Hope Blackley

Degree: B.S. in Child Development

School: South Carolina State University

Professional experience: Hope Consulting, LLC | CEO & President

Professional affiliations: Past board service: United Way of the Piedmont, South Carolina Coalition for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Spartanburg Regional’s Women’s Advisory Council, Carolina Pregnancy Center, Spartanburg Village Network, Circle of Friends for Mobile Meals, the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind’s Walker Foundation Board, the 2016/2017 President of the South Carolina Clerk of Court and Register of Deeds Association, Tri- chair member of the Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce’s Community & Economic Strategy Steering Committee. Current service: Mary Black Foundation Board of Trustee, Hub City Writers’ Project, and the South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission.

Dream dinner guests: Frederick Douglass or Shirley Chisholm