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2016-17 board of directors

Members at the Annual Meeting in July elected Association officers and board members. Executive committee members serve a one-year term.  

President
Mayor Bill Young, Walterboro

First Vice President
Mayor Elise Partin, Cayce

Second Vice President
Councilmember Octavia Williams-Blake, Florence

Third Vice President
Mayor Dick Cronin, Isle of Palms

Past President
Mayor Terence Roberts, Anderson

Members elected five municipal officials to serve a three-year term on the board of directors.

Mayor Bobby Davis, Marion
Representing: Pee Dee Regional Council of Governments area

Mayor Billy Keyserling, Beaufort
Representing: Lowcountry Council of Governments area

Mayor Wade McLeod, Paxville
Representing: Santee-Lynches Council of Governments area

Mayor Michael Lockliear, Moncks Corner
Representing: Berkeley-Charleston- Dorchester Council of Governments area

City Administrator John Yow, Orangeburg
Representing: At large seat

Eight members continue to serve on the board.

Councilmember Sandra Gantt, Pendleton
Representing: At large seat

Mayor Charlene Herring, Ridgeway
Representing: Central Midlands Council of Governments area

Mayor Cornelius Huff, Inman
Representing: At large seat

Councilmember Mark Johnson, Surfside Beach
Representing: Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments area

Councilmember Kathy Pender, Rock Hill
Representing: Catawba Regional Council of Governments area

Mayor Dennis Raines, Mauldin
Representing: Appalachian Regional Council of Governments area

Councilmember Norman Scarborough, Clinton
Representing: Upper Savannah Council of Governments area

Mayor Gerald Wright, Denmark
Representing: Lower Savannah Council of Governments area

The board is composed of representatives from each area of the 10 councils of governments and three at large seats.