BYERLY FOUNDATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Founder and Senior Consultant of Innovatus Group
Bill Perry - 2014: Bill is the founder and senior consultant of Innovatus Group, an organizational development consultancy. For 18 years, he has served as a non-profit senior leader in Hartsville and this fueled his passion for seeing and helping business teams succeed. He has great experience in human resources and corporate operations. He and his wife, Heather, live in Hartsville.
: Bob is the CEO of Integrated Systems, Inc. He also serves as President of the GSSM Foundation and is a Member of the GSSM Board of Trustees. He began his term at the Foundation in 2014 and became Foundation Chair in 2018.
Casey Hancock - 2018: Casey Hancock runs Bear Squared, an IT Consulting Firm he established in 2016. He specializes in data analytics and visualization alongside small business tech support. He is an active community member serving with Main Street Hartsville and the Hartsville Planning Commission. He also is one of the owners of Wild Heart Brewing Company, a craft brewery and full-service restaurant in Downtown Hartsville.
Dr. Orville Dyce - 2019: Orville Dyce, MD, is a double board-certified and fellowship-trained otolaryngologist who ™s been in private practice since 2003. At Black Creek Medical Consultants, Dr. Dyce shares his expertise and skill in treating sinus and allergies, thyroid and vestibular disorders, and other ENT conditions with the women, men, and children in Hartsville and Cheraw, South Carolina.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Byerly Foundation Leadership Team
- Treasurer
- Foundation Treasurer
: Lex is an owner and President of West Oil Company. He is a long-term board member of the YMCA of the Upper Pee Dee and Chairman of their Endowment Committee. He and his wife Sherry have two boys, Croxton and Joshua. He is also a member of St. Luke United Methodist Church and a board member of the Darlington County Education Foundation.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Byerly Foundation Leadership Team
- President / CEO of SPC Credit Union
Linda Weatherford - 2015: Linda Weatherford is President/CEO of SPC Credit Union. She serves as a member of the Hartsville Rotary, McLeod Hospital Hope Committee, and board member of the Carolinas Credit Union League. She is also an active volunteer serving on the Pee Dee Harvest Hope Food Bank Advisory Board and SPC ™s Care2Share Employee giving campaign. She is married to Mike Weatherford and is the mother of two boys, Robbie and Jordan.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Assistant Treasurer and Director of Global Tax at Sonoco Products Company
Patrick Youngblood - 2017: Pat Youngblood is Assistant Treasurer and Director of Global Tax at Sonoco Products Company. Married with three grown boys, Pat is originally from Hopewell, Virginia, and a 20 year Hartsville resident. In addition to serving on the Byerly board, Pat is a board member and Treasurer of Florence Little Theatre. Pat also enjoys playing music and is a member of the Florence Area Big Band, and several other local music and singing groups.
Richard Puffer has been Executive Director of The Byerly Foundation since 2000. He succeeded Jo Coxe who was the original Executive Director. In addition to his work with the Byerly Foundation, Puffer was a communication professor at Coker College from January 2000 to May 2016. Prior to 2000, he served for almost 20 years with Sonoco Products in Corporate Communication. He has been a resident of Hartsville since 1973 when he came to the community to work for The Hartsville Messenger. He served as a reporter, photographer and news editor of the paper from 1973 to 1979. He has been active in the community and is currently also a member of the Hartsville United Way Board. He served as an elected school board member and served as chairman of the Darlington County School Board.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs for Sonoco Products Company
Roger Schrum - 2016: Roger is currently Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs for Sonoco Products Company (NYSE: SON). He is a member of Sonoco ™s Executive and Management committees and serves as the Chair of the Company ™s Sustainability Council and the Sonoco Foundation, the Company ™s philanthropic arm. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce; Central Carolina Community Foundation; the South Carolina Agribusiness Alliance; North East Strategic Alliance; the YMCA of the Upper Pee Dee and the board of trustees for the South Carolina Business and Industry Education Committee. Mr. Schrum resides in Hartsville, South Carolina, with his wife, Connie. They have four grown children and five grandchildren.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Byerly Foundation Leadership Team
- Secretary
- Foundation Secretary
: Susan is the Provost and Dean of Faculty at Coker University. Locally, she is on the Board of Directors at Thomas Hart Academy and serves as an Elder at First Presbyterian Church. She and her husband Kyle live in Hartsville with their two children.