Leadership Team

Kimberly is a white woman with shoulder lenght blonde hair with bangs. She is wearing brown rounded rim glasses, gold teardrop earrings, and gold necklace with a read shirt and black blazer. She smiles for the camera in front of greenery.

Kimberly Tissot

President and Chief Executive Officer
803-779-5121, ext. 133
ktissot@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Sara is a white woman with shoulder length brunette hair. She is a green beaded necklace with a black and white patterned shirt, layered with a black cardigan. She smiles for the camera in front of greenery.

Sara Marin

Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
803-779-5121, ext. 119
smarin@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Forrest is a white man with short brown hair and close-trimmed beard. He is wearing a blue collared shirt with a navy blazer. He smiles for the camera in front of greenery.

Forrest Hamrick

Vice President and Chief Quality Officer
803-779-5121, ext. 111
fhamrick@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Sandy is a white woman with long brunette hair, wearing black rectangular framed glasses and a teal blouse. She is smiling at the camera, standing in front of greenery.

Sandy Jordan

Vice President and Chief Community Integration Program Officer
864-235-1421, ext. 146
sjordan@able-sc.org
Greenville Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Mary Alex is a white woman with short length, curly, blonde and brown hair. She is wearing silver earrings with blue and white medallions and a light blue blazer over a white shirt. She is smiling at the camera, standing in front of greenery.

Mary Alex Kopp

Vice President & Chief Public Relations Officer
803-779-5121, ext. 115
mkopp@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Natasha, a Black woman with long natural kinky hair, gray at the roots and black towards the base. She is wearing a suit jacket and standing outside in front of greenery as she smiles.

Natasha Pauling

Vice President & Chief Advocacy & Independent Living Officer
803-779-5121 ext. 123
npauling@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

LaQuanda, a Black woman wearing glasses and a black headband scarf, and black and white blouse. LaQuanda has skin scarring that is visible. She smiles in front of greenery, outside.

LaQuanda Clark

Director of Independent Living Services
803-779-5121, ext. 107
lclark@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Troy is a white man with short brown hair wearing glasses and a white polo shirt. He smiles in front of greenery outside.

Troy Hall

Director of Youth Transition Programs
864-235-1421, ext. 150
thall@able-sc.org
Greenville Office
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Photo of Mandy, a white woman with long blonde hair wearing gold rim glasses and a green blouse with turquoise necklace. She smiles to the camera in front of greenery outside.

Mandy Halloran

Director of Public Health & Disability Integration
803-779-5121, ext. 108
mhalloran@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Photo of David Laird, a white man with shaved head and brown beard wearing a navy suit jacket with purple tie. He smiles while standing in front of greenery outside.

David Laird

Director of Strategic Initiatives
803-779-5121 ext. 116
dlaird@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Image of Mary Reaves, standing outside in front of greenery.

Mary Reaves

Director of Community Access
803-779-5121 ext. 125
mreaves@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/her/Hers

Photo of Marly, a Middle Eastern woman with olive skin and black curly hair with a gray stripe. She is smiling outside in front of greenery.

Marly Saade

Director of Employment Programs
msaade@able-sc.org
803-779-5121 ext. 139
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Cali is a white woman with long, wavy, blonde hair, pulled back with a silver headband. She is wearing silver layered teardrop metallic earrings and a silver necklace with heart pendant, and gray blazer layered over a royal blue shirt. She is smiling at the camera, standing in front of greenery.

Cali Sandel

Director of Community Integration
803-779-5121, ext. 128
csandel@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Alexis is a Black woman with short, kinky, black and brown hair. She is wearing silver hoops with a white sleeveless shirt. She is smiling at the camera, in front of greenery.

Alexis Smith

Director of Finance & Administraion
803-779-5121 ext. 129
asmith@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Ali is a white woman with shoulder length brown hair wearing round brown glasses. She smiles in front of greenery outside.

Alie Springgate

Director of Advocacy
864-235-1421 ext. 143
aspringgate@able-sc.org
Greenville Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Dori, a white woman in a power wheelchair with cropped brown hair wearing a floral blouse, smiling in front of greenery outside.

Dori Tempio

Senior Director of Community Education
803-779-5121, ext. 132
dtempio@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Larry, a white man with a visual disability and gray cropped hair wearing a blue collared shirt. He smiles while outside.

