He interned at Centura while attending The Citadel and joined the bank full-time in 1994. His experience includes working in the bank's real estate finance department.

Centura Banks is a $12 billion-asset financial services company with a complete line of investment, insurance, banking, leasing and asset management services to businesses and individuals in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Rocky Mount is 150 miles northeast of Downtown Charlotte.

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David Wilkening

David Wilkening began his long journalism career as a police reporter for Chicago-area newspapers. He became a writer-editor for major newspapers in Chicago, Washington, Detroit and Florida. He has been a business editor, political editor and travel editor for newspapers and magazines. He tried for a while to be a political operative but did better as an adjunct college professor teaching English and journalism. He is the author of several books, both ghost-written and under his own name. He is also a widely published freelance writer who currently lives in Orlando.