South Carolina S 382: Annual leave for state employees

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2025-2026 Bill 382 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 25, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 382

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A senate RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE HELEN MUNNERLYN UPON THE OCCASION OF 
HER RETIREMENT AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEADERSHIP SOUTH CAROLINA, TO COMMEND 
HER FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES OF DEDICATED SERVICE, AND TO WISH HER MUCH CONTINUED 
SUCCESS AND FULFILLMENT IN THE YEARS TO COME.

Whereas, since 2004, 
Leadership South Carolina (LSC) has enjoyed the benefit of the dedication, 
experience, and leadership of its executive director, Helen Munnerlyn, who soon 
will retire after more than twenty years of distinguished service; and

Whereas, during Helen's 
time as executive director of Leadership South Carolina, the state's oldest and 
most respected leadership development organization, LSC has grown to new 
prominence. More than 80% of LSC alumni have served on at least one board or commission. 
Twenty-four graduates now serve in the General Assembly, forty-five serve on 
city, town, or county councils, and many others serve on public school boards 
or the boards of nonprofits, private schools, and faith-based organizations. 
Further, more than $600,000 has been donated to underserved communities by LSC 
Class Projects; and

Whereas, in carrying 
out her duties, Helen has accumulated more than thirty years of experience in 
leadership and public affairs. She worked for the South Carolina Department of 
Commerce for more than a decade managing communications for economic 
development, the South Carolina Film Office, South Carolina Public Railways, 
Community and Rural Development, the South Carolina Coordinating Council, and 
the department's Aeronautics Division. She was the department's primary 
spokeswoman during the administrations of former Governors Carroll Campbell, 
David Beasley, and Jim Hodges. Additionally, Helen planned numerous national 
and international development announcements for companies such as BMW, Siemens, 
Fuji Photo Film, Michelin, and Bridgestone-Firestone, and she handled media 
coverage of the historic visit of the emperor of Japan to South Carolina in 
1994 and the opening of South Carolina trade offices in Munich and Hong Kong; 
and

Whereas, Helen moreover 
was a key member of Governor Mark Sanford's Management Accountability and 
Performance Commission (MAP) to reduce waste in state government. She created 
and operated the profit-making branch of the South Carolina Press Association, and 
she began her career working for the Associated Press in the international news 
agency's Columbia bureau; and

Whereas, in preparation 
for her career, Helen earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the 
University of South Carolina. In addition, she herself is a graduate of 
Leadership South Carolina, as well as of the South Carolina Economic 
Developers' School, Positive Management Leadership program, the Governor's 
EXCEL Leadership Institute, Leadership Columbia, and the Riley Institute 
Diversity Leaders Initiative Midlands I; and

Whereas, the South 
Carolina Senate, grateful for the legacy of consistent commitment and 
excellence Helen Munnerlyn has bestowed on the people of this great State, 
takes great pleasure in wishing her well as she enters retirement and trusts 
she will find much enjoyment in the more leisurely pace of the days ahead. Now, 
therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, congratulate Helen 
Munnerlyn upon the occasion of her retirement as executive director of 
Leadership South Carolina, commend her for more than two decades of dedicated 
service, and wish her much continued success and fulfillment in the years to 
come.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution 
be presented to Helen Munnerlyn.

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