Spring 2025
ABOUT THE UPSTATE SC ALLIANCE
Formed in 2000, the Upstate South Carolina Alliance is a public/private regional economic development organization representing 10 counties in the northwest corner of South Carolina.
Our mission: to establish Upstate South Carolina as a unified and innovative economic region; market the Upstate for global business investment and talent attraction; foster public-private collaboration and regional relationships; and move ideas into action.
Our vision: a 10-county Upstate SC region where business thrives, and people can prosper through access to a diverse array of career opportunities.
We move business forward in the Upstate through partnership with the region’s local economic developers, the South Carolina Department of Commerce, and with support from 225+ investor organizations featured within this directory:
• Accounting
• Business Services
Insurance & Benefits
Printing & Equipment
Technology
• Chamber of Commerce
• Construction
• Economic Development Offices
• Employment Services
• Engineering & Architecture
• Facility Maintenance Services
• Financial Services
• Foreign Translation Services
• Healthcare
• Higher Education
• Industrial Electrical Contractor
• Industrial Equipment
• Legal Services
• Manufacturing
• Marketing / Communications
• Media Outlet / Advertising
• Non-Profit
• Other
• Real Estate
Commercial & Development
Residential
• Transportation / Logistics
• Travel, Recreation, & Hospitality
• Utilities
Click & Connect
All company emails are hyperlinked throughout directory.
Upstate SC Alliance INVESTORS
ACCOUNTING
Cherry Bekaert Advisory, LLC
GreerWalker
Rödl Langford de Kock LLP
BUSINESS SERVICES
[bu:st] LLC
Corporate Center
Drummond Advisors
GOS (Greenville Office Supply)
Heritage Landcare
Ingenics Corporation
Insperity
Management inSites, Inc.
Por Favor Crafted Gifting
Power Products & Solutions
redi-Group North America, LLC
Young Office
Mark Cooter Partner
Jason Pritchard Partner
Steve Cooper Partner
(864) 233-3981 mcooter@cbh.com
(864) 752-0084 jason.pritchard@greerwalker.com
(864) 242-2641 steve.cooper@roedlusa.com
Marcus Hamaker CEO
Peter Weisman Owner
Joice Izabel Partner
Charles Scales Owner
Ashley McLeod President & Owner
Robert Heusgen General Manager
Mark Allen District Manager
Melissa Ratliff COO
Alexandra Odum Co-Owner
Phillip Kragness Director
Christoph Leipold Vice President & General Manager
Thomas R. Young, IV President & CEO
(864) 382-9527 marcus.hamaker@bu-st.com
(864) 599-9900 pweisman@corpctri85.com
(781) 770-0005 ext. 18 jizabel@drummondadvisors.com
(864) 233-5346 cscales@gos1.com
(803) 957-3536 ashley@heritagelandcare.com
(980) 949-1729 robert.heusgen@ingenics.com
(864) 237-5719 mark.allen@insperity.com
(704) 373-1505 mratliff@managementinsites.com
(505) 261-4682 pfgifting@shopporfavor.com
(704) 572-5819 phillip.kragness@powerproducts.biz
(864) 382-9523 christoph.leipold@redi-group.com
(864) 254-7556 tryoung@youngoffice.com
Upstate SC Alliance INVESTORS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce Brandie Greer Director of Programs and Events (864) 226-3454 bgreer@andersonscchamber.com
Greater Easley Chamber of Commerce Brian Swords President & CEO (864) 859-2693 bswords@easleychamber.org
Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce Angie Anderson-Moton VP of Operations & Interim Executive Director (864) 877-3131 angie@greerchamber.com
Greenville Chamber Carlos Phillips CEO
(864) 239-3731 cphillips@greenvillechamber.org
Upstate SC LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce Tyler Prescott CEO (413) 563-6737 tyler@upstatelgbt.org
CONSTRUCTION
Alston Construction David Babb Operations Manager (864) 529-7403 dbabb@alstonco.com
Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC Ben Barfield Vice President (864) 704-1313 bbarfield@brasfieldgorrie.com
Carolina Concrete Company, Inc. Mark Hartsell President (864) 833-0572 mhartsell@carolinaconcrete.net
