Business Pulse
Boeing’s Robinson-Berry to be honored at WIPL’s Celebration of Inspiring Women in Myrtle Beach
Joan Robinson-Berry, vice president and general manager of Boeing South Carolina, will be honored at the 2018 Celebration of Inspiring Women on Monday, Feb. 5, at 6 p.m. at the Sheraton Myrtle Beach Conference Center. The event is part of the eighth annual Women’s Leadership Conference and Celebration of Inspiring Women presented by Women in Philanthropy and Leadership (WIPL) for Coastal Carolina University. Robinson-Berry will also be a keynote speaker at the conference on Feb. 6.
The annual celebration and awards were created as an important and lasting way to recognize women who have had a substantive and positive impact in South Carolina and beyond. Since the program’s inception in 2011, 37 women have been recognized.
Robinson-Berry has overall leadership responsibility for Boeing’s South Carolina facilities in North Charleston. Boeing South Carolina’s airport campus is home to 787 Aftbody and Midbody operations, 787 Final Assembly and Delivery operations, as well as an engineering design center and IT centers. BSC’s north campus includes the Interiors Responsibility Center South Carolina, Propulsion South Carolina, and a Boeing research and technology center.
Robinson-Berry previously served as vice president of the Shared Services Group Supplier Management organization, where she led the strategy, contracting, daily management and development of the supply chain, providing more than $8 billion of nonproduction goods and services for The Boeing Company.
Earlier in her career, she was director of Phantom Works Supplier Management for the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) division and was responsible for implementing supplier management strategy and execution in support of the development of advanced concepts and technologies.
Before that, Robinson-Berry was director of Small/Diverse Business & Strategic Alliances for BDS and ensured that BDS fulfilled its contractual obligations. She also represented Boeing as its small- business liaison officer and was responsible for integrating more than $5 billion in goods and services purchased annually from small and diverse suppliers. In this role, she helped establish the local supplier network for BSC.
Robinson-Berry has also served as director of Technical Workforce Excellence, overseeing technical affiliations, fellowship programs and university technical relationships and as director of engineering processes, tools and skills for the space and communications business. Prior to that position, she served as program manager of the MD-80/-90 Twinjet Programs for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
She has received extensive recognition for her work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics from global organizations, including the National Society of Black Engineers and various members of Congress.
Robinson-Berry has helped empower women and minorities with presentations at the Women of Power Conference and the South Carolina Women’s Caucus Luncheon. She has been instrumental in launching two community action teams – one on Hispanic leaders and the other on African-American leaders – that focus on business relations, social issues and civic responsibility.
In 2017, Robinson-Berry was named one of Women’s Enterprise magazine’s Top 100 leaders in corporate supplier diversity. Charleston Business magazine featured her as one of the 50 most-influential people in Charleston, and she received a Woman of Distinction & Accomplishment award from the Washington State African American Achievement Awards team. She has also been named one of the Most Powerful Women in Business by Black Enterprise. In 2016, she was named one of Women’s Enterprise USA’s Top 100 Leaders in Supplier Diversity, and she received the Women of Color Professional Achievement Award in 2015. The Career Communications Group presented her with its 2007 Black Engineer of the Year Achievement Award, and she was inducted into its Alumni Hall of Fame in 2012.
Robinson-Berry earned a master’s degree in engineering management and business administration and a bachelor’s degree in engineering technology. She is an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Associate Fellow and an African Scientific Institute Fellow.
The Women’s Leadership Conference and Celebration of Inspiring Women brings together women from all walks of life for two days of education, professional and personal development, and networking. Entrepreneurs, professionals, community volunteers and activists, students, moms, and women in transition all enjoy this dynamic program with incredible opportunities to learn and grow.
WIPL was founded in 2007 under the leadership of CCU first lady Terri DeCenzo. It is committed to inspiring, connecting and empowering women to strengthen their individual and collective voices in leadership at CCU and in the community, state, region and beyond. Members include faculty, staff and community leaders who are committed to creating and supporting opportunities for women in all areas of leadership and across all disciplines, while continuing to invest in scholarships for CCU students. Since its inception, WIPL has awarded 184 students more than $200,000 in financial support through a fully endowed scholarship and annual awards.
New gastroenterologist joins Tidelands Health medical staff
A fellowship-trained gastroenterologist has joined the medical staff of Tidelands Health.
Dr. Wesley Benson is practicing at Tidelands Waccamaw Gastroenterology. His areas of interest include inflammatory bowel disease, colon cancer screening and diseases of the liver, bile duct and pancreas.
Dr. Benson earned his medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, completed both an internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and completed an advanced endoscopy fellowship at Wake Forest School of Medicine.
