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

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.