SCEDA Institute graduates 71 community leaders
The S.C. Department of Commerce (S.C. Commerce) and S.C. Economic Developers’ Association (SCEDA) today announced that 71 state and community leaders have graduated from a statewide economic development training program, the S.C. Economic Development Institute (Institute).
“The success the state has enjoyed in recent years can, in large part, be attributed to the remarkable amount of collaboration that takes place within our borders,” said Secretary of Commerce Harry M. Lightsey III. “Programs like the SCEDA Institute help ensure that our team is knowledgeable, innovative and united.”
A collaborative effort between S.C. Commerce and SCEDA, the program is designed to ready participants with innovative development approaches for implementation in local communities. The program features a highly interactive curriculum, allowing participants to obtain greater hands-on economic development learning experience.
Now in its 32nd year, the Institute consists of quarterly, two-day sessions that are hosted in various locations throughout the state. This latest graduating class combines the 2020 and 2021 classes after the global pandemic postponed the 2020 session.
The Institute is open to individuals 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.
More information on this training program can be obtained by visiting www.sceda.org or contacting SCEDA at (803) 929-0305.
2021 South Carolina Economic Development Institute graduates, listed alphabetically by last name:
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Alvin Adkins, Jasper County Council
Lauren Bailey, Dorchester Economic Development Corporation
Nicole Bentley, Apprenticeship Carolina
Eddie Crosby, Dorchester County Council Member
Hannah Davis, City of Florence (Not pictured)
Kathy Dickson, Apprenticeship Carolina
Nathaniel Foutch, S.C. Dept. of Commerce
Stuart Friddle, Dorchester County Council
Heather Ginn, South Carolina Technical College System
Shirley Greene, Fairfield County Council
Brooks Hearn, Dorchester Economic Development Corporation
Alan Hewett, Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Karmen Hewitt, South Carolina Technical College System: Division of Economic Development
Kerri Kellahan, Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments
Brad Mallett, Dorchester County Council Member
Corey McClary, Berkeley County Economic Development
Clint Moore, City of Florence (Not pictured)
Chakisse Newton, Richland County Council (Not pictured)
Tim O'Briant, City of Aiken (Not pictured)
Neil Parsons, City of Hardeeville
Lindsay Privette, Pee Dee Regional Council of Governments
Brandy Roberson, Calhoun County
Tim Roseborough, Fairfield County Council
Bidd Smith, Berkeley County Economic Development
Charles Stone, Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation
Jason Vaughn, Agracel, Inc. (Not pictured)
Marc Warren, Goodwyn Mills Cawood
Ryan Wathen, Rodgers Builders, Inc. (Not pictured)
Shane Whatley, THS Constructors
Takeisha Williams, South Carolina Technical College System
Timika Wilson, Union County resident
2020 South Carolina Economic Development Institute graduates, listed alphabetically by last name:
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Daniel Alexander, Barnwell County Council
Brad Benjamin, Radium Architecture
Steve Bratton, Cherokee County Council
Hattie Burns, Chesterfield County
Rhett Butler, Chesterfield County (Not pictured)
Jenny Chubb, GEL Engineering, LLC
Scott Cooper, Edgefield County
Margaret Frierson, Orangeburg County Development Commission
Gilleon Frieson, Williamsburg County Development Board
Mary George, Goodwyn Mills & Cawood
Paola Gutierrez, South Carolina Office of Rural Health
Melissa Harrill, Municipal Association of South Carolina (Not pictured)
Thomas Hobbs, Union County Development Board
Norman Jackson, Richland County Government
Taylor Jackson, City of Newberry
Corbin Jenkins, Goodwin Mills & Caywood
Amber Lange, Clemson University
Kristen Lanier, Berkeley County Economic Development
Michael Lisle, Town of Summerville
Annie McDaniel, South Carolina House of Representatives
Craig Metz, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Jennifer Moorefield, Greenville Technical College
Maya Morant, Georgetown County Economic Development
Tiffany Norton, CPC, Dorchester County (Not pictured)
Katherine O'Neill, OneSpartanburg, Inc.
Brown Patterson, Laurens County (Not pictured)
Michael Ramsey, Berkeley County Economic Development (Not pictured)
Candice Roberson, Downtown Orangeburg Revitalization Association
Kim Roberts, Richland County Government
Alicia Spires, County of Lexington Economic Development
Marion C. Stewart, Darlington County
Joyce W. Thomas, Darlington County (Not pictured)
Brenda Thompson, Lancaster County Department of Economic Development