Advisory Board

The representatives of the partner organizations conceived and designed the BGTIME concept and submitted it as our proposal for the Knight Community Information Challenge. Once the grant was awarded, the representatives became the BGTIME Advisory Board and have continued to work together to implement and oversee the project.

Ms. JoAnn Turnquist
President and CEO, Central Carolina Community Foundation

Dr. Susie H. VanHuss
Board Member and Chair, Development and Special Projects Committee, Central Carolina Community Foundation

Ms. Carolyn Holderman
BGTIME Project Director, Central Carolina Community Foundation

Ms. Tonia E. Cochran
Director of Marketing and Communications, Central Carolina Community Foundation

Dr. Stacey F. Jones
Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Sponsored Programs, Benedict College

Ms. Bobbi J. Kennedy
Senior Vice President, Education, South Carolina Educational Television

Mr. Henry Haitz III
President and Publisher, The State Media Company

Mr. Matthew I. Ipsan
Vice President, Interactive Media, The State Media Company

Mr. Charles Bierbauer
Dean, College of Mass Communications and Information Studies, University of South Carolina

Mr. Randy Covington
Director of Ifra Newsplex South Carolina, University of South Carolina

Dr. William F. Hogue
Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, University of South Carolina

What is BGTIME?

Senior citizens in our community have much to contribute to the civic dialogue. However, many seniors lack the skills and opportunities necessary to use all the tools available to them to tell their stories. The BGTIME program was developed to help bridge this divide between senior citizens and digital media. More

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