Board of Directors

Learn more about our current board of directors and the latest meetings discussing the growing success of ABVI.

Board of Directors

Learn more about our current board of directors and the latest meetings discussing the growing success of ABVI.

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Meeting Minutes - 6/20/23
Meeting Minutes - 9/26/23
Meeting Minutes - 12/12/23
Meeting Minutes - 1/18/24
Meeting Minutes - 3/24/24
Meeting Minutes - 6/25/24
Meeting Minutes - 9/24/24
Meeting Minutes - 1/21/25

Our Board Members

Kristen Gayeski Tinkler

Chair

OD, Optometrist at MUSC Storm Eye Institute

Thomas M. Smythe

Vice Chair

CFP(c), Financial Planner, Smythe Financial

Samuel R. Clawson, Jr.,

Secretary

Partner and Co-Founder, Clawson, Fargnoli & Utsey, LLC

Paul M. Keating, Jr.

Treasurer

CEO, Elite Brands, LLC

Joe Waring

Immediate Past Chair

Chief Financial Officer, Evening Post Industries

Col. B. Karl Jantzen

Member Emeritus

Retired US Army Major and Asset Manager

Elizabeth M. McKown

Director of Vision Services, SC School for the Deaf and the Blind (Retired)

Suzanne Swaffield

Coordinator, SC Department of Education (Retired)

Sean M. Wilson

Attorney, Law Office of Sean M. Wilson, LLC

Kari Arnold

Teacher for the Visually Impaired, Greenville County Schools

Hon. Karl L. Brady, Jr.

Charleston City Councilmember, District 5

Nancy L. Buchanan

State Government Administration (Retired)

Ronald L. Coleman

MSW, Director of Community Services State of MD, Southern Region (Retired)

Edward M. Gilbreth

MD, MUSC Internal Medicine (Retired)

Lane Legare Harper

Managing Member, Timberland Capital Investments, LLC

John C. Kulze III

MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Center of Charleston

Marshall G. McClure

Vice President of Tax, E. I. duPont de Nemours (Retired)

Everett J. “Chett” McCubrey IV

Controller, The Bank of South Carolina