Carroll Daniel Construction Co. Ray Collison Business Development Manager (770) 536-3241 rcollison@carrolldaniel.com
Clayton Construction Company, Inc. Taylor Fisher Director of Business Development (864) 608-5984 tfisher@claytonconstruction.net
Denham-Blythe Company, Inc. Michael Morgan Vice President, South Carolina Operations (864) 485-6992 mmorgan@denhamblythe.com
DPR Construction, A General Partnership Riley Clements (704) 749-4973 rileycl@dpr.com
EDIFICE Construction Lisa Smith Business Developer (864) 640-2053 lsmith@edificeinc.com
Evans General Contractors Josh Grein Division Manager (864) 849-0094 jgrein@evans-gc.com
Forge Construction Chris Howat Preconstruction Manager (864) 686-4284 chowat@forgeconstruction.com
Garrard Construction Group Tyler Wright Sr. Project Manager (864) 617-0453 tawright@garrardgroup.com
Upstate SC Alliance INVESTORS
CONSTRUCTION
Graycor Brian Gallagher Vice President, Corporate Development (704) 679-3503 brian_gallagher@graycor.com
Harper General Contractors Peyton Howell Senior Business Development Manager (864) 419-9845 phowell@harpergc.com
Hogan Construction Group, LLC Chris Bowen Vice President (864) 272-1527 cbowen@hoganconstructiongroup.com
M.B. Kahn Construction Co. Whit Kennedy VP of Business Development (864) 590-2579 wkennedy@mbkahn.com
McCrory Construction Company Stephen Cooper Director of Greenville Operations (864) 603-5838 scooper@mccroryconstruction.com
Messer Construction Co. Matt Irwin Senior Business Development Manager (864) 201-9561 mirwin@messer.com
Morgan Corp. Steve Teaster Business Development (864) 590-3584 steaster@morgan-corp.com
Omega Construction, Inc. John Fordree Business Development (864) 612-0287 jfordree@omegaconstruction.com
Pattillo Construction Todd Roper Business Development Manager (864) 640-1983 troper@pattilloconstruction.com
Renfrow Industrial Cary Galloway Vice President (864) 704-2238 cary.galloway@renfrowindustrial.com
Roebuck Buildings Co. Lee Dumas Director of Business Development (864) 304-0487 ldumas@roebuckbuildings.com
Thermal Resource Solutions Ken Clark Branch Manager (864) 250-2822 ken.clark@trs-sesco.com
Thompson Construction Group Taylor Daylami Business Development Manager (843) 276-7334 tdaylami@thompsonconstructiongroup.com
THS Constructors, Inc. Jack Brown Vice President of Business Development (864) 254-6066 ext. 5234 jbrown@thsconstructors.com
Trehel Mike Garren Director of Business Development (864) 371-6302 mgarren@trehel.com
Triangle Construction Company, Inc. Charley Patrick Business Development Manager (864) 288-5500 cpatrick@triangleconstruction.com
Van Winkle Construction Shane Hornbuckle Principal (404) 409-8975 shane@vanwinkleco.com
WM Jordan Company Chris Dill Business Development Manager (864) 419-3349 cdill@wmjordan.com
Upstate SC Alliance INVESTORS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICES
Abbeville
Upstate SC Alliance INVESTORS
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
BDV Solutions Tom Kilby Director of Business Development
Employbridge
(864) 325-6760 tkilby@bdvsolutions.com
Mandi Segale Regional Vice President mandi.segale@employbridge.com
Find Great People, LLC (FGP) Steve Hall VP Business Development
Human Technologies, Inc.
MAU Workforce Solutions
Phillips Staffing
WorkSmart Staffing
(864) 906-5818 steve@fgp.com
Kristin Moseley Director of Business Development (864) 915-1758 kmoseley@htijobs.com
Emily Heflin Director of Business Development (864) 561-4149 emily.heflin@mau.com
Ed Parris President
(864) 242-4144 eparris@phillipsstaffing.com
Vanessa Barnes CEO (810) 333-0509 vanessa@worksmartstaffing.com
ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE
ARCO Design/Build
Roberto Haley Director of Business Development
(864) 504-9871 rhaley@arcodb.com
Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc. Adam Hogan, P.E. Regional Manager (864) 284-1740 ahogan@alliancece.com
Barge Design Solutions
Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc.
