The Partnership is guided by the Leadership Council made up the Executive Team (Chair, Chair Elect, Past Chair, Treasurer, Secretary and Partnership Coordinator), representatives of various government agencies, committee chairs and members at large. Selected Government agencies hold a permanent seat on the Leadership Council. During this “transition” year, the Leadership Council is operating in a modified manner with the following individuals serving.

Chair: Michelle Burcin, PhD
mburcin@mailbox.edu

Michelle has recently re-joined the Division of Student Affairs at the University of South Carolina to head-up a new initiative on campus called Healthy Carolina. Michelle has several years experience working in wellness programming at USC. She worked in Health & Wellness Programs from 1998 until 2000 as a graduate assistant while working on her Masters of Public Health from the Arnold School of Public Health. She then became Program Director for Campus Wellness Programs in October of 2001. Michelle has just completed her doctoral studies in the Arnold School of Public Health, and received her PhD in August 2006. As the Director for Healthy Carolina, Michelle coordinates a campus-wide initiative to promote healthy behaviors to enhance student learning; improve the recruitment, retention and productivity of faculty and staff, and be a catalyst for health research.

Chair Elect: Lynn Hammond
lhammond@sde.sc.gov

Lynn is currently the Director of the SC Healthy Schools program at the SC Department of Education. This is a CDC funded project to develop coordinated and collaborative school health models at the state, district and local levels to improve the health and academic achievement of school age youth. She previously served as the Healthy Schools Infrastructure Director at the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). She attended Columbia College and Winthrop University. Her background includes teaching physical education and health at the elementary and high school level in Lancaster County schools. She also worked as a health educator in health promotion for the DHEC Catawba Public Health District.

Partnership Coordinator: Amy Splittgerber, M.Ed.
Amy@EatSmartMoveMoreSC.org

Prior to her position with Eat Smart, Move More…SC, Amy served as the Executive Director for the South Carolina Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity since its creation in 2000. While with SCCPPA, Amy organized such state activities as Walk to School Day, worked with the Dept. of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School program, facilitated the annual physical activity conference, and hosted legislative events promoting physical activity agendas. Amy attended Miami University (BS) and the University of Toledo (M.Ed.). Her background includes 12 years working in both the fitness industry and hospital wellness.

Treasurer: Mandy Glowacki - aglowack@lex5.k12.sc
Secretary: Mary Kay Face - facemk@dhec.sc.gov

Members:
Beth Crocker, SC Dept of Agriculture - bcrocker@scda.sc.gov
Erika Kirby, SC DHEC - krbyer@dhec.sc.gov
Paul Weiters, SC Recreation and Parks Association - wietersp@ci.charleston.sc
Bob Amundson - ramundson@sc.rr.com
Gina Barton - gbarton@lander.edu
Jay Daniels - danielje@dhec.sc.gov
Ava Dean - ava.dean@palmettohealth.org
David Garr - garrdr@musc.edu
Vonie Gilreath - vonieg@bcdcog.com
Marilyn Peters - mptrs@clemson.edu
Leesa Stout - lwstout@scana.com
Sharon Wolf - sharon.wolf@palmettohealth.org