Driving growth. Defining tomorrow.
2013 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 BUSINESS PLAN
CONTENTS Letter from Leadership
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Driving Growth (2013 Successes) 2 Defining Tomorrow (2014 Strategic Priorities and Business Plan) 7 2014 Executive Committee and Board of Directors
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Staff Contacts
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Dear Chamber Member, In 2013, the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce realized its 240th consecutive year of operation. No other Chamber in the nation comes close to our nearly two and a half century historical track record of responding to business member needs and proactively advancing our region.
LETTER FROM LEADERSHIP
4500 Leeds Avenue, Suite 100 North Charleston, SC 29405 www.charlestonchamber.net p: 843.577.2510
Greater Charleston is at the top of multiple national and international rankings as the place for technology, business, investment and travel/tourism related ventures heading into 2014. While many metro areas would choose to “rest on their laurels,” our top leadership team, along with private and public sector coalition partners, is actively working to leverage our current opportunities to assure the immediate and long-term economic prosperity of our region. This report recaps important accomplishments and successes of 2013 and the Chamber’s 2014 business plan goals. Your valued support and input will assist us in the implementation and achievement of our goals over the year ahead, assuring your organization’s resiliency and a dynamic economic region for the benefit of all businesses and citizens. We thank the hundreds of talented volunteers and professionals working with us to strengthen each of our businesses, our economic community and the place we all love to call home. It is indeed a privilege to partner with you and represent you as the collective voice of the region’s businesses. Thank you for your support of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce. We look forward to working on your behalf in 2014 to further accelerate our region’s tremendous momentum. Respectfully yours,
Christopher B. Fraser 2014 Chairman of the Board
Bryan S. Derreberry President and CEO
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DRIVING GROWTH
The Chamber is about moving your business and our region forward. Five performance categories detail the value all members received in 2013, as well as outlining our top regional advancement efforts.
Advocacy Nine of 12 items on the Chamber’s 2013 Legislative Agenda were successfully passed including:
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▪ Angel Investors Bill - provides tax credits for qualified individuals to invest personal capital in business start-ups
▪ Military Licensure - allows training hours and certifications obtained during military service to be carried over and applied to the civilian workforce
▪ Transportation Funding Package - providing approximately $591 million for interstates, secondary roads and bridges
▪ Military Base Task Force Funding - securing $50,000 for region’s military recruitment and retention efforts and $500,000 for state to maintain all military installations
Four of six Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce Political Action Committee-endorsed candidates were successful in their elections.
Charleston County approved $18.75 million in funding for the expansion of the Trident Technical College aeronautical training program.
South Carolina Department of Transportation Commissioners approved the Intergovernmental Agreement between Charleston County and the state of South Carolina to complete I-526.
A Chamber white paper was produced detailing the need for engineering/IT degrees in the Charleston metro region and the Chamber’s continued work with the College of Charleston and MUSC in an effort to form a comprehensive research university. Legislation was filed the first week of February 2014.
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Membership in Charleston Young Professionals grew from 382 to 750, increasing the engagement and development of young professionals.
DRIVING GROWTH
Connections
A second successful Metro Leadership Visit attracted leaders from 30+ regional organizations to learn and experience San Antonio, Texas’ best practices that were applied to our 2014 Economic efforts.
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Business in Your Backyard, an inaugural series created to enhance connections and knowledge within specific communities and towns, was enthusiastically embraced by members, resulting in expanded frequency and locations in 2014.
The 2013 Economic Outlook Conference, with featured speaker Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric, attracted more than 500 business leaders and professionals.
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DRIVING GROWTH
Knowledge The 40th class of Leadership Charleston was launched in September featuring 50 leaders from every walk of our community gaining the knowledge and skills to lead us into the 21st Century. Since 1974, more than 1,500 leaders have sharpened their skills and banked their aspirations for greater Charleston’s success through participating in this program.
Two new programs targeted for the leadership development of young professionals and middle level managers were successfully launched – Emerging Leaders and Next Level Leadership.
