Upstate SC Alliance Investor Directory 2015-16

INVESTOR DIRECTORY

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INVESTOR DIRECTORY

abOuT uPSTaTE SC aLLIaNCE Formed in 2000, the Upstate South Carolina Alliance is a public/private regional economic development organization designed to market the dynamic, commerce-rich northwestern corner of South Carolina.

The Upstate SC Alliance’s vision is to “Position and market the Upstate SC region to successfully compete for business investment globally.” The Alliance’s goal is to spearhead an aggressive, innovative and comprehensive global marketing strategy to attract new investment to the Upstate region. By creating a powerful brand and image for the region, increased opportunities will ultimately lead to greater investment, enhancing the prosperity and quality of life for the entire Upstate.

Funding for the Upstate SC Alliance comes through two sources: member counties/cities and private sector business partners. The Alliance’s private sector partners number more than 146 individual companies / organizations.

INVESTOR DIRECTORY Board Members are indicated in bold

Accounting

Chambers of Commerce

Elliott Davis LLC

Eric Schmid

Shareholder

(864) 242-3370 eric.schmid@elliottdavis.com

GreerWalker

David Jones

Partner

(704) 353-8264 david.jones@greerwalker.com

PWC

Renee Dodson

Partner

(864) 577-8869 renee.f.dodson@pwc.com

Rรถdl Langford de Kock LLP

Steve Cooper

Partner

(704) 973-4868

steve.cooper@roedlusa.com

Advertising/Public Relations Clear Channel

Bill McMartin

Vice President | Market Manager

(864) 271-5151

billmcmartin@iheartmedia.com

Erwin Penland

Joe Erwin

President

(864) 271-0500

joe.erwin@erwinpenland.com

Fairway Outdoor Advertising

Rick Steele

General Manager

(800) 849-3247

rick.steele@fairwayoutdoor.com

Smoak Public Relations

Katherine Davis

Principal

(864) 235-8330 katherine@smoakpr.com

ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING

Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce

Pamela Christopher

President & CEO

(864) 226-3454

pchristopher@ andersonscchamber.com

Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce

Mark Owens

President & CEO

(864) 877-3131 mark@greerchamber.com

Greenville Chamber of Commerce

Hank Hyatt

Vice President | Economic Competitiveness

(864) 239-3714 hhyatt@greenvillechamber.org

Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce

Allen Smith

President & CEO

(864) 594-5010 asmith@spartanburgchamber.com

BE&K Building Group

Tim Parker

Senior Vice President

(864) 254-5040 tim.parker@bekbg.com

Evans General Contractors

Josh Grein

Project Manager

(864) 528-5608 jgrein@evans-gc.com

Construction

AECOM

Erica Huggins

Regional Manager

(864) 527-4748 erica.huggins@aecom.com

Faithful+Gould

Stephen Plane

Vice President | Operations

(864) 315-1676 steve.plane@fgould.com

Alliance Consulting Engineers

Dan Esteban

Upstate Regional Manager

(864) 284-1740 desteban@alliancece.com

Fitts & Goodwin

Jeff Burgess

Vice President | Business Development

(803) 760-1122 jburgess@fittsandgoodwin.com

CMC Cary Engineering

Brian Norton

Vice President & General Manager

(864) 609-5340 brian.norton@cmc.com

Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood, Inc.

Kevin Laird

Regional Vice President

(864) 527-0460 kevin.laird@gmcnetwork.com

Global Performance - a Wood Group Mustang Company

Nicole Core

Director | Business Development

(864) 404-2278 nicole.core@woodgroup.com

HRP Associates, Inc.

Tad Goetcheus

Vice President

(864) 289-0311 tad.goetcheus@hrpassociates.com

Harper Corporation

David Wise

President

(864) 527-2500 dwise@harpercorp.com

McMillan Pazdan Smith

Karen Calhoun

Partner

(864) 585-5678 kcalhoun@mcmillanpazdansmith.com

M.B. Khan Construction Co.

Jack Brown

Vice President | Business Development

(864) 918-0769 jbrown@mbkahn.com

Milone & MacBroom

Paul Mills

South Carolina Regional Manager

(864) 271-9598 paulm@miloneandmacbroom.com

Melloul-Blamey Construction SC Ltd.

Jack Lostetter

Vice President

(864) 627-0302 jack.lostetter@melloul.com

S&ME, Inc.

