Diane Epperly, Executive Director

Columbia, SC

Email: scscia@att.net

Anna Edmonds, Peer Support Specialist

Columbia, SC

Email: annalouedmonds@gmail.com

Angela Jacildone, Outreach Coordinator

Columbia, SC

Email: jacildonea@gmail.com

Chairman-Board of Directors

Rafe Ellisor

LMSW, Social Worker

HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital

Columbia, SC

Vice Chairman-Board of Directors

Richard Aust

Program Coordinator II,

College of Health Professions

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

Treasurer-Board of Directors

Dot Colson

Project Manager

Denny's Corporate Office

Spartanburg, SC

Secretary-Board of Directors

Susan Newman, Ph.D., RN, CRRN

Assistant Professor

Medical University of South Carolina

College of Nursing

Charleston, SC

Board of Directors- Members at Large

J.J. Jonas

Customer Care Operations Manager

Time Warner Cable

Lexington, SC

Ronnie McFadden

Florence, SC

Cathie Murdaugh

Charleston, SC



Shawn Reeves

Law Offices of Shawn L. Reeves, LLC

Columbia, SC

David Rogers, Ph.D. , Candidate PSY, MBA/HCM

Clinical Physiologist, Cardiac Consultant

Rock Hill, SC

Sherwood Toatley

City of Columbia 911 Communications

Irmo, SC

Mark A. Riffle, MPA - Ex-Officio Board Member

Program Administrator

S.C. Dept. of Disabilities and Special Needs, Central Office Head and Spinal Cord Injury Division

Columbia, SC

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