The 2013 Charleston Handprint was developed to examine our region’s quality of life indexes important for the attraction and retention of young talent in comparison to five other southern cities. The Handprint’s recommendations to make us a talent “hot spot”, led to the formation of a multi-sector Talent Council charged with designing and implementing a two to five year talent blueprint.
celebrates four decades
The Charleston Entrepreneur Ecosystem was designed and developed to assist new and ready-to-scale businesses. The asset map provides a digital portal to a wide range of organizations that provide support and services to achieve growth goals. www.charlestonee.com
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The Metro Charleston Export Plan (MEP), a public/private collaborative strategy for increasing the export intensity in the Charleston region was created in association with The Brookings Institution. The MEP is a roadmap for leveraging the exporting potential of the Charleston region to grow exports from 11.8% to 20% of the gross metropolitan product by the year 2020.
DRIVING GROWTH
Regional Advancement
a Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce initiative Charleston is the nation’s 73rd largest metroplitan economy, a $28 billion enterprise driven largely by the services
MARKET ASSESSMENT
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METRO CHARLESTON
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sector, which makes up 62% of gross metropolitan production. The top industry sectors and centers of employment are government, tourism and manufacturing. The region boasts relatively high export intensity at 11.8%, that is, the
he Charleston MEI core team conducted an in-depth Market Assessment at the start of the planning process to serve as a project baseline and to provide insight for the development of this export plan. The assessment included reviewing export data provided by Brookings, U.S. Census data on export activity, an electronic survey of area employers, one-on-one interviews with 23 local exporter firms as well as interviews with service providers, federal and state agencies and a review of regional economic development plans.
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M E T R O E X P O R T I N I T I AT I V E
Charleston’s Gross Production
32%
Professional, Technical, Scientific
Machinery Primary Metal Travel & Tourism
15%
Chemical
6%
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13%
1. Charleston’s current export strength is
of Charleston into a customer-centric operation. New shipping
driven by a few large multi-nationals.
lines are being added and a $1.3-billion capital expansion plan
The region’s largest export cluster is transportation
Business Services
8%
Health Services Other
KEY FINDINGS FROM THE MARKET ASSESSMENT:
Transportation Equipement
27%
Manufacturing
Source - 2010 Bureau of Economic Analysis
indicating there is still untapped potential for future growth.
makes this port one of the most cost effective and efficient in
equipment, which accounts for 32% of regional exports
the world with strong growth prospects. Charleston also has the
or $900 million, and includes motor vehicle and parts
region’s deepest channels and today handles ships up to 48
and commercial aircraft. The Boeing Company is making
feet deep. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is fast-tracking
significant investments in the region and estimates at least
the Port’s next-generation deepening project which will provide
60% of their production
a depth of 50+ feet of water and
will be sold to foreign
24/7 access, with completion
buyers so this cluster
expected by 2019. Extending
will continue to expand
these benefits to small to
as the region’s export
medium sized manufacturing
intensity grows. It is
companies will be important to
estimated that only a few
growing exports.
motor vehicle and parts
23%
24%
Real Estate
$28 Billion
their product and services outside of the U.S.¹ and this percentage appears to describe the metro Charleston economy,
Charleston’s Top Export Sectors
Government
Retail
percentage of exports produced locally versus overall gross metro product. However, less than 1% of U.S. companies sell
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10%
Other
$2.9 Billion
Source - 2010 Brookings Export Data
3. Service exports provide a
manufacturers dominate
strong growth opportunity.
the $369 million of exports from these industries.
The Charleston economy is driven by the service sector which
Large multi-nationals are driving metals, paper and chemical sales which add
produces 62% of the gross metro production (GMP). However
another $631 million of exports. Continued enhancement of
only 27% of the region’s exports are service-related. The largest
our regional business platform, specifically in the areas of
service exports are business services (consulting, equipment
improved infrastructure and talent development to support
installation, and computer and information services), travel and
the demonstrated success of these top exporters will be vital
tourism, royalties, and freight and port related services. Many
to growing the export economy going forward.
firms within the service sector have not explored international markets. Even the region’s top service based companies who are
2. Proximity to a world class port provides a great opportunity for local companies to grow their business.
10 or more years old are growing strong domestically and just beginning to explore international markets. Tourism, the Medical
Interviews with experienced large manufacturers revealed that
University of South Carolina and defense related companies
operating from Charleston provides a competitive advantage by
have been a flywheel for Charleston for decades. Growing the
reducing transportation cost and time while simplifying supply
international segment of these and similar businesses should be
chains. Current leadership has effectively transformed the Port
a top priority.
