YaKima Rhinehart, Executive Director

Dwight Huell, Program Manager    Graduate of Charleston Southern University (B.S., 2000) with a major in Information Systems Management and minor in Economics, Dwight is responsible for managing school implementation and college relationships throughout the South Carolina region. Dwight was formally a rental branch manager with Enterprise Rent-A-Car where he brought extensive experience in operation management and customer relations management. Dwight traces his beginning interests in college access issues after participating as a Coach and counselor for the Charleston Midnight Basketball League, a non-profit which targets at-risk youth in the Charleston, SC area.

Sunya L. Young, Director of Development and Community Relations   Sunya’s work experience includes more than six years of experience in higher education fundraising and administration. She served as Director of Planned Giving and Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at Claflin University. While at Claflin, Sunya’s primary responsibilities included the identification, cultivation and solicitation of prospective donors, proposal/grant writing, conducting planned giving presentations, and coordinating special and alumni events. Prior to employment at Claflin, Sunya was employed by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore where she was responsible for the development and implementation of an executive leadership program and for spearheading the President’s Title III and outreach initiatives. Also, she formerly served as Division Public Affairs Manager for Time Warner Cable of South Carolina were, for more than six years, she was responsible for community relations including coordinating outreach efforts, promoting educational cable programming to schools, charitable giving to non-profit organizations, and cultivating relationships with local business and community leaders; media relations; and special events. Sunya holds a Bachelors degree from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, a Masters degree from Webster University in Columbia, SC, is a graduate of The Fund Raising School at Indiana University and a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP).

Jennifer Conley Eubanks M.S., School Partnership Manager
An Augusta, Georgia native since 1985 she relocated to South Carolina to pursue a career with College Summit.  Prior to her move she attended the University of Georgia and earned two Bachelor degrees (B.S. 2001, B.S.Ed 2004), a Certificate of Non-Profit Organizations (2006) and a Masters of Science (2007).  While in graduate school she was elected by her peers to be the President of the Graduate Student Organization.  During graduate school she won one of two scholarships to attend a Family Legislation conference in Washington, D.C. (2005).  She has an extensive history working with children of various ages, developmental stages, and in a variety of settings.  Past work history includes roles such as high school teacher, Family Contractor for Georgia Mentor, family consultant for an Augusta non-profit organization, legislative aide assistant to the Dean of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, and teaching assistant at the University of Georgia.  The unifying theme of her past career choices is that she strives to assist children and families have positive outcomes and promising futures. On a personal note, Jennifer volunteers at SAFEhomes of Augusta, Georgia (a shelter for abused women) as well as the Children’s Museum in Charleston, South Carolina.

David (D.C.) Howard, Operations Associate
As a Sumter, South Carolina native, David feels right at home being a member of the College Summit South Carolina family. He is an alumnus of the program; serving as one of the pioneer Peer Leaders from the South Carolina region back in 2004. David (or D.C., the name by which most workshop participants are familiar with) served in numerous roles on the volunteer side of College Summit at workshops, such as Alumni Leader and Alumni Leader Coordinator. The graduate of The Florida State University in three years with a B.A. in History desires to pass the torch of college access to his fellow South Carolinians: “I want to help give back to an organization that reached out and gave to me.”

Regional Board:

Martha S. Smith (Chair)
S.C. Public Affairs Director  
AT&T

Heyward Bannister
Independent Consultant

Melissa Pearson
Executive Director
South Carolina Council for African-
American Studies

Marilyn Drayton    
Director of CRA and
Community Development
The South Financial Group

Jaime Harrison, Esq *
Director of Floor Operations and Counsel
 U.S. House of Representatives
 
Amber Landsman
Public Affairs and
Policy Communications Specialist
Verizon, Inc.

Hon. John Matthews
State Senator
 South Carolina State Senate

Cindy McIntee
SERVE Senior Research Policy
South Carolina Department of Education

J.D. Pate
Executive Director
South Carolina Telephone Assn.

Dennis Pruitt
Vice President of Student Affairs
University of South Carolina

Dr. Jasper Salmond
Board of School Commissioners
Richland One