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David J. Clark

Biltmore Who's Who Selects David J. Clark as this week's Honored Member of the Executive and Professional Registry for 2009.

David J. Clark, manager for Wal-Mart Stores in Durham, North Carolina, has been selected as an Honored Member of the Biltmore Who's Who Executive and Professional Registry. The selection recognizes David J. Clark's commitment to excellence in the retail industry.

David J. Clark has been working for Wal-Mart for the past 14 years, beginning in 1995when he was 16 years old. He was later promoted to a manager position in 2003, where he began to dedicate more of his time and efforts to team leadership. Helping to run a multi-million dollar business is no easy task, therefore good budgeting skills, properly staffing the store and working the sales floor are extremely important. According to Clark, the most important part of his day is teaching and training assistant managers. Being fortunate enough to work for some really good store managers and assistant managers has given him the experience he needs to climb the ladder and move up in the company. He also said that working with people on a "large scale" and getting to meet new people everyday truly inspires him to be successful.

Mr. Clark hopes to run his own store in the next few years, hoping that all the training and time he has put into the business will soon pay off. "There are no limits with my company. It seems like the more I learn and grow with Wal-Mart, the more I want to do," he said.

Mr. Clark was awarded with an Assistant Manager of the Month Award for his district in December, 2004 and has been written up numerous times in Wal-Mart World for his successes. In his spare time, David attends his local church and enjoys golf, basketball, jogging and exercising.

For more information, please visit http://www.walmart.com.

David J. Clark
posted by Biltmore Who's Who on Friday, May 29, 2009

Debrah Lloyd-Brown

Biltmore Who's Who Selects Debrah Lloyd-Brown as this week's Honored Member of the Executive and Professional Registry for 2009.

Debrah Lloyd-Brown, Owner and CEO of DLB Management Company, has been selected as an Honored Member of the Biltmore Who's Who Executive and Professional Registry. The selection recognizes Debrah Lloyd-Brown's commitment to excellence in the Transportation industry.

Debrah Lloyd-Brown, a native of Robbins, Illinois, a south suburb of Chicago, recently opened her business in February, 2008. It consists of two different companies, one for trucking and one for sub-contracting. As Safety Director for the trucking company and subcontractor for the sub-contracting company, Mrs. Lloyd-Brown is responsible for hiring all of the employees, making sure safety policies and procedures are exercised properly, randomly drug testing employees, maintaining health records, making sure job assignments are completed on schedule, assigning supervisors to inspect each job site upon completion of assignment and confirming completion with inspections.

Mrs. Lloyd-Brown has written and illustrated two children's books, which are pending publication. She is creating a series of books based on her original created characters. They are academically structured and will cater to children from the pre-school level through grade eight. She's a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and supports the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army.

Mrs. Lloyd-Brown holds three degrees, including an Associate's Degree in Business Administration, a Bachelor's in Art and a Masters in Art from Governor State University. Though she plans to continue in her current field as Owner and CEO for her company, she hopes to attain her Masters of Fine Art in Sculpture, as well as a Masters in Community Counseling in the near future.

In her spare time, Debrah enjoys reading, bicycling, swimming, singing and songwriting.

Debrah Lloyd-Brown
posted by Biltmore Who's Who on Friday, May 22, 2009

Glenn E. McHenry, Jr.

Biltmore Who's Who Selects Glenn E. McHenry, Jr. as this week's Honored Member of the Executive and Professional Registry for 2009.

Glenn E. McHenry, Jr., a retired detective sergeant of 30 years and local resident of Akron, Ohio, has been selected as an Honored Member of the Biltmore Who's Who Executive and Professional Registry. The selection recognizes Glenn E. McHenry's commitment to excellence in Law Enforcement.

Glenn E. McHenry began his career in law enforcement by attending the Akron Police Academy over thirty years ago. His job history includes serving eight years on patrol assignment, two years with the training bureau, over sixteen years with the traffic bureau, four years supervising the auto theft unit and over twelve years investigating crashes, establishing and administering the accident reconstruction unit, vehicle dynamics training, providing expert testimony for accident investigation and reconstruction, and evaluating police drive skills in defensive, emergency response and pursuit vehicle operations. Glenn has investigated over 3,500 property damage accidents throughout his career, over 1,900 injury accidents, over 1,000 serious injury and felony accidents and over 500 fatal accidents.

Mr. McHenry served as an expert witness to over a dozen different courthouses throughout Ohio, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Indiana. He also did consultant work for the Portage County Public Defender's Office. During his career, Glenn was a guest speaker for the Akron Crime Clinic and at University of Akron, School of Law.

