Phillips Staffing CEO Named to South Carolina Chamber Board of Directors
October 30, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce has named Blanton Phillips, President and CEO of Phillips Staffing, to its 2014-2015 Board of Directors. With ten offices spanning the Palmetto State and Georgia, Phillips Staffing is one of the region’s largest and fastest-growing staffing and human capital solution providers.
Before becoming CEO of Phillips Staffing in 2009, Mr. Phillips has held a number of key roles in the organization he joined in 1991. He has overseen substantial growth of the company, as well as diversification into supplemental business lines and services that have made Phillips an industry leader and innovator in the Southeast.
Mr. Phillips earned a B.A. degree from Duke University and an MBA from UNC-Chapel Hill. He serves on numerous boards, including the Board of Directors of GrandSouth Bank, SubAir Systems, Meridian Resources, and various other business and civic organizations. He is active in state and national staffing industry associations and multiple chambers of commerce.
The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s first state chamber Accredited with Distinction by the U.S. Chamber, is South Carolina’s largest statewide broad-based business and industry trade association representing more than 18,000 businesses and more than one million employees. As the unified voice for business and industry, the Chamber is a catalyst for increasing wealth and enhancing the state’s global competitiveness in order to improve the quality of life for all South Carolinians.
Launched in 1968, Phillips Staffing today is a full-service staffing, payroll management, professional placement and HR consulting firm with 68 team members in 10 offices across South Carolina and Georgia, and nearly 2,800 temporary employees on assignment for clients across the Southeast on any given day. Headquartered in Greenville, Phillips Staffing remains committed to delivering superior talent, outstanding client service, innovative solutions, being active community leaders, and operating with the highest integrity.
For information, call 864.242.4144 or visit www.PhillipsStaffing.com.
