Gregory Carroll, Vice President
Greg has 28 years of experience in public relations and marketing for higher education. A graduate of Kent State University with a master’s degree and advance study in higher education administration from the University of Akron, he also taught English in the public school system and at the University of Akron. At Furman for five years now, Greg has been active in the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education on the international, national and regional levels by serving on the communications and marketing national commission, district program conference chair, and speaker on branding and marketing. He and his wife Jill have two daughters.

Roxanne Chase, Graphic Designer
During my fine art/architecture studies at the Cooper Union I took a summer job as assistant to the production manager and art director at a New York publishing firm. About a month into the job, the art director quit unexpectedly . . . an act which catapulted me into a high-end commercial art career at age twenty. To survive crushing deadlines and my own ignorance, I enlisted the aid of New York’s finest illustrators, designers, photographers and copywriters. Four of these heroes adopted me, ferrying me to the shores of enlightenment through apprenticeships.

After our first child was born, my husband and I hopped a freighter for Greece where we summered in Santorini and wintered in Thessaloniki. I studied various painting techniques, eventually becoming a reverse-glass painter, as well as a partner in a creative workshop.

I came to the US in 1984 for the opening of an exhibit of my paintings at the Midtown Gallery in Washington, D.C. and settled in South Carolina where my parents and brother had recently relocated. Here I worked as a staff designer/illustrator for a local newspaper and founded a graphic design studio, Art á la Carte. Furman, a client, offered me a staff position in 2001.

Chandra E. Dillard
Chandra E. Dillard is a graduate of Winthrop University where she received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing. She is employed at Furman University as Director of Community Relations. Prior to accepting the position with Furman, she was employed with Rockwell Automation for sixteen years as a sales and service professional. Elected to Greenville City Council in 1999, she represents District 3 and chairs the City's Quality of Life/Environment Committee. She is the city's liason to the Greenville Housing Authority and SHARE agency. She has served the community in many capacities including chairing the Phillis Wheatley Leadership Development Post Fellows Association and Greenville County Board of Trustees. Currently she serves on the boards of the Phillis Wheatley Association, the Alliance for Quality Education, Generation Group Home and the University Center Board of Visitors. Additionally she serves as Business Manager for Palmetto Associates, an affiliate of the Miss South Carolina Scholarship Program. Chandra is a Certified Lay Leader at John Wesley United Methodist Church. She is also an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Chandra was selected by Greenville Magazine as being one of Greenville's Best &amp Brightest and was a member of Leadership Greenville - class XXVI. Chandra is single with no children. In her spare time (what little she has) she enjoys spending time with family and friends.

Ryan Fisher, Director of Web Marketing
Ryan is a native of Charleston, SC. At 18 he entered Clemson University's undergraduate program to receive a Bachelor's of Science degree in Marketing. Upon graduating, Ryan joined the workforce for Bi-Lo, Inc. in the office of Web Development. After 3 years, he decided it was time to switch to the academic field and he came to Furman to serve as the developer for Furman's main web site.

Vince Moore, Director of News and Media Relations
Vince has been director of News and Media Relations at Furman since 1982. He holds a B.A. degree in English from Georgetown (Ky.) College and a Masters of Mass Communications from the University of South Carolina. Prior to coming to Furman, he worked as a sportswriter at The Greenville News and Anderson Independent-Mail, where he wrote about everything from college football to golf. He has served both on the board and as president of the College News Association of the Carolinas, an organization of higher education public relations professionals from North and South Carolina. He is married to the Rev. Deb Richardson-Moore, and they have three children -- Dustin (25), Taylor (22) and Madison (17).

Marie Newman-Rogers , Departmental Assistant
Marie is from Wilmington, North Carolina and joined marketing and publication relations, in February 2007 as department assistant. She is currently enrolled in Furman’s UES program and will ultimately move to the day program to complete her degree in English.  Her goal is to graduate by the time she is ninety—just kidding, she should graduate in 2010.

