Charleston, S.C.

Sixth District: All of Bamberg, Clarendon, Florence, Marion and Williamsburg. Parts of Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Colleton, Darlington, Dorchester, Lee, Orangeburg, Richland and Sumter.

Term: 1998-2009

Appointed to Federal Communications Commission August 2009.

Education:

• South Carolina Executive Institute - 2000
• University of South Carolina: B.S. Banking, Finance and Economics - 1984
• W. J. Keenan High School - 1980

Professional Experience:

• Public Service Commission Chair, July 2002 - June 2004
• Elected to the Public Service Commission of South Carolina, July 1, 1998.
• Publisher, general manager, newspaper editor of The Coastal Times in Charleston, SC. - 1984-1998

Professional organizations:

• South Carolina Association of Black Journalists
• Black Women Entrepreneurs - Past President
• Charleston County Democratic Women - Past President
• Utilities Market Access Partnership Board
• The SC State Energy Advisory Council
• Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (SEARUC) - Past Chair
• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
  - Present Chair of NARUC’s Washington Action Committee, Audit Committee member

Civic Involvement:

• The Palmetto Project Board, secretary/treasurer
• Trident Technical College Foundation
• South Carolina Cancer Center Board
• Columbia College Board of Visitors
• The YWCA of Greater Charleston - Past Chair
• Reid House of Christian Service
• Edventure Children’s Museum
• Trident Urban League
• Trident United Way
• Life Member of the NAACP
• The Links, Inc.
• SC Advisory Council of the US Commission on Civil Rights
• SC Education Oversight Committee’s Common Ground School Improvement Committee

Awards & Honors:

• 2006 James C. Bonbright Honoree, (Southeastern Energy Conference, Terry School of Business, University of Georgia).
• 2007 Lincoln C. Jenkins Award for business and community contributions, Columbia (SC) Urban League.