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Trustee Bios

Jonathan N. Pinson, '93

Trustee Pinson
Chairman, SC State Board of Trustees
400 Hemingford Circle
Simpsonville, South Carolina  29681
Spouse (Pamela)

Current job-Pindium Staffing

Board of Trustees since June, 2005; Seat #10, At-Large
Committees- Academic Affairs and Faculty Liaison; Chair-Institutional Advancement, Marketing, PR and Fundraising

 

 

Dr. John H. Corbitt, '62

Trustee Corbitt
Vice Chairman, SC State Board of Trustees
600 E. McBee Avenue
Greenville, South Carolina 29601
Spouse (Betty)

Current job-Pastor, Springfield Baptist Church
 
Memberships-Life Membership, NAACP; Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.; National Baptist Conventional, USA, Executive Board; Past Memberships: Faculty Member, Baptist World Youth Congress; President, Baptist Ministers Fellowship of Greenville and vicinity.

Board Member since June, 2001; Seat #4-District #4
Committees-Vice Chair-Executive Committee; Research, Economic Development and 1890 programs; Chair-Academic Affairs and Faculty Liaison

 

 

Robert M. Nance

Nance
Secretary, SC State Board of Trustees
2910 Landing Way
Orangeburg, South Carolina 29118
Spouse (Tasha)

Current job-District Director, US House of Representatives, S.C. Sixth Congressional District

Memberships-South Carolina Educational Television Foundation Board, South Carolina Bank and Trust Advisory Board, Orangeburg Airport Commission, Secretary of The Palmetto City Classic Committee, Congressman’s Clyburn’s Designee for Brookgreen Gardens Board of Trustees, Palmetto Conservation Foundation Board of Trustees, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity. Formally served as a member of Governor-elect Jim Hodges Transition Team, Midlands Technical College Foundation, Global Leaders for the South, Leadership South Carolina Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Historic Columbia Foundation.

Board of Trustees since May, 2008; Seat #7, At-Large
Committees- Executive Committee; Academic Affairs & Faculty Liaison; Institutional Advancement, Marketing, PR & Fundraising

 

 

Earl A. Bridges Jr., Esq.

Trustee Earl A. Bridges Jr., Esq.
7107 Geddes Road
Spartanburg, South Carolina   29303
Spouse (Sonja)

Current job-Car Dealer

Memberships-Limestone College - Board of Trustees, Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic Board of Trustees, Upstate Medical Center

Board of Trustees since July, 2006; Seat #9, At-Large
Committees-Chair-Budget, Audit, Facilities, and Grounds; Institutional Advancement, Marketing, PR and Fundraising

 

 

Lumus Byrd Jr., '65

Trustee Byrd
105 Shellcreek Court
Clinton, South Carolina  29325

Current job-Retired
 
Memberships-Chair, Board of Visitors, Presbyterian College; President, Board of Directors, YMCA of Clinton; Executive Committee, Clinton Economic Development Corporation; Advisory Board of Directors, Carolina First Bank of Laurens County; Board of Directors, Associated Marines Institute; Local Board of Directors, U.S. Selective Service System; Board of Directors-Executive Committee, Clinton Economic Development Corporation; Board of Directors, Laurens County Community Foundation; Board of Directors, Rotary of Clinton; Board of Directors, Laurens County Literacy Council; Board of Commissioners, Clinton Museum

Board of Trustees since July, 2006; Seat #3-District #3
Committees-Chair-Executive Committee; Vice Chair-Budget, Audit, Facilities, and Grounds

 

 

Linda Edwards-Duncan, '76, '81

Trustee Linda Edwards
704 New Street
Gaffney, South Carolina 29340
Spouse (William)

Current job-Elementary School Teacher

Memberships-Member of the Cherokee County Education Association, South Carolina Education Association (Delegate Assembly) National Education Association (Delegate), Cherokee county Strategic Planning Team, Superintendent’s Advisory Council. South Association of Colleges and Schools Visiting Team; XI Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. (treasurer)

Board of Trustees since July, 2004; Seat #5-District #5
Committees: Athletics and Student Affairs Committee; Budget, Audit, Facilities, and Grounds

 

Frederick R. Gallant

  Trustee Gallant
2 Leaforth Court
Irmo, South Carolina 29063
Spouse (Carmalita)

Current job-Vice President-Agency, State Farm Southern Zone


Memberships- Columbia Urban League Board of Directors; Pine Grove African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Board of Trustees since November, 2004; Seat #2, District #2
Committees- Budget, Audit, Facilities and Grounds Committee; Athletic and Student Affairs Committee

 

Karl V. Green

Trustee Karl Green
P.O. Box 2062
Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina 29465
Spouse (Arlene)

Current job-Group Operations Marketing Manager for the South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama Division - The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Georgia.

