Governing Board

To contact any of our Governing Board, feel free to email them at [email protected] or leave a message at the Increasing H.O.P.E office at (843) 225-4343.

Chris Kovach

Associate Attorney, Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, LLC

Herman A. Baptiste, MBA

Business Development Specialist I Occupational Medicine

Jill Whisonant

VP / Branch Manager/Board Chair – United Bank

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