Herbert L. Drayton III

Herbert L. Drayton III

Charleston, South Carolina, United States
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As the Managing Partner at HI Mark Capital, I utilize my extensive investment experience…

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    HI Mark Capital

    Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

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    Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

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    South Carolina, United States

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    Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

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    Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

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    Charleston, South Carolina Area

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    Charleston, South Carolina Area

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    Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

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    Charleston, South Carolina Area

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Volunteer Experience

  • Palmetto Goodwill Graphic

    Member Board of Directors

    Palmetto Goodwill

    - Present 6 years 2 months

    Social Services

    Helping people achieve their full potential through the dignity and power of work. We serve this mission by providing job training and employment services throughout 18 counties in lower South Carolina.

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    Member Board of Directors

    Coastal Community Foundation of SC

    - Present 8 years 2 months

    Social Services

    Founded in 1974, Coastal Community Foundation empowers individuals, families, and organizations to make lasting impact through permanent, endowed funds for charitable giving.

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    Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

    - Present 1 year 4 months

    Economic Empowerment

    The SEC Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee was established by the SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016, and is designed to provide a formal mechanism for the Commission to receive advice and recommendations on Commission rules, regulations and policy matters relating to small businesses, including smaller public companies.

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    Member Board of Directors

    SC Quantum

    - Present 10 months

    Education

    We champion the advancement of quantum talent and technology in South Carolina.

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    Member Board Of Directors

    Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce

    - Present 2 years 8 months

    Economic Empowerment

    The Charleston Metro Chamber is a membership organization, 1,600 members strong, serving as a collective voice to drive solutions for a thriving community. We work each day for our members, each of their employees and our entire community to ensure we have a healthy business environment. We tackle the toughest regional challenges like housing attainability, infrastructure and bridging the talent gap, while creating exclusive access, networking and leadership opportunities to grow your business…

    The Charleston Metro Chamber is a membership organization, 1,600 members strong, serving as a collective voice to drive solutions for a thriving community. We work each day for our members, each of their employees and our entire community to ensure we have a healthy business environment. We tackle the toughest regional challenges like housing attainability, infrastructure and bridging the talent gap, while creating exclusive access, networking and leadership opportunities to grow your business and your employees.

  • SCBIO South Carolina Biotechnology Industry Organization Graphic

    Member Board Of Directors

    SCBIO South Carolina Biotechnology Industry Organization

    - Present 2 years 8 months

    Science and Technology

    A statewide, not-for-profit, public/private life sciences industry association and economic development organization formed to actively promote, build, support, expand, and convene South Carolina's life sciences industry.

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    Member Board Of Directors

    ABFE. A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities

    - Present 3 years 5 months

    Civil Rights and Social Action

    A philanthropic organization that advocates for responsive and transformative investments in Black communities. Partnering with foundations, nonprofits and individuals, ABFE provides its members with professional development and technical assistance resources that further the philanthropic sector’s connection and responsiveness to issues of equality, diversity and inclusion.

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    Member Board of Directors

    BrightFocus Foundation

    - Present 1 year 2 months

    Health

    BrightFocus Foundation is at the forefront of brain and eye health, advancing early-stage, investigator-initiated research around the world. Programs are designed to provide initial funding for highly innovative experimental research and curative ideas for Alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma.

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    Member of the Board of Advisors

    Roper St. Francis Healthcare

    - Present 3 years 8 months

    Health

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    Member Board of Directors

    One80 Place

    - 6 years

    Social Services

    One-Eighty Place provides food, shelter, and hope to end homelessness and hunger one person at a time, one family at a time.

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    Business School Board of Advisors

    Charleston Southern University

    - 5 years 7 months

    Education

    The mission of the Board of Advisors (BOA) is to provide a key external linkage for the long-term success of the CSU School of Business. The BOA is instrumental in working with the dean to build external relevance and internal excellence within the School by reviewing its strategies, goals and performance.

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    Member Board of Directors- Roper St. Francis Healthcare Foundation

    Roper St. Francis Healthcare

    - 4 years 4 months

    Health

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    Team Member

    Interplanetary Initiative at Arizona State University

    - 7 months

    Science and Technology

    Many organizations are creating a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive (DEI) workplace environment. However, there is little focus on creating DEI access to space. It is still an exclusive club. Even more critical, there is little emphasis on the “Just” aspect of access to space and the space community. This project will seek to answer the question of what a JEDI space means and how to open space access to more of humanity through surveys, conversations and events.

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    Director

    The LENS Foundation

    - 2 years

    Civil Rights and Social Action

    A nonprofit organization providing law enforcement with support to strengthen community relations and improve public safety in Charleston.

  • The Harbor Entrepreneur Center Graphic

    Board Member

    The Harbor Entrepreneur Center

    - 1 year 3 months

    Economic Empowerment

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    TEAM CHARLESTON 2015 Honorary Commander

    United States Air Force

    - 1 year 2 months

    Politics

    The Joint Base Charleston Honorary Commanders Program encourages an exchange of ideas, experiences, and friendship between key members of the local civilian community and the Charleston military community. The program provides a unique opportunity for members of the Charleston area to shadow commanders of groups, squadrons and tenant units at Joint Base Charleston

  • Vestry Member

    St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Charleston, SC

    - 8 months

    Social Services

    St. Stephen's Episcopal Church is a fully integrated congregation that gathers each Sunday to worship, learn, talk, and act; a congregation centered in Christ, caring for one another and is concerned for the world at large; a congregation whose mission is oriented and determined to carry the Cross into the community and whose members each make a personal commitment to pray, study, worship, service, and give.

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    Center for Entrepreneurship Advisory Board

    College of Charleston

    - 3 years 9 months

    Economic Empowerment

    The Center for Entrepreneurship is a primary point of contact for entrepreneurship development at the College of Charleston.

    The Center for Entrepreneurship seeks to support College of Charleston students across all disciplines in the development of an entrepreneurial mindset through experiential activities.

  • Judge

    Rise of the Rest Seed Fund

    - Present 9 years 4 months

    Economic Empowerment

    AOL founder Steve Case created the “Rise of the Rest” tour to inspire entrepreneurs and investors to continue in the American tradition of growing meaningful businesses from the ground up. http://riseofrest.com/

Honors & Awards

  • 50 Most Influential People in Charleston, South Carolina

    Charleston Business Magazine

    Charleston Business Magazine is the go-to resource for Charleston area business leaders, rising stars, entrepreneurs, and any people or groups that have a vested interest in the success of the Charleston business community.

  • Palmetto Venture Fellowship

    Venture Carolina

    Venture Carolina, a nonprofit dedicated to bridging the funding gap between investors and entrepreneurs, has partnered with Venture South and the South Carolina Department of Commerce’s Office of Innovation to launch the Palmetto Venture Fellowship, a program that will create more local accredited investors and expand risk-capital accessibility for early-stage startups in South Carolina.

  • Honorary Membership-Sigma Beta Delta

    Charleston Southern University

    Sigma Beta Delta (ΣΒΔ) is a scholastic honor society that recognizes academic achievement among students in the fields of business, management, and administration. The chapter at Charleston Southern University invited me into the honor society.

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