Our goal as an organization is to better serve the community and support it with an educated future workforce. In return, we require the support of the community so we can continue as an organization.

This includes finding volunteers from the community who are willing to go into the classrooms. It also means finding business professionals who are willing to serve as board members and support the administrative side of Junior Achievement. And support must also come from businesses and individuals that realize the importance of starting economic and business education early on and continuing it through all grade levels.

They not only donate their time and money: they invest in the future of our community.

HONORARY ADVISORY BOARD

Joe M. Anderson, Jr.
Gayle O. Averyt, Colonial Supplemental Insurance
Michael R. Brenan, BB&T of South Carolina
Lee Bussell, Chernoff Newman
William T. Cassels, Southeastern Freight Lines, Inc.
Charles W. Coker, Sonoco Products Co.
G. Daniel Ellzey, Fisher & Phillips LLP
John R. Folsom Chuck Garnett, The National Bank of SC
Henry Haitz, The State-Record Co.
J. Cantey Heath, SC State Fair
George Dean Johnson, Jr., Johnson Development Association
W.W. "Hootie" Johnson, Bank of America
Pamela Lackey, AT&T
Guy F. Lipscomb, Jr.
Phillip E. Love, Jr., SC Farm Bureau Insurance
Jerry Odom, USC Foundations
Dr. Jim Rex, South Carolina Department of Education
Secretary Richard W. Riley, Nelson Mullins Riley &
        Scarborough, LLP
George W. Rogers, Bonitz of SC, Inc.
Robert V. Royall, Jr., The National Bank of SC
Claude M. Scarborough, Jr.
M. Edward Sellers, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
Joel A. Smith, III, Darla Moore School of Business at USC
William B. Timmerman, SCANA Corporation
John A. Warren, SCANA Corporation

2009-10 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Robbie Barnett, SC Chamber of Commerce,
        VP Programs
Henri Etta Baskins, AT&T, Chair
Holt Chetwood, Wachovia Bank, Bowl-A-Thon Co-Chair
Chris Christiansen, The R.L. Bryan Company,
        VP Volunteer Recruitment
Jack Goettee, South Carolina Bank & Trust,
        Chair Emeritus, S.C. Business Hall of Fame Chair
Willis “Trip” Gregory, III, Palmetto Health, Chair-Elect-Elect
Athena Leventis, Bank of America, Bowl-A-Thon Co-Chair
Scott McClelland, Elliott Davis & Co., LLC, Treasurer
Richard J. Morgan, McNair Law Firm, Chair-Elect,
        Nominating Committee Chair, Fund Drive Chair
David S. Pankau, BlueCross BlueShield of South
        Carolina, VP Community Relations
Jeff H. Selig, JWAKS, LLC, Secretary
Braxton Vick, Southeastern Freight Lines, Strategic Planning
Mze Wilkins, Ameris Bank, VP Marketing/Public Relations
Stephanie Stuckey, Junior Achievement of Central South
        Carolina, Interim President

2009-10 BOARD of DIRECTORS

Bo Armstrong, BB&T of South Carolina
Katharine Austin-Barnes, Moore School of Business
William C. Barker, Carolina First Bank
Charlotte Berry
J. Scott Blackmon, Jr.
Brock Bridges, UTi Integrated Logistics
Jim Cantey, James W. Cantey & Associates
Dawn Catalano, Carter Goble Lee
Dr. Allen Coles, Benedict College
Karen Crawford, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Jimmy Dixon, Westinghouse
Randy Epting, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd
Robert Ferrell, Wilbur Smith Associates
Dr. Chester Floyd, Lexington School District Three
Mark Garside, Edens & Avant
Dr. Stephen W. Hefner, Richland School District Two
Jeannie Hinson, Chernoff Newman
Carl Hoefel, Jr., Bose Corporation
Tyler Hudson, The National Bank of SC
Annaclair Kiger, Colonial Supplemental Insurance
Lanneau Lambert, Turner Padget
Dr. Linda G. Lavender, Lexington School District Four
Dr. Percy Mack, Richland School District One
Kevin B. Marsh, SCE&G Company
Bill McElveen, Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
Stephen Mitchell, Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Mike Myers, SC Farm Bureau Insurance
Randy Newman, Kaydon Corporation – Plant 4
Craig L. Nix, First Citizens Bank
Dr. Janice Poda, SC Department of Education
Andrew Pope, Grant Thornton, LLP
Dennis Ramsey, Eastman Chemical Company
C. C. “Curt” Rone, Jr., The Loxcreen Co., Inc.
Linda Salane, The Leadership Institute, Columbia College
Jasper Salmond
Mel Stebbins
Dr. Sonny White, Midlands Technical College
Dr. Karen Woodward, Lexington School District One
Dr. Charles Young, Allen University
David Zalesne, Owen Steel