Who We Are
Joe Waring, Chair
Chief Financial Officer, Evening Post Industries
Kristen Gayeski Tinkler, OD, Vice Chair
Optometrist at MUSC Storm Eye Institute
Samuel R. Clawson, Jr., Secretary
Partner and Co-Founder, Clawson, Fargnoli & Utsey, LLC
Thomas M. Smythe, Treasurer
Financial Planner, Jacobs, Coolidge & Company, LLC
Robert M. Baldwin, CPA, Immediate Past Chair
Managing Member, Baldwin and Associates, LLC
Hon. Karl L. Brady, Jr.
Charleston City Councilmember, District 5
R. Griffin Brame, Jr., MD
Ophthalmologist, Carolina EyeCare Physicians, LLC
Carol S. Clement
Controller, Clement, Crawford and Thornhill, Inc.
Ronald L. Coleman, MSW
Retired Director of Community Services for Maryland DDA Region (Developmental Disability Administration)
James F. Hill III, OD, FAAO
Optometrist, MUSC Storm Eye Institute
John C. Kulze III, MD
Ophthalmologist, Eye Center of Charleston
Tricia Leyte-Vidal
Training Manager, Everstream Analytics
Marshall G. McClure
Vice President, Tax, E. I., du Pont de Nemours and Company, Retired
George B. Smythe
Senior Vice President, Mortgage Loan Officer, SouthState Bank
Sean M. Wilson
Attorney, Law Office of Sean M. Wilson, LLC
Col. B. Karl Jantzen, Member Emeritus
Retired US Army Major and Asset Manager
Advancement Committee
During the Spring of 2013, ABVI created an Advancement Committee comprised of motivated and talented young adults. The group was formed to help promote and raise awareness of the Association and its programs, to help recruit volunteers, to fundraise and to educate a younger generation about the Association and Charleston’s Tri-County community of blind and visually impaired individuals.
Ellen N. Hassell, Chair
Business Development Officer, Synovus Trust Company
