37 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.MountPleasantPodcast.com It’s all about business. Pamela Evette was preaching to the choir when she spoke at the Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce luncheon in August. From student apprenticeships to scholarships at technical colleges to an online database for youth employment and outreach targeting at-risk youth, South Carolina’s lieutenant governor connected the dots that impact businesses in the state. This was not Evette’s first visit across the Cooper River this summer. In July, she joined Mount Pleasant Mayor Will Haynie and others in the SC7 Expedition walk across the Ravenel Bridge, part of an endeavor to promote the state’s natural wonders and inspire people to protect them. Evette urged people to “get outside, enjoy all South Carolina has to offer and to do our part to keep our state strong, free and beautiful.” The granddaughter of Polish immigrants, Evette said she learned from an early age just how blessed she is to have been born here in the land of opportunity. As her life has unfolded, she has seen firsthand how determination and hard work can lead to success. From starting her own business to becoming lieutenant governor and now making her bid for governor, she believes that “God had a bigger dream for me than I could ever dream for myself.” An Ohio native, Evette earned a degree in accounting and began her career in business with a professional employer organization (PEO), a firm that enables companies to outsource administrative duties such as payroll, employee benefits and recruiting. She later became comptroller for the company. Little did she know then that one of her co-workers would later become her husband. She quipped, “We figured as long as we could work together, we could be married!” The two established their own PEO, Quality Business Solutions Inc., in Ohio and later opened an office in Strictly Business Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette speaks to Mount Pleasant Chamber BY MARY COY our town
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