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AT&T announces staff promotion

AT&T Inc, announces that Jane Sosebee has been appointed director of external affairs for AT&T South Carolina.

With more than 28 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, she will lead statewide efforts in community relations, gorvernment relations and economic development activities for the company.

"Jane has a proven record of success in leading high-performance teams to achieve great results," said Pamela Lackey, president of AT&T South Carolina. "Her leadership of the statewide external affairs team at this point in time is crucial to our success."

Sosebee is this year's chairman of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce and is the past chair of two economic development groups, the Upstate Alliance and the Anderson County Development Partnership.

She is also on the board of directors for the Oconee Alliance, the Clemson University Foundation, Peace Center, Centre Stage and Urban League of the Upstate and is a director for Palmetto Bank. In 2007, she was named a South Carolina Ambassador for Economic Development by the South Carolina Department of Commerce.

Ward Named Fellow of ACHE

Congratulations to Jeanne Ward, President and CEO of Oconee Memorial Hospital and Vice-Chair of the Oconee Alliance, who recently was named a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).  This group is the nation's leading professional society for healthcare leaders.  She has also earned board certification from ACHE.  Jeanne, who commits to quality in everything that she does, is now officially recognized as a hospital administrator who is committeed to providing high quality service to patients and the community.

In order to achieve this status as one of only 5400 healthcare executives to hold this distinction, Ms. Ward had to pass a comprehensive examination, meet academic and experimental criteria, earn continuing education credits, and demonstrate professional and community involvement. 

As international organization of more than 30,000 healthcare executives, ACHE members lead hospitals, healthcare systems, and other healthcare organizations.