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Davis & Floyd
ECS Southeast, LLP
GEL Engineering, LLC
Goodwyn Mills Cawood
Bowman Still Client Service Leader
(864) 706-1584 bowman.still@bargedesign.com
Stephen Petrus Sr. Project Manager (864) 941-6638 sjpetrus2@burnsmcd.com
Brian Souva Vice President (864) 900-8814 bsouva@cecinc.com
Hunter Davis Industrial Sector Project Manager (864) 554-6699 hdavis@davisfloyd.com
Allison Moran Office Manager (864) 987-1610 amoran@ecslimited.com
Geoff Lewis Business Development Manager (843) 754-6775 geoffrey.lewis@gel.com
Kevin Laird Executive Vice President of Engineering (864) 527-0460 kevin.laird@gmcnetwork.com
Upstate SC Alliance INVESTORS
ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE
HIPP Design + Consulting Jarred Miller Solutions Executive (864) 263-4889 x107 jarred.miller@hipp-usa.com
HRP Associates, Inc. Shaun Malin Principal & Regional Manager (800) 752-3922 shaun.malin@hrpassociates.com
Kimley-Horn William Heintz Civil Engineer (985) 705-5127 william.heintz@kimley-horn.com
LS3P Todd Rampley Business Development Leader (864) 272-1226 toddrampley@ls3p.com
McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture Karen Calhoun Principal (864) 494-0884 kcalhoun@mcmillanpazdansmith.com
Raymond Frank Wingate Business Development Manager, South Carolina (864) 616-7840 frank.wingate@raymondllc.com
S&ME, Inc. Erin Farris Regional Director of Client Development (704) 607-6539 efarris@smeinc.com
Seamon Whiteside Joe Bryant Managing Principal (864) 298-0534 jbryant@seamonwhiteside.com
Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. Dan Esteban Senior Associate (864) 320-9451 daniel.esteban@stantec.com
Terracon Consultants, Inc. Dawn Alvarez Principal & Materials Department Manager (864) 292-2901 dawn.alvarez@terracon.com
Thomas & Hutton Kevin Shoemake Vice President (864) 412-2222 shoemake.k@tandh.com
WK Dickson & Co., Inc. Bryan Thomas Vice President & Greenville Regional Manager (864) 990-0180 bthomas@wkdickson.com
FACILITY MAINTENANCE SERVICES
US&S, Inc. Euleta Alston President & Co-Owner (864) 233-8035 ealston@usands.com
Bank of America Stacy Brandon
Chase Erald Sino
City National Bank Michelle Gaillard
Coastal Carolina National Bank Andrew Bolchoz
Fifth Third Bank Matt Gearhart
stacy.brandon@bofa.com
President, Commercial Banker, Middle Market Banking (864) 729-6244 erald.sino@chase.com
Vice President (864) 871-1637 michelle.gaillard@cnb.com
President, Commercial Relationship Manager (864) 278-0300 andrew.bolchoz@myccnb.com
558-2471 matthew.gearhart@53.com
First Carolina Bank Roslyn Gilstrap Market Executive (864) 210-9711 roslyngilstrap@firstcarolinabank.com
First Citizens Bank Jimmy Gulledge
First Horizon Kin Britton
Carolina Area Executive (864) 255-3723 jimmy.gulledge@firstcitizens.com
Market President (864) 342-8821 kin.britton@firsthorizon.com
First National Bank Mike Sarvis Greenville Market President (864) 373-0892 sarvism@fnb-corp.com
Founders Federal Credit Union David Hicklin Market Executive Laurens,
Truist Jeff Henry Senior Vice President, Middle Market Banker
Upstate SC Alliance INVESTORS
(864) 354-4748 jeff.henry@truist.com
Truliant Federal Credit Union Ashley Crisp Community Engagement Coordinator (336) 341-6596 ashley.crisp@truliantfcu.org
United Community Michelle Seaver President - Greenville & Spartanburg County (864) 250-7668 michelle_seaver@ucbi.com
Wells Fargo Mark Westmoreland Director, Commercial Bank Leader (864) 467-2528 mark.westmoreland@wellsfargo.com
FOREIGN TRANSLATION SERVICES
Ivannovation Yuri Ivanov CEO (864) 907-8748 yuri.ivanov@ivannovation.com
HEALTHCARE
AnMed Brett Justice Chief Strategy Officer (864) 512-1109 brett.justice@anmed.org
Bon Secours St. Francis Health System Bob Stiekes Market CFO (864) 255-1000 robert_stiekes@bshsi.org
