Featured Mentors

Tim Justice

Timothy (Tim) R. Justice is Chief Executive Officer for Rescom Construction, Greenville’s leading specialty contractor for commercial renovations and tenant upfits.  In this capacity, he heads a staff of 30 people and is responsible for the company’s business development, asset management, financial analyses and strategic planning.  Mr. Justice and co-owner Joe McLaughlin, established the company in 1989. For the past ten years, Mr. Justice has been heavily involved in the community and civic activities, locally, regionally and nationally. He has recently been elected 2009 Chairman of the Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce.  This comes after years of service to the Chamber, including as a Director, twice Vice Chair of Economic Development, Vice Chair of Membership and Chair of Advantage Greenville for three years.

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Jim Burns

Jim Burns was elected in 2004 to represent the east side of Greenville County, District 21. Mr. Burns, a Senior Vice President with Carolina First Bank, earned degrees from Clemson University.
Jim and his wife, Kathy, have three children. They are members of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Greenville.
Prior to his Council term, he served on the Board of Zoning Appeals for both Greenville County and the City of Greenville. Jim graduated from Leadership Greenville with Class 28. He has been named one of Greenville’s Best and Brightest under 35 and one of Greenville’s Most Influential People. He sits on the Board of Directors of Greenville Forward and the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau.

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Brad Halter

Brad, a third generation Realtor, manages the Residential, Commercial,  Relocation and Property Management Groups and is the President of Coldwell Banker Caine and Coldwell Banker Commercial Caine.
Licensed since 1978, Brad is a past Director of the Greater Greenville Association of Realtors, past President of the Association’s Multiple Listing Service, and past Chairman of the Professional Standards Committee. He is currently a member of the South Carolina Association of Realtors Board of Directors, serves on the Greenville Hospital System Advisory Board, a director of the Community Bank, BankGreenville, President of the Downtown Area Partnership and is a member of the board of directors of the Greenville Convention and Visitors Bureau.
He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, the Long Range Facilties committee at Christ Church, and is a member of the Board of Zoning Appeals.

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Russell Stall

Russell is making a difference in Greenville through Greenville Forward and with board memberships on the Greenville Chamber, Metropolitan Arts Council, University Center, Project Host, and the Junior League Advisory Committee.  He is currently Chairman of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Greenville and has recently been voted as one of Greenville Magazine’s “Most Influential” (38th) and “Most Influential Non Profit Leader” (4th). His wife Susan is an active community leader in her own right, and their sons Hampton and Harrison attend Southside High School IB and the Sterling School/Charles Townes Center.

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Irv Welling

Irv Welling III, CPA is the firm chairman emeritus, shareholder of the Greenville Office for Elliott Davis. He has practiced public accounting for more than 35 years with concentration in several arenas including real estate, medical/healthcare and manufacturing and distribution. His involvement with client engagements includes Visioning, strategic business planning, consultation on general corporate matters, estate and trust planning, and personal wealth management. 
As Chairman of the Firm from 1994 - 2003, Irv has overseen the growth and expansion of Elliott Davis from a small South Carolina company into one of the largest middle market accounting and consulting firms in the United States. He has championed the diversification of the firm’s capabilities into numerous industry specialty groups, and directed the addition of technology, wealth management and international services affiliates. 

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Ann Wright

Ann Wright joined the Red Cross in 1984, and has been with the chapter ever since, currently serving as chief executive officer. Ann is active in the Upstate of South Carolina and is the Past-President of the Leadership Greenville Alumni Association, the Board of Regents for Leadership Greenville, the Greenville Professional Women’s Forum. She is the winner of the 1998 Distinguished Leadership Award given by the National Association for Community Leadership - one of only 73 recipients nationwide.  She was included in the National Register’s “Who’s Who in Executives & Professionals” 2003-2004 edition. She won the 2003 Distinguished Alumni Award from Leadership Greenville. She is married to Doug, and they have 4 children: Andrew, Jeremy, Jennifer, and Colby.