The Leaders of

SCEDA

Current Board of Directors & Past Presidents

Meet Our Board

Past Presidents

Mr. John Truluck, SCCED

President

Dorchester County Economic Development

Melvin C. Williams, F.SAME FACEC

Vice President

Kris Phillips

Treasurer

SeamonWhiteside & Associates Inc.

Jamie Frost

Secretary

Alliance Consulting Engineers

Ms. Tavia CM Gaddy, SCCED

Past President

Greenville Area Development Corporation

Directors

Mrs. Ann Broadwater, SCCED

Fairfield County Economic Development

Mr. Ryan Coleman

City of Columbia - Office of Economic Development

Mrs. Amy Page

Thomas & Hutton

MR. Brantley Strickland, SCCED

Colleton County Economic Development

MR. John Wall

Burr & Forman LLP

Ms. Caroline Warner

South Carolina PowerTeam

Mr. Will Williams, SCCED

Western SC/Economic Development Partnership

Ex-Officio Members

Dr. Tim Hardee

SC Technical College System

Designee: AJ Newton

Mr. Harry M. Lightsey III

SC Department of Commerce

Designee: Julie Kunkle

Mr. Micah Mallace

SC State Ports Authority

Designee: Travis Frank

Mr. Duane Parrish

SC Parks, Recreation & Tourism Department

Designee: Emily Frierson

Mr. Hugh Weathers

SC Department of Agriculture

Designee: Clint Leach

Management Team

Ms. Katie Koon, CAE

Executive Director

Ms. Karen Trunk

Events Director

Ms. Rebecca Priester

Membership Director

Ms. Tiffany Butler

Marketing and Communications Director

Lobbyists

Ms. Sunnie Harmon

Mr. John DeWorken

PR Team

Ms. Brooks Hearn

Chernoff Newman

SCEDA

Past Presidents

SCEDA recognizes its past presidents for their leadership and support to the Association.

1965 —

Thomas J. Ford (deceased)

1966 —

Lee McClure

1967 —

W.V. Coley (deceased)
Tom Kelly (deceased)

1968 —

E. C. Taylor

1969 —

David W. Morrison (deceased)

1970 —

Brady McKay (deceased)

1971 —

B. B. Cole, Jr.

1972 —

J. Cooper Shackelford

1973 —

Howard T. Leiter

1974 —

Jim Throgmorton

1975 —

Dan B. Mackey, II

1976 —

John W. Nutt

1977 —

C. Ronald Coward

1978 —

George F. Styron, Jr.

1979 —

Ed Boyer

1980 —

Bill Millet

1981 —

Tom James

1982 —

Mary Mittelberg

1983 —

Dale Blessing

1984 – 85

David Jameson

1985 – 86

Margaret (Tompkins) Bass (deceased)

1986 – 87

Frank Macchiaverna

1987 – 88

Dennis Shealy

1988 – 89

R. Carter Smith

1989 – 90

Michael W. Campbell (deceased)

1990 – 91

Peter H. Arnoti

1991 – 92

C. Frank Lewis

1992 – 93

April C. Lucas

1993 – 94

H.A. “Buzz” Pleming

1994 – 95

Mark G. Simmons, CED
Jimmy Ward, Interim

1995 – 96

Walter E. Harris, CED

1996 – 97

Fred E. Humes

1997 – 98

Les Pritchard

1998 – 99

J. Mark Farris, CED

1999 – 00

Ralph U. Thomas

2000 – 01

David T. Ginn, CED

2001 – 02

Donna L. West-Barnhill

2002 – 03

Mark L. Williams, CED

2003 – 04

Charlton L. “Chuck” Whipple, SCCED

2004 – 05

Beverly B. Frost

2005 – 06

Henry H. “Hal” Johnson, SCCED

2006 – 07

Deepal S. Eliatamby, P.E., SCCED

2007 – 08

Angela Lockman, CEcD

2008 – 09

John Lummus, SCCED

2009 – 10

William T. “Buddy” Bateman, CEcD, SCCED

2010 – 11

April A. Allen, SCCED

2011 – 12

Heather Simmons Jones, SCCED

2012 – 13

George B. Wolfe

2013 – 14

Jeff McKay, CEcD

2014 – 15

Jeff Ruble, CEcD

2015 – 16

David Cuda

2016 – 17

Nelson Lindsay, SCCED

2017 – 18

Brian Nash

2018 – 19

Mark Warner, SCCED

2019 – 20

Andrena Powell-Baker, SCCED

2020 – 22

Richard K. Blackwell, SCCED

2022 – 23

Mr. Marty Baltzegar, PE, LEED AP

2023 – 24

Ms. Sandy Steele, SCCED

2024 – 25

Mr. Rick Farmer, SCCED

2025 – 26

Mrs. Tavia Gaddy, SCCED