Staff Report
Published Jan. 31, 2012

William Freeman

Upstate executive and Easley resident William L. Freeman III will be the chairman of the Palmetto Health Board of Directors of 2012.

Freeman is the sales vice president at VOA Canada.

The board announced three other executive members for 2012:

• James E. Wheeler, vice president of Loxcreen Aluminum Products Group Fabricated Sales, will be vice chairman.
• Jerome D. Odom, executive director of University Foundations at the University of South Carolina, will be treasurer.
• Traci Young Cooper, director of Extended Day Programs & Partnerships at Richland School District One, will be secretary of the board.

The board also welcomed new members Jean E. Duke, financial consultant; Calvin H. Elam, CEO of ProVest Wealth Management Group; John W. Foster Jr., J.W. Foster Agency; Dr. William C. Gerard, emergency medicine physician with Carolina Care PA; and Dr. James H. Herlong, retired urologist.

Palmetto Health employs more than 8,000 people in the Midlands. It is composed of four hospitals — Palmetto Health Richland, Palmetto Health Baptist, the Heart Hospital and Children's Hospital.