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| Lowcountry AHEC Center Director Diane Mathews, Senator Bright-Matthews and South Carolina AHEC Executive Director Dr. David Garr |
Lowcountry AHEC was honored to host Senator
Margie Bright-Matthews for the welcome address at the 2017 South Carolina AHEC
Annual Meeting in March.
Senator Bright-Matthews, who received her
Bachelor of Science and her Juris Doctorate from the University of South
Carolina, serves as Senator of District 45, which includes Allendale, Beaufort,
Charleston, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper counties. She was elected in a
Special Election on October 20, 2015, to fulfill the unexpired term of Senator
Clementa Pinckney, who was killed while in bible study at Mother Emanuel AME
Church in Charleston on June 17, 2015.
Senator Bright-Matthews spoke of the people and
communities from the district she serves and connected their healthcare needs with
the work that South Carolina AHEC is doing in her region and the state. Her
opening message set an inspiring tone for a day of workshops and collaboration
for South Carolina AHEC System staff.
In appreciation of her work and contributions,
Lowcountry AHEC Center Director Diane Mathews announced that a donation was
made in the senator’s honor to the MUSC College of Health Professions Kim
Martino Minority Scholarship Fund. Ms. Mathews and South Carolina AHEC
Executive Director Dr. David Garr also presented Senator Bright-Matthews with a
framed fabric postcard designed to honor the 14 men, women, and children who
were present in Mother Emmanuel AME Church on June 17, 2015.
South Carolina AHEC thanks Senator
Bright-Matthews for her continued service to the lowcountry!
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