Tee Hooper
Tee Hooper, the current board chairman and co-owner of FGP International, Inc., which deals with executive search, staffing, and HR consulting, serves as a board member of Southern First Bank and Verdae Development, Inc. He has served as board chairman, co-owner, and CEO of Sign Crafters USA, a sign manufacturing and service company, from 2006–2016; […]
Dan Cooper
Dan Cooper is a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 10 in Anderson County. He served the people of South Carolina from 1990–2011, when he was elected to replace his father, M. J. “Dolly” Cooper, who held the same office from 1974–1990. Cooper has the distinction of being the first […]
Tracy Swinney
Tracy Swinney served as a police officer for the state of Alabama for 25 years. He retired in May of 2012, and he currently serves as director of Football Security and Community Liaison for the Clemson University football program. Tracy was a S.W.A.T. Officer for ten years and was promoted to sergeant, where he was […]
Lillian Brock Flemming
Lillian Brock Flemming is a native of Greenville and graduate of the historical Sterling High School. She retired in July 2017 after 46 years with Greenville County Schools as a teacher and professional employment recruiter. She received a bachelor’s and a master’s of mathematics education from Furman University, as well as an honorary doctorate of […]
Darwin Simpson Major General, USA (Ret)
Major General Darwin H. Simpson began his 39-year military career in the Arkansas Army National Guard in 1964 as a private E-1. In 1967, Simpson graduated from the Army’s OCS program and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. Throughout his career, Major General Simpson held numerous staff and command assignments, including commanding general of the […]
Craig Brown
Craig Brown is the president and owner of the Greenville Drive, a Minor League Baseball team and the single-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, and is a founding board member of MiLB Enterprises, which oversees brand marketing for Minor League Baseball. Prior to leading the construction of Fluor Field, the Drive’s award-winning stadium, Brown […]
Paul Sparks
Paul Sparks is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Insignis Partners, a private equity and real estate investment firm headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. With more than 25 years of experience in banking, structured finance, and commercial real estate, Paul is recognized as a strategic leader and capital markets expert with a proven track record […]
Michael R. Fee
Michael R. Fee is a graduate of Chaminade High School in Mineola, NY. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College and a Master of Business Administration from Hofstra University. A resident of Simpsonville, Michael is currently the special advisor and co-owner of the Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co., Inc., a manufacturer of fire […]
Charles T. Wong, Jr.
Charlie Wong is the founder and managing partner of WongHolland, LLP (a California-based certified public accounting firm) and is a certified public accountant and personal financial specialist (PFS). Charlie is currently the trustee of a number of California trusts. Prior to founding his own CPA firm, Charlie had extensive audit, tax, and business consulting experience […]
Foster McKissick
Foster McKissick Ill is chief executive officer of Fairway Automotive Group in Greenville, SC. The company, in business since 1966, sells Ford, Lincoln, and Subaru vehicles and has an off-site state-of-the-art collision repair shop. Foster is past president of the South Carolina Automobile Dealers Association and currently represents the state on the board of directors […]