South Carolina Nonprofit Summit

The Nonprofit Summit is South Carolina’s largest conference designed specifically for professionals working in the state’s nonprofit sector. Hundreds of nonprofit leaders from across the state gather together in the host city each year. 

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South Carolina's Nonprofit Summit 

February 21-23, 2024 in Charleston 

at Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston Airport Hotel & Convention Center

→ Conference Website Coming Soon.


Past SC Nonprofit Summits:

  • 2023 - Columbia
  • 2022 - Spartanburg
  • 2021 - Cancelled
  • 2020 - Columbia
  • 2019 - Greenville
  • 2018 - Hilton Head Island 
  • 2017 - Columbia
  • 2016 - Spartanburg
  • 2015 - Isle of Palms
  • 2014 - Charleston
  • 2013 - Greenville
  • 2012 - Columbia
  • 2011 - Myrtle Beach

2024 Nonprofit Summit Planning Team

  • Darrin Goss

    Darrin Goss

    President & CEO, Coastal Community Foundation of SC

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    (843)723-3635

    Co-Chair

  • Shawn Edwards

    Shawn Edwards

    SPHR, SHRM-SCP

    CEO, Solutions by Shawn Edwards

    Co-Chair / Networking Comm / Tog. SC Board Member

  • Melissa Ladd

    Melissa Ladd

    Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF)

    Owner, Facilitator, issaFacilitation

    Networking Committee

  • Chrissa Waite

    PMP, CPF

    Owner, Facilitator, issaFacilitation

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    (843)437-8615

    Networking Committee

  • Michelle Mapp

    Michelle Mapp

    Attorney, Michelle A. Mapp, Attorney at Law, LLC

    Keynote Committee

  • Clay Grayson

    Clay Grayson

    Managing Member, Grayson Law Firm, LLC

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    (843)822-2402

    Keynote Committee

  • Audrey Lane

    Audrey Lane

    Executive Director, E3 Educate, Empower, Elevate

    Keynote Committee

  • Bill Stanfield

    CEO, Metanoia

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    (843)529-3014

    Keynote Committee

  • LaVanda Brown

    LaVanda Brown

    Executive Director, YWCA Greater Charleston

    Session Committee

  • Lydia Cotton

    Board of Director-Chair, ART POT

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    (843)819-5760

    Sessions Committee

  • Amanda Coté

    Amanda Coté

    SHRM-CP

    Director of Finance & Operations, Preservation Society of Charleston

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    (843)722-4630x118

    Session Committee

  • Jeffrey Fleming

    Jeffrey Fleming

    Chief Operating Officer, Palmetto Project, Inc.

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    (843)266-5683

    Session Committee

  • Amanda Lawrence

    Amanda Lawrence

    AVP, Community Engagement, HCA Healthcare

    Session Committee / Together SC Board Member

  • Melissa Levesque

    Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, Coastal Community Foundation of SC

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    (843)723-3635

    Session Committee

  • Ericka Plater

    Ericka Plater

    MS, MBA

    Consultant, GroundWell Collective

    Session Committee

  • Mike Gibbons

    Associate Vice President of Corporate Partnerships

    Entertainment Committee

  • Alyssa Smith

    Alyssa Smith

    Executive Director , Charleston Wine + Food

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    (843)727-9998

    Entertainment Committee

  • Sherrie Snipes-Williams

    Sherrie Snipes-Williams

    CEO, Charleston Promise Neighborhood

    Tours Committee / Together SC Board Member

  • Amber Stewart

    Program Associate, SC Association for Community Economic Development

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    (843)579-9855

    Tours Commitee

  • Madeleine McGee

    Madeleine McGee

    Former President/CEO, Together SC

    Together SC Staff