritime archaeology.

James Matthew Wilson is Assistant Professor of English at East Carolina University. His poetry, translations, essays, and reviews have appeared in numerous journals, and his book Catholic Modernism and the Irish 'Avant-Garde' awaits acceptance by a publisher.

Jeff is currently an Assistant Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. Dr. Bair has performed in a variety of venues and styles including a performance at The World's Fair in Seville, Spain as lead tenor saxophonist with the Dallas Jazz Orchestra and the premiere of Ross Bauer's concerto for soprano saxophone and winds and percussion, entitled This, That, And The Other, at the Music Educator's National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Recording credits include the CD "New Beginnings" by Henry Johnson Jr. featuring Freddie Hubbard on Heads Up Records and "Night And Day" by the Collection Jazz Orchestra on the BMG Music Group label. Other appearances have been with such notable artists and groups as The Temptations, Rosemary Clooney and the North Carolina Symphony as well as a soloist with numerous school jazz ensembles and wind bands. Dr. Bair is also on the faculty of the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lake, Michigan.

Mrs. Graham is originally from Hollywood, Maryland, where she graduated from St. Mary's Ryken High School. Afterward she moved to Wilson, North Carolina, to attend Barton College. While a student Ms. Schindler was recognized as a Barton College Emerging Leader, served as Barton College's Student Government Association Chief Justice for one year, and worked on the Campus Activities Board as secretary and vice president. Mrs. Graham earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in history, and her major interests include the American Civil War and the Antebellum South. Mrs. Graham began working at the Country Doctor Museum as an intern in 2004 and accepted a position as Site Manager in 2006. Mrs. Graham looks forward to becoming more involved with North Carolina's museum community and pursuing her public history career.

Jessica McGowan, currently a student at East Carolina University, is earning her Bachelor of Science degree with a double-major in Microbiology and Political Science. Ms. McGowan assists our firm with reception of clients.

Mr. Taft is president of the law firm of Taft, Taft & Haigler in Greenville. He was legal counsel to Gov. Jim Hunt 1973-1975, and a state senator from 1985 to 1990. A graduate of Duke and UNC Law School, he has served on the University of North Carolina Board of Governors and currently serves on UNC Law School's Board of Directors. Mr. and Mrs. Taft have protected hundreds of acres in North Carolina through conservation easements, and recently endowed an environmental law professorship at UNC Law School. Mrs. Taft, an Associate Professor in environmental science at East Carolina University, is on the board of the NC Natural Heritage Trust and the NC Museum of Natural Science.

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National President The National President provides overall guidance to the Sorority and gives directions for all endeavors; supervises the work of all officers. Laura Ward Sweet is a member of Alpha Sigma Chapter at Southern Mississippi University in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She has served as the National Panhellenic Delegate for Sigma Sigma Sigma and served on the NPC Executive Committee as the College Panhellenic Chairman. Laura lives in Greenville, NC, with her husband, Greg. They have one son, Chris, who is attending NC State University. She is employed at East Carolina University as a University Administrator. Tennis and sailing are her two favorite hobbies.

Dr. Gidley was born and raised in Eastern North Carolina. He attended East Carolina University in Greenville, NC to obtain his Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology. He earned his Master of Science in Audiology from East Carolina University as well. He attended the University of Florida and received his Doctorate in Audiology. Dr. Gidley has more than 25 Years of experience in the audiology field, before opening his private practice here in the 'Heart of the Carolinas'. For the past ten years, Dr. Gidley has served as an Adjunct Professor for East Carolina University and for the past two years, his office has served as an intern site for Graduate Audiology students from East Carolina University. Dr. Gidley holds an Audiology License in both North Carolina and Virginia, and a Hearing Aid Dealers License in North Carolina. He is also certified in Hearing Aid repair. Other certifications include; Hearing Aid Fabrication/ITE Module Assembly (Audina), ADA Cerumen Management Training Seminar, and a Certificate of Competence/Audiology (CCC-A). Dr. Gidley is also past president of, and holds memberships with the North Carolina Academy of Hearing Rehabilitation (NCAHR), the American Auditory Society (AAS), the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA), and he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA).

