Smyth McKissick

President, Alice Manufacturing, Representing the American

Textile Manufacturing Institute (ATMI)

Since 1988 Mr. McKissick has led Alice Manufacturing Company's four plants in Easley. He succeeded his father, Ellison S. McKissick, Jr., and is the fourth generation of his family to head the textile manufacturing company, which is Pickens County's largest employer. Previously he served as executive vice president and treasurer.

Mr. McKissick holds a bachelor of science in Administrative Management from Clemson University and a master's in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina.

He serves as a member of the board of trustees for Clemson University, the University of South Carolina Business Partnership Foundation, the J. E. Sirrine Textile Foundation and the Institute of Textile Technology.

He also is a member of the board of directors of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute and Christ Church Episcopal School.

He and his wife, Martha Allyson Wood McKissick, have a son and two daughters and live in Greenville.