Prisma Health Robin Stelling Manager, Community Engagement (864) 797-7553 robin.stelling@prismahealth.org
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Chantel Greenfield System Director of Talent and Acquisition (864) 560-7458 cgreenfield@srhs.com
HIGHER EDUCATION
Anderson University Evans Whitaker President (864) 231-2100 ewhitaker@andersonuniversity.edu
Clemson University David Clayton Executive Director, CUICAR (864) 283-7119 dwclayt@clemson.edu
Furman University Liz Seman Chief of Staff, Liaison to the Board of Trustees (864) 294-3474 liz.seman@furman.edu
Greenville Technical College Keith Miller President (864) 250-8175 keith.miller@gvltec.edu
Upstate SC Alliance INVESTORS
HIGHER EDUCATION continued
Limestone University Charles Wyatt Vice President for Communications & Marketing (864) 488-4603 cwyatt@limestone.edu
Piedmont Technical College Hope Rivers
Spartanburg Community College Michael Mikota
Tri-County Technical College Galen DeHay
(864) 941-8302 rivers.he@ptc.edu
(864) 592-4942 mikotam@sccsc.edu
(864) 646-1774 gdehay@tctc.edu
University of South Carolina Stephen Cutler Vice President for Economic Development (803) 777-6324 sjcutler@cop.sc.edu
University of South Carolina Upstate Bennie Harris Chancellor (864) 503-5200 bennieh@uscupstate.edu
INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
Hill Electric Inc. Trey Thomas
/ COO (864) 940-0706 trey@hillelectric.net
Carolina Handling, LLC Kathy Vass
INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LEGAL SERVICES
Burr & Forman LLP Adam Artigliere
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. Frank Davis
Jackson Lewis P.C. Andy Satterfield
Kim, Lahey & Killough Law Firm Doug Kim
(864) 314-2619 kvass@carolinahandling.com
(864) 552-9364 aartigliere@burr.com
(864) 240-3294 fdavis@hsblawfirm.com
at Law (864) 232-7000 andy.satterfield@jacksonlewis.com
(864) 616-9095 doug@dougkim.com
Maynard Nexsen Matthew Gallagher Senior Director of Business Development (704) 338 5365 mgallagher@maynardnexsen.com
Upstate SC Alliance INVESTORS
LEGAL SERVICES
Moore & Van Allen Law Firm Daisy Birtalan Director of German Desk Counsel / Global Services (704) 331-1000 daisybirtalan@mvalaw.com
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Jay Rogers Attorney at Law
(864) 373-2216 jay.rogers@nelsonmullins.com
Offit Kurman Heather Scalzo Principal Attorney, Family Law (864) 216-7809 heather.scalzo@offitkurman.com
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak, and Stewart P.C.
Phillip Kilgore Attorney
(864) 271-1300 phillip.kilgore@ogletreedeakins.com
Parker Poe Law Firm Richard Few Partner, Business Expansion + Location Solutions Team (864) 577-6363 richardfew@parkerpoe.com
Womble Bond Dickinson Amy Clayton Partner (864) 255-5436 amy.clayton@wbd-us.com
MANUFACTURING
AFL Brianna Woodsby
Executive Director, Compliance & Governance (864) 486-7111 brianna.woodsby@aflglobal.com
BASF Corporation Clinton Holden Communications Manager, Americas (864) 789-2013 clinton.holden@basf-catalystsmetals.com
throughout directory. Bold indicates board level membership.
Upstate SC Alliance INVESTORS
MARKETING / COMMUNICATIONS
Bridge Public Strategy Group Jason Zacher
Hollis Design Co. Mallory Hollis
421-2138 mallory@hollisdesign.co
Byrne Media
GSA Business Report
iHeartMedia Chris Leavitt
Lamar Advertising Company Brecht Powell
NON-PROFIT
Hollingsworth Funds
Maritime Association of South Carolina (MASC)
chrisleavitt@iheartmedia.com
(864) 485-1863 bpowell@lamar.com
tjackson@maritimesc.org Ten at the Top
The Children’s Museum of the Upstate
OTHER MEDIA OUTLET / ADVERTISING
MICCO Corporation
South Carolina Council on Competitiveness
Upstate SC Alliance INVESTORS
OTHER
South Carolina Department of Agriculture
South Carolina Power Team
South Carolina Research Authority
REAL ESTATE Commercial
Agracel, Inc.
