- Leslie Skardon serves as CEO of Sustain SC and a Charleston City councilwoman.
- Sustain SC focuses on economic development, resilience, conservation and education.
- The organization evaluates sustainability factors before new business projects enter the state.
- Skardon says sustainable growth is essential as South Carolina continues to expand.
She is CEO of Sustain SC by day and Charleston City Council councilwoman by night, but Leslie Skardon remains a South Carolina conservation and business advocate 24/7.
With almost a decade of service to a couple of Fortune 500 companies and time with the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency and other nonprofits and groups in Charleston — jumping from Durham, N.C., to Washington D.C., to her residence now in James Island — Skardon now wears the hat of South Carolina sustainable growth.
“I think the beauty of being in a place like Charleston is that people feel a deep sense of pride for where they live. They want to take care of where they live, they want to serve where they live and they want to protect it,” Skardon said. “To be able to do that on a state-wide level with Sustain SC is incredibly rewarding.”…