Three New Trustees Serving On SMC Board

12/02/09

Steven Hahn Mark Hammond Craig Phillips
Steven Hahn Mark Hammond Craig Phillips

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

SPARTANBURG, SC -- The South Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church recently elected three new members to Spartanburg Methodist College's Board of Trustees.

New trustees elected include Steven Hahn, Mark Hammond, and Craig Phillips. They were elected by the Conference to replace outgoing trustees Charles Atchison, Dan Foster and Jamie Fulmer.

Steven Hahn, of Spartanburg, is a retired management consultant who also serves on the boards of the Spartanburg County Accelerated Business Center; Fast Forward Group LLC; GudFudMarshmallows LLC; MXT Golf Ltd..; 19th Hole Magazine Inc; and River Hills Baptist Church.

Hahn is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Circolo Villa D'Este, and the Golf Writers Association of America. He and his wife Sook-Kyung have two sons and are members of River Hills Baptist Church in Spartanburg.

Mark Hammond, of Spartanburg, is currently serving a second term as South Carolina Secretary of State. He also serves as a member of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), for which he is co-chair of business services, and as a member of the South Carolina Consumer Affairs and Legislative Council.

He is also a member of the Spartanburg Lions Club.Hammond is an Outstanding Alumni of Newberry College and a recipient of its Shrine Bowl Award for Public Service, as well as its Sesquicentennial Medal of Honor Award. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention, in 2004 and 2008; is a Henry Toll Fellow and member of the Council of State Governments; and was recognized as a 2008 Rising State Leader by the Canadian Embassy & Canada's network of Consulates General. Hammond and his wife Ginny have three children and are members of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Spartanburg.

Craig Phillips, of Spartanburg, is president of Budweiser of Spartanburg and a veteran of the United States Army. He serves on the boards of the Carolina Country Club and Spartanburg Gun Club. He is a former board member for the American Red Cross, Columbia College Board of Visitors, and the South Carolina Beer Wholesalers Association.

Phillips is a life member of the 4th Infantry Division Association, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9539, Ducks Unlimited, the South Carolina Waterfowl Association, and Quail Unlimited. He and his wife Kay have two children and are members at the Holy Communion Lutheran Church in Spartanburg.

The Board of Trustees has also elected its officers for 2009-2010. Those include John Gramling II, chairman, and Bill Painter, vice chairman.

The Spartanburg Methodist College Board of Trustees is comprised of 24 members, with five clergy members and 19 laity. Terms are staggered on a three-year basis.Other members of the Board include immediate past chairman Jerry Calvert, recording secretary Marianna Habisreutinger, John Bell, Mellnee Buchheit, Justin Converse, Phyllis DeLapp, Dr. Edgar Ellis, Dr. Phinnize Fisher, Rev. Larry Hays, Patrick Henry, Rev. Mitch Houston, Rev. Jean Osborne, Liz Patterson, Patsy Simmons, Guy Spriggs, Rev. Ken Timmerman, Rev. Lillian Washington, Andy Westbrook, and Dr. Bruce Yandle.

Spartanburg Methodist College is in its 99th year of providing quality education to students in a Christian environment. More than 90 percent of SMC graduates continue their education at other institutions of higher learning.

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