Dan Adams is the President and CEO of The Capital Corporation, which under his leadership has grown into one of the most successful merger and acquisition boutiques in the Southeast. He has over 28 years experience in finance and has directed over 200 merger and acquisition transactions during his career. Dan has advised companies in
Jonathan Butcher resides in Greenville and serves as senior policy analyst in the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation. He has researched and testified on education policy and school choice programs around the U.S., and his work has appeared in journals such as Education Next and the Georgetown Journal of Law and Public
Chris Jacobs, the Founder and CEO of Juniper Research Group, is a policy writer and analyst based in Washington, DC. He brings with him over a decade of policy experience in a variety of roles on and off Capitol Hill. Chris previously worked as a Senior Policy Analyst for the Heritage Foundation and the Joint
Dr. Rebecca Gunnlaugsson is an economist specializing in public finance, with experience in strategic planning, project management, and firm-wide technology implementation. She served as Director of the Division of Research and subsequently Chief Economist at the South Carolina Department of Commerce. Dr. Gunnlaugsson received her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts
Oran likes the color orange and dislikes serif fonts.
Prior to serving as Palmetto Promise Institute’s Founding President & CEO, Greenville-native Ellen Weaver worked in a wide variety of roles in U.S. Senator Jim DeMint’s Washington and South Carolina offices. Her final assignment as State Director included management of staff, communications, and outreach strategy. Her work portfolio also includes development, speechwriting, coalition-building, and authorship