The
Chamber's Board of Directors is a group of select volunteers and staff
members who meet to discuss the issues that effect Chamber membership.
On a regular basis, issues, discussions and presentations are
brought before the Board before being endorsed by its initiator.
Issues needing endorsement are usually brought from the
Chamber’s Issues Committee to the Executive Committee followed by the
full Board of Directors. The Chamber’s Executive Committee is a select group of members
from the Board of Directors which govern the operations of the Chamber.
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David Anderson,
Executive Vice President
First Citizens
Bank
Member of the Board
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Luz
Arpan, President
Hispanic
Connections
Member of the Board |
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Todd
Avant, Principal
NAI Avant, LLC
Member of the Board |
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Henri
Baskins, Regional Director of
External Affairs
AT&T
Member of the Board |
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Chuck
Beaman, President & CEO
Palmetto Health
Alliance
Chair of the Board of Directors
Executive Committee |
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Al Behr, General Manager
Nucor Building System
Member of the Board |
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Steve Benjamin, Partner
Benjamin Law
Firm, L.L.C.
Member of the Board
Executive
Committee |
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Scott Blackmon
Blackmon Farms
Member of the Board |
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Barbara Blau,
President
DP Professionals
Vice Chair for Education and Workforce
Development
Executive Committee |
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Cliff Bourke, Manager of Claims/Legal
Southeastern Frieght
General Counsel
Executive
Committee |
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Brian Boyer, Land Development Project Manager
Tomlin and Company
Member of the Board
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Mike Brenan, President
BB & T
Chair-Elect of the Board 10-11
Executive Committee |
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Doug Bridges, Realtor
Coldwell Banker United, Realtors
Member-at-Large
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Mike Briggs, President & CEO
Central SC Alliance
Member-at-Large
Executive Committee |
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Earl
Brown,
Jr., Special Assistant
Congressman Joe Wilson's Office
Chairman of Columbia Action Council
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Lee Bussell, Chairman of the Board
Chernoff Newman
Member of the Board
Executive Committee
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Steve Byrne, Sr. Vice President of Generation, Chief Nuclear
Officer
SCE&G
Member-at-Large
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David Campbell, President & COO
Chernoff Newman
Member of the Board
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Chris Christiansen, President & CEO
The R.L. Bryan Company
Member of the Board
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Kim Cox, Manager of Public Affairs
Chernoff Newman
Vice Chair-Elect for Communications
Executive Committee |
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Mark E. Cox, President & CEO, Midlands
Regions Bank
Member of the Board
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Bianca Crawford
Red Carpet Communications
Member of the Board
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Ernest Cromartie, III
Member of the Board
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Colonel Anita Dixon., Garrison Commander
U.S. Army Training Center
Member of the Board
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Robert Dozier, President
Homeowners Mortgage
Member-at-Large
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Deepal Eliatamby, President
Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Member-at-Large
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Raul Fernandez-Carreras, Site Manager
Michelin North America
Member of the Board
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Zane Ferris, Director of Landfill Operations
Waste Management Richland LF
Member of the Board |
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Chuck Garnett, President & CEO
NBSC
Past Chair of the Board 05-06
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Randy Halfacre, President
Lexington Chamber of Commerce
Member of the Board
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Cecil Hannibal
South Carolina Community Bank
Member of the Board
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Jennifer Harding
Coldwell Banker United, Realtors
Chair for NE Area Council
Executive Committee |
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Lyssa Harvey
Art and Play Therapy Center of SC
Chairwoman for Keep the
Midlands Beautiful
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Dotsy Helms, Shareholder
McNair Law Firm
Member-at-Large
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Don Herriott, Director
of Innovista Partnerships
USC
INNOVISTA
Executive Director of USC INNOVISTA
Executive Committee |
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Ashley Houser, President & CEO
BankMeridian
Vice Chair for Finance and Administration
Executive Committee |
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Michael Jacobs, Surgical Technologist
Providence Hospital
Chair of the Greater Columbia Community
Relations Council
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Donald Johnson, President
Johnson Food Service
Member of the Board
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Dale Johnston, CIO
Edens & Avant
Chair of ITC
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Joe Jones
Jones, McAden & Associates
Vice Chair-Elect for Public Affairs & Community
Development
Executive Committee |
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Melanie Jones, VP of Institutional Advancement
Allen University
Chair of Women, Minority & Small Business
Council
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Mike Kelly
Mike Kelly Law Group, LLC
Member of the Board
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Matt Kennell, President & CEO
City Center Partnership, Inc.
