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SEAC Member Guidelines (PDF)

SEAC Member Job Description (PDF)

SEAC Member Roster

Name Date Joined Email Phone Address
Kermia Adams
Chairman
SEAC Advocacy Committee
12/31/2022 kermiaadams72@gmail.com  (864) 276-1746 704 Cypress Lane Anderson, SC 29624
Mack Beaty, IV 12/31/2021 beatyoil@wctel.net  (864) 391-6738 PO Box 536 Abbeville, SC 29620
Ray Boland 12/31/2022 boland@scacte.info  (803) 445-3945 1904 Salem Church Rd Irmo, SC 29063
Nicole Brevard-Hines, Ed.D. 12/31/2022 niccibh@hotmail.com  (843) 819-4272 PO Box 192 Moncks Corner, SC 29461
John Broadway 12/31/2023 johndbroadway@gmail.com  N/A 217 Roundup Drive Bishopville, SC 29010
T. Ashley Burns, Ph.D. 12/31/2021 taberp@clemson.edu  N/A 2057 Barre Hall Clemson, SC 29634
William G. Camp, Ph.D. 12/31/2024 wgcamp@vt.edu  (843) 757-3482 148 Hampton Lake Drive Bluffton, SC 29910
Jesse Cannon
SEAC Chairman
12/31/2021 jesse.cannon@santeecooper.com,
jesse.witt.cannon@gmail.com 
(864) 980-7885 126 Land O Pines Circle Moncks Corner, SC 29461
Donald (Breck) Carmichael 12/31/2022 carmichaelb@dnr.sc.gov  (803) 622-4047 PO Box 167 Columbia, SC 29202
Robert Chatman 12/31/2022 chatmann2@gmail.com  N/A 388 Chatman Road Salters, SC 29590
Chad Clardy 12/31/2022 cclardy@cfsauer.com  (864) 426-0893 728 N Main Street Mauldin, SC 29662
Jason Creamer 12/31/2024 jcreamer@arborone.com  (843) 245-2649 800 Woody James Boulevard Florence, SC 29502
Benson Driggers 12/31/2023 benson.driggers@dmlawfirm.net  (803) 256-2233 1515 Lady Street PO Box 12129 Columbia, SC 29201
Martin Driggers 12/31/2022 msd@swblaw.com  (843) 496-2110 115 Cargill Way, Suite B Hartsville, SC 29550
Jason Eargle
Chairman
SEAC Strategic Partnerships Committee
12/31/2022 eargle.jason@gmail.com  (843) 343-1015 PO Box 31152 Charleston, SC 29417
Les Echols 12/31/2022 lechols@flochamber.com  (843) 664-0515 100 West Evans Street, Suite A, Florence, SC 29501
PO Box 948, Florence, SC 29503
Lee Haddon 12/31/2024 solas5ranch@yahoo.com  (864) 814-9662 845 Boiling Springs Highway Gaffney, SC 29361
Dr. Craig Harris 12/31/2022 harris9606@icloud.com  (843) 696-2479 7670 Brookdale Boulevard Charleston, SC 29418
Larry Harris 12/31/2022 larrydjanied@yahoo.com  (803) 968-1379 5160 Cotton Acres Road Sumter, SC 29150
Betty Heath-Camp, Ph.D. 12/31/2024 heathb@vt.edu  (607) 351-3483 148 Hampton Lake Drive Bluffton, SC 29910
Henry Houser 12/31/2022 henryhouser369@yahoo.com  (803) 536-3557 566 Indian Road Bowman, SC 29018
Randy James 12/31/2023 randalejames@gmail.com  (843) 441-1744 4 Wood Ibis Trail Beaufort, SC 29907
Kyle B. Kelly 12/31/2024 kyle.b.kelly@gmail.com  (716) 698-9868 17 Frank Clarke Street Sumter, SC 29150
Thomas (Tripp) Kemp 12/31/2022 kempT3@gmail.com  (803) 747-9171 557 Brewton Street Orangeburg, SC 29115
Johnnie Luehrs 12/31/2023 jcpwl@yahoo.com  (843) 841-5520 PO Box 1304 Dillon, SC 29536
Roberta N. McKee 12/31/2021 robnmck@wctel.net  (864) 602-9204 106 Old Course Lane McCormick, SC 29835
Mayor Darnell McPherson 12/31/2022 dmcphers@scfirststeps.org  (843) 861-8866 437 W Carolina Avenue, Building 1 Hartsville, SC 29550
Daryl Milligan Sr. 12/31/2022 daryl.milligan@tridenttech.edu  (843) 729-7296 PO Box 60744 Charleston, SC 29419
Damarys Nunez 12/31/2022 damarysnunez73@gmail.com  (843) 642-9697 PO Box 2903 Orangeburg, SC 29116
Bynum Poe 12/31/2024 abpoe7781@gmail.com  (803) 230-9610 1925 Welborn Street Rock Hill, SC 29732
Shannon Riley 12/31/2024 comserv98@gmail.com  (864) 992-4585 PO Box 212 Hodges, SC 29653
Jason Rodgers 12/31/2023 jason@titanfarms.com  (803) 685-5381 157 Green Forrest Lane Ward, SC 29166
Jimmy Sanders 12/31/2023 jsanders2@nctv.com  (864) 993-4421 101 Quail Run Court Greenwood, SC 29646
Jack Shuler 12/31/2022 jshuler3@sc.rr.com  (803) 429-4979 4848 Portobello Road Columbia, SC 29206
Stephen P. Slice
SEAC Vice-Chairman
Chairman
SEAC Programmatic Committee
12/31/2021 spslice@yahoo.com  (803) 360-2845 116 Ridgecrest Drive Lexington, SC 29072
Cathy Smith 12/31/2021 cathysmith@sc.rr.com  (843) 997-5786 558 Hammock Avenue Murrells Inlet, SC 29576
Thompson Smith 12/31/2021 stoneybroo@aol.com  (864) 617-5551 509 Rogers Road Pelzer, SC 29669
Molly Spearman 12/31/2023 mspearman@ed.sc.gov  N/A PO Box 501 Columbia, SC 29202
J.D. Steedly 12/31/2022 jsteedly@homesc.com  N/A 1118 Quenby Lane Moncks Corner, SC 29461
Raleigh Ward, Jr. 12/31/2022 rowardfarm@aol.com  (843) 621-6996 3004 Ward Road Effingham, SC 29541

