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Degree: Bachelor of Science; Environmental Science
School: United States Military Academy at West Point
Military Service: U.S. Army 1996-2002, U.S. Marine Corps 2002-Present
Deployments: Iraq from 2004 to 2005
Other Experience: Harper Construction 2006-2009, USMC Wounded Warrior Regiment 2009-2014
Dream Dinner Guest: C.S. Lewis
Degree: M.Ed. Community Agency Counseling
School: Clemson University
Professional Affiliations: Commissioner-Greenville County Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Leadership Greenville Class #44 Graduate
Licenses or Certifications: Nationally Certified Counselor #80400
First Responder Service: Police Officer- Greenville Police Department, 1997-2013
Favorite Quote: “In Valor there is hope.” – Tacitus
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
School: Southern Wesleyan University
Professional Affiliations: Upstate Veteran Business Network
Military Service: U.S. Marine Corps, 2005-2012
Deployments: Iraq and Afghanistan
Other Experience: Mission Continues Fellow, Leadership Simpsonville, Opportunity Greenville, Military Order of the Purple Heart
Dream Dinner Guest: My Granddad, WWII Army veteran
Degree: Bachelor of Social Work & Master of Social Work
School: Limestone University and Boise State University
Military Service: U.S. Marine Corps from 2001-09
Deployments: Iraq in 2003, 2004, and 2005
Other Experience: The Mission Continues Fellowship
Dream Dinner Guest: My Father
Degree: Associates in Arts; Early Childhood Electives
School: Spartanburg Community College and USC Upstate
Professional Affiliations: Spartanburg Community Action Board, Homeless Taskforce, Behavioral Health Taskforce, Safety Net Member
Licenses or Certifications: Suicide Intervention/Prevention, Mental Health First Aid
Favorite Quote: “Thy will be done.”
Degree: Master in Social Work
School: University of South Carolina
Licenses or Certifications: Licensed Master in Social Work (LMSW)
Military Service: U.S. Army (Ret.) 10 years
Other Experience: Veterans Affairs Internship, 2 years; Hospital Case Management, 2 years
Favorite Quote: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Degree: Bachelor of Arts Arabic Language and Culture
School: California University of Pennsylvania
Military experience: U.S. Army, 1999-2022 | Infantryman in the special operations community
Favorite quote: “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right” –Henry Ford
Dream dinner guest: George Washington
Military Service: U.S. Navy, 1992-1996 | Avionics Electronics Technician
Other Experience: UWS Fellowship Graduate, 2022
Favorite Quote: “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.” – Stephen Hawking
Professional Affiliations: Greenville Society for Human Resource Management (GSHRM)
Military Service: SC Army National Guard, 25 years
First Responder Service: Firefighter
Other Experience: UWS Fellowship Graduate, 2019
Dream Dinner Guest: Gary Sinise
Degree: Bachelor of Arts; Psychology
School: Southern New Hampshire University
Licenses or Certifications: Certified Peer Support Specialist (CPSS)
Military Service: U.S. Army, 9 years
Deployments: Iraq
Other Experience: Recovery Coach with Heritage Cares
Dream Dinner Guest: Simon Murray, Author of “Legionnaire”
Degree: Bachelor of Science; Business/Healthcare Management
School: Brown Mackie & Penn Foster
Military Service: Spouse of Retired USMC (22yrs service)
Favorite Quote: “Let all you do be done with love.” (1 Corinthians 16:14 NKJV)
Degree: Bachelor of Science, Sustainability Sciences; Bachelor of Science, Urban Studies; Pursuing Master of Science, Nonprofit Administration
School: Furman University and Louisiana State University
Professional Affiliations: Member of The Rotary Club of Greenville; Member of Habitat for Humanity’s Greenville Young Professionals;
Board Member of Friends of the Reedy River
Other Experience: AmeriCorps VISTA with United Way of Greenville County
Favorite Quote: “You never fail until you stop trying.” – Albert Einstein
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Master Divinity
School: Clemson University and Reformed Theological Seminary
Military Service: U.S. Army, 8 years, Chaplain
Other Experience: Pastor, Cornerstone of Lakewood Ranch Church, Sarasota Florida
Favorite Quote: “If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.” – C.S. Lewis
Degree: Associates of Arts, Criminal Justice; Pursuing Project Management Certificate through Syracuse University Institute for Military and Veteran Families
School: CCAF & SUNY Buffalo State
Professional Affiliations: USAF Sergeants Association, Korn Ferry Leadership Course
Military Service: 20 years (Ret.) U.S. Air Force Security Forces
Deployments: Kyrgyzstan; Afghanistan; Al Dhafra
First Responder Service: 5 years, Law Enforcement Officer
Favorite Quote: “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Degree: Bachelor of Science; Mass Communications
School: Greenville Technical College & USC Upstate
Professional Affiliations: Rotary Club of Greenville
Special Training or Experience: AmeriCorps VISTA, 2019-2020
Favorite Quote: “Never, never, never give up.” – Winston Churchill
Degree: Bachelor of Business Administration
School: Furman University
Professional Affiliations: Materials Management Society of the American Hospital Association
Military Service: U.S. Air Force 1967-1971
Deployments: Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, 1967-1971
Other Experience: Supply Chain Management and Procurement in Industry and Healthcare
Favorite Quote: “Don’t take yourself too seriously.”
