Board Meeting Minutes

Who We Are

Board of Directors

Robert M. Baldwin, CPA, Chair

Managing Member, Baldwin and Associates, LLC

Joe Waring, Vice Chair

Chief Financial Officer, Evening Post Industries

Kristen Gayeski Tinkler, OD, Secretary

Optometrist, Carolina Eyecare Physicians, LLC

Carol S. Clement, Treasurer

Controller, Clement, Crawford and Thornhill, Inc.

Clay W. Hershey, Immediate Past Chair

Partner and Senior Financial Advisor, Harbor Financial Group

Hon. Karl L. Brady, Jr.

Charleston City Councilmember, District 5

Samuel R. Clawson, Jr.

Attorney, Clawson Fargnoli, LLC

James F. Hill III, OD, FAAO

Optometrist, MUSC Storm Eye Institute

Dr. John Kulze III, MD

Ophthalmologist, The Eye Center of Charleston

Tricia Leyte-Vidal

Customer Operations Training, Senior, Blackbaud, Inc.

Marshall G. McClure

Vice President, Tax, E. I., du Pont de Nemours and Company, Retired

Paula S. Mullen

Marketing Consultant, Cumulus Media, Inc.

George B. Smythe

Senior Vice President, Mortgage Loan Officer, South State Bank

Thomas M. Smythe

Financial Planner, Jacobs, Coolidge & Company, LLC

B. Karl Jantzen, Board 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

William H. Adams

IT Consultant

Kate A. Brady

Physical Therapist, MUSC

Alyssa Glazener

Employee Communications Coordinator, Ingevity

Maggie C. Harken

Credit Analyst, The Bank of South Carolina

Henry R. Laurens

Realtor Associate, Carriage Properties

Lauren E. Morgan

Human Resources Administrator, Anderson Insurance Associates, LLC

Kayley Seawright

Aeromechanics Structural Analysis Engineer, Boeing

Jenkins H. Wilson

Associate, Halio & Halio Law Firm

Our Team

Photo Description: The full ABVI staff is pictured above. From left to right, Amy Asper, Ruthie Harman, Bryson Young, Amy Harris, Mark Carmichael, Courtney Plotner, Kimberly Taylor, Brooks Harken, Susan Lucas, Anne Reid and Samantha McGovern.