D. Welborn Adams

Chairman, Board of Directors

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D. Welborn Adams was born and raised in  Greenwood, South Carolina, and served as the city's mayor for nine years. 

Welborn is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and earned his Juris Doctorate  from the University of South Carolina.  A devoted husband to Ericka and father of five, he enjoys running, deer hunting, and fishing.  Welborn is active in his community and has served on Community Initiatives, Inc's board of directors since 2017.

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R.T. 'Wells' Dunlap, V

Vice Chairman, Board of Directors

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Rufus Thornwell “Wells” Dunlap, V, is a Greenwood native and is the Commercial Banking Relationship Manager at CountyBank.  Wells holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Presbyterian College and has completed Leadership Greenwood and the South Carolina Bankers School. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Greenwood County Community Foundation, the Greenwood Museum, the South Carolina Young Banker’s Association, and has served on the board of Community Initiatives, Inc. since 2018. Wells is married with two children.

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Cherry Corbett Parker

Secretary

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Cherry R Corbett-Parker is the Clinic Director of the SC Department of Mental Health at the Beckman Center in Greenwood SC.  A board member since 2017, Mrs. Parker has been instrumental in the planning of the Emerald City Gala each year since it's inception.  A graduate of Tuskegee University in Alabama, Cherry and her husband have happily  made their home in Greenwood for many years.