Meeting

Report

July 29, 2003
Charter Date: December 1, 1916

HOW I GOT WHERE I’M AT
By: Leigh Derby

Fred Brown has enjoyed two careers, military service and health care. Born and raised in Statesville, Fred attended Duke University where he played football. He returned to be closer to home due to his father’s illness and graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne College. (Fred later received a graduate degree from UNC Chapel Hill.) That same year, Fred was drafted – “the same year that Bill Clinton was not.” – and shipped off to Fort Benning for officer candidate school. Subsequently, Fred served in several Airborne Divisions. After his Army experience, Fred trained as a hospital administrator at Charlotte Memorial Hospital and, at age 26, became the administrator of a small hospital in Siler City. Fred noted that he had a famous neighbor, Francis Bavier who played Aunt Bea on the Andy Griffith Show. Later, Fred became the Operating Officer at Pitt Memorial/East Carolina University where he met Rotarian Phil Van Hoy – a major reason he joined Charlotte Rotary. Fred returned to the area to join Novant Health and has spent the past 2½ years as a Health Care Consultant. Fred continued his military service in the Army Guard where he served 27 years as an officer including service in Panama, Haiti, Somalia, and the Persian Gulf. He closed with a “commercial”, a plea for employers to support Guard and Reserve participants.

Now the President of CEO Inc., Debby Millhouse was born in San Diego, California and started her career “in lighting” in the Inland Empire. Her first job was a hostess for a firm that sold lighting. She quickly grew and was strategic in growing that business from a small retail firm, to the largest builder supplier of lighting in the Inland Empire. She saw the same success when she switched industries and moved into the party goods and rentals industry. Debby tired of the retail business and entered the home building industry. She soon became one of the first females to hold a strategic position in that area building and developing over 400 homes a year in the Moreno Valley and High Desert area of California. In 1992, Debby followed her husband to Charlotte. After working on projects for Ernst & Young, she was recruited to search, “picking up the phone and dialing for dollars”. Three and a half years later, Debby joined CEO Inc, a full service search, staffing, and human capital solutions firm. CEO Inc. has enjoyed double-digit growth every year but one since 1996. She can light up your life, throw you a party, build you a home and get you a job. Debby has been married for 18 years to Brian and they have two children Ben (10) and Kate (6).

David Lewis has been a banker for more than 20 years. He has had many bosses and assignments, but the present assignment at Bank of America is “the best”. For the past 18 months, David has been privileged to lead a group of 65 associates in Credit Review, an internal Quality Control function. “We do not approve the loans, we look over the health of the credit portfolios and measure the quality business flowing into the portfolio.” David has been married for 18 years to Beth of Richmond, VA. “We have two wonderful kids (daughters) – so wonderful we can’t wait for school to start again.” The Lewis family are members of St. John’s Baptist Church, a growing contingency within Charlotte Rotary and a group of families that have grown up together over the past 15 years or so. Community service includes his role as a Trustee of CPCC. David recognized Rotarians Tony Zeiss, Marilynn Bowler, and Brenda Lea for their leadership in workforce development and driving CPCC to national prominence. David concluded with kind words for Darrell Holland, “the St. John’s and the Raleigh Connection”, and appreciation for his roll in leading him to join the Charlotte Rotary.

Tim Hunt grew up in Durham, NC, where his father owned a construction company for 20 years. After seven summers, Tim decided he had enough of construction. He attended UNC-Charlotte on an Air Force ROTC scholarship and graduated in 1991. The following year, Tim married Jennifer Matthews at Carmel Baptist Church and they remain members today. Upon graduation, Tim spent 5 years in the Air Force, 6 months in California and 4½ years in Minot, North Dakota (“…that felt like dog years – 28…”) as a Nuclear Missile Launch Officer, then resigning as a Captain. While in service, Tim earned a MBA from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, which helped prepare him for his career in the financial industry. In 1996, Tim joined Consolidated Planning, a regional financial planning firm that specializes in providing financial information and knowledge for business owners and individuals. Tim’s hobbies include golf, UNC Charlotte Basketball, Civil War, playing with his children, Bradley (4) and Olivia (1). He holds three things dear, faith, family and friends – in that order.
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Attendance Record   7/29/03 7/30/02 visitors & guests 16 23 club members 170 163 total attendance 187 186	Wedding Anniversaries 5 Dottie & Jim Barnhardt 5 Jenny Lou & Rob Wright 7 Poo & Tigger Alexander 7 Sally & John Luby 11 Pam & Skip Berry
Birthdays 6   Lori Hurd, Pittsburgh, PA 7   Bob Landers, Vallejo, CA 8   Bob Boehm, Bayonne, NJ 9   Marilynn Bowler, Rochester, NY 11 Tom Perrin, Spartanburg, SC    New Members - July Robert Kirk Budd Berro Elsie Garner	Roaming Rotarians Jon Barton, Mooresville, NC Chip Sholz, Mooresville, NC