Ken Harvin - MS, Nonprofit Management
843.579.9855
ken@scaced.org

Mr. Harvin has spent twenty years as a community development practitioner in Communities of Color addressing the issue of social inequality using community-building and -organizing principles. Mr. Harvin graduated from Scott’s Branch High School in the historic civil rights community of Summerton, SC and was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corp. Mr. Harvin holds a masters’ degree in nonprofit management with a specialization in community development finance from the New School for Public Engagement, Milano School of International Affairs, and Management and Urban Policy. As a practitioner, Mr. Harvin has consulted with nonprofits, community action agencies and public charter schools in urban and rural environments to build organization capacity to effect change at the individual and community level.  Among his accomplishments are the securing of multiple federal, and state awards for community development projects.

Paola A. Gutiérrez, MHA
803.454.3850
pgutierrez@scorh.net

Paola Gutiérrez joined the South Carolina Office of Rural Health in 2018, and currently serves as the Director of External Engagement. Prior to joining SCORH, she was the multicultural program developer for Clemson Cooperative Extension’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program. She also served as the PASOs director of programs and training at the Arnold School of Public Health. Paola serves on boards such as SC Community Loan Fund New Markets Tax Credit Advisory Board, Lions Vision Services (board member and committee member), 4-H, the State Commission on Respite, and Mental Health Champions-Greenville. She also serves on the American Public Health Association (APHA) Health Informatics Information Technology (HIIT) section.

She received her bachelor’s degree in French literature and German studies from the University of South Carolina and her Master’s in Healthcare Administration from American Intercontinental University. She is a native of Greenville, SC, with a background from Medellín, Colombia.