was a four-year starter for NGU, where he played centerfield and hit leadoff for most of his college career.


2007 Brad Barron was recently pro- moted to major in the U.S. Army Reserves. He is currently in com- mand of Headquarters Company, 431st Civil Affairs Battalion, and plans to depart for the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA, in May 2019 to learn Ara- bic.


2008 Gregory Suits began as the worship music director for a new church plant — Rivercrest Pres- byterian Church in Lexington, SC — in January 2018. He has been working at BB&T for five years.


2009 Dr. Andrew Hack is an oph- thalmologist with Southern Eye Associates in Greenville, SC. After earning his bachelor’s in biology, he attended the University of South Carolina School of Medi- cine, graduating with distinction with his Doctor of Medicine. He completed both his internship in internal medicine and residency in ophthalmology at Baylor Scott & White Health in Temple, TX, serving as chief resident his final year. In 2018, he also completed a fellowship in cornea, external disease, and refractive surgery at the Dean McGee Eye Institute in Oklahoma City, OK.


Devin Vance is a Nationwide In- surance agent in Greer, SC. He has been serving South Carolinians for six years.


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Tausha Wallace (MBA ’17) has created her own successful busi- ness of country chic handmade wood decor, called Southern Bliss Designs. Wallace’s business has recently been featured on WSPA 7News, as well as at the Greenville Holiday Fair and the “Country Living” Fair.


2010 Sam Holt recently had his successful business — Catalyst Advertising, which he established in 2014 — acquired by Proclaim Interactive of Carolina Beach, NC, where he joins the team as a digital marketing strategist.


David Jackson has recently done commissioned artwork for a vari- ety of projects, including vacation Bible school curriculum, corpo- rate training events, and family portraits. He has owned his own illustration and caricature busi- ness, Profile Art 116, since 2012. Jackson is also working towards his Master of Divinity at Reformed Teological Seminary.


Corie Miller has been named lab manager with downtown Green- ville’s coworking space Serendipity Labs. Miller previously worked as the event planner for Te Cliffs Valley, the sponsorship sales and public information manager for the events department at the City of Greenville, and the event sales specialist at Larkin’s Catering. In her spare time, Miller has also been involved in helping with Greenville events such as Fall for Greenville and planning charity events for the past 13 years. Miller also volunteers with the city’s Parks and Recreation department. For her work, Miller has been featured


in “TALK Greenville” and the AllSeated.com blog.


Barry Mullinax has completed his Master of Education Admin- istration from the University of South Carolina. He serves as the performing arts coordinator for Laurens District 55.


Alex Reynolds has joined the video production company Let People See as a producer. Reyn- olds is also the owner of ASR Enterprises and the founder and president of Taylors TownSquare, a community development nonprof- it aimed at making Taylors, SC, better by facilitating connections and enabling responses to those connections.


2011 Melissa Weaver Baker has become an adjunct instructor at McMurry University in Abilene, TX. She instructs both active duty military students at Dyess Air Force Base and civilian college students at McMurry University in freshman composition.


Rebeca Mendible Kipp and her mother have re-opened their bakery as Pink Pineapple Cakes (PPC), a high-end custom cake shop located in Surfside Beach, SC. PPC specializes in wedding cakes and custom cakes. Te bak- ery has earned a perfect score of 5.0 by reviewers on WeddingWire, the largest online marketplace that connects merchants with engaged couples.


Joshua Putnam has joined Pal- metto Family as the organization’s fourth president since its creation in 1994. Putnam is a former mem-


ber of the South Carolina House of Representatives; he served for four terms in the General As- sembly and also as the chairman of multiple sub-committees. He has been recognized nationally as an emerging leader within state governments. As one of the state’s youngest-ever elected officials, Put- nam led on many important leg- islative reforms to help strengthen the family unit. His leadership helped transform the state’s foster care system, as well as fraternity hazing laws.


Telá Tatch (MBA) is the founder of Management Resource Solutions, a full-service human resources consulting firm. Tatch has more than two decades of experience in human resources, talent management, organizational development, policy creation, and diversity and inclusion initiatives. She has served as an executive consultant to local government agencies and community-based organizations, where she focused on investing in human capital to end homelessness. Tatch is also a PhD candidate in public policy and law and the author of two books: “Employee Handbooks 101” and a children’s book titled “Te Dog Chef.”


2012 Craig Sanders presented a paper at the 2018 Fall Evangelical Teological Society meeting in Denver, titled “Te Spirit's Passion for Justice: Empowering Advocates for the Weak.” Sanders is current- ly a second year PhD student in Christian theology at Saint Louis University in Saint Louis, MO.


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