Charleston Metro Chamber Of Commerce: Darrin Goss Sr.

Charleston SC

15 January, 2022

12:59 PM

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Press release from the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce: 2022-01-14 Darrin Goss Sr. is the President & Chief Executive Officer of Coastal Community Foundation, the largestcommunity foundation in South Carolina, serving all nine counties on the coast. With his guidance, theFoundation crafted a Civic Engagement Agenda to communicate the systemic issues and inequitiesburdening the coastal South Carolina region, and how the Foundation will work as a community leaderin areas of housing, education and economic development. He has also been instrumental inestablishing the Foundation's first advocacy initiative, the Policy Agenda, as well as the first Place-BasedImpact Investing Program to provide capital to emerging enterprises that address social needs. Before joining Coastal Community Foundation, Darrin worked as President & CEO of Capital Area UnitedWay in Baton Rouge, LA and was previously Vice President of Community Impact at United Way ofGreenville County. Darrin participated in The Riley Institute's Diversity Leadership Institute in 2010 andis a Class of 2018 Liberty Fellow. He serves on the board of the Lowcountry's Tri-County Cradle toCareer Collaborative and on the One Region Executive Committee. Darrin is currently serving as BoardChair of MDC, Inc. in Durham, NC. His book The Leadership Option: Decision Making Essentials was self-published in 2014 and is available on Amazon. A U.S. Army veteran, Darrin received his undergraduatedegree from Wofford College and his masters from North Greenville University. This press release was produced by the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author's own.