John Roberts, Electronic and Internal Communication
A native of Spartanburg, John Roberts graduated from the University of South Carolina with a BA in Journalism and Mass Communications and a minor in political science in 1990. After graduation, John worked as a reporter for The Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, Ga.) newspaper covering courts, crime, local government and later state government. He joined the The Greenville News in 1993 and primarily covered business news before leaving the paper for Furman in 1996. Two years later, he was named director of internal communications. In 2001, his title changed to director of internal and electronic communications. In addition to writing and editing Inside Furman (the university's internal newsletter) and News@FU (the electronic newsletter), Helped to create and launch FUnet, an internal homepage for the university, in 2004. Working with a small "staff" of student writers and photographers, John manages the site, which is updated daily during the school year with photos, news stories and features. Also, John is a regular contributer to Furman Magazine and occasionally writes and conducts research for President David Shi. Outside the office, John serves as the head coach for the Furman men's rugby teams, an organization he helped found in 1998. The men's team has won three national titles and fished national runner-up once. John is a widower. He and his late wife Lisa (a 1989 Furman graduate) have three children Zachary, 13, Maggie, 11 and Julianna, 9.

Nancy M. Spitler, Director of Creative Services
Nancy’s first job after graduating from Furman was copywriter/media buyer/receptionist for a very small ad agency in Greenville. Since then, she’s worked at a variety of places ranging from the advertising department at Macy’s, an ad agency specializing in healthcare marketing, and two other institutions of higher learning. Before coming to Furman, she worked at Emory (twice) as a senior editor in the Publications Office and as editor of Emory Report, the faculty/staff newspaper that’s distributed weekly to more than 10,000 employees. Also she worked at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, as Public Relations and Publications Director. She first came to Furman in 1996, writing and designing publications for the Development Office, before moving over to Marketing and Public Relations in 1997. Nancy lives in Clemson with her husband, Hugh, and two boys.

Jim Stewart, Periodicals Director
Jim earned his B.A. degree from Furman in 1976. He came to Furman in 1986, serving initially as a writer/editor and publications assistant. He was named editor of Furman Reports, a quarterly alumni tabloid, in 1996 and became editor of Furman magazine when it merged with Reports in the spring of 1999. Aside from his work at Furman, he has served as a newspaper reporter for the Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier and as an editor for the Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal.

Gayle Warth, Special Events Coordinator
Gayle has been at Furman for 35 years in the public relations office (Not that she’ll admit to it.). In 1972, she was a secretary and later office manager to the director of University Relations. In 1998, she became special events coordinator. She has coordinated over 300 events at Furman. She holds an Associate Degree in Secretarial Science specializing in engineering. She is now working towards a B.A. in Business Administration through Undergraduate Evening Studies program. Gayle is married to Robert Warth ’90, who is a computer analyst at Milliken and has a son, Brian ‘05, and a daughter, Kellie is now a freshman at Furman.

Carol Anne Langley, Editor
Carol Anne graduated from Furman University with a BA in business administration and is currently working on a masters degree in English at Clemson University. Carol Anne has been with the marketing department at Furman for seven years and has four years previous experience in commercial advertising, working with agencies where she wore many hats including production manager, graphic designer, public relations manager and media buyer. She has been part of a creative team which has received both regional and national Addy awards and has worked on campaigns for Applebee’s, Maxfli, Carolina First, Umbro and National Family Partnership. As Editor, Carol Anne is responsible for writing and editing copy for many of the publications created by the Furman marketing team. Carol Anne and her partner Morris Ward live in Dacusville, South Carolina. Carol Anne enjoys spending time with Morris’s two children and his new grandson born on Father’s Day 2007 The couple spends most weekends and many weeknights on their boat at Lake Keowee. It’s a well-known fact that Carol Anne is hopelessly addicted to reality shows, tanning, hip-hop music, enormous salads, and hot wings.

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