Memberships- Groove Phi Groove Fellowship; Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church; Board Member of the South Carolina State University; Advisory Board for Charleston Development Academy (Charter School); Buist Academy Parent Teacher Association; 100 Black Men of Charleston, Inc.; Academic Magnet High School Booster Club and Parent Teacher Association. Past Memberships: National Association for Market Developers; Leadership South Carolina; South Carolina Center for Family Policy.

Board of Trustees since September, 2004; Seat #1-District #1
Committees- Research, Economic Development, and 1890 Programs; Athletic and Student Affairs Committee

 

 

Matthew T. Richardson

Matthew Richarson
15 Gibbes Court
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Spouse (Beth)

Current job- Attorney, Wyche Burgess Freeman & Parham, P.A.

Memberships-S.C. Association for Justice (formerly S.C. Trial Lawyers Association), Officer; S.C. Appleseed Legal Justice Center, Board; Federal Bar Association, Past President of S.C. Chapter; Democratic National Committee; Central Carolina Community Foundation; Advisory Board, Palmetto Horizon Foundation Board

Board of Trustees since July, 2009; Seat #8, At-Large
Committees: Executive Committee; Institutional Advancement, Marketing, PR and Fundraising; Athletics and Student Affairs Committee

 

 

 

Martha Scott Smith

Trustee Smith
1024 Enclave Way
Columbia, South Carolina 29223
Spouse (Murray)

Current job-State Director for AT&T Public Affairs in S.C.

Memberships-BellSouth Senior Management Team
Board of Directors: Past chairperson of American Red Cross; Past chairperson of SC State Museum Foundation; Past board of directors affiliation: SC State Chamber, United Way of the Midlands, SisterCare; Founding member of Women in Philanthropy
Board of Visitors: Columbia College
Present Board of Director Affiliation: Midlands Technical College Foundation Board (chair-elect); Congaree Girl Scouts; River Alliance; Columbia Rotary
Advisory Boards: National Kidney Foundation; USC School of Education; USC President's Advisory Board; Imara Magazine; Mayor's Committee on Breast Cancer Awareness;

Board of Trustees since May, 2003; Governor's Designee
Committees-Chair-Athletic and Student Affairs Committee; Research, Economic Development, and 1890 Programs

 

Walter L. Tobin

tobin
40 Woodpine Court
Columbia, SC 29212
Spouse (Bernice)

Current job- CEO- Marketing and Consulting Firm Retired South Carolina School District Superintendent

Memberships-Board of Deacons, Second Calvary Baptist Church, Columbia, SC; Active supporter and fundraiser-Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Past boards include: Orangeburg Chamber of Commerce, Indian Waters Council-Boy Scouts of America, Rotary International (Columbia, Orangeburg, Newberry, and Spartanburg), Habitat for Humanity, SC Sistercare, Inc., First National Bank of SC (now SCB&T); Past President- South Carolina School Superintendents and Secondary Principals Associations; Life Member- NAACP

Board of Trustees Member since May, 2008, Seat #11, At-Large
Committees-Chair- Executive Committee; Research, Economic Development, and 1890 Programs; Budget, Audit, Facilities, and Grounds Committee

 

Maurice G. Washington, '85

Trustee Washington
114 Grove Street
Charleston, South Carolina 29403
Spouse (Violet)

Current job-President of Trustee Management, LLC

Memberships-Charleston City Council 1992 – 1999.; Board of Directors, Bank of America, Charleston; Spoleto Festival USA; South Carolina ETV; Junior League, Charleston; Boy Scouts of America, Charleston; Mason Gothic Lodge 212; Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.; and Charleston Alumni Chapter.

Board of Trustees since July, 2001; Seat #6-District #6
Committee- Executive Committee; Vice Chair-Research, Economic Development; Vice Chair-Academic Affairs and Faculty

 

 

Lancelot D. Wright

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534 Windward Lane
Columbia, SC 29212
Spouse (Adrienne)

Current job-President/CEO National Direct Home Pharmacy; First Savers Advisory Board

Memberships-Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy; Medicaid Health Plans of America; NAACP; African American Business Roundtable; South Carolina Chamber of Commerce; South Carolina Alliance of Health Plans; South Carolina Medical Equipment Services Association

Board of Trustees since July, 2008; Seat #12, At-Large
Committees- Academic Affairs & Faculty-Liaison and Vice Chair-Institutional Advancement, Marketing, PR, and Fundraising