Special to the Herald

EFFINGHAM COUNTY – United Way of the Coastal Empire – Effingham County announces its 2023-2024 Advisory Board. United Way depends on volunteer leadership from the communities it serves to oversee the organization to accomplish its mission to improve lives. Effingham County Advisory Board members began their duties on July 1.

LaMeisha Hunter-Kelly, executive director, Strategic Business Development and Governmental Relations, Effingham Health System, is serving as this year’s Effingham County Advisory Board Chair. She has served on the advisory board for 15 years.

Joining Hunter-Kelly on the UWCE advisory board are: Anna Barton, Effingham County Board of Education; Leslie Dunn, Effingham County Sheriff’s Office; Matt Gill, Effingham Emergency Management Agency; Matt Huntley, Effingham County Board of Education; Derrick Kessler, Georgia-Pacific, Savannah River Mill; Sarah Mausolf, Effingham County Board of Commissioners; Kevin Owens, Gulfstream; Chad Pace, Georgia Power – Plant McIntosh; Sonja Scott, Launch.Me Consultants; Abby Smith, LEAP Youth Development Program; Brian Van Ness, GOL Security, LLC; Chance Ward, Goshen United Methodist Church; and Ryan Waters, Edward Jones.