Program concludes its 25th year with session and graduation ceremony in Lancaster County
COLUMBIA, S.C. – On Friday, November 13, more than 50 local leaders and development professionals from across South Carolina completed the 2015 South Carolina Economic Development Institute. Institute attendees received their Certificates of Completion during the final day of the 2015 Institute held at Red Ventures in Lancaster County.
During the quarterly, two-day sessions, participants traveled to different locations throughout the state that have been successful in community development and attracting and expanding their business and industrial base. Attendees gained insight into issues relating to: water and wastewater infrastructure, available industrial or business buildings and the importance other community development components necessary to attract investment.
The Institute is a partnership between the South Carolina Department of Commerce and the South Carolina Economic Developers’ Association (SCEDA). The program emphasizes elements necessary to be competitive in today’s global economy and educates supporters of economic development on emerging trends.
The Institute is open to participants from a wide variety of organizations and entities including city, town and county councils, local economic development practitioners, county economic development boards, county school boards, regional economic development boards, utility companies and local and state government employees.
In 2016, the Institute will begin its 26th year. Sessions will focus on leadership and communication skills, community development, business and industrial development and product development. The program will kick-off February 12 and 13 at the College of Charleston’s North Charleston campus in Charleston County.
Although there is no space available for participation in the 2016 program, more information on the South Carolina Economic Development Institute can be obtained by visiting www.sceda.org or contacting the South Carolina Economic Developers’ Association at 803-929-0305.
2015 South Carolina Economic Development Institute graduates, listed alphabetically by last name:
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Name
Organization
Tommy Anthony
City of Union
Brittany Avant
S.C. Department of Commerce
Timothy Baker
City of Abbeville
Stacey Bond
Santee Cooper
Glenn Breed
City of Anderson
Michael Buchman
S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce
Russ Bullard
Brunson Laundry
Mary Byrd
City of Clinton
Daniel Cooper
Tri County Technical College
Michael Cooper
TD Bank
Rebecca Dulin
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Barrie Dunlap
Goodwyn Mills Cawood
Andrew Epting
S.C. Clean Energy Business Alliance
Lynn Finley
Laurens County Development Corporation
Eileen Fleming-Patonay
S.C. Department of Commerce
Sean Foerster
Rogers Townsend & Thomas PC
Ray Borders Gray
City of Columbia
Cecil Hannibal
City of Columbia
Lavita Harriford
SCANA
Curtiss Hunter
Union County Tourism
Johnny Jeffcoat
Town of Lexington
Sabrina Johnson
Colleton County Resource & Development
Dottie Landry
S.C. Department of Commerce
Jonathan Larry
Economic Development Partnership
Cheryl Lewis
S.C. Department of Commerce
Jeffrey Lord
City of Westminster
Joni McDaniel
S.C. Department of Commerce
Rick Murphy
S.C. Department of Commerce
Shane Orr
Pee Dee Electric Cooperative
Grey Parks
S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce
Lauren Pershouse
S.C. Department of Commerce
Mark Phillips
City of Goose Creek
David Poole
Town of Lexington
Carolyn Prince, PhD
Marlboro County Council
Rhonda Rawl
Blue Avenue, LLC
Aaron Reiss
Santee Cooper
Marion Robinson
Fairfield County Council
Leta Salazar
University of South Carolina Beaufort
James Sevic
Easley Combined Utilities
William Shanahan, Jr.
York County Government
Kaye Shaw
S.C. Department of Commerce
Jeff Singletary
Pee Dee Electric Cooperative
Angela Sipes
Laurens CPW
Isaac Smith
Hampton County Council
Tracy Smith
City of Rock Hill
William Smith, Jr.
Fairfield County Council
Lauren Stanton
Florence County Economic Deveelopment
Clara Willis-Thomas
Bamberg County Economic Development
Byron Thompson
McCormick County
Amy Thomson
S.C. Department of Commerce
Jeffrey Tuttle
Greer CPW
Jeremy Ware
Colleton County Economic Alliance
Jeremy Winkler
City of Rock Hill
For photos of all participants that received a certificate of completion on November 13, please visit the S.C. Department of Commerce’s flickr page.