Board Members

Mitch Fulmore
President
843-317-5660
Greeting SC APCO Members,
I hope that everyone is staying safe and healthy during these strange and uncertain times.
I want to take a moment to address the Members as your SC APCO President. It is such a great honor to serve you and to follow in the footsteps of our immediate Past President, Rick Blackwell and others.
My tenure with Florence County 911 has awarded me the opportunity to meet and network with so many great people across the state. It was those interactions that lead me to get involved with SC APCO.
Getting involved with APCO helped me grow in my training and leadership skills and has also prepared me for future opportunities.
As your President, I would like to challenge you to become more involved with SC APCO.
As you are aware, our Annual SC APCO/NENA October conference has been cancelled this year, as previously mentioned by Rick. As also stated, the boards are looking to put together a virtual event during the same timeframe. We will be advising more on a future date.
During these difficult times we are facing, you are truly the unsung heroes. You are the “Rock Stars” of Public Safety Communications!!!
Please don’t hesitate to contact me if I can assist you in any way.
Again, it is an honor to serve as your SC APCO President and I’m looking forward to working with ALL of you.

Shirlene Skipper
Secretary/Treasurer
911 Emergency Services Director, Sumter South Carolina
sskipper@sumtersc.gov
803-968-4246
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William Tatum
1st Vice President
Communications Manager, Prisma Health EMS
william.tatum@prismahealth.org
864-505-5826

Alisha Smith, ENP
2nd Vice President
Training Officer Florence County Central Dispatch
assmith@fcemd.org
843-317-5662

Rick Blackwell
Past President/APCO International Executive Committee Member
Director, Greenville County Office of E911
rblackwell@greenvillecounty.org
864-467-5912

Wendi J. Rooney, ENP
SC APCO
Member-at-Large
Deputy Director
Spartanburg County Communications/9-1-1
P.O. Box 5666
461 E. Main St., Ste 300
Spartanburg, SC 29304
V (864) 596-2126
F (864) 596-2382
Email: wrooney@spartanburgcounty.org
Wendi Rooney is the Deputy Director for Spartanburg County’s Communications/9-1-1 Department, having begun her career as a 9-1-1 call-taker with the department in 1996. Wendi is the Accreditation Manager for Spartanburg 9-1-1 which has been nationally accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) since 2004. She is a nationally certified Emergency Number Professional (ENP) and graduate of NENA’s Communications Management Certification Program (CMCP). Wendi is actively involved in state and national 9-1-1 related professional organizations; serving as co-chair of the NENA Development Steering Committee which establishes operational standards and recommended best practices for the 9-1-1 industry and Member-At-Large for the SC chapter of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO). Wendi earned her bachelor’s degree from the College of Charleston in 1995 and her Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Emergency Management in 2005 from Jacksonville State University.

Tasha L. Todd, RPL, ENP
SC APCO Historian