OUR BOARD
The SCNPS State Team
Members at the Blue Ridge Parkway. Credit: Daniel Whitten.
The South Carolina Native Plant Society (SCNPS) was founded in 1996 as a Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Over the decades, we have grown to over a thousand members and six chapters throughout the state.
While much of our programing happens at the local chapter level, our state Board of Directors sets the goals, provides oversight, and promotes collaboration between our chapters, as well as with other agencies and organizations that share our mission. In addition to our President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, the Board encompasses the President and a Chapter Representative from each of our six chapters.
President: Dan Whitten
Vice President: Frank Holleman
Secretary: Samantha Porzelt
Treasurer: Tierney Rosenstock
Grand Strand Chapter President: Victoria Green
Lowcountry Chapter President: Samantha Porzelt
Midlands Chapter President: Don McInnes
Piedmont Chapter President: Mitzi Stewart
South Coast Chapter President: Laura Lee Rose
Upstate Chapter President: Pam Barbour
Grand Strand Chapter Representative: Jan Gannon
Lowcountry Chapter Representative: Montana Feix
Midlands Chapter Representative: Bill McCullough
Piedmont Chapter Representative: vacant
South Coast Chapter Representative: Julianne Smith
Upstate Chapter Representative: Rick Huffman
State Membership Chair: Cynthia Gibson
Invasive Species Chair: Jan Haldeman
Parks Mill Restoration Chair and Past Journal Editor: Bill Stringer
Cullowhee Chair: Jeff Jackson
Advocacy Chair: Rick Huffman
Lisa Matthews Bay Chair: Sudie Thomas
Kingsburg Bay Chair: Lisa Lord