After briefly serving as Interim Executive Director in 2008, Anita M. Steichen-McDaniel was appointed Executive Director and Ex Officio on January 10, 2009 . She previously served six years as SCAD President and has served on the SCAD Board of Directors in some capacity for over 21 years, receiving several conference awards. Previously she worked at the Charleston Veteran’s Medical Center for 21 years as a Patient Service Assistant. She is a graduate of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind and has a passion for advocacy in the Deaf community. She moved to the Midlands from the Charleston area after she married her husband, Lee McDaniel. Anita and Lee reside in Lexington, SC. They enjoy spending time with their grandchildren.
Office Administrator Joy Hill
Joy Hill is a native of Cayce, South Carolina. Her late father, John Calvin Hill, was deaf and graduated from the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind (SCSDB) in Spartanburg, SC. Her late mother, Annie Joyce Hill, was hard of hearing and also attended SCSDB. As a Child of Deaf Adult (CODA), her first language was American Sign Language which she learned through communicating with her parents. At the age of six Joy's parents discovered that she had lost her hearing due to illness and was fitted with a hearing aid. She grew up attending many Deaf events with her parents. Joy graduated from Brookland-Cayce High School and previously worked in the structural steel industry as an Office Administrator for over 20 years until the plant closed. She enjoys spending time outdoors with her two dogs. Joy has been working at SCAD since 2013.
