Hamid Mohsseni Appointed to College’s Commission Hamid R. Mohsseni of Anderson has been chairman of the Leadership South Carolina appointed to Tri-County Technical College’s board for two years and is a graduate of Commission, the nine-member governing Leadership Anderson. board of the College. He serves on the Board of Regents for Governor Henry McMaster appointed Anderson University and the local Salvation Mohsseni to the Commission, effective in Army board. He has served on the boards June. His term expires April 2021. of Region’s Bank, the Anderson Chamber of Mohsseni is President and CEO of Anderson Commerce, the Anderson YMCA, United Way Restaurant Group in Anderson. The company of Anderson County, and the AnMed Hospital operates two full-service restaurants—Tucker’s Foundation. He is an ex-officio member of the Restaurant and Carson’s Steak Warehouse & Tri-County Technical College Foundation. Saloon, as well as a restaurant management A native of Tehran, Iran, Mohsseni came and commercial leasing operation. to the United States in 1977, earning a Hamid Mohsseni He is a member and former chairman bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from of the Anderson Economic Development Board and has Clemson University. He previously was general partner of participated in several overseas economic development Kelsey’s Restaurant in Hendersonville, N.C. partnerships, including missions to China and Ireland. He is He has made Anderson his home for 25 years with his a 2005 graduate of Leadership South Carolina. He served as wife, KD, and their 14-year-old son, Maddox.
College Commission Elects Officers Tri-County Technical College’s Commission elected officers Board of Tri-County Technical College from 2014–2017. for 2020. J. Allard (Al) Young, of Honea Path, is the new chair of Kaplan was appointed to the Commission in 2018. He is the nine-member governing board of the College. Tom Strange, president/owner of Cornell Dubilier Electronics, a manufacturer of Easley, was elected Vice Chair. Jim Kaplan, of Pickens, was of electric components. With corporate headquarters and elected secretary/treasurer. They took office at the April 6 manufacturing in Liberty, the company also operates from sites in meeting, which was the Commission’s first virtual meeting since Massachusetts, California, Illinois, Mexico, and Hong Kong. the COVID-19 pandemic began. He serves on several boards, including the Pickens County “Tri-County Technical College is a major player in our Upstate United Way, Electronic Industry Association, Alliance Pickens area and serving on the Commission allows me to help the County, and the Electronic Components Industry Association. citizens throughout Anderson County to be presented with many The Tri-County Technical College Commission meets bieducational options,” said Young, who was appointed to the monthly in the Board Room of the Ruby S. Hicks Library/ Commission in February 2001. Administration Building on the Pendleton Campus located at Young served as president and CEO of The Commercial Bank 7900 Highway 76 in Pendleton. The meetings begin at 12:30 p.m. in Honea Path from 1996 until his retirement in 2014. Strange was appointed to the Commission in April 2017. Until his retirement, he worked for 23 years for Abbott (formerly St. Jude Medical) in Liberty. As senior director of research and development, he introduced many new technologies that continue to define state of the art in implantable medical devices for both pacing and arrhythmia correction. He represented Pickens County on the Tri-County Technical College Commission J. Allard (Al) Young Tom Strange Jim Kaplan from 2011–14. He served on the Foundation 6 • CONNECTION
