2019-20 Port Ambassador Class


Congratulations to our 2019-20 Port Ambassadors!


Franklin Adams, President & CEO, Adams Property Group, LLC

Dan Battista, Senior Vice President and Southeast Regional Leader, LOWE

Richard Blackwell, Vice President of Development, Southeast, Agracel, Inc.

Peggy Boykin, Executive Director, SC Public Employee Benefit Authority

Shannon Bruning, Consultant, Burr Forman McNair

Hugh Buyck, Attorney, Buyck, Sanders & Simmons, LLC

Jonathan Coleman, President/CEO, Laurens County Development Corporation

John Davey

Hunter Dawkins, Director of Development, Natural Resources, Johnson Development Associates

Scott Garcia, Sr. Vice President/Regional Banking Manager, United Community Bank

Ann Grindstaff, Retired CPA, N/A

Srikanth Kodeboyina, Managing Partner, Blue Eye Soft Corp

Virginia Lee, Senior Vice President, First Citizens Bank

John Lummus, President/CEO, Upstate SC Alliance

Derek Mathis, Sr. Vice President, Suncap

Robert Nutley, Director of Employer Broker Relations, HCA - Trident Medical Center, Summerville Medical Center

Anita Patel, International Trade Program Manager, South Carolina Department of Commerce

Shaquite Pegues, Director of Ella Baker Leadership Development and Senior Program Associate at the Children’s Defense Fund

Susie Shannon, President & CEO, SC Council on Competitiveness

Emma Shillman, Catering Sales Manager, Hyatt Place + Hyatt House Downtown Charleston

Katherine Sosebee, Business Development, Turner Agency Insurance

Dalton Tresvant, Deputy District Director, Office of Congressman James E. Clyburnn

Cecil Williams, CEO, Cecil Williams Civil Rights Museum

Sherrie Snipes-Williams, CEO, Charleston Promise Neighborhood

Will Williams, President & CEO, Economic Development Partnership