Board of Directors
Chairman
Mr. Jack Sanders
President & CEO
Sonoco
Jack Sanders became Sonoco’s eighth CEO on April 1, 2013. He serves on the Board of Directors, executive committee and leads the Company’s management committee. During his 28-year career with Sonoco, Sanders has played an integral role in growing the Company by leading all Consumer, Industrial and Protective packaging businesses at various points. Sanders, a 1976 graduate of Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science in finance, joined Sonoco in 1988 as national sales and marketing manager, Wire and Cable Reels. Sanders serves on the boards of Sonoco, the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics Foundation and the Charles W. Coker and Elizabeth H. Coker Foundation. In addition, he is the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce’s First Commerce Chairman and a member of the Palmetto Business Forum. He is also engaged with the Boy Scouts of America Pee Dee Area Council and helped establish the ScoutReach program in Hartsville area elementary schools. He and his wife, Sheri, live in Garden City, S.C., and have three grown children.
Past-Chairman
Ms. Barbara Melvin
Senior Vice President of Operations and Terminals
South Carolina Ports Authority
As Senior Vice President, Operations & Terminals for the SC Ports Authority, Barbara oversees terminal operations, information technology and support services, crane and equipment maintenance, engineering, environmental, Port Police and cruise operations. Barbara served as the Ports Authority’s lead staff person on the Charleston Harbor Post 45 Project and the Jasper Ocean Terminal Project. Ms. Melvin is a Riley Institute Diversity Leadership participant; a member of the South Carolina Advisory Council of the United States Global Leadership Coalition; serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors; Business Advocacy Committee of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce; the Ports Caucus Advisory Board for the United States Congress; and is also a Liberty Fellow. She is a member of the Board of Charleston Wine+Food Festival and a Community Advisor for the Junior League and formerly served on the board for Communities in Schools and the South Carolina Maritime Foundation.
Chair-Elect
Ms. Lou Kennedy
President & CEO
Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Commerce Chair
Mr. Pete Selleck
Chairman and President
Michelin, North America
General Counsel
Mr. Charles "Ted" Speth II
Shareholder
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Treasurer
Mr. Chris Barras
Executive Director
Ernst & Young, LLP
CEO
Mr. Ted Pitts
President & CEO
SC Chamber of Commerce
Mr. David Alexander
Director of Taxes
Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.
Tax Committee Chairman
Mr. Stephen Cox
Attorney
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.
Education & Workforce Development Committee Chairman
Mr. David Cuda
Director of Corporate Solutions
Colliers International
Membership Committee Chairman
Mr. James D'Alessio
Vice President of Government Affairs
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
Chairman's Circle
Ms. Tyler Easterling
President and Chief Operating Officer
The Brandon Agency
Public Relations Committee Chairman
Mr. Sidney J. Evering II
Attorney
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
LATF Committee Chairman
Ms. Katarina Fjording
Vice President Purchasing & Manufacturing
Volvo Car USA
Manufacturers' Steering Committee Chair
Mr. Kodwo Ghartey-Tagoe
State President
Duke Energy
Chairman’s Circle
Mr. Brian Hamrick
Director, Human Resources
Zeus Industrial Products, Inc
HR Committee Chairman
Mr. Kenny Jackson
SVP, Services/Rates & Regulatory Affair
South Carolina Electric & Gas
Chairman's Circle
Mr. Tommy Lavender
Member
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Environmental Technical Committee Chair
Mr. Tim Norwood
President
Bistro Holdings, Inc.
Chairman's Nominee
Mr. Ben Rex
CEO
Cyberwoven, LLC
IT Committee Chair
Mr. Roger Schrum
Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs
Sonoco
Chairman's Nominee
Mr. Steve Spinks
CEO
The Spinx Company
Small Business Committee Chair
Dr. Cynthia Walters
Corporate Director of Inclusion
Palmetto Health
Diversity Committee Chairman
Mr. Michael Allen
Architect
McMillan Pazdan Smith
Mr. Keith Avery
President & CEO
Newberry Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Mr. Don Balderson
Senior Client Manager - Middle Market Banking
Bank of America
Mr. Michael Baxley
Sr. VP & General Counsel
Santee Cooper
Mr. Dan Becker
Senior VP and Controller
AECOM, Aiken
Mr. James Bennett
Executive Vice President
First Citizens Bank, Columbia
Ms. Kay Biscopink
Shareholder and International Services Practice Leader
Elliot Davis
Mr. Ben Breazeale
Sr. Director of Government Relations for S.C.
