The South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance’s (SCMA) President and CEO, Lewis Gossett, issued the follow statement endorsing the nomination of Eleanor Kitzman as Director of DHEC:
“South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) plays a fundamental role in our state’s economic development future. The state’s businesses rely on an efficient and responsive agency to make the regulatory and oversight process work smoothly. The nomination of Eleanor Kitzman as DHEC Director is a positive indication that the board and the Governor have taken their statutory roles seriously by nominating a qualified and professional leader to serve as Director. We support Ms. Kitzman and look forward to the Senate’s approval of the nominee with a seamless leadership change at DHEC.”