Jason Vaughn

Business Development Manager

(864) 297-9944 jvaughn@smeinc.com

Moss & Associates

Don Warren

Senior Vice President | Carolinas Division

(864) 254-9450 dwarren@mossemail.com

O'Neal

Kevin Bean

President & CEO

(864) 298-2000 kbean@onealinc.com

Roebuck Buildings Co.

John Price

Vice President

(864) 576-6330 jprice@roebuckbuildings.com

The Garland Company, Inc

Amanda Williams

Business Development

(404) 229-5524 awilliams@garlandind.com

Business Services AT&T

Ted Creech

Director | External Affairs

(803) 401-2207

ted.creech@att.com

Eastern Industrial Supplies, Inc.

Kip Miller

President & CEO

(864) 451-5285 kip.miller@easternfirst.com

THS Constructors, Inc.

Mac Johnson

Vice President | Business Development

(864) 908-8881 mjohnson@thsconstructors.com

Integral Solutions Group

Russ Weber

President

(864) 574-8161

Triangle Construction Co. Inc.

Charley Patrick

Business Development Manager/Project Manager

(864) 770-1715 cpatrick@triangleconstruction.com

Performance Payroll

David Hudson

Principal

(864) 365-0811 dhudson@performancepayroll.com

Yeargin Potter Shackelford Construction

Kirk Carter

Vice President

(864) 678-5413 kcarter@ypsconst.com

Rosenfeld Einstein

Nate Einstein

Chairman

(864) 255-4504 neinstein@rosenfeldeinstein.com

Sharp Business Systems

Tommy Pickens

President

(864) 675-2001 tommy.pickens@sharpusa.com

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICES

South Carolina Council on Competitiveness

Ann Marie Stieritz

President

(803) 760-1400

Abbeville County Development Board

Stephen Taylor

Development Services Director

(864) 366-2181

staylor@abbevillecountysc.com

Spectrum Business

Josh Schell

Fiber Sales Manager

(864) 603-1066 josh.schell@charter.com

The Oliver Group

Mike Warrick

Area Director

(336) 554-6840 mwarrick@olivergroup.com

Anderson County Economic Development

Burriss Nelson

Executive Director

(864) 260-4231

bnelson@andersoncountysc.org

Windstream

Phil Peterseon

Region Vice President | Operations

(864) 331-7914 phillip.peterson@windstream.com

Wingspan Performance

Cathy Maday

Founder

(704) 281-3111 cathy@wingspanperformance.com

Cherokee County Development Board

Jim Cook

Executive Director

(864) 206-2804

cookj@sccsc.edu

Young Office

Thomas R. Young, IV

President

(864) 254-7556 tryoung@youngos.com

City of Clinton

Frank Stovall

City Manager

(864) 833-7505

fstovall@cityofclintonsc.com

rweber@integralsg.com

astieritz@sccompetes.org

INVESTOR DIRECTORY Board Members are indicated in bold

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICES CONTINUED

FINANCIAL SERVICES CONTINUED

City of Greenville

Nancy Whitworth

Deputy City Manager

(864) 467-4401

nwhitworth@greenvillesc.gov

First Citizens Bank

Jimmy Gulledge

South Carolina Area Executive

(864) 225-3732 jimmy.gulledge@firstcitizensonline.com

City of Spartanburg

Patty Bock

Economic Development Director

(864) 596-2972

pbock@cityofspartanburg.org

First Tennessee Bank

Terry Dolch

Vice President

(704) 554-4730 tjdolch@firsttennessee.com

City of Union

Harold Thompson

Mayor

(864) 429-1700

hthompson@cityofunion.org

HSBC Bank

Doug Bowman

VP | Global Relationship Manager

(980) 335-5112 douglas.c.bowman@us.hsbc.com

Greenville Area Development Corporation

Mark Farris

President & CEO

(864) 235-2008

mfarris@greenvillecounty.org

MTC Federal Credit Union

Mary Taylor

VP | Marketing & Business Development

(864) 908-3420 mtaylor@mtcfederal.com

NBSC, a division of Synovus Bank

Neal Kyber

Executive Vice President

(864) 241-7901 nealkyber@banknbsc.com

Greenwood Partnership Alliance

Heather Jones

CEO

(864) 942-8504

hjones@partnershipalliance.com

Palmetto Bank

Samuel Erwin

President & CEO

(864) 439-4976 serwin@palmettobank.com

Greer Development Corporation

Reno Deaton

Executive Director

