Who We Are
Board of Directors
President – Mike Ward
Executive Vice-President – Stan Lewis
Treasurer – Jim Nelson
Secretary – LaToya Scott
Communications Director – Debra Phelps
VP Upstate Region – William “Chip” Crane
VP Rock Hill Region – Jimmy Dickson
VP Midlands Region – Stephen Franklin
VP Myrtle Beach Region – Joseph Fitsanakis, PhD
VP Charleston Region – Dr. Jenni Hesterman
VP Aiken Region – Mark Abell
Members-at-Large
Lyle Hendrick
Jimmy Dickson
Tom Scott
Ryan Truskey
About the South Carolina InfraGard Members Alliance
The InfraGard Program began in 1996 as a collaborative effort between private-sector cyber professionals and the FBI field office in Cleveland, Ohio. The FBI later expanded this program to every field office in the country. In 2003, the private-sector members of InfraGard formed the “InfraGard National Members Alliance” (INMA) The INMA is a non-profit Delaware LLC with a 501(c)3 status. The INMA LLC is comprised of 86 separate 501(c)3 InfraGard Members Alliances (IMAs) that represent over 45,000 FBI-vetted, InfraGard Subject Matter Experts. The INMA has a dual-focus value proposition. It provides its members with unmatched opportunities to promote and enhance their organization’s physical and cyber security through access to a trusted, national network of Subject Matter Experts from the public and private sectors. Additionally, it provides government stakeholders across local, state, and Federal levels with unmatched access to the expertise and experience of critical infrastructure owners and operators. South Carolina InfraGard Members Alliance is a South Carolina Corporation with a 501(c)3 status. Its members are part of a national network of FBI-vetted volunteers who are Subject Matter Experts in critical infrastructure for at least one sector. South Carolina InfraGard provides a trusted forum for the real-time exchange of information, training, and expertise related to the protection of critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) from both physical and cyber threats. The South Carolina InfraGard Members Alliance is governed by a Board of Directors and is run by the Chapter Operational Management and Sector Coordinators.
Our Mission
We are a private sector organization sharing information and intelligence and integrating assets with local, state, and federal resources for the protection of our nation’s critical infrastructure.