His traffic education background, of which he became certified in defensive driving and as a defensive driving instructor through Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA), includes police administration, patrol operations, traffic enforcement, traffic accident investigation and driving. He was also certified by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for at-scene accident investigation, technical accident investigation, vehicle dynamics and traffic accident reconstruction for heavy trucks, pedestrians and motorcycles.

Glenn is a member of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers and the National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists. He currently works privately with traffic accidents, investigations and reconstruction. He earned a diploma from Lake High School in 1969 and attended college soon after.

In his spare time, Glenn enjoys home remodeling and crafts.

Glenn E. McHenry, Jr.
posted by Biltmore Who's Who on Friday, May 15, 2009

Cathy R. Joyner

Biltmore Who's Who Selects Cathy R. Joyner as this week's Honored Member of the Executive and Professional Registry for 2009.

Cathy R. Joyner, program analyst of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), has been selected as an Honored Member of the Biltmore Who's Who Executive and Professional Registry. The selection recognizes Cathy R. Joyner's commitment to excellence in the government and financial industry.

As a program analyst in the Budget and Finance Division, Cathy R. Joyner is responsible for the budget formulation for the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She provides budget and analytical support to the directors, managers, supervisors and IT specialists, as well as conducting analysis and making recommendations for improvements in the operations within the organization. She also works on numerous special projects at any given time.

Strong analytical, budget and financial skills are what Miss Joyner attributes to her expertise. Being "skilled in developing and managing budgets and in developing procedures and making improvements in the operations, excellent writing and speaking skills, being highly perceptive regarding detail and accuracy, and being very flexible and dependable" are critical, she says. Her desire to continue inspiring and providing support to co-workers and being a role model to the youth are very important and fulfilling to her. She credits her success to having faith in God and wanting to make a difference in the world by making it a better place than she found it. In the future, she says she would like to focus more on strategic planning for long-term goals that will help improve business processes, procedures, policies and the overall work environment that will result in increased moral and decreased turnover.

The USPTO is an agency that issues patents to inventors and businesses for their inventions and trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification. Based in Alexandria, Virginia, the USPTO cooperates with the European Patent Office and the Japan Patent Office as one of the Trilateral Patent Offices.

Miss Joyner recently celebrated her twentieth year with the USPTO under the Department of Commerce, dating back to January, 1989. She previously received her BS degree in Business Administration and Management from Virginia Commonwealth University, followed by an MBA in Business Administration and Management from Averett University.

Cathy received a Special Act Award, an EEO Counselor Award and numerous work performance awards over the years. She is a member of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, Empire Who's Who Empowering Executives and Professionals and Cambridge Who's Who. In her spare time, Cathy enjoys volleyball, swimming, tennis, ping pong and bicycling.

Cathy R. Joyner
posted by Biltmore Who's Who on Monday, May 11, 2009

Robin A. Sawlit

Biltmore Who's Who Selects Robin A. Sawlit as this week's Honored Member of the Executive and Professional Registry for 2009.

Robin A. Sawlit, project manager of MFS Investment Management, has been selected as an Honored Member of the Biltmore Who's Who Executive and Professional Registry. The selection recognizes Robin A. Sawlit's commitment to excellence in the financial and investment industry.
As project manager, Mrs. Sawlit works with many professionals, most often with conversions and outsourcing. By conducting high level discussions to gather information to complete a particular project, she must accumulate the correct resources and skills for these action plans to convey the correct vision for a particular project. Mrs. Sawlit says that although a large part of her day extends itself to administrative duties, managing staff and acquiring technical knowledge to make certain that you have the right team for the job is also crucial. "Ensuring that you've allocated roles and responsibilities is key to getting a project done in the time frames given by management," said Sawlit.

By watching her father grow from a product manager to owning his own business, Mrs. Sawlit has learned that she must reach as high as she can and never look back. She also believes that working with a great management team and a company that provides the right learning tools is important, not only in her field, but in the business world in general in order to be successful.

MFS Investment Management is an investment company that offers financial products and services, addressing the various needs of investors, including mutual funds, college savings plans and managed accounts.

Mrs. Sawlit earned her BA from Portland School of Art in 1983, has been working in the financial industry for the past twenty-four years, since 1986, and with MFS Investment Management for the last twenty-one.

In her spare time, Robin enjoys riding the Harley Davidson with her husband, drawing, painting, cooking and reading.

For more information about MFS Investment Management, visit http:///www.mfs.com.

Robin A. Sawlit
posted by Biltmore Who's Who on Monday, May 04, 2009

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