Volunteer
Leadership
OneSpartanburg, Inc. is led by an executive board and focus-specific advisory boards.
OneSpartanburg, inc. Executive Board
Chair
Avi Lawrence, Contec, Inc.
President & CEO
Allen Smith, OneSpartanburg, Inc.
Past Chair
Phil Feisal, Spartanburg Medical Center
Chair-Elect
William Gray, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture
Vice Chair – OneSpartanburg Vision Plan
Todd Horne, Clayton Construction Co. Inc.
General Counsel
Alex Evins, Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein LLP
Vice Chair – Tourism Development
Andrew Cajka, Southern Hospitality Group
Vice Chair – Economic Development
Ethan Burroughs, Spartanburg Community College
Vice Chair – Leadership
Ralph Settle, Beacon Property Services LLC
Vice Chair – Finance
Daniel Craig, Johnson, Smith, Hibbard & Wildman Law Firm, LLP
Vice Chair – Governmental Relations
Linda Hannon, Duke Energy
Vice Chair - Small and Minority Business Development
Raj Patel, Cribbs Kitchen, The Kennedy, and Main Street Pub
Vice Chair - Talent
Patrick Keese, Milliken
At-Large
Pontheolla Abernathy, Clevedale Historic Inn & Gardens
At-Large
Devin Bird, The Johnson Group
At-Large
Sherry Coonse-McCraw, BMW
At-Large
Bennie Harris, USC Upstate
At-Large
Mitch Kennedy, City of Spartanburg
Economic advisory Board
Ethan Burroughs, Spartanburg Community College
David Britt, Tindall Corporation, Spartanburg County Council
Cole Alverson, Spartanburg County Administrator
Chris Story, City of Spartanburg
Josh Jones, Johnson Development Associates
Sandy Martin, Duke Energy
John Montgomery, Colliers International
Tourism Advisory Board
Chair
Andrew Cajka, Southern Hospitality Group
Ex Officio
Allen Smith, OneSpartanburg, Inc.
City of Spartanburg
Erica Brown, Spartanburg City Council District 6
Airports
Dave Edwards, Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
Restaurants
Allen Johnson, The Butcher-The Baker Management Co., Inc.
Restaurants
Hamp Lindsey, Wade's Restaurant Inc.
Lodging
Jason Price, Pinnacle Hospitality
Outdoor Recreation
Laura Ringo, PAL: Play. Advocate. Live Well!
County Parks
Kevin Stiens, Spartanburg County
Sports Alliance
Jack Todd, Spartanburg Sports Alliance
At-Large
Davis Weaver, The Johnson Group
Vision Plan Advisory Board
Pontheolla Abernathy
Kenneth Cribb
Tom Finnegan
Elizabeth Fletcher
Randall Gary
Kenneth Gist
Dana Gottman
Keisha Gray
Stewart Heath
Todd Horne
Laura Ringo
Christopher Taylor
Kelli Valade
Lekesa Whitner