METRO EXPORT I N I T I AT I V E METRO CHARLESTON EXPORT PLAN
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The region’s first EDGE Career Academies were launched in five public high schools in Berkeley and Dorchester 2 school districts. More than 1,300 high school students are now enrolled in the seven career academies with a total of 25 business partners secured.
Seventy-five top regional leaders, closed out 2013, by agreeing to tackle our area’s most pressing growth priorities - infrastructure, workforce development and maintenance of an attractive business environment, topped the list. A new initiative, Charleston 2030, was borne out of this meeting and will serve as the vehicle that continues to engage these leaders, and other important players, in resolving these challenges in 2014 and beyond.
Accelerate Greater Charleston, the five-year $4 million programmatic funding campaign designed to advance our metro area’s top talent, innovation and advancement priorities, ended its second year with significant accomplishments in each focus area and strong continued investor support.
The Entrepreneur Council was launched to advise the Chamber on the best ways to address the future needs for entrepreneurial success in the region.
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DRIVING GROWTH
Spotlight
▪ Best business concept Patrick Marzett for planetMarz Multimedia Smart Stand
A Small Business Awards competition, launched in spring 2013, recognized the achievements of small businesses throughout the region. Close to a year of small business showcase events culminated with the Fall 2013 Small Business of the Year Awards luncheon featuring Charleston Local Development Corporation and EventWorks as the award recipients.
▪ Best active early stage business Chelsea Ex-Lubeskie and Riley Csernica for Tarian Orthotics
The 10th annual Principal for a Day drew more than 150 business leaders to participate in public schools throughout the three-county region.
Perfect Pitch, the annual business idea competition showcasing dynamic entrepreneurial ideas, featured 10 finalists. Perfect Pitch 2013 winners were:
The second annual Honors Night named Wilbur Johnson, Managing Partner at Young Clement Rivers Law Firm as the 2013 Joseph P. Riley Leadership Award winner. Four outstanding companies were also recognized for their success, strength, longevity and creativity:
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▪ Rockstar Award The Kiawah Island Golf Resort 2012 PGA Championship
▪ Beacon Award The City of Charleston’s King Street Restoration Project
▪ Trailblazer Award Benefitfocus
▪ Pillar Award The InterTech Group
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Be a profitable and dynamic growing metro business member association ranked in the top 10 percent of chambers nationally in all core performance metrics.
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Annually achieve net membership growth of a minimum of 100-125 members and gain an overall membership of 2,100 members by the start of the 2016 calendar year.
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DEFINING TOMORROW
The Chamber’s 2014 strategic priorities are at the heart of our business plan presented on the pages that follow. The successful accomplishment of each priority will assure that we providing you with a leading edge Chamber capable of partnering with you to meet your competitive business objectives.
Spend time with our members to understand who they are and what they do. Annually call on a minimum of 200-250 members with the intent of (A) increasing the individual member’s competitive advantage by understanding and responding to their expressed priorities and (B) collectively advocating on behalf of the expressed goals of this membership contingent.
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Serve as a leader in creating a regional business environment that excels in helping our members achieve speed to implementation in designing and developing products and services and speed to market in getting what they have produced to their customers.
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Elevate and arm our region’s private sector leaders with the tools and resources they need to act as the driving force to direct and assure the future sustained prosperity of our metro area.
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Work with multiple sectors in our three-county area to get the right individuals and organizations “to the table” to collaboratively address our most pressing challenges and priorities.
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Serve as the creative and catalytic center for launching new Lowcountry initiatives that accelerate the work and success of doers, dreamers, advocates, entrepreneurs and change agents focused on economic prosperity and growth breakthroughs.
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DEFINING TOMORROW
The 2014 Chamber Business Plan outlines its top priorities under four achievement pillars: Regional Advancement, Talent, Advocacy and Innovation.
Regional Advancement Establish a Cyber Security Initiative to support the growth, success and recognition of the cyber security industry cluster as a national center of excellence thereby giving us our best chance of retaining core security components of our regional military defense industry.
Increase the Charleston region’s export intensity and individual business growth, and showcase the services of World Trade Center Charleston by implementing the Metro Charleston Export Plan. By year-end, twelve selected companies will begin or expand exports of their products or services to new markets world-wide.
Successfully complete the third year of Accelerate Greater Charleston (AGC) funding and exceed investor expectations in providing talent, innovation and advocacy outcomes that advance stakeholder business prospects and regional advancement plans.
