Sheila Breitweiser has served as Foundation Executive Director since May 2008. She also serves as the senior member of the Foundation’s Development and Operations teams – with duties that include the organization’s fund-raising and business operations. Her goals include doubling the annual giving, developing capital project initiatives that support Spartanburg Regional’s goals, improving and increasing the Foundation’s grant-making programs, and streamlining the business operations.
Sheila’s previous experience includes many years of service as a public school educator and administrator. During her most recent years as a school president/superintendent, she had significant responsibilities for strengthening legislative relations, increasing state and federal funding, and growing donor and grant opportunities.
Angie Cothran was born at Spartanburg General Hospital and has lived in the Spartanburg area her whole life. She has worked for Spartanburg Regional in various departments since 1995. As administrative assistant for the Foundation. Angie has many roles, but her main responsibility is to Sheila S. Breitweiser, Ed.D.Vice-President/Director of the Foundation. Angie also works with three of the four Foundation Boards, by coordinating, planning and attending these meetings.
Andrea Davis has worked at Spartanburg Regional since 2007. She joined the Foundation team in 2009. Her responsibilities include entering donations and pledges into the database, adding and updating donors in the database, producing acknowledgements and memorial cards, and updating the Employee Emergency Fund. Andrea’s previous experience includes physician credentialing and pharmacy benefit implementation.
Stacey Dulin has worked in the Spartanburg Regional Foundation since 2003 and been with Spartanburg Regional since 1990. Her areas of responsibility include coordination of the internal/external grant from the time of the application to the maturing of the grant which includes input, updates, composing grant agreements, grant reports, etc. She coordinates naming opportunities that also includes the maintenance of all donor walls in the hospital system. She enjoys working for a not-for-profit organization that is able to give back so much to our community and health care system.
Mike Kennedy has served as the Director of Gift Planning since March 2009. His job responsibilities include launching a comprehensive planned giving program and serving as the foundation liaison for the Cancer Division to support their efforts through major gift solicitations and capital campaign fundraising. Michael has more than 16 years of experience in nonprofit development work for foundations, primarily in gift planning. He was most recently the Director of Gift Planning with the University of Central Florida Foundation, Inc., in Orlando. Prior to this, he served as the Vice President of Finance, Operations, and Gift Planning for the Wycliffe Foundation in Orlando.
Zerno Martin retired from Spartanburg Regional as Senior Vice President in 1993 after 32 years of service. After one month of traveling he returned on a part-time basis to work with the Foundation for what he thought would be a two- to three-year stint. He is still with us as our senior consultant. Zerno graduated from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, with a BS in Management and went on for two years training for Hospital Administration at what was then Charlotte Memorial Hospital with support from The Duke Endowment.
As a development officer, Shelly's responsibilities include coordinating the Employee Campaign Coordinator and being a liaison to the Hospice Division and Village at Pelham. She has been with the Foundation for four years; however, she has been with the hospital system for a total of twelve years. She started with the hospital system as a Health Educator in 1996 and took a brief absence from 2000-2001 to work at MUSC in their Development Office. As a Health Educator, Shelly loved to make a difference in people’s lives. Her goal is to continue to make a difference through her work in the Foundation.
Kimberly Childress Ward has worked as coordinator for the Spartanburg Regional Foundation Community Healing Arts Program since 2005. Her responsibilities include all areas of planning and the administration of a diverse offering of therapeutic arts programs to patients and their caregivers. She works with professional artists who have been trained to meet the various needs of patients within the hospital system, as well as those receiving care in one of several outreach sites served by The Healing Arts throughout the Spartanburg community.
Kristi Ward has worked in the Spartanburg Regional Foundation since July 2003. Some of her areas of responsibility include community gifts and pledges, reconciling bank and investment accounts, processing weekly payments for various Foundation projects, and many other things. She also is a member of the Employee Activities Committee. Kristi enjoys her work with the Foundation because it is very rewarding. She sees first-hand the great impact the Spartanburg Regional Foundation has had and continues to have on the hospital and the community.
Jami Wood has worked in the Spartanburg Regional Foundation since 2004. Her areas of responsibility include raising sponsorship dollars, as well as planning and coordinating Spartanburg Regional Foundation's annual events, such as the Society of 1921 Gala, Hangar B Ball and the Festival of Trees. She enjoys working for such a strong community non-profit and being able to help those affected by Regional Heart Services and Regional Hospice.
After a 12-year career at Newberry College as executive assistant to two presidents, Inez Golden moved to Spartanburg with her husband. Inez has been a member of the Foundation staff since 1994, retiring from a full-time position in 1999, but continues to work part-time as administrative secretary.
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