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 […]

Marianna Black Habisreutinger

With her extensive involvement in education, healthcare, and the arts, Marianna Black Habisreutinger has enriched her native Spartanburg, as well as the entire Upstate community. A graduate of Mt. Vernon Junior College and the University of Mississippi, Marianna is a former Spartanburg County public school teacher and serves as an officer of Champion Investment Corporation. […]

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 […]

Jim DeMint

James “Jim” Warren DeMint was born on September 2, 1951, in Greenville, SC. Raised by a single mother with his three siblings, he was taught the value of hard work and perseverance. He attended public schools in Greenville, graduating from Wade Hampton High School. He married his high school sweetheart, Debbie Henderson, in 1973. That […]

William M. Webster, IV

William M. Webster IV is the co-founder and chairman of the Board for Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc., and has served in the White House. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1983 and a Bachelor of Arts in English and German from Washington & Lee […]

E. Smyth McKissick, III

E. Smyth McKissick III serves as chairman and CEO of Alice Company, a diversified holdings company in Greenville, SC. The company, a transformation of Alice Manufacturing Company, is built on a century-long track record of identifying and creating opportunities, maintaining an unwavering focus on exceptional quality, and serving the communities in which it operates. In […]

Michael Riordan

Co-CEO of Prisma Health, Michael C. Riordan is responsible for providing the strategic direction and financial oversight for Prisma Health. Prisma is a not-for-profit system, created in 2017 when Greenville Health System and Palmetto Health came together to improve the healthcare for the citizens of South Carolina. Prisma Health is the largest system in South […]

Mastin Robeson Major General, USMC (Ret)

Mastin is a South Carolina native who was commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1975, served 34 years active service, and transitioned out of the U.S. Marine Corps in November 2009 to move back to the Upstate. He was privileged to lead at every operational level in the Marine Corps, including commanding a Counter-Terrorism […]