Alumni elected to serve as SC Commission for Disabilities and Special Needs chairman

Stephanie McLaughlin Rawlinson ’93 was elected to serve a second term as chairman of the South Carolina Commission for Disabilities and Special Needs. South Carolina governor Henry McMaster appointed Rawlinson to the commission in 2020, and the South Carolina Senate confirmed it. Since assuming the chairmanship, Rawlinson has spearheaded efforts to improve access to services and develop cooperative relationships with other state agencies to create joint programs which will benefit the disabled community of SC. Rawlinson also serves on the Shepherd Center Consumer Advisory board in Atlanta. She was appointed to this position in 2017 after her family was involved in a tragic automobile accident which left her daughter, Mary Catherine, a quadriplegic.