Officers
Brandon Whitacre, President – MetLife
Anthony Hargrave, Vice President - IBM Corporation
Preston Sabalis, Treasurer – The National Bank of South Carolina
Emily Brannen, Secretary - The South Financial Group
Directors
Janet Bailey- BlueCross Blue Shield of South Carolina
Sarah Vann Bonds – Palmetto Health
Meda Cobb- Department of Juvenile Justice
Mark Cox- Regions Bank
Angela English – First Citizens Bank
Tammie Epps – Palmetto Health Richland
Julie Flaming – Nelson, Mullins, Riley, & Scarborough
Kathy Garrick- Prudential Midlands
Therese Griffin – SCANA
Lori Marrero – E.L. Wright Middle School
Terry K. Schmoyer, Jr. – Schmoyer & Company, LLC
Staff
Terry Linder, Executive Director- tlinder@cism.org
Madonna Gauthreaux, Director of Operations- mgauthreaux@cism.org
Beth DeHart, MA Director of Programs and Evaluations- bdehart@cism.org
Jordan Thie, VISTA*, Director of Resources- development@cism.org
Trimease King, MSW Mentor Coordinator- tking@cism.org
Randi Johnson, Dent Middle School Site Coordinator- rajohnson@richland2.org
Shelly Francis, MAT, E.L. Wright Middle School Site Coordinator- sfrancis@richland2.org
Byron Williams, C.A. Johnson Site Coordinator- bwilliams@cism.org
Diane Paynter, Hayward Gibbes Site Coordinator dpaynter@cism.org
Beth DeHart, MA, DJJ Site Coordinator- Bdehart@cism.org
Partners
Christian Faith Fellowship | The CFF Men’s Group meets with and mentors young males at E. L. Wright Middle School. The Men’s group has been committed to working with our students for two years.
Community Mediation Center | The CMC provides trainings in communications and conflict resolutions to our students, preparing them for relationship building and communicating in the future.
Corporation For National and Community Service | The CNCS provides Communities In Schools of the Midlands with AmeriCorps VISTAs. VISTAs are volunteers who work to help non profits build capacity.
Midlands Technical College | CIS-M has formed a partnership with the human services program at Midlands Technical College. This program provides Communities In Schools of the Midlands with skilled volunteers and interns.
Panera Bead Co. | Panera provides fresh baked good to the CIS School at The Department of Juvenile Justice in order to support the programming for the students that we serve, “behind the fence”.
Richland School District Two | Richland 2 is the host district for two of our sites. Dent Middle school and E. L. Wright Middle School house the sites and support our site coordinator in meeting the needs of the students we serve.
Stadium Suites Student Housing | Stadium Suites participated in the “Tick or Treat for DJJ” Program, donating snacks to help support the programming to support the CIS-School at DJJ.
SCETV | The South Carolina Education Television Corporation supported the Communities In Schools of the Midlands School Supply Drive by donating approximately $2000 worth of supplies.
Zonta Women’s Group | The women of Zonta act at mentors to our female students at E.L. Wright Middle school. They work to instill values and promote growth in the lives of our students.
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