BJAC, P.A.
Lou Jurkowski, Chief Executive Officer of BJAC, P.A., founded in 1994, has announced that BJAC PA has been named one of the top women-owned businesses in the Triangle, according to the List of Women-Owned Businesses.

Sen. Fred Smith
The National Federation of Independent Business, North Carolina’s leading small-business advocacy group, has announced its endorsement of incumbent Sen. Fred Smith (District 12) for governor. He has a 100 percent NFIB voting record.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The 2007 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Showcase for a Cure home was the most successful to date. More than $325,000 was raised for the eastern North Carolina chapter of the Society through vendor donations, ticket sales, and silent and live auctions.

Digital Healthcare
Digital Healthcare, a Wake Forest, N.C. company specializing in retinal risk assessment for diabetics, announced that MacGregor Medical Center of San Antonio, Texas, has selected the Retasure solution to provide retinal imaging risk assessment.

EWGA
New 2008 board offers for The Raleigh-Triangle chapter of Executive Women’s Golf Association are Kay Murphy of IBM; Sandy Moonert of Misys Healthcare; Connie Tench of First Horizon Home Loan; and Lissa Dailey of MacGregor Downs Country Club.

Howard Merrell & Partners
Howard, Merrell & Partners, a full-service strategic advertising and branding firm, acknowledges Ann Neely for her 10 years of dedication to the agency. Neely is an art buyer and broadcast producer in the agency’s creative department.

Gamila
Gamila releases the new Mila Art Jacket as a companion product to the successful Mila Bikini iPod™ skin launched earlier this year. The Art Jacket allows users to snap their Mila Bikini covered iPod™ into the Art Jacket for greater protection and portability.

ATCOM
David Finch, President and CEO of ATCOM Business Telecom Solutions, has been named to the 2008 Board of Advisors for SEPI Engineering Group. Finch will provide feedback and support regarding SEPI’s strategic plan and future direction.

Active Data Services
Active Data Services Inc., a business process outsourcing firm for healthcare organizations, has been contracted by Cleveland Regional Medical Center, a 261-bed facility located in Shelby that features North Carolina’s first Level III trauma center.

Ravenscroft
Ravenscroft third-graders Allison Arber and Ryan Gerard are leading a Soles4Souls shoe drive within the Lower School to collect new and gently used shoes for low-income people. The nonprofit’s mission is “To impact as many lives as possible with the gift of shoes.”

Coldwell Banker TradeMark
Jay Sprayberry has joined Coldwell Banker Commercial TradeMark Properties as a commercial leasing and sales broker. Sprayberry received his North Carolina Broker’s License in 2006 and has more than seven years of industry related experience.

Iatria Spa
The 2nd Annual Me Fine Foundation Spa Day was held on Dec. 9 at the Iatria Spa & Health Center of Cary. All proceeds went to Me Fine to provide assistance for children and families at Duke Children’s Hospital and the N.C. Children’s Hospital.

Coldwell Banker HPW
Patti McGehee of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Kildaire office has been awarded a Certified Residential Specialist designation by the Council of Residential Specialists —the largest nonprofit affiliate of the National Association of REALTORS.

Hunton & Williams
Hunton & Williams LLP has announced that its Raleigh office attorneys, staff and their families won the 2007 Wake County Bar Association Lawyer League Softball Tournament. The team ended the season with a league best 8-2 record.

Carolina Hurricanes
The Carolina Hurricanes team is offering three major promotions for fans who donate food, toys and clothing at the RBC Center to charitable causes starting on Dec. 10. Fans who donate will receive buy-one-get-one-free ticket coupons.

The Preiss Co.
The Preiss Co. is beginning its 21st year on target of meeting its goal of closing on $150 million worth of student property development. It is one of the largest student housing providers at NCSU, Clemson University, UNC-Charlotte and University of Texas.

Dick Bell
Landscape architect Dick Bell, FASLA, formerly of Raleigh, was honored in a tribute film and with one of the first-ever Legacy Awards presented by the North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects in an event at Pinehurst.