Tidelands Waccamaw Gastroenterology offers services in Georgetown and Murrells Inlet. The Murrells Inlet office is located in Suite 302 of Waccamaw Medical Park West, 4040 Highway 17 Bypass. The Georgetown office is located at 1011 North Fraser St.
For more information, call 843-652-8290 (Murrells Inlet) or 843-527-3428 (Georgetown).
Weichert Affiliated Offices in the Myrtle Beach Area Welcome New Team Members
Weichert-affiliated offices in the Myrtle Beach area have recently added the following individuals to their team.
* Jesse Rojas, who joins a dedicated team of knowledgeable agents at Weichert, Realtors - Southern Coast, located at 3701 Renee Drive in Myrtle Beach. Contact Monica Riga at 843-903-4443 or weichertriga@gmail.com.
* Susan Vatell, who joins a dedicated team of knowledgeable agents at Weichert, Realtors - Southern Coast, located at 3701 Renee Drive in Myrtle Beach. Contact Monica Riga at 843-903-4443 or weichertriga@gmail.com.
* Joyce Williams, who joins a dedicated team of knowledgeable agents at Weichert, Realtors - Southern Coast, located at 3701 Renee Drive in Myrtle Beach. Contact Monica Riga at 843-903-4443 or weichertriga@gmail.com.
* Bill Ferner, who joins a dedicated team of knowledgeable agents at Weichert, Realtors - Southern Coast, located at 819 Surfside Drive in Surfside Beach. Contact Monica Riga at 843-280-4445 or weichertriga@gmail.com.
Each Weichert franchised office is an independently owned and operated affiliate of Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.
New provider joins Novant Health OB/GYN
Novant Health is pleased to welcome Dr. Tabitha DeLo to Novant Health OB/GYN. She will provide care at the clinic locations in Bolivia and Leland. DeLo joined the clinic in August and is accepting new patients.
DeLo is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology. She completed her bachelor’s degree in biology and medical school at West Virginia University in Morgantown. DeLo completed her residency training at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine in Greenville, North Carolina. Most recently, she worked at Womancare Associates, which is part of Magee-Womens Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pennsylvania.
Novant Health OB/GYN provides quality obstetrical and gynecological care and offers a wide array of comprehensive services, including the latest in female stress incontinence and pelvic relaxation, as well as menopause and pelvic pain. For maternity patients, Novant Health OB/GYN offers full-service obstetrical care.
For more information or to request an appointment, visit novanthealthobgyn.org or call 910-721-4050.
Coldwell Banker Chicora Advantage Names New President
Coldwell Banker Chicora Advantage in Myrtle Beach, S.C. has named Brian Moxey as its new president. Moxey has been a key member of the Coldwell Banker Seacoast Advantage leadership team in Wilmington, N.C. for the past 10 years. While there, he played a major role in helping the firm grow by more than 300 new agents. Given the difficulties the Great Recession presented for the real estate industry, this accomplishment was all the more impressive. In his new role, Moxey will serve with Don Smith, who will continue in his role as chief executive officer, a position Smith has held for 18 years.
Recently, Coldwell Banker Chicora Real Estate merged with Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage of Greater Wilmington, N.C. and Coldwell Banker Advantage of Raleigh, Fayetteville and Southern Pines, N.C., to become Coldwell Banker Chicora Advantage. The merger created the largest Coldwell Banker affiliate in the Southeast and the third largest in the country.
Moxey has been working in Myrtle Beach since the merger, helping coordinate many of the new agent programs, such as a new compensation program, the tech help desk and increased social media presence.
"I'm excited to be part of one of the fastest growing communities in the country here on the Grand Strand," said Brian Moxey, president of Coldwell Banker Chicora Advantage. "The Myrtle Beach area has so much to offer for everyone, from families to retirees. I'm honored to be joining a company with Chicora's blue chip reputation. This is an organization that has been a big time contributor to its community for an incredible 45 years."
"Adding Brian Moxey to the Chicora leadership team is a big strategic addition for us," said Don Smith, chief executive officer of Coldwell Banker Chicora Advantage. "He's an important part of our plan to continue to position Chicora to be the best real estate company in the Carolinas for many years to come. We're both heavily committed to seeing Coldwell Banker Chicora Advantage remain at the top of its industry."
From its humble beginnings in 1972, Chicora has grown over the past 45 years into one of the region's most well-known and respected businesses. More than just a strong force in the real estate industry, the company has demonstrated longstanding leadership in community service. It has played a major role in such organizations as the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, American Red Cross, YMCA, United Way, Waccamaw Community Foundation and more.
The Coldwell Banker Advantage network serves the area from Wilmington, N.C. to Georgetown, S.C. and inland along the border belt to Raleigh, N.C. 2016 figures totaled $3 billion in sales and 14,450 in transactions.
This story was originally published October 5, 2017 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Business Pulse."