SCANA Corporation announced the election of two new members to its board of directors Wednesday - James M. Micali, chairman and president of Michelin North America; and James W. Roquemore of Orangeburg, CEO and chairman of Patten Seed Company.
SCANA's Board of Directors voted on Dec. 31 to increase the size of the SCANA board from 10 to 12 members. The board elected Micali and Roquemore to serve in the newly created seats until the next annual meeting of shareholders, at which time the board plans to propose each for election by the shareholders.
Patten Seed Company is the nation's top producer of warm-season turfgrass sod and seed. Under the direction of Roquemore and his late father, W.A. Roquemore, before him, Patten Seed has grown from a small business in Lakeland, Ga., to having farms throughout Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia.
With more than 19,000 acres under cultivation, including an extensive pecan operation for wholesale nut production and nursery tree stock, Patten Seed Company is today one of the largest and most diversified agricultural businesses in the South, and one of the largest turfgrass producers in the world. Patten Seed has 15 sod sales offices strategically located in the Southeast.
Roquemore serves on the Southeast Region and National boards of the Boy Scouts of America. He serves on the board of S.C. Bank and Trust. He is the agribusiness co-chairman for "New Carolina" - South Carolina's Council on Competitiveness - and is the past president and a current board member of the Palmetto Agribusiness Council.
Roquemore's many awards and honors include the Governor's Order of the Palmetto, Orangeburg Citizen of the Year, the Silver Beaver Award for the Boy Scouts of America and a S.C. Ambassador for Economic Development, 2001.
Micali was appointed chairman and president of Michelin North America in 1996. He received his degree from Boston College Law School in 1973. After practicing law in Providence, R.I., Micali joined Michelin in 1977 and held a number of positions. He was named general counsel and secretary for Michelin North America in 1985, and became executive vice president of the North American legal and finance functions in 1990.
Micali was named a member of the Michelin Group Executive Council in 2001. He served a one-year term as chairman of the board of the Rubber Manufacturers Association. He served on the board of directors of Lafarge North America from 2004 to 2006. He is immediate past chairman of the S.C. Manufacturers Alliance and currently chairs the S.C. Chamber of Commerce. Micali has received the Order of Merit from the French government.
SCANA Corp., a Fortune 500 company with headquarters in Columbia, is an energy-based holding company principally engaged, through subsidiaries, in electric and natural gas utility operations and other energy-related businesses. The company serves approximately 636,000 electric customers in South Carolina and more than 1.2 million natural gas customers in the Carolinas and Georgia.
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