Larry Wanger

Senior Director of Innovation
lwanger@able-sc.org
803-779-5121 ext. 158
Remote
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Kim, a white woman with shoulder length brunette hair and a black and white patterned shirt. She smiles in front of greenery outside.

Kim Martinez-Ward

Director of Development
803-779-5121 ext. 159
Cell: 864-660-9357
kward@able-sc.org
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Jennifer is a young woman of Chinese descent with long black hair, wearing glasses and a blue blouse. She smiles in front of greenery outside.

Jennifer Wu

Director of Information and Referral
864-235-1421 ext. 141
jwu@able-sc.org
Greenville Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Staff

Aimee is a white woman with long wavy light blonde hair. She is wearing black and white striped shirt, layered with a blue jean jacket. She is smiling at the camera, standing in front of greenery.

Aimee Calcutt

AmeriCorps Coordinator
803-779-5121, ext. 106
acalcutt@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Photo of Alex, a Latino man with a dark beard and cropped hair. He is smiling outside in front of greenery.

Alexander Declet

Youth Transition Specialist
803-779-5121
adeclet@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Photo of Keri, a white person with short blonde hair and glasses wearing a green top. They have a floral sleeve tattoo on their left arm. They are smiling outside in front of greenery.

Keri Driggers

Community Training Coordinator
864-235-1421
kdriggers@able-sc.org
Greenville Office
Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs

A white man in a suit and tie smiles in front of a gray background.

Brian Flynn

Legislative Liaison
bflynn@mwcllc.com

Liz is a white woman with shoulder length brown hair smiling in front of greenery outside.

Elizabeth Fosnaugh

Community Work Incentives Coordinator
803-779-5121 ext. 152
WIPA Line: 803-509-6557  Option 4
efosnaugh@able-sc.org
Remote
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Annie is a white woman with shoulder length brunette hair. She is wearing mustard and white floral blouse. She is smiling at the camera, in front of greenery.

Annie Foster

Program Administrative Coordinator
803-779-5121 ext. 153
afoster@able-sc.org
Remote
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Lori, a woman with long black hair, smiles against a background of green bushes. She is wearing a sleeveless black and white chequered top.

Lori Hammond

Executive Assistant
803-779-5121, ext. 109
lhammond@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Alyssa is a white woman with brunette, wavy, shoulder length hair. She is wearing silver statement earrings with a silver necklace featuring a rectangular pendant, and a striped knit top in blue hues. She is smiling at the camera, standing in front of greenery.

Alyssa Hamrick

Events Coordinator
803-779-5121, ext. 110
ahamrick@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Celene Han

Youth Transition Specialist
803-779-5121
chan@able-sc.org
Greenville Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Michael is a white man with brown cropped hair and closely trimmed beard with brown rimmed glasses. He is wearing a navy quarter zip sweater over a white and blue checked collared shirt. He is smiling at the camera, standing in front of greenery.

Michael Hanna

Equip Coordinator
864-235-1421 ext. 149
mhanna@able-sc.org
Greenville Office
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Julia is a white woman with long, wavy, brown hair. She is wearing a red lip with a white collared shirt. She is smiling at the camera, in front of greenery.

Julia Hartman

Community Work Incentives Coordinator
803-779-5121 ext. 112
WIPA Line: 803-509-6557 Option 2
jhartman@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Kyndra is a Black woman with light brown long braids and small stud nosering. She is wearing black shirt. She is smiling at the camera, standing in front of greenery.

Kyndra Holmes

Independent Living Specialist
864-235-1421 ext. 148
kholmes@able-sc.org
Greenville Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Hope is a Black woman with black and burgundy long braids with translucent brown rimmed glasses. She is wearing an orange cardigan layered over a white shirt with an orange, cream, yellow, and green abstract printed scarf. She is smiling at the camera from her power wheelchair in front of greenery.

Hope Jenkins

Administrative Assistant
808-779-5121, ext. 114
WIPA Line: 803-509-6557  
hjenkins@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Wednesday is a Black person with black, twisted, kinky natural hair. She is wearing a purple shirt. They are smiling at the camera, standing in front of greenery.

Wednesday Jones

Advocacy & Independent Living Program Assistant
803-779-5121 ext. 154
wjones@able-sc.org
Remote
Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs
or She/Her/Hers

Reba is a white woman with a visual disability and long brown hair. She is wearing a read top under a black blazer while smiling in front of greenery outside.

