Commissioner Mignon L. Clyburn

Photo by: Vicki Lovett

Mignon L. Clyburn

Charleston, S.C.

Sixth District: All of Bamberg, Clarendon, Florence, Marion and Williamsburg. Parts of Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Colleton, Darlington, Dorchester, Lee, Orangeburg, Richland and Sumter.

Email: Commissioner.Clyburn@psc.sc.gov

Administrative Coordinator: Melissa Purvis, 803-896-5180

Assumed Commissionership July 1, 1998

Current term ends June 30, 2010

Single

Graduated from W. J. Keenan High School in 1980; received B.S. in Banking Finance and Economics from the University of South Carolina 1984.

Worked as newspaper editor, general manager and publisher for the Coastal Times since 1984.

Member of the following professional organizations:

South Carolina Association of Black Journalists;

Black Women Entrepreneurs;

Southeastern Publishers Association;

Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; and

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

Served on the following civic, charitable, etc. organizations:

Trident Urban League;

Trident United Way;

Charleston County Democratic Women;

Friends of Reid House of Christian Service;

The College Fund/UNCF;

United Way Allocations Board;

Charleston Area Arts Council; and

Board of Adjustment Site and Design, City of Charleston.

 

Elected to the Public Service Commission of South Carolina,  July 1, 1998.

Member, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).

Member, NARUC Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment.

Member, NARUC Y2K Issues Committee.

Member, Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (SEARUC).
Elected Public Service Commission Chair, July 1, 2002