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Business Alliance Member: Tom R. Thalman,

Business: Investment Planning/Retirement Planning/
Sagemark Consulting/Lincoln Financial Advisors
www.LFA-Sagemark.com

Tom R. Thalman has been involved with the MHS Business Alliance since 2002 and was recommended to serve by Tom Oxholm, one of the pioneers of the Alliances for Wake County Schools. He is a financial planner with Sagemark Consulting a division of Lincoln Financial Advisors. He enjoys all outdoor activities especially, riding his Harley Davidson.


Business Alliance Member: Dara Y. Haney, Chair

Business: BB&T Institutional Services
www.bbandt.com

Dara Y. Haney is the Vice President & Institutional Trust Consultant of BB&T Institutional Services. She earned her BA in Business Administration from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Masters of Business Administration from Meredith College; has 12 years of Employee Benefits and Trust experience; joined BB&T in 1996; obtained the Certified Retirement Services Professional (CRSP) designation from the Institute of Certified Bankers; obtained the Certified Retirement Plan Specialist (CRPS) from the College for Financial Planning; she is currently pursuing the Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) designation; her responsibilities include in-depth review of recordkeeping, administration and management of client relationships. Her interest in the Alliance is primarily to be involved in her community and help to make a difference for a high school student.



Business Alliance Member: Gary Bossert

Business:

www.medicalmutualgroup.com

Gary Bossert is the Director of Human Resources for Medical Mutual, the leading provider of medical and dental professional liability insurance in North Carolina. Gary has served on the Alliance since 2002. As a human resource professional, Gary understands the importance of supporting the career interests of young people and the Alliance meets this need through job shadow opportunities, career fairs, and other activities. Gary has worked with Medical Mutual since 1999 and has worked in the HR field since 1993 when he graduated with a BS in Communications. He obtained his MBA in 1997. Though Gary and his family live in Durham, he appreciates the role that companies play in supporting their surrounding community. Millbrook High School is within several miles of Medical Mutual's offices.



Business Alliance Member: Trish Dean Co-chair

Business: The News & Observer www.newsobserver.com

Trish Dean became involved with the MHS Business Alliance last year, as a volunteer at the Career Fair. She has a two-fold interest in the work of the Business Alliance. As the parent of a Millbrook H.S. student, she enjoys having advance notice of upcoming events that will benefit her daughter. As a business person in the community, she enjoys working on the Alliance to help prepare students to be the employees and employers of our future.



Business Alliance Member: Chris Povolny

Business:

www.blandlandscaping.com

Chris Povolny is interested in participating in the Business Alliance, because when he was growing up he was influenced by the adults in his life. Their influence on him when he was a child helped him to develop into a successful person in the business world today. He also mentors two students at Millbrook High School.
He is a transplant from the Northeast who married a southern belle. He has been living in Raleigh since 1994 when he graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a degree in Turfgrass Management.
He currently works at Bland Landscaping Company as a Branch Manager in the Wake Forest and North Raleigh area. Bland Landscaping Company is a locally owned, full service landscape company that was started in 1976. The company services commercial and residential customers in the Triangle area. The company specializes in: landscape design, installation of plants and hardscapes, irrigation installation and maintenance, floriculture designs and installation, and complete management of the landscape.



Business Alliance Member: Betsy Sykes

Business: Magnolia Glen Senior Living
www.kiscoseniorliving.com

Betsy Sykes is the Business Development Director for Magnolia Glen Senior Living in Raleigh, overseeing external marketing and community relations. She joined the Millbrook High School Business Alliance in January 2003. Betsy has enjoyed helping to plan both the Career Fair and Job Shadow Day.



Business Alliance Member: Bob Woodson, Jr.

Business: State Employees’ Credit Union

Bob Woodson became involved in the Business Alliance when his daughter attended Millbrook H.S. several years ago (she is now a junior at NC State University). He has been employed with the State Employees’ Credit Union for 28 years, including 9 years in the Human Resources Department (VP/Personnel/Payroll). His outside interest is in severe weather. Currently he is the assistant emergency coordinator for Central Carolina Skywarn. His college undergraduate and graduate degrees are in Meteorology from NC State University.