Dr. Lisa Clough is the Chief Scientist aboard Polar Sea and is unarguably THE MUD QUEEN of AWS 98. I first met Lisa on AWS 96, slinging mud and sieving cores for worms and any other bottom dweller that happened to have been brought up in the box core. We had several late night/early morning conversations over the sieving table about carbon, mud, and the pursuit of happiness. Whenever Lisa is out to sea, in the ice, and shoulder deep in mud, she is a person in hot pursuit of all that is good! Lisa is a teacher and researcher at East Carolina University at Greenville, North Carolina. She has been at ECU for five years and teaches classes in intro biology, marine ecology, and environmental biology. Her research on AWS 98 centers around how the ice algae "jump starts" the benthic critters and provides an early season food source for dwellers of the mud and bottom. Once again the element Carbon is very central to her inquiries and the metabolic efficiency of the benthic inhabitants is of parcticular interest to her. Laura Beer, a mud queen in the making, is Lisa's graduate student and involved with all of Lisa's work on the ship. Lisa is married and her husband, Steve runs a boys and girls club in Beaufort, NC. They have a dog, Carson, and also have a couple aquariums of Cichlids, a type of fish with very interesting mechanisms of rearing and protecting their young. Lisa enjoys gardening, cooking, and watching her favorite minor league ball team, the Kinston Indians.

Dr. Martha Libster is an educator, healthcare historian, and Herbal Diplomat known internationally for her work on the complementarity of nursing practice and healing traditions, in particular the use of botanical therapies. She is the author of: Demonstrating Care - The Art of Integrative Nursing, The Integrative Herb Guide for Nurses (book and CD-ROM) and Herbal Diplomats: The Contribution of Early American Nurses (1830-1860) to 19th Century Healthcare Reform and the Botanical Medical Movement for which she received Enlightened Charity Crossing the Bamboo Bridge, a community-building project in collaboration with Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society in Nursing that promotes global partnership and cultural diplomacy between nurses and traditional, community healers. She is also on the advisory board for the American Botanical Council and is co-chair of the Ethics and Advocacy Committee of the American Holistic Nurses Association. the American Association for the History of Nursing 2005 Lavinia Dock Award for Outstanding Research and Writing. Her upcoming (2008) book entitled documents the pioneering work of American Sisters of Charity nurses who sustained a centuries-old holistic healing tradition of their French predecessors. Dr. Libster is the director of Crossing the Bamboo Bridge, a community- building project in collaboration with Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society in Nursing that promotes global partnership and cultural diplomacy between nurses and traditional, community healers. She is also on the advisory board for the American Botanical Council and is co-chair of the Ethics and Advocacy Committee of the American Holistic Nurses Association. Dr. Libster has spoken for the World Health Organization, the Royal College of Nursing, professional organizations, healthcare providers, and the public on integrative care, botanical therapies, self care, healing traditions and the history of healthcare and health reform. She has over 20years of clinical experience in a wide variety of healthcare settings where she has developed the integration of conventional nursing and healing traditions. Dr. Libster holds Bachelor degrees in dance education/movement therapy from New York University and in nursing from Mount St. Mary's College, and a Master's degree in psychiatric nursing from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center with a specialty in infant mental health. Her doctorate degree is in Humanities Healthcare History from Oxford Brookes University, Oxford,England. She is presently an Associate Professor of Nursing at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.

Mike holds BA degrees in Education and Criminal Justice as well as a Master in Education. His diving career began in the 1960's and he has had extensive experience in military, commercial, scientific and law enforcement diving. His certifications include YMCA/CMAS Instructor Trainer, NAUI Instructor, USCG Licensed Captain and Tactical Emergency Medical Technician. He is a retired NCSBI Special Agent formerly with the Special Response Team and is a faculty member at East Carolina University.

Baroque dance soloist and historian Paige Whitley Bauguess interprets, recreates, and performs Baroque theatre dance in venues all over the world both as a soloist and with her dance partner Thomas Baird. She is director of the Baroque Arts Project, Atlantic Dance Theatre, and two historical social dance troupes (youth and adult) in New Bern, NC. Paige is a frequent guest director and choreographer for the Opera Theatre Department at East Carolina University where she directed Handel's Acis and Galatea in 2004 and is currently directing Mozart's Il re pastore. Ms. Whitley-Bauguess has produced two DVDs: Dance of the French Baroque Theatre and Introduction to Baroque Dance Dance Types. In New Bern, NC, she is the co director with Barry Bauguess of the Baroque Arts Project, Baroque dance and music ensemble, and the Artistic Director of Atlantic Dance Theatre, a dance company, presenter, and service organization. Paige has danced as a guest artist with Chatham Baroque, Little Orchestra Society (NY-Lincoln Center), Dunbar Early Music Festival (Northwestern University), The Bloomington Early Music Festival Orchestra (Indiana University), Pacific Baroque Orchestra (Vancouver), Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, Berkshire Bach Festival, and Apollo's Banquet (NY), and has appeared regularly with Capriole in Williamsburg, VA. Her festival appearances include the Appalachian State Arts Festival, NC Dance Festival, Rutgers University SummerFest, Sapporo Early Music Festival, Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival, NC Bach Festival, the Baroque Music Festival in Saratoga, Boston Early Music Festival, and the Nakamichi Baroque Music Festival. In June 2005, she and Thomas Baird performed at the inaugural Magnolia Baroque Festival in Winston Salem. Ms. Whitley Bauguess holds an MA in Dance History from the University of California at Riverside and a BFA in Ballet from the NC School of the Arts. You can visit Paige online at www.BaroqueDance.com.

