Background
Gardner, James was born on May 27, 1953 in Ridgeland, South Carolina, United States. Son of Shirley Mae Gardner.
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James Gardner
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Education
Bachelor, St. Augustine's College, 1975.
Career
Medical laboratory technician, Beaufort-Jasper Comprehensive Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Ridgeland, South Carolina., 1975-1976; assistant manager, Liberty Loans Inc., Hampton, South Carolina., 1976-1977; senior assistant manager, Household Finance Corporation, Beaufort, South Carolina., 1977-1979; nigh auditor, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Hilton Head, South Carolina., 1979-1980; machinist, General Carbide Corporation, Jasper, 1979-1980; chemical unloader/machinist apprentice, St. Regis Paper Company, Jacksonville, Florida, 1981-1982; night auditor/manager, front desk clerk, Holiday Inn, Jacksonville, Florida, 1982; owner, operator, Gardner's Barber Styling Salon, Ridgeland, South Carolina., since 1984; parks and recreation director, Jasper County Council, Ridgeland, since 1992.
Membership
South Carolina state chairman East Coast Greenway, 2001, board trustees, 2003. Member Town of Ridgeland Planning Commission, 2001. President, director Low Country Amateur Athletics, Inc., 1993.
President Southeastern Pro-Am Basketball Association. Vice-chairman 2d district Congressman Joe Wilson's Minority Affairs Commission. Founder African-American Heritage and Cultural Coalition Jasper County.
District director American's Youth Basketball Tour, 1999. Board directors Palm Key Institute. Founder The River's Edge Learning Institute.
Member of Delta Sigma Theta (Community Service award Beaufort Alumnae chapter 2003-2004).
Connections
Married Cathy Brantley, December 27, 1986. 1 child, Jasmine Charese.