Reba Landry

Disability Health Equity Specialist
803-779-5121 ext. 117
rlandry@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Photo of Angel Lee smiling outside in front of greenery.

Angel Lee

Office Assistant
803-779-5121 ext. 102
alee@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers or They/Them/Theirs

Krysta, a Black woman with with shoulder-length kinky curly hair, nose ring and necklace, and a black and white patterned top, smiling in front of greenery.

Krysta Major

Youth Transition Specialist
803-779-5121 ext. 118
kmajor@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Sarah is a white woman with a visual disability and cropped blonde hair. She is wearing a teal top and gold necklace and smiles in front of greenery outside.

Sarah Massengale

Community Access Specialist
803-779-5121 ext. 120
smassengale@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Deja McLaurin

Youth Transition Specialist
803-779-5121
dmclaurin@able-sc.org
Greenville Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Lindsay is a Black woman with glasses and dark hair. She smiles outside in front of greenery.

Lindsay Miller

Pre-Employment Transition Services Coordinator
803-779-5121 ext. 145
lmiller@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Anna Cathryn is a white woman with long blonde hair. She is wearing a green sleeveless buttoned blouse. She is smiling at the camera, standing in front of greenery.

Anna Cathryn Olle

Consumer Empowerment Specialist
803-779-5121, ext. 122
aolle@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Corrine is a white woman with long brown hair and tortoise shell rimmed glasses. She is wearing a silver necklace and blue shirt with yellow and white floral designs. She is smiling at the camera, standing in front of greenery.

Corrine Piner

Youth Program Assistant
803-779-5121 ext. 124
cpiner@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Mark is a white man with short white hair. He is wearing a gold necklace with frog pendant and lavender collared shirt. He is smiling at the camera, in front of greenery.

Mark Riffle

Information and Referral Specialist
803-779-5121 ext. 101
mriffle@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Holden is a white man with brown hair and beard. He is wearing a gray collared shirt with blue dots and smiling in front of greenery outside.

Holden Roberts

Youth Independent Living Specialist
803-779-5121 ext. 144
hroberts@able-sc.org
Greenville Office
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Ali is a white woman with long brunette hair. She is wearing a black shirt with an eyelet design on the sleeves and collar. She is smiling at the camera, standing in front of greenery.

Ali Ruegamer

Transportation Program Coordinator
803-779-5121, ext. 126
aruegamer@able-sc.org 
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Photo of Sun, a Korean-American person with cropped black hair with gold highlights. They are smiling outside in front of greenery.

Sun Smith

Youth Transition Specialist
803-779-5121
ssmith@able-sc.org
Greenville Office
Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs

Photo of Cason, a Native American man with light skin, cropped brown hair and beard. He is smiling outside in front of greenery.

Cason Stark

Mobility Management Assistant
803-779-5121 ext. 131
cstark@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Photo of Jayden, a white person with glasses and guage earrings. Their hair is cropped on one side and the other side is longer to their chin and dyed purple. They are smiling outside in front of greenery.

Jayden Sterling

Independent Living Specialist
864-235-1421 ext. 142
jsterling@able-sc.org
Greenville Office
Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs

Melissa is a white woman with long brunette hair. She is wearing silver medallion earrings with a silver necklace with an UofSC charm and a kelly green t-shirt. She is smiling at the camera, standing in front of greenery.

Melissa Snyder

Lead Community Work Incentives Coordinator
803-779-5121 ext. 130
WIPA Line: 803-509-6557 Option 5
msnyder@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Brittany is a white woman with long curly/wavy brunette hair wearing glasses, silver earrings, and black business attire.

Brittany Higgins Terry

The COMET Mobility Management Specialist with Able SC
803-779-5121 ext. 113
bterry@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Grace is a young white person with cropped brown hair and sunglasses wearing headphones and using assistive speech techonology in their power wheelchair while giving a speech on the SC statehouse steps.

Grace Trumpower

Youth Program Assistant
803-779-5121 ext. 156
gtrumpower@able-sc.org
Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs

Mary, a whitewoman with long wavy brunette hair wearing a black top and smiling closed mouthed in front of greenery outside.

Mary Trunk

Violence Prevention & Survivor Services Coordinator
803-779-5121 ext. 134
mtrunk@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Emily is a white woman with long brunette hair. She is wearing read blouse. She is smiling at the camera, standing in front of greenery.

