Todd R. Flippin

Todd joined Holcombe Bomar PA as an associate attorney in 2016 after several years with a litigation firm in Columbia, SC. His practice focuses on civil litigation and includes medical malpractice, health care law, insurance litigation, business litigation, governmental litigation, and appellate law. Todd has tried numerous cases in courts throughout the state and represents […]

Richard Hagins Commander, USN (Ret)

After serving his country for 23 years as a U.S. Navy officer with the rank of Commander, Richard Hagins followed his entrepreneurial spirit and passion for service by founding US&S, Inc., previously Universal Supplies & Services, Inc., in 2003. US&S is a facility maintenance and support service provider specializing in operations and maintenance, repairs, renovation, […]

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 […]

Amy Kissam-Sands

Amy Kissam-Sands achieved more than 20 years of senior-level management experience, working in global clinical research organizations (CROs), particularly in clinical operations, customer alliances, quality control, clinical process integration, and technology platform development. She served on the Clinical Strategy Board for TransCelerate BioPharma INC and as a co-chair for the CRO Forum. She stepped down […]

Paul Sparks

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 […]

Charlie Hall, Lieutenant Colonel, USMCR

Charlie Hall

Charlie was born and raised in York, SC. He is a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point and served on active duty for 10 years in both the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps. After a combat deployment to Iraq in 2005, Charlie moved to Greenville, SC, and began work in the […]

Justice John W. Kittredge

John W. Kittredge was born in Greenville, SC, on September 28, 1956 and is the son of the late Elwyn Herbert, Jr. and Marian Jeffries Kittredge. John married Lila Graham Hewell on June 20, 1981. John and Lila have three children: Lila Marian, Will, and Zay. The Kittredges are members of First Presbyterian Church in […]

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 […]

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; […]

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 […]