SEAC Administrative Staff Members

Dr. George Askew
VP Public Service and Agriculture,
Clemson University
gaskew@clemson.edu 

Dr. Thomas Dobbins
Director
Clemson Cooperative Extension Service
tdbbns@clemson.edu 

Dr. Louis Whitesides
Administrator
SCSU 1890 Research/Extension Programs
lwhitesides@scsu.edu 

Mr. Edoe Agbodjan
Extension Administrator
SCSU 1890 Extension Programs
eagbodjan@scsu.edu
 

Alma Harris
Executive Director
SEAC
ahrrs@clemson.edu

Dr. Katherine Coleman
Director
Sandhill Research and Education Center
Clemson University
kclmn@clemson.edu 

Deborah D. Hardison
Regional Director
SCSU 1890 Extension Program
Pee Dee Region
dbrow114@scsu.edu 

Boyd Owens
Regional Director
SCSU 1890 Extension Program
Upstate Region
bowens@scsu.edu

Dr. Gerry Dukes
Special Assistant to the Director of PSA Advocacy
Clemson University
gdukes@clemson.edu

Elizabeth "Beth" Bell
Governmental Advocacy
Clemson University
bmcinni@clemson.edu

Michael L. Wright
Governmental Affairs
Clemson University
mlwrght@clemson.edu

David DeWitt
Statewide Advocacy
Clemson University
dewitt4@clemson.edu

Melanie R. Briggman
Administrative Manager
SCSU 1890 Extension Program
mbriggman@scsu.edu

Marie Bolt
Development Liaison/Events Officer
Clemson University
jeanneo@clemson.edu 

Renee Watson
Administrative Support
SEAC
rwatso2@clemson.edu

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