COLUMBIA, S.C. (June 13, 2017) – Central SC Alliance, a 501(c)(3) full-service regional economic development organization and the state’s oldest regional economic development alliance, has named their 2017-2018 Board of Directors and Officers. The Board of Directors will provide governance as Central SC Alliance recruits businesses, promoting and branding the 8-County region and the City of Columbia.
Board Officers elected for 2017-2018: Chairman, Mike Brenan, Group/State President, BB&T; Vice Chairman/Public Sector, Dwight Stewart, Chairman, Clarendon County Council; Vice Chair/Private Sector, Ted Creech, Director External Affairs, AT&T South Carolina; Chair of Development, Eva Nance, Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Chair of Finance, Jim Hazel, Shareholder, Elliott Davis Decosimo.
Private Sector Board Members newly elected for 2017-2018: Lou Kennedy, Nephron Pharmaceuticals; Jeff Reeves, Wells Fargo Bank; Matt Shaffer, Blue Cross Blue Shield SC.
The Board of Directors for 2017-2018:
*Jim B. Apple
First Citizens Bank
*The Honorable Stephen K. Benjamin
Mayor, City of Columbia
*Michael R. Brenan (Board Chair)
BB&T
*G. Michael Briggs
Central SC Alliance
*The Honorable Julian Burns
Chair, Kershaw County Council
The Honorable James Compton
Chair, Richland Lexington Airport Commission
*Ted Creech (Board vice-Chair Private Sector)
AT&T South Carolina
The Honorable M. Todd Cullum
Chair, Lexington County Council
*The Honorable Joyce Dickerson
Chair, Richland County Council
The Honorable Roger A. Gaddy
Chair, Central Midlands Council of Governments
*C. W. Garnett
NBSC
J. Barry Ham
Bank of Clarendon
William L. Hart
Fairfield Electric Cooperative
*James E. Hazel, Jr. (Chair, Finance)
Elliott Davis Decosimo
Lou Kennedy
Nephron Pharmaceuticals
Barrie Kirk
Chair, Committee of 100
Midlands Technical College
*W. Keller Kissam
SCANA
*The Honorable Henry H. Livingston, III
Chair, Newberry County Council
Bill McGowan
Devro, Inc
*Eva Nance (Chair, Development)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
*Harris Pastides
University of South Carolina
Jeff Reeves
Wells Fargo Bank
Ronald L. Rhames
Midlands Technical College
Matthew M. Shaffer
Blue Cross Blue Shield of SC
The Honorable William (Billy) Smith, Jr.
Chair, Fairfield County Council
*The Honorable Dwight L. Stewart, Jr. (Board vice-Chair Public Sector)
Chair, Clarendon County Council
*The Honorable David K. Summers
Chair, Calhoun County Council
Joseph A. Trainor, III
Stokes-Trainor Chevrolet-Pontiac-Cadillac-Buick-GMC
Michael A. Wolfe
First Citizens Bank
The Honorable Johnnie Wright, Sr.
Chair, Orangeburg County Council
*denotes Executive Committee
About Central South Carolina Alliance
The Central SC Alliance (CSCA) is a full-service professional economic development organization, founded in 1994 as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, public/private partnership, engaged in the recruitment of capital investment and jobs to the Central Region of South Carolina. Since inception, CSCA and its partners and allies, have attracted more than $12.1 billion in capital investment and over 66,600 new jobs to the Central Region of South Carolina.
CSCA represents eight counties and the City of Columbia. (The nine county region includes, Calhoun, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburg and Richland.) To learn more about the Central SC Alliance please visit our website at www.centralsc.org and be sure to follow us on Twitter @Central_SC and like us on Facebook.