(864) 416-0126

rdeaton@greerdevelopment.com

Regions Bank

Chris Riley

South Carolina President

(864) 235-5680 chris.riley@regions.com

Laurens County Development Corporation

Marvin Moss

President & CEO

(864) 939-0580

mmoss@laurenscounty.org

South State Bank

Mike Coggin

Regional President

(864) 242-5601 michael.coggin@southstatebank.com

Southern First

Art Seaver

CEO

(864) 679-9000 aseaver@greenvillefirst.com

Oconee Economic Alliance

Richard Blackwell

Executive Director

(864) 364-5552

rblackwell@oconeesc.com

South Carolina Power Team

James Chavez

President & CEO

(803) 254-9211 jchavez@scpowerteam.com

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

David Torris

Market President/Commercial Manager Upstate SC and Western NC

(864) 270-9266

Spartanburg Economic Futures Group

Carter Smith, CEcD

Executive Vice President

(864) 594-5000

csmith@spartanburgchamber.com

TD Bank

David Lominack

South Carolina Upstate Market President

(864) 239-2139 david.lominack@td.com

Wells Fargo

Chris Fincher

Regional Vice President

(864) 255-8372

chris.fincher@wellsfargo.com

Union County Development Board

Andrena PowellBaker

Executive Director

(864) 319-1097

apbaker@uniondevelopmentboard.com

John A. Miller, Jr.

President Emeritus

(864) 261-1109

john.miller@anmedhealth.org

Bon Secours St. Francis Health System Craig McCoy

CEO

(864) 255-1000

craig_mccoy@bshsi.org

Greenville Health System

Sam Konduros

Executive Director | Research Development Corporation

(864) 313-2277

skonduros@ghs.org

Palmetto Health Baptist Easley

Michael Batchelor

CEO

(864) 442-7603 michael.batchelor@baptisteasley.org

Gallivan White & Boyd, P.A.

Todd Davidson

Shareholder

(864) 271-9580 tdavidson@gwblawfirm.com

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Frank Davis

Shareholder

(864) 240-3294

fdavis@hsblawfirm.com rgay@mcnair.net

hEALTHCARE AnMed Health

EDUCATION Bob Jones University

Marshall Franklin

Chief Operations Officer

(864) 242-5100 mfrankli@bju.edu

Clemson University

James Clements

President

(864) 656-3413

president@clemson.edu

Greenville Technical College

Keith Miller

President

(864) 250-8175

keith.miller@gvltec.edu

Spartanburg Community College

Henry Giles

President

(864) 592-4614

gilesh@sccsc.edu

Tri-County Technical College

Ronnie Booth

President

(864) 646-3636

rlbooth@tctc.edu

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

david.torris@suntrust.com

LEGAL SERVICES

Find Great People (FGP)

Steve Hall

VP | Business Development

(864) 553-7220

steve@fgp.com

McNair Law Firm, P.A.

Reggie Gay

Shareholder

(864) 271-4940

Hire Dynamics

Kim Wallace

Executive Vice President

(678) 898-4535

kwallace@hiredynamics.com

Nexsen Pruet

James "Jim" Price

Member

(864) 282-1164 jprice@nexsenpruet.com

Human Technologies, Inc.

Nat Banks

Director | Sales and Marketing

(864) 527-3378 nbanks@htijobs.com

Ogletree Deakins

Baker Wyche

Shareholder

(864) 271-1300 baker.wyche@ogletreedeakins.com

MAU Workforce Solutions

Randy Hatcher

President

(706) 823-2363

Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein Alexander Evins

Managing Partner

(864) 253-6101 alexevins@parkerpoe.com

Smith Moore Leatherwood

Frank Williams

Partner

(864) 240-2487

frank.williams@smithmoorelaw.com

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP

Keith Munson

Partner

(864) 255-5412

kmunson@wcsr.com

Wallace Lightsey

Managing Partner

(864) 242-5601 wlightsey@wyche.com

AFL

Jody Gallagher

President

(864) 433-5470

jody.gallagher@aflglobal.com

BMW Manufacturing Company

Max Metcalf

Manager | Government and Community Relations

(864) 202-5333

max.metcalf@bmwmc.com

randall.hatcher@mau.com

FINANCIAL SERVICES Bank of America

Andy Douglas

Market President | Greenville

(864) 370-6774 a.douglas@ustrust.com

Wyche, P.A.

