The United Services Automobile Association (USAA) is an American financial services company providing insurance and banking products exclusively to members of the military,veterans and their families. It was founded in 1922 in San Antonio,Texas,by a group of 25 U.S. Army officers as a mechanism for mutual self-insurance,when they were unable to secure auto insurance because of the perception that they,as military officers,were a high-risk group.
Erskine College is a private Christian college in Due West,South Carolina,United States. It is an undergraduate liberal arts college and a graduate theological seminary. The college was founded in 1839 by the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Its sports teams compete in NCAA Division II as a member of Conference Carolinas.
Jo Ann Emerson is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Missouri's 8th congressional district from 1996 to 2013. The district consists of Southeast and South Central Missouri and includes the Bootheel,the Lead Belt and the Ozarks. Emerson is a member of the Republican Party. On January 22,2013,Emerson resigned her seat in Congress to become the president and chief executive officer of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. She served as CEO until August 2015.
Presbyterian College (PC) is a private liberal arts college in Clinton,South Carolina,United States. It was founded in 1880 and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Unum Group is an American insurance company headquartered in Chattanooga,Tennessee. Founded as Union Mutual in 1848 and known as UnumProvident from 1999-2007. The company is part of the Fortune 500. Unum Group was created by the 1999 merger of Unum Corporation and The Provident Companies and comprises four distinct businesses –Unum US,Unum UK,Unum Poland and Colonial Life. Its underwriting insurers include The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company and Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company.
Jerry Grundhofer is the former CEO and Chairman of U.S. Bancorp.
The 2006 South Carolina State Elections took place on November 7,2006,and included the gubernatorial election. All nine popularly elected constitutional officers were up for reelection,and all races except the Attorney General's were contested. The entire South Carolina House of Representatives,one state senator and six state circuit solicitors were also up for election. Several constitutional amendments were also on the ballot.
James Moon Whitehurst is an American business executive. He has been interim chief executive officer and president of Unity Technologies since October 2023. He was previously the president at IBM,chair of the board and chief executive officer at Red Hat,and chief operating officer at Delta Air Lines. Prior to working at Delta in 2001,he was vice president and director of the Boston Consulting Group and held various management roles at its Chicago,Hong Kong,Shanghai and Atlanta offices.
Joseph Hugh Moglia is an American businessman and former football coach. He was head football coach at Coastal Carolina University from 2012 to 2016 and again in 2018 after spending the 2017 season on medical leave. During his tenure,the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers transitioned from the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). In six seasons,Coastal Carolina compiled a record of 56–22.
Mark Vincent Parkinson is an American businessman and former politician serving as head of the American Health Care Association (AHCA) and National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL). He served as the 47th lieutenant governor of Kansas from 2007 to 2009 and the 45th governor of Kansas from 2009 until 2011. He was also a state legislator.
Cecil Pope Staton Jr. is an American politician and academic administrator. He served as the Chancellor of East Carolina University from 2016 to 2019. Previously,Staton served as Interim President of Valdosta State University (2015–2016) and as Vice Chancellor for Extended Education with the University System of Georgia (2014–2016).
Colonial Life &Accident Insurance Company is an American insurance company based in Columbia,South Carolina. Colonial Life offers disability,accident,life,cancer,critical illness and hospital confinement insurance plans in 49 states. Colonial Life was founded in 1939 by Edwin Averyt and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Unum in 1993.
John Yancey McGill is an American politician from South Carolina. He was a member of the state Senate from 1989 to 2014. He served as the 90th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from June 2014 to January 2015. He was the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Carolina,until the appointment of Brian J. Gaines as Comptroller General by Governor Henry McMaster in 2023.
Vaden Burns Hargis is an American attorney who served as the 18th president of Oklahoma State University. He took office March 10,2008,and retired July 1,2021. He succeeded David Schmidly,who had resigned from OSU to become president of the University of New Mexico. Hargis holds degrees in accounting from Oklahoma State University and in law from University of Oklahoma.
Robert Louis Caslen Jr. is a retired United States Army officer who served as the 59th superintendent of West Point from 2013 until 2018 and as the 29th president of the University of South Carolina from July 2019 until May 2021. Between January and May 2019,Caslen was senior counsel to the president and interim chief financial officer at the University of Central Florida. On July 19,2019,the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina elected him as the school's 29th president,a position he assumed on August 1,2019. Caslen also served as HigherEchelon's Special Advisor on Executive Leadership and Character Development. He resigned as president at South Carolina on May 12,2021.
Timothy Eugene Scott is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from South Carolina since 2013. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as a member of the Charleston County Council,a state representative,and a U.S. Representative. He also worked in financial services before entering politics.
Harris Pastides is an academic and university administrator who served as the 28th president of the University of South Carolina from 2008 until 2019. In addition to his employment at the university Pastides has been on the board of directors of Synovus,a financial services company. On October 3,2018,Pastides announced his intention to retire from the presidency of USC,the last day of which he served on July 31,2019. He was again appointed Interim President at South Carolina after Bob Caslen resigned on May 13,2021,officially taking office May 21,2021 and serving until July 1,2022.
Joseph Robert Swedish is an American healthcare executive and leader. He is a former senior adviser to the board of directors at Anthem,Inc.,a Fortune 29 company,and was the CEO of Anthem,Inc. from 2013 to 2017. For 12 years in a row Swedish was named Modern Healthcare’s one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare.
Claude Clifford Lilly III is an American educator,insurance executive,and academic administrator that served as the 17th president of Presbyterian College in Clinton,South Carolina.
Matthew vandenBerg is an American academic administrator serving as the 17th president of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware,Ohio. He formerly served as the vice president for advancement and external relations at Alma College in Alma,Michigan,and as the president of Presbyterian College in Clinton,South Carolina.
