2025 Annual Meeting
Celebrating 2024. Looking Forward to 2025.
On April 15, 2025, we will gather together to celebrate all that was accomplished in 2024 and review what is ahead in 2025.
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The 90th Annual Members Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
Time
Light Refreshments
6:00pm - 6:30pm
Members Meeting
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location
Nominations for Board of Directors
Spero Financial bylaws provide for two methods of nominations to vacancies on the Board of Directors: (1) Governance (Nominating) Committee and (2) Petition. A mail ballot will be provided if there are more nominees than vacancies.
Governing Committee
The Governance (Nominating) Committee is required to submit at least one candidate for each vacancy on the Board. The Committee considers each candidate’s education, financial or business experience, as well as a willingness to serve on the board if elected.
This year’s Governance (Nominating) Committee consists of: Sherry Owens of Easley, SC; Tracey Ellis of Easley, SC; and Eric Hunter of Easley, SC.
The following candidates were nominated:
- Roy Hayes
- Lee Brown
Petition
Spero Financial’s members may also nominate by petition. To do this, each candidate must submit a petition signed by at least 1% of the membership (487 members). This petition must contain each member’s “printed name,” address and signature. A brief statement of qualifications and biographical information of the candidate, similar to those of the nominees listed here must accompany the petition. The resume portion of the statement must be 100 words or less. A petition nominee must also submit a signed certificate stating that he or she is willing to serve if elected.
Petitions must be received no later than March 6, 2025.
Please mail all information to:
Governance (Nominating) Committee
PO Box 10708
Greenville, SC 29603
Spero Financial’s bylaws provide specific requirements to be followed for board elections. In the event there is only one nominee for each position to be filled, a mail ballot will not be conducted and there will be no nominations from the floor at the Annual Meeting. Results of the election will be announced at the Annual Meeting on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
This Year's Nominees
2 Open Positions
Roy Hayes
Roy Hayes (3-year term) from Moore, SC, retired from BellSouth as an Area Manager. He held many positions while working there and was chosen as one of the Leaders in Distinction in BellSouth Network Operations. Roy has volunteered as a football and basketball official for the SC High School League as well as an officer with the Spartanburg Kiwanis. He has served as an Elder and Clerk of the Session at Reidville Presbyterian Church. He has served as a volunteer with Spero Financial (formerly SC Telco) since 2007 first as a member of the Supervisory Committee and has been on the Board since 2010 where he serves as a member of the ALCO and Personnel Committees. Roy attended Clemson University.
Lee Brown
Lee Brown (3-year term) retired in 2020 from WYFF-TV after 44 years in the station’s news department. He was the Assistant News Director when he retired. Lee grew up in a credit union family where the value and benefits of being a credit union member were instilled in him. His first vehicle was financed with a credit union. He became a member of NP Employees Credit Union, which served several media companies around Greenville, SC. Lee served as a volunteer on the NP Board of Directors for 15 years before the credit union was merged with SC Telco in 2003. In 2006, he was asked to serve on the Supervisory Committee of SC Telco. Lee has been a board member of Spero Financial (formerly SC Telco) since 2012. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a BA degree in journalism. Lee has been married to his wife René for 47 years.
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