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tom zinn
Tom Zinn - Buckwalter Commercial
Tom Zinn graduated with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1971, with a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Rochester in 1973, and with a Juris Doctor degree in real estate law from Duquesne University in 1981. Zinn was appointed President of the Stearns Company...
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scott dadson
Scott Dadson - City of Beaufort
Scott F. Dadson has served as the City Manager for the City of Beaufort, SC since March of 2006. For the past 19 years and prior to serving in this capacity, he served in similar positions in Buena Vista, VA; Pinehurst, NC; Fairmont, NC; and Blowing Rock, NC.
richard stewart
Richard Stewart - 303 Associates
After graduating from Beaufort High School in 1967, Richard Stewart earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Georgia Southern University and a master’s degree in business administration with honors from Mercer University. Stewart worked as a schoolteacher before beginning a career of more than 25 years in wireless telecommunications, including nearly ten years with Motorola.
larry holman
Larry Holman - Beaufort Black Chamber of Commerce
Larry Holman is President of the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce.Larry Nathaniel Holman is a 1974 graduate of North Carolina Central University where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Commerce from the school of business majoring in Business Administration...
jerry stewart
Jerry Stewart - Beaufort County Council
Secretary of the Lowcountry Economic Alliance
Jerry Stewart has a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Idaho, with post-doctoral studies at Washington University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has directed scientific programs at both public and private research facilities as well as co-founded and served for 18 years as chief executive of a technology-oriented, international publicly-traded corporation.
Jane Upshaw
Jane Upshaw - USCB
Network Treasurer
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Jane T. Upshaw is the chancellor of the University of South Carolina Beaufort, South Carolina's newest baccalaureate institution. Under her leadership, USC Beaufort has become a four-year-degree-granting institution. The university currently offers twelve baccalaureate degrees and will add nursing program beginning Spring, 2009.
jan baxter
Jan Baxter - Palmetto Electric Cooperative
Network Chairwoman
Jan R. Baxter, certified economic developer and current Chair of the Lowcountry Economic Network, has been employed by Palmetto Electric Cooperative for 26 years and currently holds the position of Manager of Community/Economic Development. Jan is from Claxton, GA...
George Hood
Dr. George Hood - Jasper County Council
Treasurer of the Lowcountry Economic Alliance
Dr. George M. Hood, chairman of Jasper County Council, was born in Warrenton, North Carolina. His early education was in the public schools of Warren County.
Dr. Hood is a retired educator
gary kubic
Gary Kubic - Beaufort County Administrator
Beaufort County Administrator Gary Kubic has more than 29 years of experience in government administration and government finance.
Kubic was born in Youngstown, Ohio. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Akron School of Law in Akron, Ohio...
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Andrew Fulghum - Jasper County Administrator
Prior to his appointment to the position of Jasper County Administrator in May 2004, Mr. Fulghum served in municipal management positions for the City of Frostburg, Maryland and the Town of Berlin, Maryland.
dr thomas c. leitzel
Dr. Thomas C. Leitzel - Technical College of the Lowcountry
Network Vice Chairman
Tom Leitzel assumed his position as president of the Technical College of the Lowcountry on September 1, 2008. He formerly served as Vice President at Pfeiffer University in Charlotte, N.C. In this role, he was responsible for providing senior-level administrative support to the Charlotte Campus for service to students and staff in the Schools of Graduate and Adult Studies.
don ryan
Don Ryan, CareCore National
Mr. Ryan is one of the founders of CareCore National and has been primarily responsible for its growth and development. Mr. Ryan received an undergraduate degree from Providence College and a Master’s Degree in Health Care Administration from St. Louis University. Mr. Ryan has more than thirty years of health industry experience working...
dean moss
Dean Moss - Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority
Chairman of the Lowcountry Economic Alliance
Dean Moss graduated from the University of Denver with a bachelor’s degree in geography and obtained a master’s degree in regional planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Moss has served as General Manager of the Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority since 1986.
charles schaller
Charles Schaller - Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Network Secretary
Charles Schaller has spent almost 50 years in a variety of management and development positions in the chemical industry. After graduating from Yale University in 1957 with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, he joined the Chemical Division of Celanese Corporation...
carlotta ungaro
Carlotta Ungaro - Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce
Carlotta Ungaro is the President and CEO of the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce. Carlotta started with the Beaufort Chamber in January of 2006. In her first year, the Beaufort Regional Chamber has added an economic development committee focused on business retention, started a customer service training program for ninth graders...
brad samuel
Brad Samuel - SCANA
Brad Samuel is the Regional Community and Economic Development Representative for SCANA Corporation. His responsibilities include retaining, expanding and recruiting new commercial (including retirement and resort development) and industrial customers...
bill miles
Bill Miles - Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce
Bill Miles, President and CEO of the Hilton Head Island–Bluffton Chamber of Commerce, has been employed by the chamber for 19 years. He is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100 and was awarded the Certified Chamber Executive status by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives in 2004.
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