From staff reports
United Way of the Lowcountry (UWLC) announced Bluffton’s Carol Branch has been elected chairman of its all-volunteer Board of Directors.
Branch has been involved with United Way of the Lowcountry for several years. She has also served as Treasurer of the Rotary Club of Bluffton and a member of the Board of Directors for the South Carolina Youth Leadership Council.
Prior to retirement, Branch spent more than two decades supporting the U.S. Intelligence Community, U.S. Defense Department and working in the private sector worldwide.
“Carol has a strong knowledge of United Way and the desire to help make our community better,” UWLC President and CEO Dale Douthat said in a release. “She will be a great board chair and leader. I am looking forward to working directly with her in her new role and with the rest of the amazing leaders serving on our board.”
United Way’s Board of Directors is made up of community members who provide governance and philanthropic support to make the Lowcountry a better place to live, work and raise families.
UWLC also welcomes Marge Barber and John Schueler as new board members.
Barber is a retired journalist who has lived in Beaufort since 1991. She was city editor of the Beaufort Gazette for 12 years, during which time she became a United Way public relations volunteer and chair of that committee. She was the first Director of Communications for United Way of Beaufort County. She became a United Way Community Investment volunteer after retiring from the United Way staff, serving as a panel member, a panel chair and most recently co-chair of the committee.
Schueler is the founding principal of Newpoint Partners, an advisory firm that assists companies in developing and executing business growth strategies. Schueler has held executive positions with three leading global companies in the clinical diagnostics field, spending most of his career with the Diagnostics Division at Abbott Laboratories, a global medical device corporation based outside of Chicago. In addition to Executive Management, his work experience includes international sales and marketing, manufacturing operations and finance. Prior to coming to Beaufort in 2019, Schueler was General Manager of the Clinical Diagnostic Reagent business for Thermo Fisher, Inc. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan.
