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Advisory Board Members

South Carolina

Judge William Byars, Jr.
Director, SC Department of Juvenile Justice

Dr. Caroline Whitson
President, Columbia College

Doris R Helms
Vice President for Academic Affaris and Provost
Clemson University

Deborah B. Jackson, Ph.D.
Associate Provost
Clemson University

Gilda Cobb-Hunter
SC House of Representatives

Linda Short
Former State Senator

Labrena Aiken-Furtick
Citizens Against Sexual Assault

Wendell Price
Deputy State Director, SC Department of Social Services

Chief Larry McNeil
Bennettsville Police Department

Sue Williams
Executive Director, Voices for South Carolina's Children

Dr. Wilma Webb-Williams
African Methodist Episcopal Church, 7th Episcopal District

Maria Smoak
Director of Hispanic Ministries

Dart L. Schmalz, Ph.D.
Clemson University
Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

Gale DiGiorgio
Winthrop University


Student Representatives

Mallory Macgargle

Bette Alford

Leah Price

Chelsey Calzadilla

Tamara Greene

National

Giovanna Taormina
Executive Director, Girls Circle Association


Rebecca Maniglia
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Northern Arizona University

Rabbi Faedra Lazar Weiss, M.A.H.L.
Girls, Inc National Research Center

Paula Schaefer
Paula Schaefer and Associates, Inc.