Norris Thigpen Director of Agribusiness Development
James Chavez President & CEO
(803) 708-7003 nthigpen@scda.sc.gov
(803) 978-7642 jchavez@scpowerteam.com
Catherine Hayes Director of Industry Solutions (843) 709-2553 catherine.hayes@scra.org
& Development
Richard Blackwell
Vice President of Development, Southeast Region (864) 784-5736 rblackwell@agracel.com
Avison Young Chris Fraser Principal, Managing Director (864) 334-4145 chris.fraser@avisonyoung.com
CBRE
Clear Mountain Properties
Colliers I South Carolina
Audrey Frey Senior Managing Director of South Carolina (864) 527-6074 audrey.frey@cbre.com
Christopher Rizzo Principal (347) 268-1298 chris@clearmountainproperties.com
Brantley Anderson Market President (864) 527-5440 brantley.anderson@colliers.com
Cushman & Wakefield US, Inc. Kacie Jackson Senior Director (864) 370-8193 kacie.jackson@cushwake.com
McCoy Wright Commercial Real Estate John Wright, Jr. President (864) 224-3503 johnjr@mccoywright.com
NAI Earle Furman
Pacific Acquisitions
Pacolet Milliken, LLC
Pintail
Robark Properties LLC
Jason Richards Global Business Director (864) 232-9040 jason@naiearlefurman.com
Stuart Bond Managing Member (907) 229-0266 stuart@stuartbond.net
Jennifer Calabria Director of Land Development (864) 342-5165 jennifer.calabria@pacoletmilliken.com
Andreas Heinzelmann Director of Industrial Real Estate Solutions (864) 606-2840 andreas@pintailcre.com
Ralph Falls Partner
(646) 552-6115 ralphfalls@hotmail.com
Upstate SC Alliance INVESTORS
ESTATE Commercial & Development
Spaces Nora Baker Area Sales Manager (864) 349-7397 nora.baker@iwgplc.com
Trinity Partners Walt Robinson Partner (864) 616-1035 wrobinson@trinity-partners.com
Wilson Kibler Ted Pitts President & CEO 8037798600 ted.pitts@wilsonkibler.com
Windsor Aughtry Bo Aughtry Principal, President of Commercial Division (864) 271-9855 paughtry@windsoraughtry.com
ESTATE Residential
Allen Tate Relocation & Corporate Services DJ Jones President, Relocation & Corporate Services (704) 367-5670 dj.jones@allentate.com
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS Shannon Reilly Realtor / Relocation Services (864) 303-5895 sreilly@cdanjoyner.com
Coldwell Banker Caine Caroline Schroder Vice President of Business Development and Community Relations (864) 979-9343 cschroder@cbcaine.com
Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS Chris Bailey CEO (864) 992-1953 chris.bailey@ggar.com
The Cliffs Rob Duckett President (864) 660-1100 rduckett@cliffsliving.com
TRANSPORTATION / LOGISTICS
BLG Logistics Kirk Atkinson President (205) 633-4337 kirk.atkinson@blgus.com
Greenville-Spartanburg Airport District (GSP) David Edwards President & CEO (864) 848-6260 dedwards@gspairport.com
Pegasus Logistics Group John Morrow Global Account Director (757) 612-2100 jmorrow@pegasuslogistics.com
Pickens Railway Company Nancy Johnson CFO (706) 778-8004 nancyjohnson@pickensrailway.com
RBW Logistics Frank Anderson President & CEO (706) 828-8955 frank@rbwlogistics.com
Upstate SC Alliance INVESTORS
TRAVEL, RECREATION & HOSPITALITY
The Westin Poinsett John Geddes Director of Sales and Marketing (864) 421-9700 john.geddes@westingreenville.com
Thornblade Club Cameron Craft Director of Membership & Communications (864) 672-1010 ccraft@thornbladeclub.com
UTILITIES
BHE GT&S through its operating company Carolina Gas Transmission Matt Koch Senior Policy Director (803) 888-3444 matt.koch@bhegts.com
Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, Inc. James Lovinggood President & CEO (800) 240-3400 jim.lovinggood@blueridge.coop
Broad River Electric Cooperative Terry Mallard President & CEO (864) 206-7136 tmallard@broadriverelectric.com
Dominion Energy Jonathan Yarborough Director of Government Affairs & Economic Development (803) 217-6316 jonathan.yarborough@dominionenergy.com
Duke Energy Steve West Economic Development Director (864) 370-5164 steven.west@duke-energy.com
Greenville Water Jeff Boss CEO (864) 241-6004 jboss@greenvillewater.com
Laurens County Water and Sewer Commission (LCWSC) Jeff Field Executive Director (864) 682-3250 jfield@lcwsc.com
Laurens Electric Cooperative Matthew Stanley President & CEO (864) 682-3141 matts@laurenselectric.com
Lumos Aaron Penny Director of Market Development (864) 439-2664 aaron.penny@lumosfiber.com
Piedmont Natural Gas Hank McCullough Senior Manager, Government & Community Relations (864) 286-7907 hank.mccullough@duke-energy.com
Renewable Water Resources (ReWa) Joel Jones CEO (864) 299-4000 joelj@re-wa.org
Santee Cooper Mike Cool Manager of Economic Development (843) 761-4011 mike.cool@santeecooper.com
Spartanburg Water & Sewer System Cam Cole Chief Financial Officer (864) 582-6375 ccole@spartanburgwater.org