Charter Communications
Mr. Frank Bullard
Regional President- Coastal Region
BB&T, Charleston
Ms. Natalia Castillo
Founder and President
Escapada
Mr. Holt Chetwood
Midlands Market Manager
Wells Fargo
Mr. Joe Clark
Shareholder, Management Committee Member
Haynesworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
Dr. David Cole
President
MUSC
Mr. Lauris D. Finney
District Operations Mgr.
UPS
Ms. Schylver V. (Sky) Foster
Department Manager, Corporate Communications
BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC
Mr. Christian Gullott
Director, State & Federal Government Affairs
Bridgestone
Mr. John Harvey
Plant Manager
BP Cooper Petrochemical Plant
Mr. Adam Hatcher
General Counsel
MAU
Ms. Dee Dee Henderson
Chief Operating Officer
Agape Hospice
Mr. Robby Hill
President & CEO
HillSouth IT Solutions
Mr. Mason Hogue
Partner
Nelson Mullins
Mr. Grey Humphrey
Executive Vice President of Sales & President of PalmettoNet
Spirit Communications, Columbia
Mr. Todd Hyneman
President
Total Comfort Solutions
Mr. Richard Jackson
CEO
C.R. Jackson, Inc.
Mr. David Jones
Executive Vice President/CMO
Jackson Marketing
Mr. Boyd Jones
Director, Middle Market Banking Corporate Banking, Regional Chief Banking Officer
Synovus
Mr. George R Jurch, III
General Counsel
The Americas, Continental Automotive, Inc.
Ms. Stephanie Kindregan
Director, Public Policy
Kinder Morgan
Mr. Richard Lackey
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Cox Industries
Mr. Aaron Lawrence
VP, Corporate Strategic Planning & Business Analytics
Zeus Industrial Products
Ms. Lindsay Leonard
Senior Director of State & Local Government Operations
The Boeing Company
Mr. Sidney Locke
Director of Strategic Marketing and Communication
Sage Automotive Interiors
Mr. Matt Manelli
Division Controller
Nucor Steel South Carolina
Ms. Sharon Marra
Senior VP & Savannah River National Laboratory Deputy Director
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Mr. Chad McAllister
CFO- Specialty Fabrics Division
Milliken & Company
Mr. Chris McCorkendale
VP of Operations, Engineering and Strategic Sales
Hargray Communications Group, Inc.
Virgil Miller
President, Aflac Group Insurance, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Aflac U.S.
Mr. Paul Mitchell
Managing Partner
South Coast Paper & SC Community Bank Chairman of the Board
Mr. Steve Mitchell
Regional Managing Partner
Fisher Phillips
Mr. Ben Mustian
Shareholder
Willoughby & Hoefer, PA
Ms. Leesa Owens
Director of Community Relations
Michelin, North America
Mr. Paul Patrick
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
College of Charleston
Mr. Blanton Phillips
CEO
Phillips Staffing
Mr. Matt Puckett
Senior Vice President
Arthur J. Gallagher & Company
Mr. Thomas L. Rhodes
President
Rhodes Graduation Services, Inc.
Mr. Richard Shaffer
Senior Vice President, Growth Markets & Enrollment Center
Colonial Life
Mr. Michael M. Shetterly
Attorney
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mr. Dave Solano
Vice President/General Manager
Enterprise Holdings
Ms. Jane Sosebee
Director Legislative Affairs
AT&T
Ms. Cheryl Stanton
Executive Director
S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce
Mr. Roger Stonecipher
Executive Vice President
Zeus Industrial Products, Inc.
Mr. Chris Stormer
Shareholder
Bauknight, Pietras & Stormer, P.A.
Mr. Jonathan Taber
Managing Member
TaberPatrick, LLC
Mr. Greg Taylor
Managing Partner
Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP
Dr. Henry Tisdale
President
Claflin University
Dr. Walter Tobin
President
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College
Mr. Dan Weekley
Vice President
Dominion Energy, Southern Operations
Mr. Rob Youngblood
President
York County Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Partnership Chair