Moderators 
Conference Facilitator, Tom Sawyer Company
Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg spent much of his career as a businessman and entrepreneur--a family legacy that began with the opening of his great-great-grandfather's corner grocery store at St. Phillip and Wentworth streets in 1867. Mayor Tecklenburg founded Southern Oil Company...
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President, Medical University of South Carolina
Under President David J. Cole’s visionary leadership, MUSC is becoming a preeminent and innovative academic health system. Dr. Cole’s drive to transform health care, research and education elevates innovation to the center of MUSC’s culture and purpose.As a physician-scientist...
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CEO, Charleston Water Systems
Environmental Justice Program Manager, Department of Energy
Melinda Downing currently serves as the Department of Energy’s Environmental Justice Program Manager. She carries out her duties in the Office of Legacy Management (LM). Prior to transferring to LM, Ms Downing carried out her duties in the Office of Intergovernmental and Public...
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Associate Professor of Biology Director & PI, AU Environmental Justice Institute, Allen University
Oluwole Ariyo, a Molecular Biologist/Virologist and a tenured Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology joined Allen University, South Carolina, USA in 2006. He served as Chair, Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences between 2009 and 2011. Prior to that, he was the Biology Coordinator...
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