The Team

I am very proud and honored to be the team leader of the Wales GSE Team. We have selected a special group of young South Carolina professionals who will be great ambassadors for our District and State. They have trained hard and all have contributed to the planning of our trip and our presentation. We have bonded very well and we look forward to our upcoming adventure. The team consists of Mariah Bywater. Mariah is an Emergecy Room Nurse at the Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort. She was sponsored by the Beaufort Rotary Club. Her part of the presentation will be about Health Care and Education in S.C. Adrel Langley is the editor of the Lake City News and Post in Lake City and lives in Johnsonville with her daughter, Allison. She was sponsored by the Lake City RC. She is going to talk about football and other traditions. Betsy Reves is the Catering Sales Manager at Embassy Suites on Charleston and she was sponsored by the Spring Valley RC. She is going to talk about our culture and food especially BBQ. Ruben Santiago also was sponsored by the Spring Valley RC and is a lieutenant with the Richland County Sheriff's Dept in their Community Services Division. Ruben lives in Columbia with his wife and 3 children. He is going to talk about Law Enforcement in S.C. Richard Sidebottom is a historical architecture consultant with the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. He lives in Columbia and was sponsored by the Columbia Rotary Club. He is going to talk about the Welsh connection in SC. Rick Melton of the Lake City Rotary Club is the team leader, He is the past president of his club and is part owner of Johnson Auto Sales, LLC in Lake City where he lives with his wife, Millie. He will talk about Rotary in District 7770.