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Committee Members

April Allen| Email, Chair
38 Mahalo Lane
Columbia, SC 29204
Business Appointee; Speaker of the House
2020-2024

Brian Newsome | Email , Vice-Chair
3833 Leaphart Rd.
West Columbia, SC 29169
Educator Appointee; Governor
2023-2026

Rep. Terry Alexander| Email 
SC House of Representatives
314C Blatt Building
Columbia, SC 29201
Designee, Speaker of the House
Coterminous

Melanie Barton | Email 
1100 Gervais St.
Columbia, SC 29201
Designee; Governor
Coterminous

Russell Baxley
Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Business Appointee; Chair, House Education and Public Works
2024-2028

Rep. Neal Collins| Email 
Designee, Chair, House Ways and Means Committee
Coterminous

Bob Couch 
PO Box 444
Sandy Springs, SC 29629
Educator Appointee; Speaker of the House
2021-2025

Rep. Bill Hager | Email
House of Representatives
Designee, Chair, House Education and Public Works Committee
Coterminous

Barbara B. Hairfield (PDF) | Email 
Charleston County School District
75 Calhoun Street
Charleston, SC 29401
Educator Appointee; President
Pro Tempore 2021-2025

Sen. Kevin Johnson | Email
Senate
P.O. Box 142
606 Gressette Bldg.
Columbia, SC 29201
Designee, President Pro Tempore
Coterminous

Sidney Locke | Email
108 Kirkwood Lane
Camden, SC 29020-2435
Business Appointee; Governor
2023-2026

Sen. Dwight Loftis | Email
501 Gressette Bldg.
Columbia, SC 29201
Designee, Senate Finance Chairman
Coterminous

Melissa Pender 
Educator Appointee; Chair,
House Education and Public Works
2024-2028

Patty Tate (PDF) | Email
1539 Blanchard Bend
Rock Hill, SC 29732
Educator Appointee; Chairman
Senate Education Committee
2022-2026

Sen. Ross Turner | Email
Senate
P.O. Box 142
512 Gressette Bldg.
Columbia, SC 29201
Designee, Chairman
Senate Education Committee
Coterminous

Ellen Weaver
Ex-Officio
State Superintendent
Department of Education
Room 1006
1429 Senate Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Coterminous