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