The majority of the State Workforce Development Board (SWDB) members are business leaders. Other members include South Carolina Senate and House legislators, local elected officials, workforce partners and representatives of community-based organizations. Members of the board are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
Amended State Workforce Development Board Bylaws effective as of June 28, 2022
Honorable Henry McMaster
SC Governor's Office
Chairman, Thomas Freeland
Door System, part of ASSA ABLOY
Vice Chairman, James W. Snead
Cooper Standard
William H. Floyd
S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce
Cliff Bourke Jr.
Southeastern Freight Lines, Inc.
Charles Brave, Jr.
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
Hope Broadway
Palmetto HR Partners
Representative Don Chapman
SC House of Representatives, District 43
Gregory Cannon Clark
Wells Fargo
Susan H. Cohen
Cohen Consulting SC, LLC
Col.(R) Craig Currey
Transitions Homeless Center, South Carolina
Stephen Gilchrist
African American Chamber of Commerce/US Committee on Civil Rights
Darline Graham
SC Commission for the Blind
James C. Hall
SMART LOCAL 399
Dr. Tim Hardee
SC Technical College System
Felicia W. Johnson
SC Vocational Rehabilitation Department
Leia Howze King
Build Carolina
Mike King
SC Department of Education
Robyn G. Knox
The HR Business Connect, LLC
Mayor George Patrick "GP" McLeer, Jr.
City of Fountain Inn
Patrick Michaels
Goodwill Industries of the Upstate/Midlands
Jennifer L. Moore
United Way of the Midlands
Elaine Morgan
Berkeley Chamber of Commerce
Kevin Pak
Paknet Technologies
Councilmember Tyler Servant
Horry County Council District 5
Michael W. Sexton
Piedmont Bushings and Insulators, LLC, Woodruff
Dr. Windsor W. Sherrill
Clemson University
April Simpkins
April Simpkins Enterprises - Owner, Chelsie Kryst Foundation – Founder
Jeremy Stephens
Tidelands Health
Gregory L. Tinnell
Schaeffler
Senator Ross Turner
SC Senate, District 8
John Uprichard
Find Great People (FGP)
Britt D. Vergnolle
BDV Solutions, LLC