Dr. Eric S. Bour has served as president of Greenville Health System (GHS) Hillcrest Memorial Hospital and Simpsonville Medical Campus since 2011. He currently serves as Chair of the GHS Quality and Patient Safety Council and is an Associate Professor of Surgery at University of South Carolina School of Medicine – Greenville. Bour has practiced bariatric and general surgery in the Upstate of South Carolina for over a decade. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and certified by the American Board of Surgery. Bour received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Emory University and then attended the Pennsylvania State University Medical School. He completed his surgical residency and post-doctoral research fellowship at the Pennsylvania State University Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. He has also served as academic faculty at the Pennsylvania State University Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and University of South Carolina before moving to Greenville. He and his wife, Katie, reside in Simpsonville.

Mr. Ed Brashier is a local insurance representative with a long history of service to the City of Simpsonville as well. He served for two terms as a member of the city council and served for almost 12 years as chair of the Planning Commission. He is also a former member of the Board of Zoning and Building Appeals for the City of Simpsonville. Brashier is active with the Rotary Club of Simpsonville and serves as treasurer and Sunday School teacher at Unity Baptist Church. He and his wife, Pat, have not only been active members of the Simpsonville community at large, but also active volunteers at The Springs.

Mr. Timothy Brett is president of BrettSC, a Greenville-based public relations firm. Brett is the former senior executive assistant for the late Governor Carroll Campbell, Jr. and also served two terms in the South Carolina House of Representatives. Brett is past president of the Mauldin Rotary Club and previously chaired The Salvation Army Board of Advisors. He and his wife, Rita, live in Mauldin. They have two children and four grandchildren.

Mr. Van Broad serves as the community development director for the City of Mauldin, and he previously worked with the City of Fountain Inn. Broad earned his undergraduate degree in business and music from the College of Charleston, and he earned a certificate of economic development from the South Carolina Economic Development School. He and his wife, June, live in Fountain Inn and are active in supporting many local organizations.

Mrs. Eleanor H. Brooks is a lifelong resident of the Fountain Inn/Simpsonville area. She and her husband, H. Clyde Brooks, have been married for 61 years. Brooks worked for almost 38 years as office manager for her husband’s State Farm Insurance of Simpsonville. Brooks currently serves on many local boards, including the James Monroe Mission House, Clemson Extension Advisory, and the Hospitality of the Younts Center. For more than 40 years, she has served as a member of both the Fountain Inn and Simpsonville Chambers of Commerce, serving as president of the Simpsonville Chamber of Commerce during 2000 and 2001. Brooks previously served on the Greenville Technical College Foundation Board, and she contributes to both the Greenville Technical College and the Clemson Scholarship Fund. Brooks and her husband are active members of Trinity United Methodist Church in Fountain Inn and active members of the local community.

Mr. Gwinn Davis took voluntary early retirement to pursue freelance opportunities after serving for over 35 years as lead photojournalist for the Greenville News and Tribune-Times. Davis and his wife, Sandi, live in Simpsonville where Davis has spent his career documenting the history of Simpsonville and the Golden Strip through photographs. He has won numerous awards from both the national and the South Carolina press associations. Davis continues his passion of photographing local news, features, and sporting events for a number of different media outlets.

Mrs. Mary Dennis and her late husband, Robert Earl Dennis, were involved for over 40 years with Cedar Grove Baptist church where he served as pastor. Dennis worked with children’s programs at Cedar Grove and has been a mentor to many children in the Simpsonville area. Dennis is now a member at Reedy Fork Baptist Church. She is also part of a county-wide group of minister’s wives and widows. Dennis has two daughters, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

Mr. Ralph Hendricks has a long history of service in Simpsonville. He began working for his father-in-law’s building supply business in 1940 and continues to be active in running Hendricks Properties, Inc. He served for 13 years on the Simpsonville City Council and then for 12 years as the mayor of Simpsonville. Hendricks and his wife, Marion, have provided support for many local organizations, including Greenville Technical College, Marietta Baptist Camp, Meals on Wheels, Greenville Rescue Mission, YMCA, Salvation Army, and the Greenville Literacy Association. The Simpsonville Library was named in his honor.