Name: Steve Padgett

Chapter: South Carolina

Current position: Account Representative Corporate/Marketing Communications, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina

How long in current position: 6 years

First PR job: Community Relations Coordinator for the South Carolina Organ Procurement Agency

Where you attended college: University of South Carolina

If you weren’t doing PR, you’d be.. teaching.

What is your passion?  I enjoy working with people. Whether it is in my professional life helping clients solve how to best communicate products to potential members or personally helping others who may be less fortunate, interacting with people and helping them succeed makes it all worth it.

Proudest professional accomplishment: Leading our annual United Way campaign for employees to the highest monetary contributions as well as overall employee participation.

Why are you a PRSA member? To be able to network with other professionals who are in the same situation and learn new and better ways to solve problems as well as share my experiences with others to help them grow and learn from my opportunities.

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