Board of Directors: Executive Committee

James Bennett

Chairman

Julia Levi

First Vice Chair

Lara Hudson

Secretary/Treasurer

Julio Hernandez

Vice Chair for Outreach

Mary Lewis Huffman

Vice Chair for Marketing

Chunsta Miller

Vice Chair for Initiatives

Rivers Hughes

Fundraising Co-Chairs

Grayson Kelly

Fundraising Co-Chairs

Todd Horne

Immediate Past Chair

Board of Directors

Board Members' Website

Current Board Members

Gail Awan
Urban League of the Upstate

Lorenzo Bates
US & S

Noah Beason
Cherokee County Development Board

James Bennett
Upstate Home Care

Celia Boyd Myers
City of Walhalla

Guy Boyle
Spartanburg Water

Jeff Brown
Greenville Drive

Joe Bryant
Seamon Whiteside

Dr. Galen DeHay
Tri-County Technical College

Dave Eldridge
Tri-County Entrepreneurial Development Corporation

David Feild
Colliers

Heath Flood
Loop Recruiting

Dr. Kandi Fredere
SCDHEC Regional Health Office

Lynn Fretwell
BCBS

Josh Fowler
Davis & Floyd

RJ Gimbl
USC Upstate

Robert Halfacre
City of Clemson

David Hammond
Laurens Electric Cooperative

Julio Hernandez
Clemson University

Todd Horne
Clayton Construction

Boggs Howard
Fluor

Lara Hudson
Greenwood City

Mary Lewis Huffman
McMillan Pazdan Smith

Rivers Hughes
Hughes Investments

Ceej Jefferson
Oak & Ave Property Group

Mustan Kapasi
Kapasi Glass

Grayson Kelly
Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative

Joe Lanahan
City of Inman

Kathy Jo Lancaster
Union County Economic Development

Julia Levi
Carolina TEA

John Lummus
Upstate SC Alliance

Erwin Maddrey
Maddrey & Associates

John McArthur
Furman University

Dari McBride
Oconee County Chamber

Hank McCullough
Piedmont Natural Gas

Kelly McWhorter
Discover Greenwood

Adela Mendoza
Hispanic Alliance

Chunsta Miller
Goodwill Industries of the Upstate/Midlands

Michael Nail
Ogletree Deakins

Holly Nix
Spartanburg Community College – Cherokee Campus

Barry Nocks
Clemson University

Alex Parks
Mavin Construction

Brown Patterson
Laurens County Council

Tyler Prescott
Milliken & Company

Hope Rivers
Piedmont Technical College

Terence Roberts
City of Anderson

Ken Roper
Pickens County

Tim Self
AnMed Health

Allen Smith
OneSpartanburg, Inc.

Frannie Stockwell
Cherokee County Chamber

Veronica Stoddard
Addus Homecare

Stephen Taylor
WCTEL

Marisa Trzemzalski
AFL

Austin Walker
Abbeville County

David Walsh
Bon Secours St. Francis

Irv Welling, III
Retired

Rebecca West
ReWa

Trentsie Williams
Greenwood SC Chamber of Commerce

Founding Board

Ingo Angermeier

Richard Baines

William Barnet

Carol Burdette

Foster Chapman

James Coleman

Jim Cook

Charles Dalton

Rick Danner

R. Thornwell Dunlap, III

Michael Forrester

Don Gordon

Ben Haskew

Phil Hughes

Torance Inman

Hal Johnson

Henry Jolly

Lee Luff

Erwin Maddrey

Hank McCullough

John A. Miller, Jr.

Steve Navarro

Barry Nocks

Steve Pelissier

Judy Prince

Terence Roberts

Sue Schneider

Minor Shaw

Russell Stall

John Stockwell

Gerald Sweitzer

Bogue Wallin

Jeanne Ward

Irv Welling, III

Neal Workman

Brad Wyche

Board Emeritus

Ann Angermeirer

Charlita Atchinson

Amanda Benfield

Justin Benfield

Karen Burgess

John Campbell

Pam Christopher

Neal Collins

Paul Corbeil

Roy Costner

Michael Cunningham

Chandra Dillard

DJ Doherty

Jim Donahoo

Dave Edwards

Samuel Erwin

Teri Gilstrap

Angie Gossett

Tim Hall

Patricia Hartung

Peggy Hill

Susanne Hite

Cindy Hopkins

Randy Imler

Susan Jackson

Heather Jones

Angelle LaBorde

Nate Lipscomb

Evelyn Lugo

Terry Mallard

Denise Manley

Mark McKinney

Lisa McWherter

Jessica Miserendino

Ken Moon

Steven Nail

Tom O’Hanlan

Carlos Phillips

David Pitts

R.P. Rama

Rich Robinson

Shannon Sears

Jim Shew

George Shira

Walker Smith

James Taylor

Harold Thompson

John Verreault

Wendy Walden

Frank Wideman III

Ann M. Wright