[NFBofSC] Committee Assignments 2025-2026 -- First Draft

Tue Nov 11 14:52:03 UTC 2025

We Care Committee

Melinda Jones, Chair

E-mail: melindajones0571 at gmail.com <mailto:melindajones0571 at gmail.com>  

Phone: 864-978-3230

Pathronda Anderson, Co-chair

E-mail: tronda1 at outlook.com <mailto:tronda1 at outlook.com>  

Phone: 803-269-4354

Laverne Addison

Belinda Banks

Roosevelt Burgess

Debra Canty

Shannon Cook

Shelley Coppel

Janice Crosby

Gail Cummings

Shandra Long

Gail Nelson

Pearl Riley

Lenora Robertson

Carl Robinson

Michelle Scott

Janice Smith

Patrice Williams

Fund Raising Committee

Andrew Adams, Chair

E-mail: adams.andrewd at gmail.com <mailto:adams.andrewd at gmail.com>  

Phone: 803-269-3803

Ed Bible

Frank Coppel

Linda Dizzley

Melinda Jones

Frank Loza

Sarah Massengale

Lenora Robertson

Michelle Scott

Valerie Warrington

Demetrius Williford

Legislative & Advocacy Committee

David Houck, Chair

E-mail: nfbsc at sc.rr.com <mailto:nfbsc at sc.rr.com>   

Phone: 803-254-3777

Janice Bright, Co-chair

E-mail: ms.jlbright at gmail.com <mailto:ms.jlbright at gmail.com>  

Phone: 803-760-3717

Belinda Banks

Shannon Cook

Frank Coppel

Linda Dizzley

Sarah Massengale

Lily Pryor

Lenora Robertson

Trenton Smith

Blind Equality Achievement Month Committee

NOTE: This committee carries over through October 31, 2026 unless otherwise
notified.

Linda Dizzley, Chair

E-mail: ldizzley at hotmail.com <mailto:ldizzley at hotmail.com>  

Phone: 803-459-4585

J.W. Smith, Co-chair

E-mail: jake50 at icloud.com <mailto:jake50 at icloud.com>  

Phone: 864-269-0004

Carrie Burris

Debra Canty

Loretta Green

Frank Loza

Courtney Rone

Melissa Staley

Braille Literacy Committee

Jamie Allison, Chair

E-mail: nfbsccherokeejamie at gmail.com <mailto:nfbsccherokeejamie at gmail.com>  

Phone: 864-838-0338

Shelley Coppel, Co-chair

E-mail: frankandshelley51 at gmail.com <mailto:frankandshelley51 at gmail.com>  

Phone: 803-796-8662

Linda Dizzley

Lenora Robertson

Tracy Spittle

Membership and Mentoring Committee

Thom Spittle, Chair

E-mail:  <mailto:membership at nfbofsc.org> membership at nfbofsc.org 

Phone: 803-331-3344

Frank Coppel, Mentoring Vice Chair

Phone: 803-796-8662

E-mail:  <mailto:frankandshelley at gmail.com> frankandshelley at gmail.com 

Ed Bible

Debra Canty

Lori Anne Coley

Gregg Jones

Melinda Jones

Frank Loza

Michelle Scott

Trenton Smith

Lenora Robertson

Roger Webb

Patrice Williams

Diabetes Action Network DAN Committee

Melanie Torrance, Chair

E-mail: melanietorrance at icloud.com <mailto:melanietorrance at icloud.com>  

Phone: 803-908-6656

Pathronda Anderson

Charlis Borodin

Roosevelt Burgess

Shelley Coppel

Gail Cummings

Angie Rachal

Sean Rachal

Doing our Fair Share Committee

Frank Coppel, Chair

E-mail: frankandshelley51 at gmail.com <mailto:frankandshelley51 at gmail.com>  

Phone: 803-796-8662

Debra Canty

Shannon Cook

Steve Cook

Anna Price

Lenora Robertson

Valerie Warrington

Diversity, Equity  and Inclusion Committee

Janice Bright, Chair

E-mail: ms.jlbright at gmail.com <mailto:ms.jlbright at gmail.com>   

Phone: 803-760-3717

Melinda Jones, Co-chair

E-mail: melindajones0571 at gmail.com <mailto:melindajones0571 at gmail.com>  

Phone: 864-978-3230

Pathronda Anderson

Belinda Banks

Debra Canty

Shannon Cook

Linda Dizzley

Gregg Jones

Wendall Price

Carl Robinson

Employer of the year Committee

David Bundy, Chair

E-mail: davidbundy13 at outlook.com <mailto:davidbundy13 at outlook.com>   

Phone: 803-447-7629

Ed Bible

Debra Canty

Steve Cook

Loretta Green

Educator of the year Committee

Tracy Spittle, Chair

E-mail: tracysc1974 at gmail.com <mailto:tracysc1974 at gmail.com> 

Phone: 803-447-7609

Andrew Adams

Debra Canty

Linda Dizzley

Tina Herzberg

Finance Committee

Marty McKenzie, Chair

E-mail: president at nfbofsc.org

Phone: 843-939-8091

Debra Canty

David Houck

Lenora Robertson

Larry Warrington

Valerie Warrington

Roger Webb

Scholarship Committee

Shannon Cook, Chair

E-mail: coffeequeensc1 at sc.rr.com <mailto:coffeequeensc1 at sc.rr.com>  

Phone: 803-605-4250

Belinda Banks

Janice Bright

Debra Canty

Linda Dizzley

Tina Herzberg

Frank Loza

Michelle Scott

Tracy Spittle

Resolutions Committee

Parnell Diggs, Chair

E-mail: parnelldiggs at icloud.com <mailto:parnelldiggs at icloud.com>  

Phone: 843-267-2018

Sarah Massengale, Co-chair

E-mail: communications at nfbofsc.org <mailto:communications at nfbofsc.org>  

Phone: 803-410-2735

Belinda Banks

Janice Bright

David Bundy

Debra Canty

Shannon Cook

Donald C. Capps Committee

David Houck, Chair

E-mail: nfbsc at sc.rr.com <mailto:nfbsc at sc.rr.com> 

Phone: 803-254-3777

Debra Canty

Frank Coppel

Lenora Robertson

Janice Smith

Demetrius Williford

Betty R. Capps Committee

Julie Bible, Chair

E-mail: jbible73 at gmail.com <mailto:jbible73 at gmail.com>  

Phone: 803-622-8093

David Bundy

Linda Dizzley

Lenora Robertson

Janice Smith

Valerie Warrington

Marty

Marty R. McKenzie, President

National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina

119 S. Kilbourne Road

Columbia, SC 29205

Phone: 803-254-3777

Mobile: 843-939-8091

Website: www.nfbofsc.org <http://www.nfbofsc.org/>  

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