Emily Walsh

Youth Independent Living Specialist
803-779-5121, ext. 104
ewalsh@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

McKenzie is a Black woman with long black braids. She is wearing hoop earrings and a red top with matching red lip color, while smiling in front of greenery outside.

McKenzie Watson

Disability Health Equity Coordinator
803-779-5121 ext. 135
mwatson@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Bauer is a white man with short brown hair and brown beard. He is wearing a sage collared shirt. He is smiling at the camera, standing in front of greenery.

Bauer Westeren

Community Work Incentives Coordinator
803-779-5121, ext. 136
WIPA Line: 803-509-6557  Option 3
bwesteren@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Hannah is a white woman with short brown wavy hair and glasses. She is smiling in front of greenery outside.

Hannah Wood

Youth Transition Specialist
803-779-5121
hwood@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Paige is a white woman with short brown hair. She is wearing a gold necklace with a watertower pendant, layered with a deep brass colored necklace, over a light blue top. She is smiling at the camera, standing in front of greenery.

Paige Winget

Grants Coordinator
864-235-1421, ext. 160
pwinget@able-sc.org
Greenville Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Shawna is a Black woman with long, curly, black hair, pulled back with a wide black cloth headband. She is wearing silver hoops and a navy and white striped blouse with a bow collar. She is smiling at the camera, standing in front of greenery.

Shawna Wright

Independent Living Specialist
803-779-5121 ext. 138
swright@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Equip Leaders, Interns, and AmeriCorps Members

Ella Augustine

AmeriCorps Member
eaugustine@able-sc.org
Greenville Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Ebony Deloach

AmeriCorps Member
edeloach@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Abigail Garrick

AmeriCorps Member
agarrick@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Malachi Johnson

AmeriCorps Member
mjohnson@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Joshua Vinson

AmeriCorps Member
jvinson@able-sc.org
Greenville Office
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Annie Wigand

AmeriCorps Member
awingand@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Gerard Waller

AmeriCorps Member
gwaller@able-sc.org
Columbia Office
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Ava Conklin

Tara Gaudet

MSW Intern
tgaudet@able-sc.org
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers or They/Them/Theirs

Hailee, "Roxie," Smith

Intern
hsmith@able-sc.org
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

 

Board of Directors

Cory, a white man with no hair, light colored beard, and brown glasses. He is wearing a dark blazer with red tie while smiling outside.

Cory Watson

Board President
Keith, a white man with no hair and small gray chin beard. He smiles while outside, wearing a black shirt.

Keith Bogart

Board Vice President
Brien, a white man with blonde cropped hair and short beard smiling in front of greenery.

Brien Fritts

Treasurer
Sarah, a white woman with gray hair pulled pack, smiling outside. She is wearing a turquoise blazer.

Sarah. St. Onge, JD

Board Secretary

Dr. David Dawson

Immediate Past President
Image of Dara Brown, standing outside in front of greenery.

Dara Brown

Board Member

Bradley Crain

Board Member
Scott, a young Black man with cropped hair wearing a suit and tie with an American flag pin and flag in the backround. He looks assuredly at the camera.

Scott Harriford

Board Member

Jason Hurdich

Board Member
Madonna, a white woman with long brunette hair, smiling outside. She's wering a red blazer.

Madonna Ludmensen

Board Member

Taryn Richardson, Ph. D.

Board member
Beth, a Black woman with cropped natural hair wearing large metalic earrings and puruple lip with a white and gold blouse. She smiles in front of a white background.

Beth Ruffin

Board Member

Crush Rush

Board member
Linda, a white woman with blonde hair pulled back wearing blue business attire and glasses. She smiles subtly while outside.

Dr. Linda Salane

Board Member
Kevin, a white man with cropped brown hair and glasses wearing a blue collared shirt while smiling outside.

Kevin Smith

Board Member

Lewis Stephens

Board member

Lizzie Tinker

Board member
Stacey, a white woman with long brunette hair wearing a black blazer and pink top. She smiles subtley while outside.

Stacey Thompson, JD

Board Emeritus
Timbes, Mark

Mark Timbes

Board member
Aaron, a white man with cropped brown hair wearing a red collared shirt and smiling with closed mouth while standing in front of greenery outside.

Aaron West

Board member

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