Providing a voice for business, looking ahead to a bright and sustainable economic future.
Susie Shannon
President & CEO
Adrianne L. Beasley
Director of Strategy & Communications
Callie Price
Senior Program Manager
Amy Sartain
Director – SC Logistics
Stephen Astemborski
Director – SC Aerospace
Jamie DeMent
Director – SC Tech
Dr. Peggy Torrey
Director – TransformSC
Suzanne Dickerson
Director – South Carolina Fraunhofer USA Alliance
Kim Christ
Director – Workforce & Education Initiatives
Alex Albrecht
Communications Coordinator
Amanda Campbell
Creative Communications Specialist
Sam Summers
Executive Coordinator
Ed Sellers
Retired Chairman and CEO of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, now Chairman Emeritus
Joel A. Smith, III, Treasurer
Dean Emeritus, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina
Michael J. Mizeur
President & CEO, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
M. William “Bill” Youngblood
Counsel, Burr & Forman
Don Herriott
Chair of Board of Directors, South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA)
George Wolfe
Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Paula Harper Bethea
CEO & Chair of the Board, J M Smith Corporation
John Lumpkin, Jr.
Senior executive adviser, Cogdell Spencer ERDMAN; former CEO, Edens
Pamela Lackey
Retired President, AT&T South Carolina
Sue-Ann “Susie” Shannon, Ex Officio Member
President & CEO, SC Council on Competitiveness
Don Myers, Chair
General Counsel, A&P Technology
Leslie Farmer
F-16 Program Integrator, Lockheed Martin
Steve Townes
President and CEO, Ranger Aerospace
Abdel E. Bayoumi
Director, USC McNAIR Center for Aerospace Innovation and Research, Associate Dean for Corporate Relations USC College of Engineering and Computing
Dr. Arunachalam Lakshminarayanan
Strategy & Business Development, Rolls-Royce Power Systems
Paul Witt
VP of Mobile Services, Constant Aviation
Kenneth P. Rusterholz
President & Chief Executive Officer, TIGHITCO
Jason Marlin
President, Champion Aerospace
Steve Prout
President, Solar Atmospheres
Mike Leatherwood
Owner/President, Leatherwood Manufacturing
Eric Smith
Vice President of Sales, Advanced Materials Re:Build Manufacturing
Ashley Holbrook
Director of State and Local Government Operations, Boeing South Carolina
Darren Friberg
Director of Business Development, SEKISUI Aerospace Corporation
Jerry Ellison
President, JBE, Inc.
Mark Harris
South Carolina Site Director, GKN Aerospace
Nancy Rogers, Chair
North American Logistics Strategy Manager, Michelin
David N. Edwards, Jr.
President/CEO, GSP International Airport
Jordi Yarborough
Senior Vice President, Community Engagement and Secretary to the Board, SC Ports Authority
Julia Fuchs
Manager Material Control & Supply Assurance, BMW Manufacturing
Steve Karasek
Manager, Unique Loom
Tobias Hacker
Head of Tire Logistics – The Americas, Continental
Keith Huggins
Vice President of National Sales & Logistics, Southeastern Freight Lines
Elijah Ray
Executive VP, Customer Solutions, Sunland Logistics
Brian Gwin
Industrial Development Manager, Norfolk Southern
Deepal Eliatamby
President/CEO, Alliance Consulting
Michael Carter
CEO, eGroup
Sally Ehrenfield
Principal of Government Relations, Blackbaud
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Christopher Etesse
Chairman & CEO, Fusion Cyber
Ben Rex
President, Cyberwoven
Mike Stokes
General Manager Southeast, DartPoints
Julie Kunkle
Deputy Director, SC Department of Commerce
Craig Kinley
Principal, WiProwess
Douglas Kim
Founder & Attorney, Kim & Lahey Law Firm
Will Helmly
President, Home Telecom
Joe Greer
Vice President, CapGemini