The legislature has approved Governor McMaster’s at-large Commissioners for the SCDOT Commission, Kristen Blanchard (Fort Mill) and James McLawhorn (Columbia).
Mrs. Blanchard is the Vice President of External Corporate Affairs at Nutramax Laboratories in Lancaster, SC. Mr. McLawhorn is the President & CEO of the Columbia Urban League.
In addition, the 6th Congressional delegation has also approved Barnwell Fishburne to the Commission. Mr. Fishburne is the President of Fishburne and Company Development Corporation, a real estate firm based in Walterboro, SC.
The new Commissioners are expected to be sworn in before the next Commission meeting.