Baroque dance soloist and historian Paige Whitley Bauguess interprets, recreates, and performs Baroque theatre dance in venues all over the world both as a soloist and with her dance partner Thomas Baird. She is director of the Baroque Arts Project, Atlantic Dance Theatre, and two historical social dance troupes (youth and adult) in New Bern, NC. Paige is a frequent guest director and choreographer for the Opera Theatre Department at East Carolina University where she directed Handel's Acis and Galatea in 2004 and is currently directing Mozart?s Il re pastore. Ms. Whitley-Bauguess has produced two DVDs: Dance of the French Baroque Theatre and Introduction to Baroque Dance Dance Types. In New Bern, NC, she is the co director with Barry Bauguess of the Baroque Arts Project, Baroque dance and music ensemble, and the Artistic Director of Atlantic Dance Theatre, a dance company, presenter, and service organization. Paige has danced as a guest artist with Chatham Baroque, Little Orchestra Society (NY-Lincoln Center), Dunbar Early Music Festival (Northwestern University), The Bloomington Early Music Festival Orchestra (Indiana University), Pacific Baroque Orchestra (Vancouver), Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, Berkshire Bach Festival, and Apollo?s Banquet (NY), and has appeared regularly with Capriole in Williamsburg, VA. Her festival appearances include the Appalachian State Arts Festival, NC Dance Festival, Rutgers University SummerFest, Sapporo Early Music Festival, Lincoln Center?s Mostly Mozart Festival, NC Bach Festival, the Baroque Music Festival in Saratoga, Boston Early Music Festival, and the Nakamichi Baroque Music Festival. In June 2005, she and Thomas Baird performed at the inaugural Magnolia Baroque Festival in Winston Salem. Ms. Whitley Bauguess holds an MA in Dance History from the University of California at Riverside and a BFA in Ballet from the NC School of the Arts. You can visit Paige online at www.BaroqueDance.com.

Pat Long is Director of the Center for Sustainable Tourism and Professor of Business at East Carolina University . The Center supports research, community outreach, and education on issues of effective planning and management of tourism-dependent communities seeking long-term socio-cultural, environmental and economic benefits. He founded the first such center at the University of Colorado at Boulder where he served as Center Director and faculty member in the Leeds School of Business with a co-rostered appointment in the Environmental Studies Program. He has served as President/CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Rural Tourism Foundation authorized by Congress (Public Law 102-372) to support tourism development in rural America and was recently elected President of the America Leisure Academy. His current research focuses on sustainable practices in tourism, tourism planning strategies, and host community adjustments to tourism development. He is fully engaged in a long-term study of the economic and social impacts of second homes in resort communities. Dr. Long serves on the editorial boards of both the Journal of Sustainable Tourism and the Interamerican Journal of Environment and Tourism as well as on the faculty of the Environmental and Ecotourism Management Graduate Program, College of the Americas. He is the recipient of the University of Colorado President's Public Service Award, Procter and Gamble Teaching Excellence Award, CU Alumni SOAR Teaching Recognition, Joseph L. Frascona Teaching Excellence Award and Susan C. Wright Communication of Research Award.

Peter Makuck was born and raised in New London, CT. He took courses at l'UniversitA Laval in Quebec and received his B.A. from St. Francis College where he studied French and English. After a two-year stint of teaching French, he returned to graduate school and took a Ph.D. in American literature (dissertation on William Faulkner) from Kent State University. In 1974-75 he was a Fulbright Exchange Professor at UniversitA de Savoie, in Chambery, France. Except for a year (1990-1991) and a semester (2000) as Visiting Writer at Brigham Young University, he has been editor of Tar River Poetry and a professor of American literature at East Carolina University since 1976. His collection of short stories, Costly Habits, was released by University of Missouri Press in October 2002 and was nominated for the Pen/Faulkner Award. An earlier collection of stories, Breaking and Entering, was published by the University of Illinois Press. He has three times received honorable mention in Best American Short Stories. One of his stories, "Filling The Igloo," was selected for The Best of the Southern Review. His personal essay on guns, "The Trouble With Smitty," was listed in The Best Essays of 2000. Makuck also devotes a considerable amount of his writing time to poetry. Where We Live (1982) and The Sunken Lightship (1990), and Against Distance (1998), were published by BOA Editions Ltd. Pilgrims (Ampersand Press) won the the Zoe Kincaid Brockman Award for the best book of poems by a North Carolinian on 1989. Shorelines, poems, was published in May 1995 by GreenTower Press. His new collection of poems, Off-Season in the Promised Land, will be released in the fall of 2005 by BOA Editions, Ltd.