Finalize design, distribution and staffing of the Greater Charleston 2030 plan. Determine 2014-2015 performance goals for advancing our metro area’s top quality of life, Smart City, infrastructure/transportation, education and leadership priorities, as well as holding two targeted Charleston + Lab sessions with regional leaders/ decision-makers to advance selected projects.
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DEFINING TOMORROW
Talent Grow Charleston Young Professionals membership to at least 1,000 young professionals for connections, support and professional development.
Launch Phase Two of the Charleston Young Professionals Mentor Program. Through this program, young professionals will serve as mentors in 10 elementary schools, three middle schools and two high schools in the Charleston region with the purpose of enhancing the development of character and leadership skills within students to empower youth for success.
Begin implementation of the Talent Blueprint to increase attraction and retention of skilled workers to the Charleston region. This includes: new employee welcome and onboarding programs, development and offering of summer internship programs by a greater number of regional businesses and a media savvy recruitment video to be shared with sophomores and juniors in targeted degree fields needed by area industries.
Form a Regional Education Council to develop a strategic plan to address business leader involvement with public high schools and higher education needs, including continuing to support the EDGE Academies and the development of business-based partnerships and internships with all four public school districts.
Develop a comprehensive policy agenda specific to support of the immediate and on-going priorities of our three county public school systems and higher education institutions. Create a minimum of three major meetings a year where school superintendents, college presidents and top business leaders discuss priorities for the development and strengthening of regional talent.
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DEFINING TOMORROW
Advocacy
Creating a Comprehensive Research University in the Charleston Region
Lead business community efforts to form a comprehensive research university for the region through collaborative efforts of MUSC, the College of Charleston and our state legislative delegation.
Employer Survey of Higher Education Needs
The Chamber contacted a dozen area employers representing the manufacturing, computer/IT and healthcare sectors in June 2013 and asked them to provide specific information on their hiring plans and higher education needs over the next two to three years. Ten employers completed the short survey representing 19,300 full time employees. The following occupations were most often cited as those needed in the next
ISSUES TO CONSIDER a White Paper November 2013
two to three years: Accounting Assemblers and Fabricators Computer Engineer Computer Programmer Electrical Engineer Electrician, Manufacturing Engineering Technician Finance IT Support Mechanical Engineer Network/IT Administrator Operations Manager/Supervisor Employers indicated the majority of their hires would require a certificate, Associate’s degree or Bachelor’s degree. Half indicated they would hire
occupations requiring a Master’s or Ph.D.
Employers were asked what specific degrees they will be hiring from outside the region because they are not available locally: • Aeronautical Engineers • Chemical Engineers • Computer Science • Electrical/Electronic Engineers • Electrical/Computer Engineers • Software Engineers Employers were asked to describe their greatest need/challenge today regarding the region’s capacity to provide Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D. degree graduates:
“Ability to obtain qualified number of engineering / IT resources in the next 2-3 years.” “Finding the advanced degrees locally is not likely.” “The way I interpret this question is do we need other Bachelor’s, Master’s or Ph.D. programs to continue staying competitive with the growing tech community in Charleston? The answer is yes. The programs in Charleston have to stay agile to adapt to the newest trends...this is the hardest
A Comparison of Charleston to Leading Metros
Charleston is one of the fastest growing mid size metros for software industries and occupations*: • Top 10 fastest growing software development region in U.S. • Top 10 fastest growing mid-size metro for computer hardware engineers (#1), computer research scientists (#2), statisticians (#3), computer operators (#3), graphic designers (#5), computer programmers (#8), and electrical engineers (#10) • Fourth highest per capita concentration in U.S. for computer research scientists and #7th for computer hardware engineers From 2000 to 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
IT/Math occupations in the region grew by 62.3%, compared to the national average of 12%. Architect/Engineering occupations grew by 68% while the growth rate nationally was less than10%. In the last 24 months, we have had more than 3,000 new jobs in computer/IT/engineering announced in the region. *(Out of 125 mid-sized metros, 2006-2009). Source: Avalanche Consulting Headlight Data System
The majority of the nation’s 100 top metro regions have either a research institution or accredited engineering program, according to the Chamber’s research, placing the Charleston region at a competitive disadvantage when competing with other areas for talent and economic development. The next two pages highlight the nations top 100 metro regions and provides a full list of their research institutions or accredited engineering programs in order to emphasize the overwhelming need for the Charleston region to establish a Comprehensive Research University.
challenge of our existing culture in Charleston.” “Lack of diverse technical degrees available.” “Engineering (manufacturing, mechanical, electrical, software and controls).”
