David Larry Brotherton, 59, Class II director, is the Chairman of our board. He is owner and president of Ortec, Inc., a custom chemical manufacturer, which he founded in 1980. Dr. Brotherton graduated from Tusculum College in 1970 with a B.S. degree in chemistry and the University of Tennessee in 1974 with a Ph.D. in chemistry. Dr. Brotherton has been active in both professional and community organizations. He currently serves as a Trustee and the Chair of the Audit Committee of Tusculum College and on the advisory board of the University of Tennessee College of Arts & Science and Department of Chemistry. In addition, he is past president of the Pickens County YMCA. Dr. Brotherton has also been active in Brushy Creek Baptist Church since 1979. He has served as Deacon, Chair of Deacons, Trustee, Chair of Trustees, Chair of Finance Committee, Sunday School Teacher and Chair of Personnel Committee. Dr. Brotherton also served as a local advisory board member of American Federal and Central Carolina Bank from 1996 to 2004.
G. Dial DuBose, 48, Class III director, is Managing Partner of Nalley Commercial Properties. Mr. DuBose graduated from Wofford College in 1983 with a B.S. degree in psychology. Currently, Mr. DuBose serves as vice chairman of the South Carolina Public Service Authority, and Trustee of the Palmetto Economic Development Association. He is past vice chairman of the Pickens County Council and former chairman of the South Carolina Hospitality Association. In addition, Mr. DuBose served on the Upstate Alliance board of directors and the Easley and Upstate advisory boards for First Union and Wachovia from 1998 to 2004.
C. Allan Ducker, III, 47, Class I director, is our chief executive officer. He has over 25 years experience as a banker. He served as senior vice president and Pickens County executive for Carolina First Bank for six months until he left to form our bank. Prior to his employment with Carolina First Bank, Mr. Ducker served as executive vice president and South Carolina state president for MountainBank for one year. Before joining MountainBank, Mr. Ducker served as senior vice president and regional executive for Bank of America for six years. Mr. Ducker graduated from The Citadel in 1984 with a B.S. degree in business administration. He has also been active in various civic organizations in the Pickens County area. Since 1994, Mr. Ducker has served as a director of the Pickens County YMCA and he is a member of the Easley Rotary Club. He is past treasurer of the Pickens County YMCA, past director of the United Way, and past chairman of Pickens County Friends of Scouting.
David W. Edwards, 62, Class I director, is the owner and president of Dave Edwards Toyota, a Toyota dealership that he established 1982. Mr. Edwards has been involved in the automotive sales business for over 38 years. He received a B.S. degree in business administration from Mars Hill College in 1968. Mr. Edwards is Deacon of First Baptist Church in Spartanburg and has served on the board for Mobile Meals and the YMCA. He also served on the local advisory board of Palmetto Bank from 1999 to 2002.
R. Wesley Hammond, 60, Class I director, sold his family business, HBJ Home Furnishings, in July of 2008 after 101 years in business. He now devotes his time to real estate and other investments. Mr. Hammond graduated from Wofford College in 1973 with a B.S. degree in English. He is a past president and past chairman of the executive committee of the Southern Home Furnishings Association, and is the past chairman of the association’s Insurance Trust. Mr. Hammond served on the board of First Federal Savings and Loan (later First Spartan Financial Corp.) and was a member of its audit, community reinvestment, and conflict of interest committees.
David A. Miller, 41, Class II director, is the president and the chief operating officer of our bank. Mr. Miller has over 19 years experience as a banker. He served as city executive and senior vice president of Arthur State Bank from March 2003 until March 2004 when he left to form our bank. Prior to his employment with Arthur State Bank, Mr. Miller served as team leader and vice president of SouthTrust Bank from June 1999 until March 2003. From June 1993 until June 1999, he served as a commercial lender and vice president of CCB Financial Corporation. Mr. Miller graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1989 with a B.S. degree in business administration and the University of Oklahoma National Commercial Lending School in 1995. He is active in Sertoma, and other civic organizations in the Spartanburg community.
