Gold Lead Investors
Randy Byerly
Building on a tradition of excellence in community banking that stretches back to 1872, BB&T continues to offer clients a complete range of financial services including banking, lending, insurance, trust, and wealth management solutions. BB&T invites you to learn more about them, their company, and their philosophy.
BERCHTOLD Corp.
Matt Weismiller
With our focus in the operating, room, Berchtold designs products to work with emerging technologies while customizing solutions to fit specific clinical needs. From development of the first equipment management system, to illuminating the world’s first open heart surgery, to defining today’s integrated surgical suite, Berchtold has lead the way. Its mission is to exceed expectations while bringing customers innovative, customized products for peace of mind, adaptive solutions and room designs to meet today’s needs and tomorrow’s technologies, experienced room design and project management, customer-driven responsiveness and unmatched value.
Scott Naumoff
Headquartered in Columbia, S.C., BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and its family of companies include more than 20 subsidiaries involved in health insurance services, U.S. DOD health plan and Medicare contracts, and other insurance and employee benefits services.
Geoff Schuler
Boeing is the world's leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Additionally, Boeing designs and manufactures rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, satellites, launch vehicles and advanced information and communication systems. As a major service provider to NASA, Boeing operates the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. The company also provides numerous military and commercial airline support services. Boeing has customers in more than 90 countries around the world and is one of the largest U.S. exporters in terms of sales.
Charleston Branch Pilots Association
Whit Smith, III
The Charleston Navigation Company (NAVCO) is wholly owned by the individual Full Branch Pilot members of the Charleston Branch Pilots’ Association. The Company is chartered by the State of South Carolina to perform a number of function related to assuring 24 hour, seven days a week logistics and administrative services for the member pilots of the Association.
Calvin Whitfield
Calvin Whitfield is the president of CCCS International, which is a minority general contracting company. Mr. Whitfield has worked in the construction industry for 26 years and specializes in construction management, concept development, budget development, engineering design management, project management, field supervision, document control, project accounting, cost control, scheduling project reporting, project safety, contracts administration, security quality assurance/quality control, change order, resolution, and turn-key construction.
David Symonds
Founded as BookSurge by a small group of writers in 2000, CreateSpace was acquired by Amazon.com in 2005. Since then it has become the publishing and manufacturing on-demand leader for independent writers and film makers, traditional publishers, film studios and music labels. Authors are at the heart of what we do. Our innovative free tools and top-notch professional services make publishing and distribution easier than ever.
Jason Alexander
The first South Carolina hospital to be recognized for service excellence under the J.D. Power and Associates Distinguished Hospital Program. This distinction acknowledges a strong commitment by East Cooper Regional Medical Center to provide an outstanding patient experience.
Its mission: The patient is our primary concern. We are dedicated to providing quality and professional care with compassion and respect for all.
Chris Brown
The world's leading manufacturer of ballistic- and blast-protected vehicles, which have been used to support armed forces and security personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo and other hot spots around the globe.
Lisa Mitchell
Hagemeyer North America is a business-to-business distributor of services and products. We focus on the industrial MRO (Maintenance Repair and Operations), safety and electrical markets. In each of these markets, Hagemeyer North America satisfies our customers’ demand for improved productivity through innovative services, products and partnering. At Hagemeyer North America, we solve our customers' non-core business problems, so they don't have to.
Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union
Emily Reynolds
Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union is a $415 million dollar institution that has been a part of the greater Charleston area since 1955. We serve around 50,000 members and have 11 branch locations and over 300 Select Employer Groups throughout Charleston, Dorchester, Colleton and Berkeley Counties.
Michael Iaquinta
iSelectMD provides fast and convenient access to quality medical care 24/7 over the telephone. We offer a cutting edge telemedicine service that gives you access to a Board Certified Physician for Consultations, Diagnosis, Treatment Plans and Prescriptions for over 550 non emergency, clinical scenarios. The core focus is to reduce healthcare costs and improve access for employee groups regardless of size or market segment.
Bruce Hoffman
Kapstone Charleston Kraft LLC is an industry leader in unbleached paper and packaging providing the best value proposition to our customers through quality products and innovation, sound environmental practices, engaged employees, and a strong financial portfolio.
The Keating Group of Companies
Gregg Keating
The Keating Group of Companies is a Nova Scotia based privately-held company under the leadership of Mr. Gregory J. Keating as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The portfolio of businesses includes Altimax Courier, a national transportation courier service, Landmark Developments, a commercial and residential real estate company; and Altimax Network Service Ltd. providing satellite TV sales, installation and service.
