Our Team
Staff
Barbara Derrick
Executive Director
Barbara was appointed Executive Director in October 2022. She originally served as our Finance & Operations Director beginning in May 2019 after retiring from 36 years in SC state government. Barbara is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a BS in Business Administration in Accounting. Barbara leads our Point-of-Sale project, and having teenage daughters who are surrounded by vaping daily, she is particularly passionate about the issue and glad to be able to help affect change.
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Deborah Dunbar
Community Engagement Coordinator - PeeDee Region
Deborah joined our team in May 2024. She most recently served as the State Manager for The Balm in Gilead where she oversaw the implementation of Diabetes Prevention Programs throughout several counties in the state. She previously served on the Smokefree SC Board of Directors for 5 years and worked on the Smokefree Florence Initiative. She also worked with SC DHEC in a variety of roles after moving to South Carolina where she has now lived for over 25 years.
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Terra Bell
Statewide Community Engagement Manager
Terra joined our team in April 2022 following five years as the Program Coordinator for the Citizen Scholars Institute in Spartanburg, SC. Terra received a Bachelor's degree in English from Wofford College and a Master's degree in Youth Development Leadership from Clemson. Having several close family members who suffered from smoking-related illnesses, Terra is especially passionate about the importance of promoting cessation options and local tobacco-free policies in communities throughout the state.
Board of Directors
Sharon Biggers, MPH, CHES President
National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
Lexington
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Kellie Lamb, Treasurer
National Credit Union Foundation
Indian Land
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Catherine Sedergren, MSPH, CHES (non-voting)
​SC Department of Public Health
Columbia
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Ranya Chakra, MD
Atrium Health​
Fort Mill​​
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Lamar Suber, MA
Evidence Based Associates​
Elgin
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Maya Pack, MPA, Vice President
SC Institute of Medicine and Public Health
Columbia
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Brenda Jones, Secretary
Blue Cross Blue Shield South Carolina
Columbia​
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Avery Roberson, MPH
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
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Evita Woods
Building Healthy Military Communities
Blythewood
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Andrew Wylam, J.D.
American Heart Association
Ridgeway​
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