Rex Hospital
Rex Hospital has completed a $10.8 million expansion of its Women’s Center, previously called the Family Birth Center. The renovation and expansion was unveiled on Nov. 27 in a series of events for donors, community leaders and hospital workers.

NC Health and Wellness
The N.C. Health and Wellness Trust Fund’s Task Force for a Healthier North Carolina has issued its final report focusing on employer-provided health insurance. The report discusses the barriers small businesses face in providing health insurance.

Disability Rights NC
The Disability Rights North Carolina board of directors appointed Vicki Smith as executive director of the state’s Protection and Advocacy agency. Disability Rights North Carolina protects the legal rights of people with all types of disabilities.

Strategic Guru
Strategic Guru Inc. has been selected by International Technology Solutions, Inc. to develop a marketing strategy for its business. The marketing agency will assist ITS in expanding its client base of firms that use its Training and Learning Management System.

Ragsdale Liggett
John Edward McKnight, an attorney at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, has been named to the Capital Opera board of directors. In this position, McKnight will serve as informal legal counsel, assist with fundraising efforts and offer public relations support.

Drucker & Falk
Drucker & Falk LLC has promoted Steve Hayworth to the position of director of maintenance. Hayworth will oversee every aspect of the multi-family management maintenance programs in all of the company’s geographic areas of operation.

Fluhrer Reed
Fluhrer Reed, a structural engineering firm, has promoted Joseph L. Thompson, PE, to junior project manager. Thompson manages the firm’s high-end residential projects and is the primary design engineer for all of its timber-based projects.

TriSure
TriSure has unveiled two new Web sites. The firm’s new main Web site, www.trisure.com, emphasizes its long-standing tradition of offering clients strategic advice and counsel. The new site is better organized and easier for visitors to navigate.

JDavis Architects
Brad M. Zahm has joined JDavis Architects PLLC as an intern architect at its Philadelphia studio. He will be responsible for assisting the firm in many capacities, including working on construction documents, researching codes and designing structures.

Coldwell Banker HPW
Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Builder Services announced that Pleasant Green Farms held a ribbon-cutting ceremony, marking the immediate availability of lots in a unique country style living in a gated community. Several county officials attended.

Rocky Top Hospitality
Rocky Top Hospitality sponsored the 14th Annual Jingle Ball on Dec.16 at the Marbles Kids Museum. Each attendee was asked to bring a new unwrapped toy valued at $20 or more. All toys were distributed by The Salvation Army of Wake County.

ENLIGN
ENLIGN Business Brokers will participate in the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce 2008 Business Expo, which is scheduled for April 17, 2008 in the Jim Graham Building on the N.C. State Fairgrounds. Its 20’ booth will be provided by Exhibit Resources.

MMI Associates
Ryal Curtis, an account executive for MMI Associates, has been named to A Toast to the Triangle publicity committee. The 23rd annual A Toast to the Triangle is scheduled for March 2008, at North Carolina State University’s McKimmon Center in Raleigh.

Crescent State Bank
Julie Clark, senior community banker at the Garner office of Crescent State Bank, participated in a 35-person North Carolina Chamber of Commerce roundtable discussion regarding the federal No Child Left Behind educational program on Oct. 12.

Golfsmith
Golfsmith, the nation’s leading retailer of golf and tennis equipment, and Hank Haney, one of the top-ranked golf-teaching professionals in the world, partnered to hold a free golf clinic for Raleigh-area golf enthusiasts on Dec. 11, 2007.

Capital Bank
Capital Bank is the official banking partner of Elon University’s Phoenix Athletics to benefit residents of Alamance County. This includes bank participation in the Phoenix Sports Sponsorship Symposium as a charter member of the new “Phoenix B2B Council.”

Turkey Trot
The annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot, held Nov. 22 at the Ridgewood Shopping Center in Raleigh, raised $13,000 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The fourth annual event drew 1,200 runners, doubling the 2006 participation.

