Mr. Dan Mackey has recently been elected to chair the South Carolina State Library Board of Trustees. Mackey, a native of Camden, S.C., US Marine Corps veteran, and 1963 graduate of the University of South Carolina, began his career as President of the Greer Chamber of Commerce.
He was Executive Director of the Chester County Development Board and was an Industrial Development Representative for the State of North Carolina.
Mackey was the first Director of a Regional Council of Governments in SC, the Upper Savannah COG in Greenwood, where he served for seventeen years. He was appointed Executive Director of the SC Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, a state agency responsible for bringing all levels of government together to resolve common problems. He concluded his career in Public Service as Director of the State Budget & Control Board’s Office of Regional Development and retired in 1999. From January 2002 to January 2003 Mackey served as Interim Director for the Kershaw County Library.
Mackey was the first Director of a Regional Council of Governments in SC, the Upper Savannah COG in Greenwood, where he served for seventeen years. He was appointed Executive Director of the SC Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, a state agency responsible for bringing all levels of government together to resolve common problems. He concluded his career in Public Service as Director of the State Budget & Control Board’s Office of Regional Development and retired in 1999. From January 2002 to January 2003 Mackey served as Interim Director for the Kershaw County Library.