Member of the Board
Executive Committee |
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Charlene Keys, Vice President of Operations
Time Warner Cable
Member-at-Large
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Terry Klosterman
Klosterman Insurance Agency
Member-at-Large
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Greg Lapointe, Senior VP of Business & Economic Development
SCB&T
Member-at-Large
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David Lockwood, Sr. Vice President
Colliers Keenan Inc.
Vice Chair for Public Affairs and Community
Development
Executive
Committee |
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David Lominack, President
Carolina First Bank
Vice Chair-Elect for Finance & Administration
Executive
Committee |
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Ric Luber, President & CEO
Midland Authority for Convention, Sports and Tourism
Member of the Board
Executive
Committee |
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Louis Lynn, President
Enviro AgScience, Inc
Member of the Board
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Dr. Percy Mack, Superintendent
Richland School District One
Member of the Board
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Dan Mann, Executive Director
Columbia Metropolitan Airport
Member-at-Large
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Jonathan Marcy, President
Human Resources Dynamics
Member-at-Large
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Harry Mashburn, CEO
Mashburn Construction Company
Long Range Strategic Planner
Executive
Committee |
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Brigadier General Bradley May, Commanding General
U.S. Army Training Center
Member of the Board
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John McArthur, Esquire
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd
Member-at-Large
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Bill McElveen, Jr., Shareholder
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, P.A.
Member of the Board
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Neil McLean
Sagacious Partners, LLC
Member of the Board
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Ike McLeese, President
Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce
President of the Chamber
Executive Committee |
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Shirley Mills
SDM & Associates
Member of the Board
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Dottie Moretz, President
Signs By Tomorrow
Member-at-Large
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Ted Nissen, Senior Vice President
First Community Bank
3 Year Member of the Board
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Cathy Novinger, President & CEO
Novinger QTR
Immediate Past Chair 08-09
Executive Committee |
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Rich O’Dell, President & General Manager
WLTX
Member-at-Large
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David Parker, CFO
Colonial Life
Member-at-Large
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Dr. Harris Pastides, President
USC-President's Office
Member of the Board
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Don Purcell, President
Express Rent-a-Car
Member
of the Board
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Ed Rachwal, Senior Vice President and City Executive
Branch Banking & Trust Co.
Member of the Board
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Duane Schueller, Controller
UPS
Member of the Board
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Martha Scott-Smith
AT&T
Member of the Board
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Ted Speth, Managing Member of Columbia Office
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
Past Chairman of the Board 07-08
Executive Committee |
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Mary P. Mazzola Spivey, President & Chief Operating Officer
Blue Choice Health Plan
Member-at-Large
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Leslie Stiles
Palmetto GBA
Chair of Leadership Columbia
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Justin Strickland, President
Southern First Bank
Past Chairman of the Board 06-07
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Mary Winter Teaster, Broker in Charge
CB Richard Ellis
Member of the Board
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Stick Thibodeaux, Sr. VP of Leasing & Sales
Kahn Development Co.
Member of the Board
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Donita Todd, VP & General Manager
WIS TV
Vice Chair of Communications
Executive Committee |
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Todd Wagstaff, General Manager
Comfort Services
Member of the Board
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Butch Wallace
State Farm
Member of the Board
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Gary Washington, President
Carolina Procurement Institute, Inc.
Member-at-Large
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Jeff B. Wheeler, President & COO
Coldwell Banker United, Realtors
Member of the Board
Executive Committee |
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Dr. Marshall White, President
Midlands Technical College
President of MTC
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Bett Farrell Williams
The State
Immediate-Past Chair for the Junior League of Columbia
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Mitchell Willoughby, Attorney At Law
Willoughby & Hoefer P.A.
Member of the Board
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Preston Winkler, Executive Director
Greater Columbia Community Relations Council
Member of the Board
Executive Committee |
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Andrew Witt, Executive Director
Cultural Council
Member of the Board
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David Zalesne,
President
Owen Steel Company
Member of the Board
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George Zara, President
Sisters of Charity Providence Hospital
Vice Chair-Elect for Education & Workforce
Development
Executive Committee |
