Talking Together with Philanthropic Partners: With Director Leach of SC DSS
United Way Association of SC, SC Grantmakers Network and Together SC are joining together to host weekly calls for our philanthropic colleagues.
Our goal is to share what's happening across the state and to lift up and inspire philanthropic partnerships, locally and statewide.
Weekly calls will happen each Wednesday from 9:00 to 9:45am.
May 20th:
The Department of Social Services will join us to discuss issues of child care, federal resources and gaps, and family and child protection issues in our state.
Guest Speaker:
Micheal Leach, Executive Director
SC Department of Social Services
Facilitated by:
JoAnn Turnquist, President & CEO
Central Carolina Community Foundation
Registration Process
Please register so we can send you the recording or any materials afterwards.
Registering will also allow you to add each call to your calendar with the zoom call in number.
We encourage participants to join 5 minutes early so that we can begin on time. As soon as you join, please be sure to mute your line and enter your name & organization in the chat box.
After each weekly call, we will send out a follow-up email with the recording and other provided resources, as well as the link to register for the following week.
The Zoom details will remain the same for all calls, and is included in each event header, It will will also be provided upon registering for each call.
If you do not already have a profile in our database, be sure to set yours up when you register. It will make registering for future events go much quicker, and will help provide you with further resources.
If you have trouble, let Brandi Elkins know: brandi@togethersc.org.
Attendees (81)
Marcia Bacon
CEO
Richland County First Steps
Susan B Bankson
Wells Fargo
Teresa Baxter
Human Resources Manager
A Child's Haven
Sue Berkowitz
Director
S.C. Appleseed Legal Justice Center
Bree Bess
Program Officer
1989
Kendall Biga
Program & Operations Manager
Charleston Hope
Chris Bishop
Executive Director of Regional Expansion
Nurse-Family Partnership
Julie M Capaldi
President
United Way of Pickens County
Debbie Cooper
Director of Community Impact
Community Foundation of Greenville
Susan DeVenny
CEO
J. Marion Sims Foundation
Amanda Dow
Duke Energy Foundation Manager- SC
Duke Energy Foundation
Brandi Elkins
Membership Manager
Together SC
Mary Finklea
Board Chair
Eastern Carolina Community Foundation
Rachael Fulmer
SC Business Developer
Lutheran Services Carolinas
Betty Gardiner
Director of Grantmaking and Development
South Carolina First Steps
Kaky Grant
Principal
Grant Philanthropic Advisors
Keisha Gray
Program Director, Early Childhood Development
Mary Black Foundation
Amber Hewitt
Manager of Community Impact
United Way of the Lowcountry
Amy Holbert
Chief Executive Officer
Family Connection of SC
Erin Johnson
Vice President for Community Investment
Central Carolina Community Foundation
Amanda Lawrence
AVP, Community Engagement
Trident United Way
Naomi Lett
President / CEO
United Way Association of SC
Derek Lewis
Executive Director
Greenville First Steps
Michele Lineberger
Executive Director
The Springs Close Foundation
Jeff McCormack
Executive Director
SC Physicians Care Charity
Kevin McCray
Community Building & Grants Manager
Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation
Tish McCutchen
Director
Jolley Foundation
Madeleine McGee
Former President/CEO, Together SC
Together SC
Katy Motsinger
Community Resource Director
Children's Attention Home
Debbie Nelson
President and Founder
DNA Creative Communications
Mamie Nicholson
President
The Self Family Foundation
Karen Oliver
ECAC Program Manager
United Way of the Midlands
Donna V.S. Ortega
Community Investment Officer
J. Marion Sims Foundation
Emily Parrish
Coordinator of Provider and Community Engagement
Children's Attention Home
Cary Plummer
Executive Director
CanHope
Mindy Popovich
President
United Way of Sumter, Clarendon & Lee Counties
Catherine Puckett
Program Director
Greenville Partnership for Philthanthropy
Barbara Rackes
CEO
SC Women in Leadership
Debbie Robertson
Chief Partnership Officer
South Carolina First Steps
Blakely Roof
President & CEO
United Way of Horry County
Michelle Shain
Senior Director of Development
United Way of Greenville County
Minor Mickel Shaw
Chairman
Daniel-Mickel Foundation
Langley Shealy
Steering Committee
SC Grantmakers Network
Coraretta Smalls
Assistant Clinical Director
A Child's Haven
Katy Smith
Executive Director
Piedmont Health Foundation
Meg Stanley
Executive Director
Eat Smart Move More SC
Yarley Steedly
Government Relations Director
American Heart Association
Molly Talbot-Metz
President
Mary Black Foundation
Pam Temple
Program Director
J. Marion Sims Foundation
Adrienne Troy-Frazier
Executive Director
berkeley county first steps
JoAnn Turnquist
Retired April 2024
Central Carolina Community Foundation
Natalia Valenzuela Swanson
Senior Program Director
Mary Black Foundation
Bethany Vause
SC Executive Director
Lutheran Services Carolinas
Heather Witt
Executive Director
United Way of the Piedmont
Weekly Calls Hosted by:
Chris Steed,
Fullerton Foundation, Executive Director
SC Grantmakers Network, Chair
Naomi Lett,
United Way Association of SC, President & CEO
Madeleine McGee,
Together SC, President
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