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South Carolina consistently leads the nation in the number of women assaulted by their partners, and Greenville County often has the highest rate of domestic assaults in our state. When he was State Attorney General, Henry McMaster identified domestic violence as the No. 1 crime probl

Lance has been a Rotarian for 16 years and is a member of the Greenville Evening Rotary Club. He has served Rotary as the Area One Assistant Governor, Club President, District Membership Chairman, and currently serves on several district committees. He is a Multiple Paul Harris Fellow

Peter J. Brews, Ph.D., is the dean of the Darla Moore School of Business. Brews, a native of South Africa, brings more than 25 years of international business education experience to the position, having taught at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business before UNC. At UNC Kenan-Fla

THE PASSING OF THE GAVEL STEPHANIE LEWIS ROTARY CLUB OF GREENVILLE 2016-2017 CLUB PRESIDENT On July 12, 2016, Stephanie Lewis will become the 100th President of the Rotary Club of Greenville. Stephanie has served on the Board of Directors since 2013, has been the Chair of several comm

ELIZABETH DAVIS President of Furman University  Before coming to Furman, she spent 22 years at Baylor University in Texas, where she most recently held the position of Executive Vice President and Provost. In addition to being a member of the accounting faculty at Baylor, she also ser

PAUL HOWELL Director of Honor Flight Upstate South Carolina Paul Howell is a Constituent Services Representative for U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham. He has served veterans and our active military families while employed on Congressional and Senate staffs for over eleven years. He also se

Ted Pitts, President and CEO South Carolina Chamber of Commerce As he discusses the road bill and the Sate Chambers proposed solutions to the current legislative impasse. Ted Pitts took over as President and CEO of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce in January of 2015. Ted came to

Harris Pastides began his presidency at the University of South Carolina on Aug. 1, 2008. Just a few months later, the Great Recession began. Strong in the face of adversity, Pastides promised to accelerate USC’s momentum as a world-class university. He has kept that promise. Today, s

  CONVERSE: Voice. Value. Vision. Dr. Fleming has served as President of Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina since October 2005. Betsy graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with an A.B. in Fine Arts, received a M.A. in History of Design from the Royal Coll