“. . . Don’t avoid finance, accounting, or business . . . have some major or minor that allows you to have a good grasp of business because the worst feeling you can have is being uninformed.”
BARBARA MELVIN is the sixth president and CEO of South Carolina Ports, and the first woman to lead a top 10 U.S. operating container port. Prior to her unanimous appointment by the S.C. Ports Board of Directors, Barbara served the ports for 24 years, joining in 1998, during which time she served in a variety of roles. In 2015, she became senior vice president of operations and terminals and in 2018, assumed the position of Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the daily operation of the port as well as major infrastructure projects, such as the Charleston Harbor Deepening Project.
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