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Board of Directors
Mark Jahnke - President
Mark Jahnke has served the broadcast community since 2002. A graduate of Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri, Jahnke currently is the Vice President, Chief Information Officer for South Carolina ETV (SCETV) in Columbia, SC. . Since 2020 Jahnke has been integral in creating a drone program at SCETV. His focus on policy and practical application has directed SCETV’s drone program forward for creative content creation and engineering structural analysis.
​Sallie Williams - Vice President
Sallie Williams is Manager for the Solid Waste Regulation Development, Planning, and Reporting Section in the Division of Mining and Solid Waste at the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC). She has been with SC DHEC for ten years and served in several other areas, including underground storage tanks, solid waste, and hazardous waste. Sallie earned a B.A. in Communication with a minor focus on Leadership and Psychology and a M.A. in Organizational Change and Leadership, both from Columbia College. She earned her FAA Part 107 certification in 2016 as one of the first Department drone pilots and was instrumental in founding the DHEC UAV group. As a member of the DHEC UAV group, she has aided in piloting many flights for the Department, assisting and training new pilots, and promoting the group’s outreach efforts. Her passion for helping others extends outside of DHEC, where she serves as a member of the Lebanon Volunteer Fire Department and the Fairfield County Rescue Squad. She loves new challenges and exploring new uses for drones in the state of South Carolina.​
Scott Reynolds - Secretary
Scott Reynolds is a Senior Scientist with South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), having spent most of his 40 years with the Agency as Director of the Division of Air Quality Analysis. He holds a B S in Chemistry from the University of South Florida and has been with DHEC since 1979. Scott has been heavily involved in the UAS project at DHEC, providing coordination during response and recovery for natural events and developing processes for integration of UAS and use of UAS to support all of DHEC’s environmental programs. His focus is on developing pilots and the equipment, collaboration with other agencies, sharing best practices, and building the South Carolina’s Public Agency UAV community.
Dr. Tom Lawrence - Treasurer
Dr. Tom Lawrence is the program director and lead faculty for criminal justice at Tri-County Technical College (TCTC). He earned a PhD from Indiana Institute of Technology, an MCJ from Boston University, and a BA from St. Mary’s College of California. He has an extensive background in law enforcement, having served 15 years in municipal, county, and federal law enforcement agencies. He managed numerous special units and served as the training director for an eight-county region in central California. He played an integral role in policy development, legal affairs, and recurring training for incumbent workers.​
​Darryl Jones - President
Darryl Jones is the Forest Protection Chief for the South Carolina Forestry Commission. His responsibilities include oversight of wildfire suppression, fire prevention, emergency response, law enforcement, forest health, training & safety, and administration of South Carolina’s Certified Prescribed Fire Manager, Smoke Management, and prescribed burning programs. Darryl is a Wildland Firefighter, Certified Prescribed Fire Manager, and a Registered Forester, as well as a past president and current steering committee member of the SC Prescribed Fire Council. He holds a B.S. degree in Forest Resource Management from Clemson University.
Dr. Joe Mari Maja
Dr. Joe Mari Maja is a senior researcher and the director of the Center of Applied Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Agriculture at South Carolina State University. With a focus on drone technology, robotics, and automation, Dr. Maja has mentored multiple graduate students whose work advances precision agriculture and environmental monitoring. He has secured over $2 million in approved grants, leading projects in UAV-based plant inventory management, water stress detection, and automated cotton harvesting.​
Bill McMurrer
Sergeant Bill McMurrer serves with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, overseeing the Technical Services Unit and managing the office's Drone Program. With twenty-eight years of law enforcement experience, Sergeant McMurrer holds a Masters in Criminal Justice from Anderson University Command College and an MBA from Columbia College. In spring 2022, he took charge of the GCSO Drone Unit, initially used mainly for search and rescue and preplanned events. Tasked with developing a Patrol Drone Program at GCSO, he, along with a team of skilled drone pilots, revamped the program. It now includes over fifty Part 107 licensed drone pilots across the agency, with drones available 24/7 in patrol car trunks for various scenarios.
Joe McCann
Joe McCann is the FTS Manager for South Carolina Educational Television’s (SCETV) Tower Crew and has been with the organization for over eight years. He became Part 107 certified in November 2020 as one of the first drone operators within SCETV. Prior to joining SCETV, Joe served five years in the US Navy, leaving under honorable conditions. His entry into tower work began after receiving a random email about a new climbing program at Aiken Technical College, run by Warriors 4 Wireless. After completing the program, he joined Nokia as part of their first-ever in-house tower crew. He later transitioned to SCETV and has never looked back..​
​Nikos Vitzilaios, PhD
Dr. Nikos Vitzilaios is an Assistant Professor of Robotics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina (UofSC). He is the Director of the Unmanned Systems & Robotics Laboratory (USRL) working on perception, navigation and control of unmanned systems focusing on unmanned aircraft. USRL has a fleet of 25 drones including commercial, customized, and in-house built systems used in several monitoring\inspection applications. At the UofSC he teaches courses in robotics, control theory, mechatronics and engineering graphics and visualization.
Executive Director
​Joe Burgett PhD
Dr. Joe Burgett is a tenured professor at Clemson University in the Nieri Department of Construction Development and Planning. He graduated from the University of Florida with his BS, MS and PhD all in construction management. He is a general contractor by trade and teaches HVAC an electrical systems courses at Clemson. His area of research is in advanced construction technology; specifically, with how drones can be used to support land surveying and asset inspections He has worked closely with the SCDOT and their drone program.