Staff Directory
Whom should I contact?
Para información en español, manda un email a kmay@arts.sc.gov.
Suzette
M. Surkamer
803-734-8696
Executive Director
Ken May
803-734-8689
Deputy Director
Rusty Sox
803-734-8899
Senior Manager for Program Development
County Coordinator for Aiken and Greenwood Counties
Program Director for the Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Governor's Awards
for the Arts
Mary
Teague
803-734-8691
Human Resources Director
Cathy
Lee
803-734-8674
Information Technology Director
Milly
Hough
803-734-8698
Communications Director
Whom should I contact?
Working together as a team, SCAC Coordinators and Program Directors serve as liaison and resource for citizens and organizations in South Carolina.
- If you are an individual artist, the Coordinator of your discipline area is your primary contact. Discipline Coordinators are responsible for providing assistance to South Carolina artists through management of arts discipline programs created and served by the commission.
- If you are with an organization (including businesses and educational institutions), the Coordinator for your county is your primary contact. County Coordinators are responsible for providing assistance to the organizations within their assigned region of counties in South Carolina.
- Program Directors are responsible for management of education and community arts programs created and served by the commission.
Julia Brown
803-734-0445
Program Director for Arts Accessibility (504 Coordinator)
Tom Bryan
803-734-8765
Program Director for Cultural Visions for Rural Communities,
Research Projects, and Volunteer Recognition
County Coordinator for Abbeville, Anderson, Darlington,
Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens,
and Williamsburg Counties
Clay
Burnette
803-734-8695
Program Director for Fellowships and Grants
County Coordinator for Fairfield, Laurens and Newberry Counties
Local Arts Agency Liaison
803-734-8764
Program Director for Folklife and Traditional Arts
County Coordinator for Chesterfield, Edgefield, Lancaster, Lee and Saluda Counties
Susan DuPlessis
803-734-8693
Program Director for Arts Participation
County Coordinator for Allendale,
Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper Counties
Katie Fox
803-734-8767
Program
Director for Arts in Education, Approved Artist Roster, and Arts in the Basic Curriculum (ABC)
County Coordinator
for Bamberg, Barnwell, Clarendon, and Orangeburg Counties
Harriett Green
803-734-8762
Program Director for Visual Arts
Business Contact Team and NextGen Team
County Coordinator for Kershaw, Sumter and York Counties
Sara June Goldstein
803-734-8694
Program Director for Design Arts and Literary Arts
County Coordinator for Calhoun, Lexington
and Richland Counties
Jeanette Guinn
803-734-8677
Program Director for Long Range Planning
and Performing Arts
County Coordinator for Berkeley, Charleston, and
Dorchester Counties
Participation Team
Susan Leonard
803-734-8681
Director of Media Arts Center
Program Director for Media Education
Joy Young
803-734-8203
Program Director for Cultural Tourism and Leadership/ Professional Development
County Coordinator for Cherokee, Georgetown, Greenville, Horry, and
Spartanburg Counties
Laurel Posey
803-734-8756
Assistant Coordinator for Electronic Communication
County Coordinator
for Chester and Union Counties
Victoria McCurry
803-734-8315
Assistant Coordinator for Program/Regional Support and Human Resources
Misty Moore
803-734-8620
Public Information Coordinator
Gwen Boykin
803-734-8766
Administrative Specialist for Program/Regional Support
Jillian Owens
803-734-8680
Manager of Grants and Contracts
803-734-8685
Administrative Assistant for Grants and Contracts