South Carolina Association of Fairs

2026 Officers

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Stanley gibson

President
SC Foothills Heritage Fair

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paul winters

Vice-President
Union County Agricultural Fair

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NANCY L. SMITH

Past-President
South Carolina State Fair

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Mary Wolf

Treasurer
Western Carolina State Fair

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Betsy Cooper

Secretary

South Carolina State Fair

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Mailing Address

S.C. Association of Fairs

Attn. Betsy Cooper

PO Box 393

Columbia, SC 29202

Email: betsyc@scstatefair.org

Board of Directors

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Laura Hair

Orangeburg County Fair

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mark wade

Union County Fair

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Matt LaSchuma

SC STATE FAIR

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J. P. BAEHR

PIEDMONT INTERSTATE FAIR


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GASPER MARINO

COASTAL CAROLINA FAIR

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Doug Wolf

Western Carolina Fair

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Nicole Custer

Sumter American Legion Fair

SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS

NOTHING COULD BE FINER than to be a MEMBER of the SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS

Past Presidents

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Sam Fogle

1983 – 1984

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Dave Ellison

1985 – 1986

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Luther Barnett

1987 – 1988

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Rhude Cherry

1989 – 1990

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Harold Liebenrood

1991 – 1992

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Gary Goodman

1993 – 1994

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Fred McKay

1995 – 1996

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Kay Hines

1997 – 1998

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Sammy Brown

1999 – 2000

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L.C. Kissam

2001 – 2002

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Buddy Robinson

2003 – 2004

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Joe Bolchoz

2005 – 2006

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Ed Hudson

2007 – 2008

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Jerry Pitts

2009 – 2010

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Warren Lucas

2011 – 2012

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Nancy L. Smith, CFE

2013 – 2014

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Nancy L. Smith, CFE

2015 – 2016

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Paul Winters

2017 – 2018

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 J. P. Baehr

2019 – 2020

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Ray Bianco

2021 – 2022

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Nancy L. Smith

2023 – 2025