Clemson University’s soon-to-retire president, Jim Clements, stands out as the only South Carolina public college president to sit on a corporate board.
The chief executive of the Upstate college, until recently, sat on the board of two publicly traded companies: a homebuilding firm and a bank.
He’s been on the board of Greenville-based United Community Banks since 2020. It’s his seat on other one—United Homes Group, formerly Great Southern Homes—since 2022 that brought public questions about his role and a potential conflict of interest. He resigned in October, along with all but the company’s founder. Other board members who left the company included former Gov. Nikki Haley, who also sits on her alma mater’s board.
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