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Charlie Griffin - Resources & Administration

Charlie is a native of Bertie County North Carolina and grew up on the family farm in Lewiston-Woodville. He grew up in Grace Episcopal Church, Woodville. He is a 1964 graduate of North Carolina State University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. He entered the Air Force pilot training program after graduation and served as an Aircraft Commander (C-141) until 1970. He served in Southeast Asia (Vietnam), Europe, North and South America.

He joined Sonoco in Hartsville South Carolina in 1970. Sonoco is a Fortune 500 paper and packaging company. He has extensive General Management experience/expertise in new business development internationally and domestically, most recently in China, strategic location of manufacturing sites, joint ventures, start up operations, multi-site manufacturing and marketing. He was appointed General Manager-Industrial Products Division, China and Taiwan, in 1996 and served in this role until his retirement from Sonoco in 1999 (29 years). His Mainland China office and residence was in Shanghai.

Charlie and his family lived in Hartsville for 23 years, where they were members of Saint Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church. While a member of Saint Bartholomew’s he served several terms on the vestry, headed up Stewardship Campaigns, was Chairman of their Search Committee when a new rector was hired and served three years as Senior warden.

Charlie and his wife, Marcia, moved to Washington in September 1999. He started a new business in Chapel Hill, NC in August 1999 with two business partners from the Chapel Hill area. The business Grantham, Griffin & Buck, (Retained Executive Search Firm), has offices in Chapel Hill, however Charlie does much of his work from a home office in Washington.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of: Washington Yacht and Country Club, Washington Rotary Club and Pamlico Plantation Property Owners Association.

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