Public Policy

The Greenville Chamber joined forces with 12 Chambers in the Upstate to form the Upstate Chamber Coalition (UCC), an alliance created to unify the voice of business in the Upstate in order to create jobs, lower the unemployment rate and to raise per capita income. UCC lobbies for the needs of the Upstate to legislators and to the entire General Assembly. The Chambers that make up the coalition represent 8,000 member-businesses and over 200,000 employees.

UCC is a contractually bound group of Chambers that are served by lobbyists Mark Cothran and Elizabeth Edwards. The Upstate Chambers that make up the UCC are:

Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce
Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce
Clemson Area Chamber of Commerce
Greater Easley Chamber of Commerce
Greenville Chamber
Greenwood Chamber of Commerce
Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce
Laurens County Chamber of Commerce
Simpsonville Area Chamber of Commerce
Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce
Walhalla Chamber of Commerce
Westminster Chamber of Commerce

In addition to lobbying on behalf of these Upstate Chambers, Cothran and Edwards lead the development of each Chamber's legislative agenda, their grassroots and grasstops programs, and other public policy-related initiatives.

Contact a Lobbyist:
Mark Cothran at 864-239-3718
Elizabeth Edwards at 864-239-3748