CAGC Members Make SC Influential List

January 28, 2026

Congratulations to the Carolinas AGC members named to the 2025 South Carolina 500! This prestigious list recognizes the most influential leaders across the state and highlights those shaping South Carolina’s economy. We are proud to celebrate our members whose leadership and impact continue to move our industry and our state forward.

We are proud to honor the CAGC Members on the list below. See the full list here.

  • Sheila Abron, Fisher Phillips
  • Matt Brewer, Choate Construction Company
  • Chip Crane, Hill Construction Services of Charleston, Inc
  • Andrew Fuller, Claycor Contractors, Inc.
  • J. Mark Hylton, Gulf Stream Construction Company
  • Leighton Lord, Maynard Nexsen
  • Lee Mashburn, Mashburn Construction Company, Inc.
  • Paul Mashburn, Mashburn Construction Company, Inc.
  • Shannon Meder, HNTB North Carolina PC
  • Chappy McKay, Trident Construction
  • Rick Mixson, Landmark Construction Company, Inc.
  • Jon Musselman, J Musselman Construction, Inc.
  • Robert Reilly, Hill Construction Services of Charleston, Inc
  • Mary Shahid, Maynard Nexsen
  • Evan Sowell, Langston Construction Co of Piedmont, LLC
  • Kent Thames, Choate Construction Company
  • Hal Turner, Thompson Turner
  • Melvin Williams, Terracon Consultants, Inc.
  • David Wise, Harper General Contractors, Inc.

CAGC Power List Recipients:

(read the full list here)

Real Estate and Construction:

  • Ty Edmondson, CEO, T.A. Loving, Current Chair of Carolinas AGC’s Board of Directors
  • Dave Simpson, President & CEO, CAGC
  • Mark Johnnie, COO, Balfour Beatty, Past Chair of CAGC’s Board of Directors
  • Brian Allen, CEO, Precision Walls
  • Mark Balling, Executive VP, General Manager, Skanska USA
  • Rob Barnhill, Barnhill Contracting
  • John Dudas, Division Manager, Choate Construction
  • Baker Glasgow, President, Clancy & Theys Construction
  • Zeb Hadley, CEO, National Coatings
  • Mike Lancaster, CEO, Blum Construction
  • Eric Reichard, CEO, Rodgers Builders
  • Eddie Vannoy, CEO, Vannoy Construction

Law:

  • Dan Cahill, Managing Partner, Poyner & Spruill, LLP
  • Bradley Evans, Co-Managing Director, Ward and Smith
  • Kimberly Bullock Gatling, Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP
  • Tom Griffin, Managing Partner, Parker Poe & Bernstein
  • Byron Kirkland, Managing Partner, Smith Anderson
  • Chris Kouri, Managing Shareholder, Maynard Nexsen
  • Perry Safran, President, Safran Law Offices
  • Devon Williams, Co-Managing Director, Ward and Smith, P. A. 

Manufacturing

  • Hooper Hardison, Charlotte Pipe & Foundry
  • Ward Nye, Martin Marietta 
  • Glenn Sherrill, Steel Fab

Professional Services

  • Jim Canfield, Withers Ravenel
  • Jim Parker, Summit Design and Engineering Services

Economic Development

  • Kevin Price, CEO, National Institute of Minority Economic Development
  

Non-Member CAGC Allies:
Meantime, while they are not CAGC members, several Power List recipients have often spoken to CAGC and heavily influenced our commercial construction industry, including:

  • Christopher Chung, CEO, Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (Economic Development)
  • John Kane, Founder/Chair, Kane Realty (Real Estate & Construction)
  • Michael Fox, Past Chair, NC Board of Transportation (Transportation)