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Gain local, state and federal elected body approval of 2014 Chamber lobbying agenda.
Continue to advocate for critical infrastructure to support the growth and development of the region and specifically, for the 18 infrastructure projects identified in the Chamber’s top infrastructure priorities.
Support the retention and expansion of Joint Base Charleston and other federal tenants in the region through the continued recruitment of USAFRICOM as well as working with the congressional delegation and S.C. Military Base Task Force to reduce the impact of military budget cuts locally.
Grow the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce Political Action Committee by expanding its endorsements to both local and state candidates.
Seek the direction of the new Entrepreneur Council to enhance or launch new programs/strategic assets geared to position our metro area as a support rich setting for entrepreneurial business growth.
DEFINING TOMORROW
Innovation
Launch a new entrepreneur membership, called Entrepreneur Crowd, which provides business start-ups with dedicated programing geared to their unique business development needs and requirements.
Showcase the Chamber’s 2014 Perfect Pitch finalists for regional venture capital exposure and commitments.
Continue to expand and refine the Charleston Entrepreneur Ecosystem so all area entrepreneurs have direct electronic access to the regional resources required to effectively grow their businesses.
Feature innovation and advancement leaders at the Chamber’s 2014 Economic Outlook Conference to identify what needs to occur for our metro area to maximize its innovation and productivity capacity.
Establish a new Catalyst Center for entrepreneurs (both ideation and scalable high growth), within the Chamber, that features access to needed assets, consultative advice, training and collaborative working space.
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2014 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Executive Committee
Board of Directors
Chairman of the Board Chris Fraser, Avison Young
Jason Alexander East Cooper Medical Center
Chairman-elect, Education Foundation Chairman Laura Varn, Santee Cooper
Jennet Robinson Alterman J. Robinson Alterman LLC
First Vice Chairman, Business Advocacy Vice Chairman Scott Woods, South Carolina Federal Credit Union
Mitchell Bohannon Thomas & Hutton
Immediate Past Chairman, CMCCPAC Chairman Stuart Whiteside, Seamon Whiteside + Associates
Alan Bolduc Avison Young
President and CEO Bryan Derreberry, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce
Eric Bowman SPARC LLC
Accelerate Greater Charleston Vice Chairman Lisa Montgomery, MUSC
P.J. Browning The Post and Courier
Career Academies Vice Chairman Jim Brickell, AECOM
George Bullwinkel Nexsen Pruet LLC
Charleston Young Professionals Past Chairman John Rizzo, Globe On Demand
Hal Burton Maritime Association of the Port of Charleston Representative
Events/Sponsorship Vice Chairman Melonie Hammond-Trace, Elliott Davis Finance Vice Chairman Joe Grech, South Carolina Federal Credit Union Innovation Vice Chairman Willy Geary, Boeing South Carolina Leadership Programs Vice Chairman Stephen Grant, SLG Consulting Marketing Vice Chairman Judy Dixon, Rush3 Product Design Studio Membership Vice Chairman David Dunlap, Roper St. Francis Healthcare Membership Vice Chairman Michael Renault, TD Bank Military Policy Council Chairman James Ward, Scientific Research Corporation Small Business Vice Chairman Mark Lattanzio, SunTrust Bank Small Business Vice Chairman Mary Porter, Porter Consulting Talent Vice Chairman, Charleston + Lab Patrick Bryant, Go To Team World Trade Center Charleston Chairman Geoff Schuler, Boeing South Carolina
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Randy Byerly BB&T Willis Cantey Cantey Technology Consulting Kenneth Canty Freeland Construction Company Larry Collett netGALAXY Studios Will Dorminy Southern Eagle Distributing LLC Karen Elsey Laura Alberts Tasteful Options Todd Gallati Trident Health Jim Geffert Dale Carnegie Training of SC LLC John Grab MWV
Lisa Mitchell Hagemeyer North America
Wayne Hall First Federal
Michael Moody
David Hand O.L. Thompson Construction Co. Kin Hill Charleston Water System Jairy Hunter, Jr. Charleston Southern University Len Hutchison Wells Fargo Jessica Jackson The Boeing Company
Bruce Murdy Rawle Murdy Associates, Inc. Jennifer Murray South Carolina Bank and Trust Robert New Charleston Port Services Erin Pabst South Carolina Ports Authority Evelyn Reis Perry Carolina Sound Communications/MUZAK
Ned Jervey CresCom Bank
Ed Riggs Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Representative
Wilbur Johnson Young Clement Rivers LLP
Margaret Seidler Seidler & Associates LLC
Ron Jones Clawson and Staubes LLC
Deona Smith The DeJo Group
Peter Lehman South Carolina Ports Authority
Sue Stevens
Julia Martin SCRA Paul Mashburn Mashburn Construction Chappy McKay Trident Construction Co. Inc. Julie Medich Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA Jamal Middleton The Midtown Group
2014 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Cedric Green SCE&G
Jim Thigpen Science Applications International Corp. Rebecca Ufkes UEC Electronics LLC Matt Weismiller BERCHTOLD Corp. Bill Youngblood McNair Law Firm, P.A. Anita Zucker The InterTech Group Inc.
