S.C. Chamber elects 2017-2018 Executive Committee, Board of Directors

The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce announced its newly elected Executive Committee and Board of Directors for 2017-2018.

Leadership terms for the Chamber’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors begin on October 1, 2017.

Members of the Executive Committee include:

Jack Sanders (Chairman) – Jack Sanders became Sonoco’s eighth CEO on April 1, 2013. He serves on the Board of Directors and 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. Read more about Sanders’ career here.

Barbara Melvin (Past Chairman) – As Senior Vice President, Operations & Terminals for the S.C. Ports Authority, Barbara Melvin oversees terminal operations, information technology and support services, crane and equipment maintenance, engineering, environmental, Port Police and cruise operations. Melvin served as the Ports Authority’s lead staff person on the Charleston Harbor Post 45 Project and the Jasper Ocean Terminal Project. Melvin is a Riley Institute Diversity Leadership participant; a member of the South Carolina Advisory Council of the United States Global Leadership Coalition; a member of the 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. Read more about Melvin’s career here.

Lou Kennedy (Chair-Elect): Lou Kennedy is President, Chief Executive Officer and Owner of Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation. She joined Nephron Pharmaceuticals in 2001, and accepted the position of President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2007. Along with her husband Bill, Kennedy helped establish the Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center in conjunction with the USC School of Pharmacy. She serves on a variety of business and civic boards.

Charles ‘Ted’ Speth II, Esq. (General Counsel): Ted Speth is a shareholder in the Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak and Stewart, P.C. Columbia office. He practices in the area of employment litigation with an emphasis over the last decade in complex and class action litigation. Speth is a Past Chair of the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce.

Pete Selleck (Commerce Chair): Pete Selleck is Chairman and President of Michelin North America, Inc.  He is responsible for coordinating all activities of Michelin in North America. Selleck joined Michelin in 1982 and has served in manufacturing and general management positions in Greenville, S.C., and Clermont-Ferrand, France. The first half of his Michelin career was focused on engineering, quality, operational and leadership roles in North American manufacturing plants. Subsequently, he served as Chief Operating Officer of the North American Passenger Car Tire Division, Chief Operating Officer of the European Passenger Car Tire Division and President of the Global Truck Tire Division.

Newly-elected members of the Board of Directors include:

Matt Puckett
Senior Vice President
Arthur J. Gallagher & Company

Dee Dee Henderson
President
Piedmont/Upstate region at Agape Senior Care

Greg Taylor
Managing Partner
Dixon Hughes, Greenville

Paul Mitchell
Managing Partner
South Coast Paper & SC Community Bank Chairman of the Board

Richard Shaffer
Sr. VP, Growth Markets & Enrollment Center
Colonial Life

Henry Tisdale
President
Claflin University

Dave Solano
General Manager
Enterprise Holdings

John Harvey
Plant Manager, BP
Cooper River Petrochemical Plant

Tim Norwood
President
Bistro Holdings

Steve Spinks
President
The Spinx Company

Bryan Hamrick
Director, HR
Zeus Industrial Products, Inc.

Ben Mustian
Shareholder
Willoughby & Hoefer, PA

Dan Weekly
Vice President
Southern Operations, Dominion Energy

Mason Hogue
Partner
Nelson Mullins

Paul Patrick
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
College of Charleston

Members of the Board of Directors elected to a second term include:

Thomas Rhodes
Vice President
Rhodes Companies

Dr. David Cole
President
MUSC

Stephanie Kindregan
Director, Public Policy
Kinder Morgan

Chris McCorkendale
VP of Operations, Engineering and Strategic Sales
Hargray

Sky Foster
Manager Communications
BMW

Sidney Locke
Director of Strategic Marketing and Communication
Sage Automotive

Janet Matricciani
Chief Operating Officer
World Acceptance

Sharon Marra
Senior VP & Savannah River National Laboratory Deputy Director
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions

Aaron Lawrence
VP, Corporate Strategic Planning & Business Analytics
Zeus Industrial Products

Lauris Finney
District Operations Manager
UPS

James Bennett
Executive Vice President
First Citizens Bank, Columbia

Kay Biscopink
Shareholder
Elliott Davis

Grey Humphrey        
Executive Vice President of Sales
Spirit Communications, Columbia

David Jones
Executive Vice President/CMO
Jackson Marketing

Lou Kennedy
President and CEO
Nephron

Chris Stormer
Shareholder
Bauknight, Pietras & Stormer, P.A.

George R. Jurch, III
General Counsel
Continental

Richard Jackson
CEO
C.R. Jackson, Inc.

Keith Avery
President & CEO
The Electric Cooperatives of SC, Inc. (Newberry)

Michael Allen
Project Designer
McMillan Pazdan Smith

Chuck Garnett
President and CEO
NBSC