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Foundation Leadership

Meet Our Board

The Foundation is governed by a Board of Trustees made up of philanthropists, community, and business leaders.

Ben Hagood (Chair)

Retired Senior Vice President, South State Bank

 

Kym Cleveland (Vice Chair)

President/Owner, Liquid Properties, LLC

 

Bill Harley (Treasurer)

Senior Vice President, First Citizens Bank

 

Curtis T. Evatt (Secretary)

President, Oconee Federal Savings and Loan Association

 

Randy Blackston

VP of Operations, Glen Raven

 

Susan Borcherts

Facility Personnel Manager, Michelin

 

Craig Chappelear

Realtor, Chappelear & Associates, Inc.

 

Joel Davis

President, J. Davis Construction

 

Galen DeHay, Ph.D. (ex officio)       

President, Tri-County Technical College

 

Emily DeRoberts

Government and Community Relations Manager, Duke Energy Corporation

 

Dial DuBose

Managing Partner, Nalley Commercial Properties

 

Lucas Durham

President, Landscape Perceptions

 

Dave Eldridge

Chief Executive Officer, Tri-County Entrepreneurial Development Corporation

 

Michael Fee

Co-Owner, Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co., Inc.

 

James Galyean

Managing Member, MSE Group, LLC

 

Cara Hamilton (ex officio)

Vice President for Business Affairs, Tri-County Technical College

 

Lorraine Harding

Owner, Lorraine Harding Real Estate

Zach Hinton

Vice President of Economic Development and Support Services, Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative

 

Emily Ballenger Holland

President and CEO, Martin Holland Advertising

 

Marcia Hydrick

President, Thrift Brothers, Inc.

 

Chris Johansen

Director of Operations, Arthrex, Inc.

 

James Kaplan (ex officio)

President, Cornell Dubilier

 

Teddy Martin, DMD

Dentist, Hare & Martin, PA

 

Hamid Mohsseni (ex officio)

President and CEO, Anderson Restaurant Group

 

Tom O’Hanlan

CEO, Sealevel Systems, Inc.

 

Chris Robinson

President, Robinson Funeral Homes and Memorial Gardens

 

Ted Spitz

Attorney at Law, Jones Law Firm, PA

 

Thomas Strange (ex officio)

Retired Senior Director of Research and Development, Abbott

 

Alisa Suddeth

Senior Vice President, Chief Talent and Marketing Officer, Community First Bank

 

Gray Suggs

Partner, SuggsJohnson, LLC

 

Amanda Taylor

Regional Director, AT&T South Carolina

 

Todd Walker

Chief Operating Officer, Easley Medical Campus of Prisma Health

 

Mike Worley

Senior R&D Manager, Itron

 

Danny Youngblood

President, Youngblood Development Corporation