BB&T

Natalie Ruggiero

Market President

(864) 282-3334

MANUFACTURING

Chase

Jeff Henry

Executive Director

(864) 516-7507 jeff.henry@chase.com

Entegra Financial (Macon Bank)

Jimmy Kimbell

Market Executive

(864) 940-2531 jkimbell@maconbank.com

Fifth Third Bank

Charles Arndt

SC Market Team Lead

(864) 558-2471 charlie.arndt@53.com

nruggiero@bbandt.com

INVESTOR DIRECTORY Board Members are indicated in bold

MANUFACTURING CONTINUED

TRANSPORTATION/LOGISTICS

CMC Structural

Charles Wall

Vice President | Structural Fab

(864) 322-2104 charles.wall@cmc.com

Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU)

Joe Frasher

Airport Director

(864) 242-4777 joe@greenvilledowntownairport.com

Manufacturers Caring for Pickens County

Tom O'Hanlan

Chairman

(864) 843-4343 tboh@sealevel.com

Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP)

David Edwards

President & CEO

(864) 848-6260

Sage Automotive Interiors

Dirk Pieper

President & CEO

(864) 987-7803 dirk.pieper@sageai.com

Pickens Railway Company

Nancy Johnson

CFO

(706) 778-2674 nancyjohnson@pickensrailway.com

SC Technology & Aviation Center

Jody Bryson

President & CEO

(864) 277-3152 jody.bryson@sc-tac.com

dedwards@gspairport.com

mEDIA & PRINTING Indexx Printing Solutions

Jordan Finn

President

(864) 678-6532 jfinn@indexxinc.com

TRAVEL, RECREATION & HOSPITALITY

TPM

Chris Fay

General Manager

(864) 271-4770 chrisfay@tpm.com

Bon Secours Wellness Arena

Beth Paul

General Manager

(864) 250-4936 bpaul@bswarena.com

ZWO

Tina Zwolinski

CEO

(864) 509-1057 tinaz@betalkable.com

Crowne Plaza

Greg Greenawalt

General Manager

(864) 248-1725 ggreenawalt@cpgreenville.com

Embassy Suites Golf Resort & Conference Center

Cyndi McDonald

General Manager

(864) 678-7100 cyndi.mcdonald@jqh.com

OTHER Gibbs International

Steve Trakas

Senior Operating Officer

(864) 764-0856 strakas@gibbsinternational.com

The Cliffs Communities

David Sawyer

Executive Vice President

(864) 660-1101

dsawyer@cliffsclubs.com

Gregory Pest Solutions

Gary Monts

Commercial Account Executive

(864) 675-6226 gmonts@gregorypestsolutions.com

Thornblade Club

Hector Batista

General Manager

(864) 234-5100

hbatista@thornbladeclub.com

MICCO Corporation

Minor Shaw

President

(864) 235-1930

SC State Ports Authority

James Newsome

President & CEO

(843) 577-8608 jnewsome@scspa.com

UTILITIES

Sunbelt Rentals

Rod Nease

Regional Vice President

(704) 201-9503 rnease@sunbeltrentals.com

The Spinx Company

Steve Spinks

CEO

(864) 233-5421 scspinks@spinxco.com

Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Charles Dalton

President & CEO

(864) 898-2016

charles.dalton@blueridge.coop

Broad River Electric Co-Op

Richard Baines

Interim President & CEO

(864) 206-7136

rbaines@broadriverelectric.coop

Van Broad

Fountain Inn Economic Development Director

(864) 408-9755 van.broad@fountaininn.org

minorshaw@aol.com

REAL ESTATE - COMMERCIAL & DEVELOPMENT CBRE

Stephen Smith

Managing Director | South Carolina

(864) 242-6169 steve.b.smith@cbre.com

City of Fountain Inn Economic Development/Natural Gas

Colliers International Upstate

David Feild, CCIM

Market President

(864) 527-5430 david.feild@colliers.com

Duke Energy

Steve West

Economic Development Director

(864) 370-5164

NAI Earle Furman

Jon Good

CEO & Broker-In-Charge

(864) 232-9040 jgood@naiearlefurman.com

Greenville Water

David Bereskin

CEO

(864) 241-6004 bereskind@greenvillewater.com

Pacolet Milliken Enterprises

John Montgomery

Vice President | Real Estate

(864) 503-6178 john.montgomery@pacoletmilliken.com

Redwood Living

Scott Gillespie

Senior Vice President | Acquisitions

(216) 543-1676 sgillespie@byredwood.com

Laurens Commission of Public Works (CPW)

