Class of:

2006

Location:

Spartanburg

Forum:

Public Policy

Occupation:

Shareholder, Ritchie & Associates, LLC

Previous Experience:

Shareholder, Holcombe Bomar, PA; Senator, South Carolina District 13 (Majority Whip); Chairman, South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission; South Carolina Public Utilities Review Committee; Managing Partner, The Ritchie Law Firm PA

Community Involvement:

South Carolina Commission on International Cooperation and Agreements; US Global Leadership Commission, SC Advisory Board; Orthopaedic Research Foundation of the Carolinas; Former boards - USC Law and Masters in International Business Program, Peace Center for the Performing Arts, Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce, Palmetto Conservation Foundation, Trinity UMC Trustees; Recipient - SC Chamber of Commerce Public Servant of the Year, SC Policy Council Palmetto Achievement Award, US Green Building Council Individual Leadership Award, TFAS Alumni Achievement Award; Named Legislator of the Year by the Maritime Association of SC, the SC Medical Association Alliance, the SC HBA, the SC Realtors Association, and the SC Solicitors' Victim Advocates Forum Golden Advocate Award

Education:

B.A. in Political Science, West Virginia University; J.D., Wake Forest University; Graduate, Georgetown University Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems; Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government Legislative Leadership Institute