Jennifer was a Summer 2024 and Spring 2025 Research Fellow. Jennifer Buckley graduated from University of California, Los Angeles, earning her B.A. in Public Affairs with a minor in Geography. She is a Departmental Honors student in the Luskin School of Public Affairs and is currently writing her thesis on the 2024 presidential election. While
Charlotte was a Summer 2024 Research Fellow. Charlotte is a senior in the Clemson Honors College at Clemson University, pursuing a double major in political science and philosophy (law, liberty, and justice emphasis) and a minor in legal studies. She is a Lyceum Scholar, focusing on the moral, political, and economic foundations of a free
Having lived in Greenville, South Carolina, for the last 40 years, Jeff has witnessed the dynamic growth of the upstate and South Carolina as a whole from the perspective of a business owner and a senior company executive in the Information Technology industry. He has first-hand knowledge of the skills needed to maintain the growth
Chairman of the Board until January, 2023, of Cason Family Company and subsidiaries. which include the Cason Group, Cason Development Group and Cason Real Estate Holdings. He now serves on the Board, and is not actively in day to day operations. After 16 years as an agent for Metropolitan Life, and a Sales rep for
Prior to joining the Palmetto Promise team as a Summer Fellow, Maria Rubio Arteaga completed her first two years of her degree at Lander University. During her time, she has remained a member of the Honors College, has served as the executive chair of the Honors College Leadership Council and Co-President of Animal Advocates, is
Wes is a rising senior at Winthrop University and a founding member and acting president of the College Republicans, as well as a legislative captain for South Carolina Students For Life South Carolina. He recently conducted a study focused on welfare spending that was presented at the Winthrop-hosted SOURCE conference.
Rick Timmons, a native of Greenville, graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1974 and completed his masters at the University of Chicago in 1976. He left IBM Corporation after two years and joined the family business, Canal Insurance Company, and he is a member of the third generation to manage the business. He has risen through
Jackson is a first-year student at the University of South Carolina pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism. Born and raised in South Carolina, Jackson became particularly interested in public policy after moving to Washington, D.C. where he worked with Congressman Jeff Duncan’s staff as well as with the Advisory Neighborhood Commission.
Jeremy is pursuing a masters degree in City and Regional Planning at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is specializing in rural and small town economic development. A native of Lowrys, South Carolina, he graduated from the University of South Carolina Honors College in 2021 with degrees in economics and entrepreneurship. Jeremy has worked
Eliza is a recent graduate of the University of South Carolina where she double majored in Political Science and Spanish. After spending the spring semester in Washington D.C. as an intern for Senator Graham, she now works in Governor McMaster’s Ombudsman Office. Eliza plans to attend law school next year at USC and looks forward