Dr. Scott Methe - Dr. Methe is the creator and chief researcher at eNumeracy.com. Currently, Dr. Methe is an Assistant Professor of School Psychology at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Below are links to his faculty page and curriculum vitae.

Stan McDaniel is a career church musician, composer, singer, and conductor. Since 2003, he has served as the Minister of Music at Jarvis Memorial United Methodist Church in Greenville, North Carolina. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Sacred Music at East Carolina University in Greenville.

Dr. Stan Riggs is a Distinguished Professor of Geology at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Dr. Riggs is known throughout the Carolinas for his work on the Waccamaw. The report of his five-year study with Ames, Brant and Sager was published in September of 2000. It is entitled The Waccamaw Drainage System: Geology and Dynamics of a Coastal Wetland, Southeastern North Carolina.

Dr. Steinweg is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at East Carolina University. She teaches online classes in the area of Special Education. She is currently serving as an Associate Editor for JoCI.

Susan Redding is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner. Ms Redding currently works as the Palliative Care Team Coordinator for the End of Life Care Program at the Pitt County Memorial Hospital?s Department of Care Management in Greenville; NC. Susan was certified in 2001 as a trainer for End of Life Nursing Education Curriculum and is the President of the community-based End of Life Care Coalition of Eastern Carolina. She currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at the East Carolina University/School of Nursing. Her past teaching experiences include East Carolina University Center on Aging and Pitt Community College. Ms Redding has planned and presented numerous programs on palliative care and end of life management to a variety of participants including physicians, nurses, chaplains, and to various community groups and organizations.

At East Carolina University, Dr. Ted Delbridge is a professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine. He graduated with a bachelors of Science degree from the Pennsylvania State University and received a Master of Science degree from Old Dominion University. His doctor of medicine degree was conferred by the Eastern Virginia Medical School and his master of public health degree is from the University of Pittsburgh. Ted completed his training in emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh where he also completed a fellowship in emergency medical services. He has been a member of the emergency medicine faculty at the University of Pittsburgh since 1992. Dr. Delbridge is a diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He has served in many distinguished positions throughout his career, most notably as the principal investigator for NHTSA's EMS Agenda for the Future. He has published 25 peer-reviewed articles, 11 book chapters, and is the author of six editorials. He is a member of the editorial board of Annals of Emergency Medicine. At the Universityof Pittsburgh Medical Center he has served as Director of Emergency Services and the Medical Director of the STAT Medivac Air Medical System.

Dr. Skalko has been a diver since 1978 and is a NAUI Course Director and Instructor Trainer. Thom is a professional educator and is professor at East Carolina University. He is an avid underwater hunter and photographer and is also an expert in working with persons with disabilities. His certifications include Advanced Diving Rescue, Dive Master, Tri-Mix Diver, Decompression and Extended Range Nitrox Diver as well as First Aid and CPR Instructor. Dr Skalko is also an instructor with the Handicapped Scuba Association. His unique combination of knowledge and experience enhances the instructional process for students with varying abilities. Dr. Skalko also serves as a member of ECU's Diving and Water Safety Control Board.

Mr. Taft is president of the law firm of Taft, Taft & Haigler in Greenville. He was legal counsel to Gov. Jim Hunt 1973-1975, and a state senator from 1985 to 1990. A graduate of Duke and UNC Law School, he has served on the University of North Carolina Board of Governors and currently serves on UNC Law School's Board of Directors. Mr. and Mrs. Taft have protected hundreds of acres in North Carolina through conservation easements, and recently endowed an environmental law professorship at UNC Law School. Mrs. Taft, an Associate Professor in environmental science at East Carolina University, is on the board of the NC Natural Heritage Trust and the NC Museum of Natural Science.

