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
| State Workforce Development Board Members | ||
| Board Member | Organization | Committee Assignment(s) |
| Honorable Henry McMaster | SC Governor's Office | Executive Committee Leadership |
| Chairman, Thomas Freeland | Door System, part of ASSA ABLOY | Executive Committee Leadership and Board Development Committee (BDC) |
| Vice Chairman, J. Warren Snead | Cooper Standard | Executive Committee Leadership and Chair of the SC Works Management Committee |
| William H. Floyd | S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce | Executive Committee Leadership and SC Works Management Committee |
| Charles Brave, Jr. | American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) | Vice Chair of the Board Development Committee (BDC) |
| Hope Broadway | Palmetto HR Partners | Executive Committee |
| Representative Don Chapman | SC House of Representatives, District 43 | |
| Gregory Cannon Clark | Wells Fargo | SC Works Management Committee |
| Susan H. Cohen | Cohen Consulting SC, LLC | Workforce Innovation Committee |
| Col.(R) Craig Currey | Transitions Homeless Center, South Carolina | Workforce Innovation Committee |
| Corey Lamar Epps | Scout Motors | |
| Nancy Ray Foster | Foster Real Estate | |
| Stephen Gilchrist | African American Chamber of Commerce/US Committee on Civil Rights | |
| Darline Graham | SC Commission for the Blind | SC Works Management Committee |
| James "Chris" Hall | SMART LOCAL 399 | Board Development Committee |
| Dr. Tim Hardee | SC Technical College System | Workforce Innovation Committee |
| Felicia W. Johnson | SC Vocational Rehabilitation Department | Workforce Innovation Committee |
| Lelia Howze King | Build Carolina | |
| Mike King | SC Department of Education | SC Works Management Committee |
| Robyn G. Knox | The HR Business Connect, LLC | Board Development Committee |
| Mayor George Patrick "GP" McLeer, Jr. | City of Fountain Inn | Executive Committee and Workforce Innovation Committee |
| Patrick "Pat" Michaels | Goodwill Industries of the Upstate/Midlands | Chair of the Board Development Committee (BDC) |
| Jennifer L. Moore | United Way of the Midlands | |
| Elaine Morgan | Berkeley Chamber of Commerce | Workforce Innovation Committee |
| Kevin Pak | Paknet Technologies | |
| James Pasley | Waccamaw Economic Opportunity Council, Inc., Executive Director/CEO | |
| Matthew Pollard | Colliers | |
| Councilmember Tyler Servant | Horry County Council District 5 | Workforce Innovation Committee |
| Dr. Windsor W. Sherrill | Clemson University | Chair of Workforce Innovation Committee (WIC) |
| April Simpkins | April Simpkins Enterprises - Owner, Chelsie Kryst Foundation – Founder | |
| Senator Ross Turner | SC Senate, District 8 | Executive Committee and Workforce Innovation Committee |
| John Uprichard | Find Great People (FGP) | Vice Chair of SC Works Management Committee |
| Britt D. Vergnolle | BDV Solutions, LLC | Workforce Innovation Committee |