Rick Saunders has worked in finance and banking as his career of choice from an early age. From 1983 through 1997, Mr. Saunders was Senior Vice President and City Executive of Florence for Pee Dee State Bank, where he was...

Tanner grew up in a family clothing business in Montana. He spent his college summers as a fly fishing guide before transitioning to Charleston in 2010. After spending 2 years of research, he eventually founded Free Fly...

Janet Fields is the CEO and Co-Owner of Oak Trust Properties, a boutique family-owned property management business in Charleston, SC. She bought her first property in 2008, and in 2018 merged her business with her...

In high school, Xavier was a State Champion with AC Flora High School and was also nominated South Carolina Player of the Year.

Paula Dezzutti, more widely known in the community as Pixie is a mother of nine and a trailblazing entrepreneur who carved out her niche in the spirits world as the first woman owned distillery, Striped Pig which features...

Eric graduated from University of Tampa as an Honor’s graduate summa cum laude and was ranked number two in his graduating class in 1985. He graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1988 where he...

As a trainer and fitness expert, Lori Lapin brings over 35 years of industry experience. The University of Georgia graduate specializes in Corporate Wellness with a degree in Exercise Science. In 2012, Lori opened Strong...

University of South Carolina Athletics Director Ray Tanner is in his ninth year guiding the Gamecocks’ athletics programs. After a long and highly successful career as Carolina’s baseball coach, Tanner officially...

Trevor Ferguson was born in Ann Arbor Michigan and raised in Hilton Head, South Carolina. He graduated with a degree in Hotel Hospitality and Tourism Management from the University of South Carolina in 2009. Trevor has...

Daniel P. Bouknight, MD is a practicing Cardiologist (Heart Specialist). Dr. Bouknight earned his undergraduate degree at Furman University, then graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia in...

Tommy Suggs is President and CEO for the Carolinas Region of HUB International. Residing in Columbia, South Carolina, his responsibilities include managing HUB’s 10 offices throughout North Carolina and South Carolina.

CHRIS PAPPAS has been a professional comedy writer for 20 years, highlighted most recently by the 2020 pandemic blockbuster, THE WRONG MISSY along with two other Netflix mega hits, THE DO-OVER and HUBIE HALLOWEEN, as well...