Timothy J. Runyan (PhD, Maryland) is Manager of the Maritime Heritage Program, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Professor at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. He is author and editor of books and articles in maritime history and nautical archaeology. He served as editor of The American Neptune, a quarterly journal of maritime history and arts (Peabody Essex Museum), and chairs the Advisory Board of Sea History (National Maritime Historical Society). A founder of the Great Lakes Science Center, he led the effort to preserve the SS William G. Mather as a museum ship.

Dr. Timothy Kelley currently serves as a Professor in the Environmental Health Sciences Program in the Department of Health Education and Promotion at East Carolina University. He previously served from 1995-2007 as Professor and Director (2002-2007) of the Environmental Health Program at Illinois State University (ISU). Dr. Kelley has taught a wide variety of courses from introductory environmental health to graduate environmental health research methods and microbiology. Prior to serving at ISU, Dr. Kelley served from 1993-1995 as an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Valdosta State University, a component of the University of Georgia system. Dr. Kelley has been directly involved in external funding in excess of $4m for over 50 environmental health research projects. He has produced over 40 articles, reports and presentations on environmental health which have been distributed to a wide audience through national an international peer-reviewed publications and conferences. He has served as a reviewer for a variety of applied science journals and also serves on the Editorial Board of a major international peer-reviewed journal (Bioresource Technology). Dr. Kelley has a B.S. in Environmental Health, a M.Ed. in Science Education, and a Ph.D. in Ecology from the Institute of Ecology while working with Environmental Health Sciences Program faculty at the University of Georgia. He has supervised a variety of undergraduate and graduate student research projects and theses, resulting in a number of student awards. Dr. Kelley has also been recognized multiple times through both internal and external awards for both his teaching and scholarship.

At East Carolina University , Greenville , N.C. , Walter L. Jenkins, DHS, PT, ATC, is an associate professor and associate chair in the physical therapy department of the School of Allied Health Services .

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Zachary Brown ? Computer Support Specialist. Zac Brown is a student at East Carolina University in North Carolina and provides remote technical support including but not limited to server upgrades, website maintenance and development and general PC support. Because of his services and dedication to our firm he is an indispensable part of our staff.

Scott Dellana, Chairman of the Department of Decision Sciences at East Carolina University (Greenville, NC), is the company s advising partner on research methods and studies.

Mr. Redwine is a native of Brunswick County and a resident of Ocean Isle Beach. He is a graduate of East Carolina University. He has been an independent insurance broker in his family-owned business, Coastal Insurance, for over 35 years. Mr. Redwine was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1984 and served 10 terms. He was Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee during his tenure. He was elected to the Board of Trustees of East Carolina University in 2003. He is active in the Association of Independent Insurance Agents and in various civic and charitable organizations in Southeastern North Carolina.

Robert G. Brinkley is a retired attorney who has served on the Board of Directors of Jacob's Ladder Job Center since 2002. He is the immediate past chair of the Board, having served as chair for 2005 and 2006. He is currently co-chairing the Board's Long Range Planning Committee. Robert practiced law with Helms Mulliss & Wicker (and its predecessor firms Smith Moore Smith Schell & Hunter and Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore) in Greensboro and Charlotte for 24 years, where he chaired the firm's real estate practice group. He is the former chair of the Real Property Section of the NC Bar Association and has been listed as one of The Best Lawyers in America and The Best Lawyers in Charlotte. Robert currently serves on the Board of Trustees of East Carolina University (appointed by the UNC Board of Governors in 2007). He is also a director and member of the executive committee of the ECU Foundation and the ECU Real Estate Foundation. Robert is a member of the Board of Trustees of Providence Day School in Charlotte and a member of the governing Board of the Carolina Thread Trail. He is a long-time member of First Presbyterian Church in Charlotte where he has served on various committees. Robert received his B.S. degree in Business Administration (summa cum laude) from East Carolina University in 1978 with an area of concentration in accounting. He received his JD degree (magna cum laude) from Wake Forest University in 1981 where he served as Notes and Comments Editor of the Wake Forest Law Review. Robert grew up in Greenville, NC, lived and practiced law in Greensboro, NC for eleven years and moved to Charlotte in 1992. He and his wife Amy have two teenage children, Samuel and Rebecca. He enjoys family, golf, baseball, reading and, occasionally, fly fishing.

Kelvin Hardison, a member of the plumbing department staff at East Carolina University, has been awarded the Facility Services Award for Excellence for the first quarter of 2007. According to co-workers, Hardison has never failed to perform any task asked of him and regularly volunteers for jobs that may have to be taken care of after his normal scheduled hours. The Blounts Creek resident has worked at ECU since February 2006.