People Profiles

BECKY HERMAN AND MONICA DAVIS SUCCEED TOGETHER

Question. What project or accomplishment do you consider to be the most significant in your career?

A. Our greatest accomplishment was our foresight to merge our two strong businesses. This helped us offer the best possible service to our clients and leveraged our talents.

KELLY OGDEN GETS PUMPED

Q. What has been your biggest accomplishment?

A. Opening Orangetheory Fitness on Hilton Head Island. My “career” for the past 27 years has been raising our three daughters. I have always been active in the community, but I have been in fitness all of my life. My first job out of college was aerobics instructor — my daughters think that is so funny.

BRANDY GRAY AND ABBY BOYLSTON ENCOURAGE PERSEVERANCE AND DEDICATION

Question. What are your biggest accomplishments thus far in your career?

Brandy Gray. I had the honor to serve as the 59th commodore of the Beaufort Water Festival — one of only five female commodores in its 63 years. I’m also a board member for BJWSA.  

ROCHELLE CLARKSON MAKES YOUNG DANCERS SHINE

Question. What do you consider your biggest accomplishment?

Answer. Alliance Dance Academy is the most significant accomplishment in my career. We have created a studio that has filled a need in our community, and have given kids the opportunity to find their love of dance and still be kids.

Who are the female SERG managers and partners?

Kim Keppel, Orchid Paulmeier, Lori Taylor, Nicole Cibelli, Jordan Norris, Brittany Shane, Shannon Mccune, Lindsey Spargur, Meggie Thompson, Kristen Quillin, Misty Marshall, Sandi Schrettner, Bonnie Callahan, Jill Shrecengost and Sarah Sanders.

HOSPITALITY TEAM FOCUSES ON GIVING BACK AND CONTINUING TO GROW

Question. What is something about your job that brings you pride?

BRANTLEY KING IS PROOF THAT HARD WORK LEADS TO BIG RESULTS

Question. What is the most significant accomplishment of your career thus far?

Answer. Purchasing Billy Wood Appliance in 2016 was a fantastic professional growth experience. Reshaping the business, remodeling the showroom, developing new relationships and preparing to launch our second store in Bluffton have been both thrilling and rewarding. It’s exciting to see hard work deliver results.

“I’M A BUILDER AND A CRAFTSMAN,” ROBERT GRAVES JR. SAID IN A THICK SOUTHERN DRAWL. A PIONEER AND ONE OF THE FIRST DEVELOPERS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, HE WORKED CLOSELY WITH CHARLES FRASER.

“Charles would give me his vision and talk to me while designing a home,” he said. “Without him, I wouldn’t have raised seven children and 22 grandchildren at last count.”

Graves, 79, founded his custom home construction business in 1959. It is still in operation today, though the island looks a lot different now than when he started.

Caring for others, especially seniors, has always been a big part of Jennifer Spencer’s life. In fact, caring for others is her way of life. Her new business helps deal with the details when someone downsizes, moves to a senior facility or passes away.

The new Lowcountry resident recently opened the doors to Relics Estate Sales and Consignments on Persimmon Street in Bluffton, a business she started with her fiancé and business partner, Scott Tracy.

Roots have a way of extending themselves over time and eventually rising to the surface.

Researching family genealogy and DNA testing have become very popular, and people are using a combination of DNA testing and online websites and apps to construct their family trees — and some have tracked down long-lost relatives in other countries and travelled to meet them. But the burning question is: Do I really want to know?