State Workforce Development Board Members

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) Executive Committee and Vice Chair of the Board Development Committee (BDC) 
  Hope Broadway Palmetto HR Partners  
  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 (WIC)
  Col.(R) Craig Currey Transitions Homeless Center, South Carolina Workforce Innovation Committee (WIC)
  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 C. Hall SMART LOCAL 399 Board Development Committee (BDC)
  Dr. Tim Hardee SC Technical College System Workforce Innovation Committee (WIC)
  Felicia W. Johnson SC Vocational Rehabilitation Department Workforce Innovation Committee  (WIC)
  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 (BDC)
  Mayor George Patrick "GP" McLeer, Jr. City of Fountain Inn Executive Committee and  Workforce Innovation Committee (WIC)
  Patrick Michaels  Goodwill Industries of the Upstate/Midlands Executive Committee and Chair of the Board Development Committee (BDC) 
  Jennifer L. Moore United Way of the Midlands  
  Elaine Morgan Berkeley Chamber of Commerce Workforce Innovation Committee (WIC)
  Kevin Pak Paknet Technologies  
  Matthew Pollard Colliers   
  Councilmember Tyler Servant Horry County Council District 5 Workforce Innovation Committee (WIC)
  Dr. Windsor W. Sherrill  Clemson University Executive Committee and Chair of Workforce Innovation Committee  (WIC)
  April Simpkins April Simpkins Enterprises - Owner, Chelsie Kryst Foundation – Founder  
  Senator Ross Turner SC Senate, District 8 Workforce Innovation Committee (WIC)
  John Uprichard  Find Great People (FGP) Executive Committee and Vice Chair of SC Works Management Committee 
  Britt D. Vergnolle BDV Solutions, LLC Workforce Innovation Committee (WIC)