Board of Directors
Gwendolyn Bampfield
President/CPO A native of Hampton, South Carolina, began her education at the Old Colored School in Hampton at the age of 4. At age 5 she had attended first 
grade twice. Relocating from South Carolina Gwen attended public school in New York and eventually graduated from Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, Maryland at the age of sixteen. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida A & M University (l971), Tallahassee, Fla., a Masters of Social Work from Hunter College School of Social Work (1975) New York, N.Y., and a Juris of Doctorate (1980) from Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, N.J.
Her work career expands nearly 20 years of city administration, working for the Office of Mayor-City of New York, NYC Juvenile Detention Center and the NYS Division for Youth & Family Services. She relocated to South Carolina in 1995 and began a career with The ACCESS Network, Inc. a non-profit service organization also specializing in services for HIV/AIDS infected persons and their families, adolescent pregnancy prevention and homelessness. Since 2002 she has held the position as President and Chief Presiding Officer.
In 1996 she accepted the appointment as Municipal Court Judge for the town of Hampton, S.C. and served in that capacity until 2006. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the S.C. Association of Nonprofit Organizations, and Lowcountry Continuum of Care, served as past chair the S.C. HIV/AIDS Council and past Co-Chair for the S.C. HIV Prevention Community Planning Group. She is a member of the South Carolina, New York, and New Jersey, State Bars.
She is the mother of Tawana (Fred) Barber Folston, and Ladell Barber, and the aunt of Michael Moseley, and is the proud grandmother of Morgan A. Folston and Makaliah A. Barber.
Board of Directors
- Geist Ussery:Co-Chair
- Beatrice Hudson: Co-Chair
- Debbie Brown: Treasurer
- Brooker Terry
- Jean Bullen-Ennever
- Richard Madison
- Tammy Washington
- Ed Wilson
- Mary Wrighten
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
- Brenda Dedecker
- Claudette Humphrey
- Joeseph Hall
- Holly Hook
- Marion Shumake
- Iva Welton
HOW TO HELP
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