John Young

General Manager

(864) 861-4329 jyoung@lcpw.com

Verdae Properties, LLC

Rick Sumerel

President & COO

(864) 329-9292

Windsor/Aughtry Company

Paul C. (Bo) Aughtry, III

Principal, President | Commercial Division

(864) 271-9855 paughtry@windsor-aughtry.com

Laurens County Water & Sewer Commission (LCWSC)

Jeff Field

Executive Director

(864) 682-3250 jfield@lcwsc.com

Laurens Electric Cooperative

David Wasson

President & CEO

(864) 682-3141

dwasson@laurenselectric.com

Little River Electric Cooperative

Roland White

President & CEO

(864) 366-2141

rwhite@littleriverelectric.com

Piedmont Municipal Power Agency Coleman Smoak (PMPA)

General Manager

(864) 877-9632

csmoak@pmpa.com

Piedmont Natural Gas

Hank McCullough

Senior Government Relations Manager

(864) 286-7907

hank.mccullough@piedmontng.com

Santee Cooper

Sam Bennett

Manager | Economic Development

(843) 761-8000

sbennett@santeecooper.com

Spartanburg Water & Sewer System

Sue Schneider

General Manager

(864) 582-6375 sschneider@spartanburgwater.org

rsumerel@verdae.com

REAL ESTATE - RESIDENTIAL Allen Tate Relocation & Corporate Services

Pam Davis

Vice President | Corporate Services

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Danny Joyner, Jr. President - C. Dan Joyner, Realtors

(864) 272-1927 pam.davis@allentate.com

(864) 242-6650 djoyner@joynercommercial.com

Coldwell Banker Caine

Caroline Schroder

Vice President | Business Development & Community Relations

(864) 250-4650 cschroder@cbcaine.com

Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS

Nick Sabatine

CEO

(864) 672-4427 nick.sabatine@ggar.com

steven.west@duke-energy.com

UPDATED JULY 2015

2014 RaNKINgS & RECOgNITIONS PRO-buSINESS CLImaTE

SOuTh CaROLINa REmaINS hIghLY RECOgNIZED IN a NumbER Of aREaS: RaNKINgS // #1 in the Export of automobiles, #1 in the Export of Tires and #2 in the Export of gas Turbines U.S. Department of Commerce // #1 in Employment Recovery Leaders, #6 in Lowest Cost for Labor, #7 in automotive manufacturing Strength and #8 for best business Climate Business Facilities Annual Rankings Report 2014 // #1 in Overall Cost of Doing business, #2 in Incentive Programs, Cooperative State government & Certified Sites and #3 in Top States for Doing business in the u.S. Area Development Top States for Doing Business 2014 // #2 Top moving Destination United Van Lines’ National Mover Study // #3 in Executive business Climate Rankings, #6 in State business Climates and #7 in Competitiveness Site Selection magazine’s 2014 Top State Business Climate Rankings // 4th most favorable business Climate in the u.S. Development Counselors International’s 2014 survey // #5 in best States to Do business and #5 in Domestic migration Chief Executive Magazine’s 2014 survey of CEOs // 10th highest Population growth Percentage U.S. Census Bureau’s 2013-2014 population estimates

RECOgNITIONS Research by the Brookings Institution shows the upstate region has 10.6 percent of jobs by foreign-owned enterprises (fOEs), almost double the national average. Of the 366 metropolitan areas, Spartanburg ranks 3rd for share of jobs in FOEs and Anderson 7th; Gaffney ranks 11th among the nation’s 616 micropolitan areas.

A study by the National Association of Counties shows that anderson County is one of just 65 counties nationwide that has fully recovered from the recent recession. Recovery was based on meeting or surpassing pre-recession levels for home prices, economic output, unemployment rate and jobs.

According to Site Selection magazine’s 2014 list of Top Micropolitans, the Seneca micropolitan is ranked 27th out of 576 areas in the nation based on the number of economic development projects in the area during 2013.

Trade & Industry Development magazine selected Colgate-Palmolive Co., as one of the 2014 Corporate Investment & Community Impact (CiCi) awards of 2013. The CiCi Award recognizes both the companies making investments in the community, and the economic developers responsible for securing them. This is the ninth consecutive year that SC economic development projects have received a CiCi Award.

The 2014 annual manufacturing and Logistics Report awarded South Carolina an “a” for manufacturing Industry health and global Reach and a “b” for Sector Diversification. The Report shows how each state ranks among its peers in several areas of the economy that underlie the success of manufacturing and logistics.