2023-2024 SCAEOP Board

Officers

President Ruth James, CEOE
President Elect Gervonder Brown, CEOE
Vice President Clarice McKnight, CEOE
​PSP Committee Chair
​Secretary Sydney Rice, CEOE
​PSP Committee Chair
Immediate Past President ​ Kimmetta Tidwell, CEOE
​Nominations & Elections Committee Chair
ruth.james@beaufort.k12.sc.us
gebrown@fairfield1.org  
cmcknight@gcsd.k12.sc.us
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srice@gcsd.k12.sc.us
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ktidwell@fairfield1.org

Area Directors

Area 1 Director Latoya Felder, CEOE
​(Calhoun, Dorchester, Orangeburg)
Affiliations Committee Chair
Area 2 Director (Vacant)​
(Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell)
Area 3 Director Tamara Collier 
​Clarendon, Lee, Sumter, Williamsburg
Area 4 Director  Sharon Price​​
​(Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Marlboro)
​​Student Scholarship Committee Chair
Area 5 Director Shandel Zimmerman
​(Kershaw, Richland)​
Area 6 Director Michelle Brown, CEOE
​(Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster)
Administrator of the Year Committee Chair​
Area 7 Director (Vacant) 
​(Cherokee, Spartanburg)
Area 8 Director Vanessa Gresham
​(Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry)
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Area 9 Director Angela Davis
(Berkeley, Charleston)
Long Range Planning Committee Chair
Bylaws Committee Chair​​
Area 10 Director Suzanne Nelson, CEOE
​(Anderson 1, Anderson 2)
Area 11 Director  Jennifer Varnadoe
​(Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Saluda)​
Area 12 Director (Vacant)
(Florence, Marion)

Area 13 Director Trudi Ivie
​(Greenville)
Office Professional of the Year Committee Chair
Area 14 Director  Doris Redmond-Burns
​(Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper)
Public Relations Chair
Area 15 Director Claudia Cohen, CEOE
​(Georgetown, Horry)
Budget & Finance Committee Chair
Area 16 Director (Vacant)​
(Union, York)

Area 17 Director (Vacant)
​(Anderson 3, Anderson 4, Anderson 5, Oconee, Pickens)
Member Scholarship Committee Chair
cfelder@dd4.k12.sc.us
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​Vacant
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tamara.collier@sumterschools.net

​sprice@chesterfieldschools.org
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szimmerman@richland2.org
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mbpringle@fairfield1.org 
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​Vacant
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vgresham@newberry.k12.sc.us
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angela_davis@charleston.k12.sc.us
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nelsons@apps.anderson1.org​​
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jvarnadoe@lexington1.net​​

Vacant
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​tivie@greenville.k12.sc.us​


doris.redmondburns@jcsd.net 
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ccohen@gcsd.k12.sc.us 
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Vacant
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Vacant

4 Year Term Appointed Positions

Meeting Site Coordinator Brian Weston, CEOE
Membership Recorder Bridget Bookert, CEOE
scaeop.msc@gmail.com
scaeopmembership@gmail.com
Treasurer Laurie Cannon, CEOE
scaeopfinance@gmail.com 
Website Coordinator Sharon McLean, CEOE
scaeopwebmaster@gmail.com

Annually Appointed Positions

Annual Conference Chairmen: Melody Wise Butler, CEOE ​
Community Service Chairman: ​​ Juanita Paylor
​mbutler@richland2.org 
​juanita.paylor@beaufort.k12.sc.us​
Historian:  Shandell Zimmerman
Inspirational Leader: ​Geneva Wing
szimmerman@richland2.org
geneva.wing@beaufort.k12.sc.us 
Newsletter: Carolyn Jenkins
carolyn.jenkins@beaufort.k12.sc.us
Parliamentarian: Lakeisha Jenkins-Cribb
lcribb@marlboro.k12.sc.us
Presidential Advisors: Albertha Johnson Mikell, CEOE​
Melody Wise Butler, CEOE
albertha.johnson-mikell@beaufort.k12.sc.us
mbutler@richland2.org
Presidential Aide:  ​Kathryn Stephens  
Ways & Means Committee Chair: Jessica Mixson
Retiree Liaison: Donna Newton, CEOE 
kathryn.Stephens@beaufort.k12.sc.us
jmixson@hcsdsc.org
dlbnnewton@gmail.com