Jack Mitchell AT&T
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STAFF CONTACTS
Charleston Metro Chamber Of Commerce PROFESSIONAL STAFF Main Line: 843.577.2510
Executive Department Bryan Derreberry President and CEO bderreberry@charlestonchamber.org
Organization Development Marge Grob Senior Vice President marge@charlestonchamber.org
Cambron Jewell Small Business Programs Manager cjewell@charlestonchamber.org
Shawn Edwards Associate Vice President sedwards@charlestonchamber.org
Andrea Lawrence Business Information Associate alawrence@charlestonchamber.org
Kathleen Forbes Associate Vice President Sponsor Relations and Special Events kforbes@charlestonchamber.org
Ruthann Kelly Sponsor Development Director rkelly@charlestonchamber.org
Peggy Inabinet Business Information Associate pinabinet@charlestonchamber.org
Chris Wheeler Events Manager cwheeler@charlestonchamber.org
Business Advancement Pennie Bingham Senior Vice President; Executive Director of World Trade Center Charleston pbingham@charlestonchamber.org Therese Gordon Business Advancement Coordinator tgordon@charlestonchamber.org
Megan Reilly Innovation & Entrepreneurship Manager mreilly@charlestonchamber.org Erica Wright Charleston Young Professionals Director ewright@charlestonchamber.org
Finance Beth Franklin Senior Vice President bfranklin@charlestonchamber.org Jemella Graham Senior Payroll Manager jgraham@charlestonchamber.org
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Lisa Villeponteaux Senior Accounting Manager lvilleponteaux@charlestonchamber.org
Mary Graham Senior Vice President mgraham@charlestonchamber.org
George Ramsey Business Advocacy Director gramsey@charlestonchamber.org
Jeremy Cauthen Business Advocacy Manager jcauthen@charlestonchamber.org
Suzi Raiford Professional Development Director sraiford@charlestonchamber.org
Alex Glasgow Leadership Programs Director aglasgow@charlestonchamber.org
Patrick Thompson Administrative Assistant pthompson@charlestonchamber.org
Courtney Herring Business Lobbyist cherring@charlestonchamber.org
Robin Willis EDGE Manager rwillis@charlestonchamber.org
STAFF CONTACTS
Business Advocacy
Membership Development Paul Miloni Vice President pmiloni@charlestonchamber.org
Justin Maner Retention and Database Manager jmaner@charlestonchamber.org
Greg Gormley Sales Director ggormley@charlestonchamber.org
MonĂŠt McCarus Business Development Executive mmccarus@charlestonchamber.org
Susan Harris Senior Business Development Executive sharris@charlestonchamber.org
Claire Porter Investor Relations Director cporter@charlestonchamber.org
Katie Kremchek Membership Development Assistant kkremchek@charlestonchamber.org
Christie Shumberger Business Development Executive cshumberger@charlestonchamber.org
Justin Lee Business Development Executive jlee@charlestonchamber.org
Marketing Laura Bright Vice President lbright@charlestonchamber.org
Liz Clark Digital Communications Coordinatior lclark@charlestonchamber.org
Erin Aylor Marketing Director eaylor@charlestonchamber.org
Dustin Istnick Visual and Graphic Design Director distnick@charlestonchamber.org
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