Licenses or certifications: SLED Security
Military/ First Responder experience: US Army: 1990 – 1994 | Greenville Police Department: 1995 – 2020
Dream Dinner Guests: Data, Chunk, and Sloth
Degree: BA History, MBA Analytics
School: Rhodes College (2008) & Clemson University (2020)
Professional affiliations: PNC, SEAL Future Foundation
Licenses or certifications: Master Training Specialist, service dog handler
Military experience: U.S. Navy, 2009-2017 | Enlisted SEAL
Special training or experience: Security awareness training practitioner, business technology consultant
Favorite quote: “When you pray, move your feet”; “The only easy day was yesterday.”
Licenses or Certifications: Peer Support Specialist, High Performance Leadership (Cornell University), Fly Fishing Guide
Military Service: U.S. Army, 2004-2011 | Airborne Infantry Sergeant
Other Experience: Wounded Warrior Project Peer Leader
Favorite Quote: “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.” -Ernest Hemingway
Degree: Bachelor of Science; Sales and Meeting Management
School: Johnson and Wales University
Professional Affiliations: Walt’s Waltz Board Member, NAMI, Elks Lodge Member #858 Greenville, Mentor with JUMPSTART (Transforming the lives of prisoners from the inside out).
Licenses & Certifications: VSP (Victims Survivor Course) SC Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Licensure in Progress; NAMI Teacher Certification Family to Family; Justice for Vets Training Certificate; Mental Health First Aid Certification; Certificates in Home Inspection, OSHA and English as a Second Language
Other Experience: Started with UWS as a Volunteer in 2018, Case Management in Corporate Law
Favorite Quote: “It’s the notion of being part of something bigger than yourself and of making the people around you better,” she said. “In our daily struggles to advance within an organization, we sometimes forget that it’s actually more about the organization and the people that are around us. And to make them better makes the organization better.” – General Lori Robinson, a Servant Leader
Degree: Bachelor of Arts; Theatre/Literature
School: Point Loma Nazarene University
Licenses or Certifications: California secondary level teaching credential and ESL certification
Military Service: Wife of a U.S. Navy veteran
Other Experience: Church youth group leader, teacher, administrator and movie reviewer
Dream Dinner Guest: G.K. Chesterton
Degree: General Technology, Gunsmithing, A.A.S.
School: Piedmont Technical College
Military/ First Responder experience: US Army | Infantryman, 10th MNT DIV
Favorite quote: “Tough times don’t last, tough people do.”
Degree: Bachelors in Psychology
School: Columbia College
Military/First Responder experience: U.S. Army, 1998-2019 | Five combat deployments in GWOT Campaign
Other relevant internships, fellowships, or work experience: Substitute teacher for Greenville County School District
Dream dinner guest: Gary Sinise or George W. Bush
Degree: Pursuing Bachelor of Social Work
School: Limestone University
Professional Affiliations: NASW Board Member 2021-22, Spartanburg County Foundation GLAA, Blue Star Mothers of Spartanburg 2010-11
Licenses or Certifications: SC RPhT, Mental Health First Aid certified
Military Service: Daughter of U.S. Air Force veteran, Wife of U.S. Army Reserves veteran and Mother of U.S. Army Reserves veteran
Other Experience: Operations Manager for SC Test Prep 2015-2020, AmeriCorps Member, AmeriCorps VISTA
Favorite Quote: “The darkness may not dissipate all at once, but surely as night always gives way to dawn, the light will come.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf
School: DeSales University, Southern New Hampshire University, Liberty University.
Military Service: Marine Corps
Deployments: Afghanistan – 2010
Dream Dinner Guest: Bea Arthur
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