2006


Laura Blanton was recognized by Working Mother Magazine as one of the 2020 Top Wealth Advisor


Moms in the United States for her commitment to her family and her clients. The Working Mother’s Top Wealth Advisor Moms ranking algorithm is based on industry experience, interview, compliance records, assets under management, revenue, and other SHOOK Research criteria. This is the second time the national publication has ranked Laura.


Nate Bramsen had his second book published in Feb. 2021, titled “Prosper: Enjoying Intimacy with God.” The book was written during his journey with cancer. Nate often returns to NGU to teach classes and has spoken twice at the Global Missions Conference.


Meredith McKey is a realtor and Gaffney Board of Public Works Commissioner for District 3.


2007


Kenny and Claire Hilliard spent the last several years modernizing and rewriting classic hymns to reintroduce them to the Church. They released an EP titled “Are You Weary” in 2021, which contains several modernized and rewritten hymns including “Approach My Soul,” and “For the Beauty.”


Josh Kimbrell was elected to a two-year term in the SC Senate, representing District 11.


Joshua “Lance” Stockton is the assistant principal at Silver Bluff High School in Aiken, SC.


He was the director of bands at Silver Bluff.


2008


Cora Flottman, a UNC Pembroke graduate student, was accepted to the 2022 Child, Adolescent


and Family Behavioral Health Fellowship. The program recruits 10 students enrolled in an accredited behavioral health graduate program with a professional goal of becoming fully licensed to practice in North Carolina. The program, based in Cary, N.C., is administered through the Foundation for Health Leadership and Innovation’s Center of Excellence for Integrative Care. Flottman is a professional school counseling student and is enrolled in the Play Therapy Graduate Certificate program.


Joseph Hudson is a member of the Board of Directors of the Travelers Rest Historical Society. He has become an expert on South Carolina railroads, especially the Swamp Rabbit Railroad. The trail is often credited with the revival of Travelers Rest, SC. Joseph has helped to create an exhibit on the Swamp Rabbit for the Travelers Rest History Museum. He also is choir director at Cleveland First Baptist Church in Cleveland, SC.


Seth Montgomery has joined Indiana State Athletics as the Associate Athletic Director for Communications


and Digital Content. Seth oversees the overall management, operations, and performance evaluations of Athletic Communications, while also ensuring Indiana State Athletics is meeting the communication goals of its 15 sponsored NCAA Division I sports.


Dr. Tawana Scott (MBA) is academic partership coordinator at NGU’s Greer Campus. She


serves as an assistant professor of educational leadership in the College of Education.


David Sons was chair of the 2023 Committee on Resolutions for the Southern Baptist Convention


Annual Meeting, June 13–14, in New Orleans. Sons is pastor of Lake Murray Baptist Church in Lexington, SC, where he has served since 2015.


Nichole Tillotson Truax serves as a Veterinary Technician at Cleveland Park Animal Hospital in downtown Greenville, SC.


2009


Dustin Fuls (’11 MBA) was promoted to associate athletic director for internal operations and support in the NGU Athletics Department.


Darrin Goss, Sr. (’09 MCM), is president and CEO of Coastal Community Foundation in


Charleston, SC, the largest community foundation in the state. He was named to Charleston’s 50 Most Influential in 2022 by Charleston Business Magazine.


John Logan Schell was a contributor to the publication “The Oxford Handbook of Comic Book Studies,” edited by Frederick Luis Aldama.


2010 Paul Davis


founded Durham- based Mosi Tea four years ago. The company currently has a line


of tea infusers. He raised almost $500,000 in 40 days which


became one of the top 0.5% of all Kickstarter campaigns. The funds raised through the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign will go toward product expansion – including a soon-to-be-launched line of loose-leaf teas.


Brandon Graves was recognized as the 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year at Hillcrest Middle School in Dalzell, SC.


Davin McRoberts joined Joan Herlong & Associates Sotheby’s International Realty as an associate. McRoberts worked for several different businesses before returning to his family’s company, SC Tool Corp., as an equity partner in 2017. He helped grow the company into a multimillion- dollar business with 41


employees. He serves as CEO of the Spartanburg-based firm.


2011


Jae Ellison is director of education for the International Hunter Education Association


(IHEA-USA). IHEA–USA is the professional hunter education association affiliated with the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the 50 state fish and hunter education programs. The programs employ 55,000 instructors, many of whom are volunteers, that teach hunting and shooting safety and responsibilities throughout the United States. Hunter Education courses train and certify more than 600,000 students annually. Jae’s background is centered in Outdoor Education, primarily in higher education. He went to the IHEA-USA from Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA, where he served as the Director


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