80 House Majority and Minority Officers Republican Majority Officers 518 Blatt Bldg., 1105 Pendleton St. Columbia 29201 Tel. (803) 734-3139, Fax (803) 734-9953 Majority Leader—J. Gary Simrill ...... Rock Hill Asst. Majority Leader— Edward R. “Eddie” Tallon, Sr...... Spartanburg Chief Whip—Russell W. Fry ...... Surfside Beach Whips— Merita A. “Rita” Allison ...... Inman Micajah P. “Micah” Caskey IV ...... West Columbia Bobby J. Cox ...... Greer Sylleste H. Davis ...... Moncks Corner Shannon S. Erickson ...... Beaufort Lee Hewitt ...... Murrells Inlet William M. “Bill” Hixon ...... N. Augusta Wallace H. “Jay” Jordan, Jr...... Florence Jeffrey E. “Jeff” Johnson ...... Conway Brandon M. Newton ...... Lancaster John Taliaferro “Jay” West IV ...... Belton Exec. Dir.—CHARLES CANNON ...... Columbia Democratic Minority Officers 335 Blatt Bldg., 1105 Pendleton St., Columbia 29201 P.O. Box 12049, Columbia 29211 Tel. (803) 734-3100, Fax (803) 734-2982 Minority Leader—J. Todd Rutherford ...... Columbia Asst. Minority Leader—Russell L. Ott . . . . .St. Matthews Dep. Minority Leader—Chandra Dillard . . . . .Greenville Chief Minority Whip—Cezar McKnight ...... Kingstree Dep. Minority Whip—Roger Kirby ...... Lake City Secy.—Wendy C. Brawley ...... Hopkins Treas.—Mandy Powers Norrell ...... Lancaster Parliamentarian—J. David Weeks ...... Sumter Chaplain—Joseph H. “Joe” Jefferson, Jr...... Pineville Minority Whips— Justin T. Bamberg ...... Bamberg John Richard C. King ...... Rock Hill Dir., Strategic Planning—Candy S. Fletcher ...... Greer Communication & Social Media Coordinator— Carly Mihovich ...... Columbia House Majority and Minority Officers 81 Research Analysts— Natalia Martins ...... Columbia Jalen Williams ...... Columbia Julie Crosby ...... Columbia Policy and Communications Dir.— Martin Linthicum ...... Columbia Dep. Dir.—Nicholas S. Sottile Exec. Dir.—DUANE E. COOPER S.C. Legislative Black Caucus 207 Blatt Bldg., 1105 Pendleton St. Columbia 29201-3732 Tel. (803) 734-3041, Fax (803) 734-8711 www.sclbc.org Chm.—Rep. Jerry N. Govan, Jr...... Orangeburg Chm.-Elect—Rep. Patricia M. “Pat” Henegan . . .Bennettsville Immediate Past Chm.— Rep. John Richard C. King ...... Chester Secy.—Rep. Wendy C. Brawley ...... Hopkins Treas.—Sen. Margie Bright Matthews ...... Walterboro Parliamentarian— Rep. Marvin R. Pendarvis ...... North Charleston Chaplain—Rep. Joseph H. “Joe” Jefferson, Jr. . . . .Pineville Women’s Caucus, S.C. General Assembly 402 Blatt Bldg., 1105 Pendleton St., Columbia 29201 P.O. Box 11867, Columbia 29211 Tel. (803) 348-5416 e-mail: [email protected] Chm.—Rep. Patricia M. “Pat” Henegan ...... Bennettsville 1st VC—Sen. Katrina Frye Shealy ...... Lexington 2nd VC—Rep. Mandy Powers Norrell ...... Lancaster Secy./Treas.—Rep. Linda “Lin” Bennett ...... Charleston Exec. Dir.—DESIREE WATSON ...... Lexington