SCAD Board of Directors: Photo in front of ASL I Love You sign statue in Columbia, SC. From right to left: Andrea Johnson-Secretary, Paul LeCroy- Treasurer, Sherry Williams-Vice President, Anita McDaniel-Executive Director (Ex Officio), Glenda McCary-President, Cyndi Tinsley-Upstate Member at Large Rep, Jerry Francis-Midlands Member at Large Rep, Jennifer Powell-Pee Dee Member at Large Rep.
Board of Directors 2023-2025
President
Glenda F. McCary (Inman, SC) is a graduate of South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind (SCSDB) (1972). She holds a degree from Piedmont Technical College in Secretarial Science. She is currently employed with the SCSDB as an ASL instructor for the employees. She is a member of the Upstate Association of the Deaf (UAD), the South Carolina Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (SCRID), the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), and American Sign Language Teachers’ Association (ASLTA). She is the former Miss Deaf SC of 1975-77. Glenda has previously served as SCAD’s President. She believes SCAD should be like an insurance company: They are there for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and will fight to protect your rights in every possible way. Glenda enjoys cooking, catering, reading, traveling and spending time with her granddaughters.
Vice President
Ronald Howell
Secretary
Andrea Martinez-Johnson (Columbia, SC) graduated from Texas School for the Deaf. She attended Gallaudet University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in May 1991. She is currently employed as an Instructional Assistant in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing classroom with Richland District One and has been there for 19 years. In addition, Andrea is an ASL Instructor at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. She previously served as SCAD Secretary (2001-2007), SCAD President (2007), SCAD Vice President (2008), Multicultural Outreach Services Chairperson (formerly under SCAD), SC American Sign Language Teachers Association (SCASLTA) Officer and Member, SouthEast Athletic Association of the Deaf (SEAAD) Secretary (2016-2018), Deaf Women United (DWM) Committee Member, SC American Sign Language (ASL) Taskforce Committee Member, SC Black Deaf Advocate Member, and Midlands Association of the Deaf Member. Andrea volunteers for Beginning SC, for Camp Wonder Hands as Counselor and Co-head Counselor. She received several awards from National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and SC Association of the Deaf (SCAD). For 24 years she was married to her late husband, Christopher Johnson, who was well known in the South Carolina Deaf community. Andrea enjoys traveling, photography, and spending time with her cat King Jax.