Dick Elliott
Slightly North of Broad. High Cotton. Charleston Cooks. Old Village Post House.
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
Dr. Ray Greenberg
The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is a public institution of higher learning the purpose of which is to preserve and optimize human life in South Carolina and beyond. The university provides an interprofessional environment for learning and discovery through education of health care professionals and biomedical scientists, research in the health sciences and provision of comprehensive health care.
As South Carolina's only comprehensive academic health center providing a full range of programs in the biomedical sciences, the Medical University of South Carolina is engaged in activities statewide. Its campus is located on more than 50 acres in the city of Charleston. More than 2,400 students in six colleges (Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy) study for degrees at the baccalaureate, masters, doctoral and other professional levels. The University also provides residency training for over 500 graduate health professionals. The teaching staff is comprised of approximately 1,200 full-time and 150 part-time faculty.
Rob Phillips
NBSC, a division of Synovus Bank, currently serves 27 communities in South Carolina from 42 locations. For over 100 years, NBSC has focused on relationship banking and remains dedicated to the communities it serves. NBSC offers diverse lines of business and personal financial services including Business Banking, Investment Services and Mortgage Lending.
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Robert Byrd
The Core Values of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein are integrity, competence, mutual respect, teamwork, collegiality, entrepreneurial spirit and complete reliability to our clients and to each other. We are committed to a loyal and intense pursuit of success for our Firm, its lawyers, employees and clients. We honor and are respectful of our Firm's history and are proud of and distinguished by our Firm's and our attorneys' work ethic and commitment to our families, our profession and our communities. It is our shared expectation that our Firm can provide the setting for the attainment of our highest personal and professional aspirations.
Lonnie Carter
Santee Cooper's mission is to be the state's leading resource for improving the quality of life for the people of South Carolina. To fulfill this, we are committed to: Being the lowest-cost producer and distributor of reliable energy, water and other essential services; providing excellent customer service; maintaining a quality work force; operating according to the highest ethical standards; protecting our environment; being a leader in economic development.
Danny Kassis
Our mission is to provide energy-related products to retail markets in the Southeast. It sounds simple enough, but the way we pursue this mission shapes the kind of business we are. We believe that by first meeting our customers’ needs for quality products and superior services, we ultimately will ensure our own success. SCANA Corporation is a company of committed people working together professionally to serve our customers profitably. While competition and technological advances constantly result in profound changes in the way we work, we will still hold ourselves to the same high professional and ethical standards our customers have come to expect. Our values are: Serve our community; achieve; communicate openly and honestly; respect diversity and care for each other; excel in customer service and safety; do what is right.
Stuart Whiteside
There's a big difference in how engineers and landscape architects see a project. We approach each project from both points of view. We think that's a good thing.
At Seamon Whiteside + Associates we find great synergy in bringing together top professionals in the disciplines of landscape architecture and civil engineering.
In bright offices with a mix of individual workspaces, shared meeting rooms, and a creative brainstorming room, the variously-talented teams work side-by-side. The result? From soccer stadiums to walkable shopping centers, to entire mixed-use communities, we find design and engineering solutions that look great and function well.
This work goes way beyond blueprints. We see possibilities. We see people.
South Carolina State Ports Authority
Jim Newsome
The mission of the South Carolina State Ports Authority is to contribute to the economic development of South Carolina by fostering and stimulating waterborne commerce and shipment of freight. In pursuit of this mission, the Authority seeks to develop and operate efficient marine terminals and attract high-quality ocean carrier services. With more than $60 billion in cargo across the docks each year, the Port of Charleston is the sixth largest U.S. port in terms of cargo value. International trade through South Carolina’s public ports offers tremendous economic benefits. Whether seeking requests for bids, or managing Foreign-Trade Zone sites throughout the state, the S.C. State Ports Authority offers many opportunities to do business with us.
Dixon Woodward
TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, is one of the 10 largest banks in the United States, delivering full-scale solutions to more than 7.4 million customers from Maine to Florida. TD Bank offers customers an array of retail, small business and commercial banking products with legendary service and unparalleled convenience.
Todd Gallati
Trident Health System has been serving the residents of Charleston and the Lowcountry for more than 35 years and our legacy of providing quality, patient-centered care continues. Our priorities focus on providing our community the most advanced services, improved quality and patient outcomes, and unequaled customer service. Trident Health System is comprised of three facilities – Trident Medical Center, Summerville Medical Center and Moncks Corner Medical Center
Greg Ley