From staff reports
Barry Wilson was sworn-in as the 88th President of the Rotary Club of Beaufort, the oldest of Beaufort’s three Rotary clubs, on Wednesday, July 5. Wilson has been a member of the Rotary Club of Beaufort since 2020, when he and his wife Rita moved to Beaufort full-time.
The Wilsons are the owners of AlphaGraphics, a Beaufort-based marketing services and printing company serving the Lowcountry. Prior to moving to Beaufort, Wilson worked in advertising and marketing in Charlotte, N.C., where he was an owner of one of Charlotte’s major ad agencies. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina, where he majored in advertising.
A 2023 graduate f Leadership Beaufort, Wilson also serves on the board of the Boys and Girls Club of Northern Beaufort County and is a member of the S.C. Small Business Development Centers (SCSBDC) advisory board.
The club also named its 2023-24 Board of Directors at the same meeting. In addition to Wilson, the Board includes Owen Hand (Membership), Jay Patel (Sergeant-at-Arms), Howard Heckrotte (Sergeant-at-Arms), Brenda Litchfield (Membership), Ethan James (Rotary Foundation), Jim Weiskopf (Public Image), Graham Holcombe (Club Administration), Rosemary Hunt (Youth Services), Whitney McDaniel (Secretary and Treasurer, Immediate Past President), Mary Ann Capria (Community Services), Bob Allen (Member-at-Large), Kevin Phillips (Member-at-Large), Nick Hunt (Programs), and Peter Murphy (Member-at-Large).