Palmetto Health Elects 2015 Board Officers
January 30, 2015
COLUMBIA, SC – The Palmetto Health board of directors elected the following officers: James E. “Rick” Wheeler, vice president of M-D MetalSource a Division of M-D Building Products Company, chairman; Lester P. Branham, retired member of S.C. House of Representatives and retired minister, vice chairman; Jean E. Duke, financial consultant, treasurer; Beverly D. Chrisman, retired government executive and political consultant, secretary.
Reelected members of the Palmetto Health board include: Lester P. Branham, Jean E. Duke, John W. Foster Jr., of J.W. Foster Agency, Insurance Brokerage, Servicing and Management Consulting; William C. Gerard, M.D., professional director of Emergency Services for Palmetto Health and director of education for Palmetto Health Richland Emergency Medicine Residency; Jerome D. Odom, Ph.D., retired executive director of USC Foundations; the Honorable Rosalyn W. Frierson, municipal judge, director of state court administration, S.C. Judicial Department.
Palmetto Health’s new board member is James A. Bennett, vice president and South Carolina Central Area executive of First Citizens Bank.
