Millennium Magazine_8th Ed

228 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine HOSPITALITY AND LEISURE A s a former general manager for a large furniture chain store, Dianne Opal Alcala garnered years of experience prior to entering the field of community management. For the past 25 years, she has excelled as the general manager of GrandManors, the lifestyle division of RealManage LLC. Located in Clearwater, Florida, GrandManors is renowned for providing professional association management services to luxury lifestyle communities. Drawing upon a BA in business management, summa cum laude, Ms. Alcala has accrued several recognitions throughout her career, as she has established a lauded reputation among her clients and colleagues. Notably, she was honored in the top three percent of Industry Leaders and has made a positive difference in her community through her everyday activities. Inspired by her mother, Opal, who also served in community assistance, Ms. Alcala intends to experience the continued growth and success of her career in five years’ time. She would like to leave behind a resounding legacy for others to follow, as well as provide her daughter with a role model who will serve as an influential figure in her life for years to come. GENERAL MANAGER GrandManors, RealManage LLC Clearwater, FL S upported by a Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of South Carolina, Dennis J. O’Keefe excelled as an accountant for various state agencies in South Carolina for 30 years between 1975 and 2005. Following this feat, he served as an insurance salesman in South Carolina from 2006 until his retirement in 2018. Although his professional career was in finance and insurance, Mr. O’Keefe has felt most passionate about the sports industry, and he has served for 50 years as a sports official throughout the South Carolina high school system. Officiating football since 1975, Mr. O’Keefe has also hosted a talk show, “Rapping with the Ref,” for the past 20 years and appeared in the acclaimed movie “The Program” in 1993. Likewise, he has maintained involvement with girls’ lacrosse, high school baseball and softball, and men’s college basketball. Notably, he officiated two World Series sports finals and seven state finals with Dixie Youth Baseball. To attest to his success, he was inducted into the South Carolina Basketball Officials Hall of Fame in 2016 and the South Carolina Football Officials Hall of Fame in 2021. ACCOUNTANT, INSURANCE SALESMAN, SPORTS OFFICIATOR (RETIRED) Columbia, SC DENNIS J. O’KEEFE DIANNE OPAL ALCALA