People – SC Competes Team & Cluster Leadership

Susie Shannon

President & CEO

Stephen Astemborski

Director of Engagement & Aerospace Initiatives

Kelly Baird

Director – SC Fraunhofer USA Alliance

Adrianne L. Beasley

Director of Strategy & Communications

Jamie DeMent

Director – SC Tech

Nicole McKain Griffin

Office Administrator

Mendy Lewis

Program Manager

Jamie Metz

Communications Coordinator

Callie Price

Director of Policy & Workforce

Amy Sartain

Director – SC Logistics

Bunnie Ward

Director – TransformSC Initiative

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

Paula Harper Bethea

CEO & Chair of the Board, J M Smith Corporation

Don Herriott

Chair of Board of Directors, South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA)

Pamela Lackey

Retired President, AT&T South Carolina

John Lumpkin, Jr.

Senior executive adviser, Cogdell Spencer ERDMAN; former CEO, Edens

Bill Medich

South State Bank, Group President | South Carolina

Michael J. Mizeur

President & CEO, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina

Amy Salzhauer

Managing Partner, Good Growth Capital

George Wolfe

Retired Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Sue-Ann “Susie” Shannon, Ex Officio Member

President & CEO, SC Council on Competitiveness

Dan Noneaker

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Dean for Research

Charles Appleby

Senior Advisor to Coordinating Council for Workforce Development (CCWD), SC Dep’t of Employment & Workforce

Don Myers

General Counsel, A&P Technology

Leslie Bishop

F-16 Program Integrator, Lockheed Martin

Steve Townes

President and CEO, Ranger Aerospace

Paul Ziehl

Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering and Computing at the University of South Carolina

Dr. Arunachalam Lakshminarayanan

Strategy & Business Development, Rolls-Royce Power Systems

Paul Witt

VP of Mobile Services, Constant Aviation

Mark Withrow

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

Darren Friberg

Director of Business Development, SEKISUI Aerospace Corporation

Jerry Ellison

President, JBE, Inc.

Charles Appleby

Senior Advisor to Coordinating Council for Workforce Development (CCWD), SC Dep’t of Employment & Workforce

Nancy Rogers, Chair

North American Logistics Strategy Manager, Michelin

David N. Edwards, Jr.

President/CEO, GSP International Airport

Byron Miller

Chief Commercial Officer, SC Ports Authority

Julia Fuchs

Manager Material Control & Supply Assurance, BMW Manufacturing

Rashad Hinton

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

Craig Kinley

NSF ART Grant Program Coordinator, Clemson University

Charles Appleby

Senior Advisor to Coordinating Council for Workforce Development (CCWD), SC Dep’t of Employment & Workforce

Michael Carter

CEO, eGroup

Sally Ehrenfield

Principal of Government Relations, Blackbaud

Christopher Etesse

Chairman & CEO, Fusion Cyber

Ben Rex

President, Cyberwoven

Mike Stokes

General Manager Southeast, DartPoints

Julie Kunkle

Deputy Director, SC Department of Commerce

Douglas Kim

Founder & Attorney, Kim & Lahey Law Firm

Will Helmly

President, Home Telecom

Joe Greer

Vice President, CapGemini

Julie Kunkle

Deputy Director, South Carolina Department of Commerce

Jon Baggett

Deputy Director, Global Business Development, SC Department of Commerce

Thomas Schuelke

President, Fraunhofer USA

Professor Dr. Adam Porter

Executive and Scientific Director, Fraunhofer USA Center Mid-Atlantic

Dr. Robert Engelhorn

President and CEO, BMW Manufacturing

Uli Wieland

Vice President of Logistics and Production Control

Andrew Lee

Co-Founder, Integrated Micro-Chromatography Systems

Jonathan Dawley

President & CEO, KION North America Corporation

Dr. Anand K. Gramopadhye

Professor & Dean of the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences

Dan Noneaker

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Dean for Research

Katarina Fjording

Senior Vice-President for Innovation and Industry Engagement

Hossein Haj-Hariri

Dean of the College of Engineering and Computing, University of South Carolina

Thorsten “Thor” Wuest

Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing

Fred Monk

Susie Shannon

President & CEO, SC Competes