| My name is Brian Lawson. I was born and raised in Spartanburg, SC and graduated from Paul M. Dorman High School. For the last eighteen years, I have resided in the Chesnee area of Cherokee County. My wife Karen and I will be celebrating our eighteenth wedding anniversary later this year. We have a daughter, Kalyn and a son, Brayden. I am a member of Arrowwood Baptist Church in Chesnee, where I serve as a Deacon and one of the RA leaders. I have been employed as the Director of Operations at American TransMed, Inc. for the past seventeen years and currently oversee approximately one-hundred-fifty employees who work out of five locations throughout South Carolina and North Carolina. I also serve as the Vice President of the board for Chesnee Community Youth Athletic Association, where I have coached baseball, softball, football, and basketball for the past several years.
I have spent most of my adult life serving others. I served as a volunteer firefighter for over fourteen years, in several positions including Assistant Chief of two different departments. I also worked as a career firefighter for a couple of years, obtaining the rank of Captain. I served for two years as a Reserve Police Officer and have been a National Registered Paramedic for approximately twenty-two years. I previously served several years on the board of Cherokee County First Steps in various roles, including Vice Chairman. I served as President of the South Carolina Ambulance Provider's Association, where I oversaw the merger of that association in with the South Carolina Emergency Medical Services Association. I then served on their board for four years, representing the private ambulance providers in South Carolina. |