Notable Locals

Photos by Ray Sepesy

Faces introduces you to people who make Ballantyne lively and interesting. In this edition, meet Rosalyn Durant, Jeff Atkinson and Robin E. Saddler.

Rosalyn Durant

Hometown: Timmonsville, South Carolina
Job: Senior Vice President, College Networks, ESPN

What do you like most about your work?

I LOVE the team I work with. You have never met a more committed or passionate group.

Do you live in Ballantyne?

I moved to Charlotte three years ago and live right outside Ballantyne.

What did you want to be when you were a kid?

An OB-GYN, then a talk show host like Oprah.

Hometown: Columbia, Missouri
Job: Assistant Vice President, Wingate University Ballantyne

What do you like most about your work?

I love seeing the impact higher education makes in improving someone’s life.

Do you live in Ballantyne?

We lived in the Ballantyne area from 1996 until two years ago, when we moved to the Waxhaw area.

Any life-management tips?

I try to start the work day doing the most difficult task first.

Hometown: Virginia Beach, Virginia (I’m a beach girl)
Job: President, Board of Directors, BCC Rally

What do you like most about your work?

The opportunity to work with an amazing group of people and the Susan G. Komen organization in the fight against breast cancer.

Do you live in Ballantyne?

Yes, since 2006.

What did you want to be when you were a kid?

An archaeologist. I wanted to find a dinosaur fossil and name it the Robinasaurus.