TAKE Solutions Inc.
The market share of TAKE Solutions Inc., an Indian company with offices in RTP, has increased significantly throughout 2007 with key acquisitions, including ClearOrbit. TAKE Solutions focuses on business intelligence, life sciences and supply chain management.

Coldwell Banker HPW
The Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Falls of Neuse Road office has hired Jeff Clark and Suzan Rogers as sales agents. Clark has 8 years of experience in the retail auto repair industry. Rogers previously owned and operated an interior design firm for 15 years.

Bryant-Phillips
Bryant-Phillips Associates Inc. has been contracted to provide fire damage restorations for a Knightdale residence. The fire originated in the sunroom and destroyed several rooms while it covered the remainder of the residence in heavy smoke and soot.

Wake County ETIC Coalition
Members of several nonprofit agencies, including the Family Resource Center of Raleigh, Fiscal Progress, Passage Home, AARP, and Triangle United Way, have joined Wake County Human Services and the IRS to form the Wake County ETIC Coalition.

CNN Heroes
Raleigh’s Lynwood Hughes was honored as a finalist for the “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute.” The event honors ordinary people who have accomplished extraordinary things. Hughes started a nonprofit to help veterans secure disability benefits.

RE/MAX Southern Advantage
The Jacobs Team, composed of veteran Broker/Realtor Linda C. Jacobs and her son, Broker/Realtor Douglas H. Jacobs, Jr., both of RE/MAX Southern Advantage in Pittsboro, has announced another banner year in commercial real estate transactions.

Colliers Pinkard
Don Leshnock has joined Colliers Pinkard, commercial real estate consultants, as director of business development within the Corporate Solutions Group. Leshnock will help develop strategic business plans for Colliers Pinkard’s Corporate Solutions clients.

Meredith College
Marisa S. Campbell, director of the Paralegal Program at Meredith College, was elected president of the American Association for Paralegal Education at its annual conference in Baltimore. She is also on the N.C. State Bar’s Board of Paralegal Certification.

Southern Industrial Constructors
Southern Industrial Constructors and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Southern Crane, recently achieved another safety milestone when its Wilmington branch office celebrated one year without any recordable injury or illness as defined by OSHA.

Helzberg Diamonds
Exclusively for Helzberg Diamonds, Charles & Colvard Ltd., the sole global distributor of moissanite jewels, has developed a new version of their most popular lab-created gemstone shape, the round brilliant cut, named the “Imperial Moissanite.”

RTLS
Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center recently chose the RadarFind Real Time Location System (RTLS) of RTP and Camden, N.J. to boost its efforts to enhance patient care, rein in costs and improve infection control throughout the hospital.

1st American
1st American has become part of the Mungo Homes family of businesses. The partnership, which brings together two of the Carolinas’ largest family-owned builders, will provide exceptional growth opportunities for 1st American across the Triangle.

TeamHomeBuyer.com
TeamHomeBuyer.com, has re-launched its Web site with a new look and several new community-oriented features, including an interactive property search tied directly into the Triangle Multiple Listing Service (MLS) and a link to a green living resource page.

Alice Aycock Poe Center
The Alice Aycock Poe Center For Health Education honored the following businesses and individuals: Time Warner Cable; Wake County Commissioner Joe Bryan; the North Carolina PTA; and Al Woods, Pine Elementary School, Washington County.

Rockett, Burkhead and Winslow
Rockett, Burkhead and Winslow’s television campaign for CORT, a Berkshire Hathaway company, earned national recognition as the “least-fast-forwarded” commercial in the June study of TiVo Stop||Watch and was cited in the Sept. 3 issue of BusinessWeek.

Lonesource
Lonesource, a leader in providing spend management, has signed on six customers in the engineering industry. Its customers now stretch from Maine to Florida and from Puerto Rico to California, including engineering firms such as Parkhill, Smith & Cooper.

Resort Realty
The Landings at Sugar Creek will be exclusively listed for sale by Resort Realty. As part of this agreement, it will provide a dedicated onsite sales force and will direct a regional marketing campaign to increase acquisition rates for the property.