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Smart Thinking in the Age of AI (2026)

Charles Appleby

Charles Appleby

Senior Advisor for the Coordinating Council for Workforce Development, S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce

Kedralyn Folk

Dr. Kedralyn L. Folk

AI Educator, University of South Carolina

Dr. Chelsea Richard

Dr. Chelsea Richard

Vice President of Operations at Central Carolina Community Foundation

David Thornton

Technology Instructor, Daniel Morgan Technology Center

Adrianne L. Beasley

Adrianne L. Beasley

Director of Strategy and Communications, SC Competes

Monique Patton Garvin

Monique Patton Garvin

Director of the VAWA Programs and the State Human Trafficking Task Force, SC Attorney General’s Office

Stephanie Hite

Education Coordinator, SC Attorney General's Office in Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC)

Nathan Hogue

Chief Information Officer, SC Department of Administration

Saving Mom: Part 2 (2026)

Deborah Billings

Dr. Deborah Billings

Senior Research Associate with the Institute for Families in Society, USC

Maria A. Martin, MSW CCHW

Maria A. Martin, MSW CCHW

Executive Director at PASOs

Dr. Faith Polkey

Faith Polkey, MD, MPH, CPE

CEO at Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comprehensive Health Services, Inc

Lamikka Samuel

Lamikka Purvis Samuel, LMSW

Director of Family Solutions

Dr. Ladrea Williams-Briggs

Ladrea S. Williams-Briggs, DrPH, MS

Executive Director and Founder of #NotUsSC

Parenting Our Parents (2025)

Joel Lourie

Founder, Lourie Life & Health

Connie Munn

South Carolina Department on Aging Director

Tanya Rodriguez-Hodges

Tanya Rodriguez-Hodges

Founder and President of Limitless Community Development

Dr. Macie P. Smith

Dr. Macie P. Smith

Author of "A Dementia Caregiver’s Guide to Care"

The Rising Tide (2025)

Jim Gandy

Grant Gilmore

Director, Historic Preservation and Community Planning BA Program

Faith River James

Faith Rivers James

Coastal Conversation League, Executive Director

Let's Be Neighbors (2025)

Chandra Dillard

Chandra E. Dillard

District 23 Representative, Greenville County

Clayton Ingram

South Carolina Housing External Relations and Policy Manager

Jamilla Harper

Metanoia, Chief Operating Officer

Joseph Von Nessen

Joseph Von Nessen

Research Economist, Division of Research Darla Moore School of Business

Managing Editor

Saving Mom (2025)

Maya H. Pack

Maya H. Pack MS, MPA

Executive Director, SC Institute of Medicine and Public Health

Kristen Shealy

Principal Investigator, State Maternal Health Innovation Collaborative

Rhonda Sims

Program Manager, MoMMAs voices

Dr. Lisa Waddell

Dr. Lisa Waddell, MD, MPH, FACPM

Chief Executive Officer, LFW Public Health Connections LLC

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