College of Business - East Carolina University

William D. Edgar (MBA) joined Southern
Bank’s commercial business unit in Rocky
Mount as a vice president and commercial
banker.
Candace Moore (MBA, MGMT ’04) was
promoted to assistant vice president at BB&T in
Winston-Salem.
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2005
Lauren Asby (FINA) has been named banking
officer and branch manager in Southern Bank’s
Greenville Medical Park Center office. She
was employed in the banking industry for
the past five years as a business development
officer in the Pitt County area. She recently
completed her first year of the North Carolina
School of Banking in Chapel Hill. Lauren
serves as president of the Women’s Greater
Greenville Kiwanis club and is also a member of
Greenville’s Junior Women’s Association.
Kevin Gaffeny (MBA, DSCI ’03) is a senior
consultant for Fidato Partners, LLC in Wayne,
Pa. He and wife Erica reside in Malvern, Pa.
Sandeep Kumar (MBA) is senior manager –
sales for Marlabs, Inc. in Piscataway, N.J.
Kevin Monroe (MBA, MGMT ’99) was named
to the ECU Foundation board of directors. He
is vice president at CapTrust Advisors and a
member of the College of Business’ Advisory
Council. Kevin played baseball and football at
ECU and is a color analyst for radio broadcasts
of ECU football games.
Kevin Parsons (MBA,
FINA ’02), Avionics
Technical Team member at
Cherry Point Marine Corps
Air Station, was awarded
Kevin Parsons the 2011 6.0H Logistics
Industrial Operations Group Employee of the
Year Award, presented by NAVAIR Assistant
Commander for Logistics and Industrial
Operations Rear Admiral C.J. Jaynes.
Olaf Tobola (MGMT) is currently living and
working in the south island of New Zealand
as a quantity surveyor (cost management in
construction), building a converter station on a
hydroelectric dam.
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Justin Wagaman (MIS) is an analytic and IT
consultant for Davies Consulting, Inc. in Chevy
Chase, Md.
2004
Wendy Cox (MBA, DSCI ’02) is administrative
support specialist for the N.C. Sea Grant.
She previously worked at NCSU College of
Management in the master of accounting
program.
Michael Fesko (MBA, FINA & ACCT ’03)
is manager of PMO services at First Republic
Bank in San Francisco.
Paul Russell (MBA, MIS ’02)
and wife Kimberly (ECU ’07,
’08) welcomed their first child,
Nicholas Stephen Russell, on
July 27, 2011. Paul serves as
assistant director for graduate
programs for the ECU College Nicholas Stephen
of Business.
Russell
Becca Fleenor Smith (MBA, Hosp. MGMT
’03) and husband, Jonathan Blake Smith
(MBA), work in their family-owned and
operated firm, Robert G. Smith, CPA, in Cary,
which was named Employer of the Year 2010-
2011 by the Cary Chamber of Commerce.
Becca also serves on the Cary Chamber of
Commerce Board of Directors. The couple has
two sons.
Steven Troutman (MBA, DSCI ’00) completed
his graduate certificate in Applied Statistics
from Penn State University with a 3.92 GPA.
He is a risk consultant for Wells Fargo in
Charlotte.
2003
Kimberly Suzanne Barbour (MBA, ACCT
’01), a senior financial examiner with the N.C.
Department of Insurance, earned the certified
public accountant designation.
Michael Griffin (FINA) received an MBA
from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke
University. He and wife Mercer Hamblen
Griffin (ECU ’03) had their first child, Stirling
Elizabeth.
Paul Kaplar (MGMT), county
agent for N.C. Farm Bureau
Mutual Insurance Co., is one of
the Top 10 Rookie Agents for
2010 based on his outstanding
sales and service record. He
Paul Kaplar
also qualified for the 2011
NAIFA Quality Award – Multiline Sales, which
recognizes growth in life insurance and multiline
production and is a very selective award presented
to a limited number of qualifying agents. Paul
also serves on the board of directors for the
Fuquay-Varina Chamber of Commerce and is
president of the Rotary Club of Fuquay-Varina.
Travis Russell (MGMT) has worked with
Cummins Mercruiser for five years as a
contractor and was offered the customer support
management position in June. He is now the
customer support manager for the Eastern
United States and Canada. He and wife Erika
(ECU ’05) reside in Mount Pleasant, S.C.
2002
Kristy Conway (MBA, Criminal Justice ’98) is
a partner in ENC Property Management LLP.
She worked in real estate part-time since 2006.
Cliff Godwin (MBA, DSCI ’00) is the hitting
coach at the University of Mississippi. He was
previously hitting coach and baseball recruiting
coordinator at the University of Central Florida.
He was the Pirates’ catcher from 1997 – 2001
and went with ECU to the NCAA Regionals as
a No. 1 seed in 1999, 2000, and 2001.
Carmin Pollard Ipock (BSA/MSA) is manager
of financial accounting for Hatteras Yachts in
New Bern. She and husband Joseph welcomed
their first child, Kolby Franklin Ipock, on June
4, 2011 at Pitt County Memorial Hospital. He
weighed 6 lbs., 15.4 oz. and was 20.7” long.
Kirti Loper (MBA, FINA ’01) and husband
Steve (ECU ’01) started CoUnt On MEE,
a support group that offers free haircuts for
military spouses. Steve’s sister Meegan, a
hairstylist in Fayetteville, near Fort Bragg,
committed to donating free haircuts to military
spouses for a year. After creating a Facebook page
and blog to spread the word, other hairstylists at
Fort Benning, Ga., Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort
Sill, Okla., have joined the cause. The group is on
track to provide 1,000 haircuts in its first year.