The ADC Board of Directors have backgrounds and expertise in internal controls, financial risk management, commercial lending, legal issues relating to commercial lending, and corporate governance. The current Board of Directors are:
President–Kimberly Mode, Senior Officer/Commercial Lending Division Manager, United Community Bank
Vice President– Ralph Guarino, Finance Director, Pickens County
Secretary/Treasurer– Grantham A. Nicholson, Senior Relationship Manager, TD Bank
Jim Cook, Vice Chairman, Cherokee County Development Board
Steve Pelissier, Ex Officio, Executive Director, SC Appalachian Council of Governments
Jordan Portillo, Commercial Real Estate Agent, Remax
Richard Blackwell, Vice President of Business Development, Agracel, Inc.
Scott Dunn, Vice President, The Peoples Bank
Benjamin Calhoun, Area Manager, SC Small Business Development Center
Tavia Gaddy, Vice President – Economic Development, Greenville Area Development Corporation
Stuart Plyler, Senior Vice President, Bank of Travelers Rest
Kelly Parnell, Assistant Director, Anderson County Economic Development
