Staff Report
Published Jan. 20, 2011

John Warner, the founder and principal of InnoVenture LLC, has recently been appointed to serve as the newest member of the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee.

Warner fills the unexpired term of Charmeka Bosket, which will expire June 30, 2014. S.C. Sen. John Courson, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, made the appointment.

"Nothing is a more essential to the future of South Carolina than public education,” said Warner. “People do what is measured, so I'm excited about the opportunity to help measure the success of our children's education."

Since 2000, Warner has worked to connect entrepreneurs with the resources they need to create change. His work with InnoVenture also includes www.swampfox.ws that has 200,000 annual visitors and a weekly radio update broadcast statewide on South Carolina Public Radio to 60,000 listeners.

Since 2004, Warner has served as the director of the Council on Competitiveness at New Carolina. He also currently serves as the director of the South Carolina Venture Capital Authority, which was established by the General Assembly to increase the availability of equity, near-equity, or seed capital for emerging, expanding, relocation, and restructuring enterprises in the state.

The S.C. Education Oversight Committee is an independent, non-partisan group made up of 18 educators, business persons and elected leaders. Created in 1998, the committee is dedicated to reporting facts, measuring change, and promoting progress within South Carolina’s education system.