Arnold J. Ramsey, 60, Class II director, has been the owner and president of Ramsey Appraisal Service since 1993. Mr. Ramsey has been valuing property for over 30 years and has been involved with numerous residential development projects in the Upstate of South Carolina. Mr. Ramsey began his career as a lender and staff appraiser for First Federal Savings and Loan and has seven years of banking experience. He graduated in 1970 from Clemson University with a B.S. degree in industrial management. Mr. Ramsey is a member of the Spartanburg Homebuilders Association and the Spartanburg Board of Realtors.
W. Michael Riddle, 67, Class I director, has been an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Easley, South Carolina since 1984. Dr. Riddle graduated from Wofford College in 1964 with a B.S. degree in biology, the Medical College of Virginia School of Dentistry in 1968 with a D.D.S., and the Duke University Medical Center with a certificate of completion of residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery in 1984. He has been active in the community through business, civic, and church activities. Dr. Riddle was past president of the South Carolina Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He was also past president and 25 year member of the Easley Rotary Club and was designated a Paul Harris Fellow. Dr. Riddle is a founding member of St. Matthias Lutheran Church and was the original secretary and treasurer. He is a past member of the Pickens County Committee for the Blue Ridge Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Dr. Riddle also served as a local advisory board member for Bank of America (Pickens County) from 1998 to 2001.
Joanne M. Rogers, 60, Class III director, has been a partner and the president of Lakeview Partners and Palmetto Storage since June 2003 and is a Director/Partner of Carebridge Adult Daycare, LLC. Ms. Rogers spent over 30 years as a public school educator and administrator in Spartanburg Districts 1 and 3 and achieved her principal and supervisory certifications. She was the director for the gifted and talented services in District 3. Ms. Rogers was also active in the grant programs and became the administrator for the after school program that served five districts across South Carolina. Ms. Rogers graduated in 1971 from Limestone College with a B.A. degree in elementary education and received her master’s degree in education from the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg/Columbia in 1988. Ms. Rogers has served on the board of directors of the Adoption Advocacy. She has also volunteered with Mobile Meals. Ms. Rogers is a member of Holly Springs Baptist Church.
B. Lynn Spencer, 49, Class III director, has been co-owner and Broker-In-Charge with Spencer/Hines Properties, a commercial real estate firm located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, since 1994. Mr. Spencer is a member of the state and national CCIM Chapter, is a graduate of Leadership Spartanburg, and served as president for the State CCIM Chapter in 2001. He is currently a member of the South Carolina Economic Developers’ Association. Lynn has served on the Board of Directors for the Piedmont Chapter of the American Red Cross and on the Board of Directors for the YMCA/Spartanburg. He also served on the advisory board for The National Bank of South Carolina from 2001 to 2004.
J. Neal Workman, Jr., 62, Class II director, has been the president and owner and now chairman of the board of Trehel Corporation, a general contractor serving the commercial and industrial segment of the entire Upstate, since 1982. Mr. Workman is the president of Pendleton Properties, a metal buildings company. He graduated from Wofford College in 1969 with a B.A. degree in economics. Mr. Workman is active in the Upstate community. He currently serves as the Area Commissioner for Tri-County Technical College, as the State Chair of Heritage Corridor, and on Clemson University Industry Advisory Board for College of Architecture and Humanities. Mr. Workman is also a member of the Anderson Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Seneca, Greater Greenville, Spartanburg and Walhalla Chambers of Commerce. He is past chairman of the Anderson County Economic Development Partnership and past chair of the Oconee Alliance. Mr. Workman was also the 1999 Clemson Area Chamber of Commerce Business Person of the Year, recipient of Clemson Rotary Club’s 2005 Community Service award, Oconee County’s South Carolina Ambassador for Economic Development, and inducted in 2006 into Seneca Chamber of Commerce’s Hall of Fame. He also served on the local advisory board of First Citizens Bank in Clemson from 1999 to 2004.
Daniel E. Youngblood, 53, Class III director, is the owner and president of Youngblood Development Corp., a commercial and residential real estate development company, since 1983. He is also the managing partner of Mainstream Golf, LLC, a company that operates a golf course. Mr. Youngblood graduated from Clemson University in 1977 with a B.S. degree in administrative management. He served as chairman of the board of the Economic Alliance of Pickens County from 1997 to 2005. He has also served on the regional/local advisory boards for Central Carolina Bank & Trust Company from 1994 to 2004 and Wachovia from 1983 to 1993.
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