Location:

Spartanburg

Advisee(s):

• Jimmy Addison (2006)
• Michael Brown (2011)
• Samuel (Sam) W. Smith III (2010)
• W. Scott Cochran (2013)

Forum:

Education

Occupation:

Board of Directors Chairman, Advance America

Previous Experience:

Chief Executive Officer, Advance America; Executive Vice President, Education Management Corporation; White House Fellow - Assistant to the President of the United States and Director of Scheduling and Advance; Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Richard W. Riley; President, Carabo, Inc.

Community Involvement:

Board of Trustees - Converse College (former chair), Washington and Lee University, Spartanburg Regional and Greenville Hospital System; Board of Visitors, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Other boards – LKQ Corp (NASDAQ: LKQX), Golub Capital (NASDAQ: GBDC), Palmetto Project and the Alliance for Quality Education; Co-chairman, South Carolina Voter Registration Drive; Previous representative to the South Carolina Commission on Government Restructuring

Education:

Washington and Lee University (summa cum laude/ Fulbright Scholar); J.D. the University of Virginia School of Law