Business Observer
• Liz Mileshko is the new Executive Director of The Airborne & Special Operations Museum Foundation. She is a graduate of the University of Alabama with a B.A. in Political Science and History, and brings a wealth of experience in fundraising and leadership with national non-profit organizations. The Airborne & Special Operations Museum Foundation provides marketing and advertising efforts in support of the ongoing mission of the United States Army's Airborne & Special Operations Museum.
• Jessi Ayers has been named Chief Financial Officer for Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. Ayers has more than 10 years of financial healthcare experience. She holds a Master in Business Administration and Leadership from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and has a Bachelors in Science and Business Management from Point Park University in Pittsburgh. She is a certified Revenue Cycle Executive from the American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management.
• Dr. Lourdes Castano, M.D., has joined Southern Pines Women's Health Center, a FirstHealth clinic. Dr. Castano is a Board Certified OB/GYN and brings more than 25 years experience. She received her bachelor of arts from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She earned her medical degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York, where she graduated with honors, and completed her OB/GYN residency at Cornell's North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York, where she also acted as chief resident of the program. She has relocated to Moore County from New York.
• The Fayetteville Woodpeckers have entered a long-term agreement with Professional Sports Catering LLC, to manage all aspects of the food operations at Fayetteville's new ballpark, including concessions, catering, and food-and-beverage staffing for special events held at the facility. Professional Sports Catering LLC was founded in 2006 with the objective of focusing on the food service needs of Minor League Baseball franchises. PSC now operates at more than 30 ballparks nationwide. The Fayetteville ballpark is scheduled to open in April.
• The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra has received a grant from the Thomas And Edith Wood Endowment for Alzheimer's and Dementia Support of Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc. The grant supports a program called Musical Memories. Musicians of the Fayetteville Symphony will work with area nursing care facilities who have dementia and Alzheimer's patients to provide music for the patients and their families.