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Gary Dobbins

Hometown: Rutherfordton, N.C.
Education: Paul M. Dorman High School; Spartanburg Methodist College
Family: Married to Pamela Dobbins

Sawyer Willingham

Fourteen-year-old triathlon phenom and straight-A student Sawyer Willingham is an athlete to watch, often besting adult competitors.

David N. Edwards, Jr.

Executive director of Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport: Dave Edwards has flown in planes for most of his life, but he hasn’t taken a jump—yet.

President of S.C. Governor's School, Bruce R. Halverson

An accomplished theatre artist in his own right, Dr. Bruce Halverson is directing a large-scale production of a different sort, one of the nation’s only residential arts high schools and the first of its kind in South Carolina. (He’s also in a rock band.)

Mike McConnell

Former Navy vice admiral and director of national intelligence under President George W. Bush, Mike McConnell dishes on Greenville, U.S. intelligence, the West Wing, and his special White House surprise for his granddaughters.

Singer/Songwriter Marshall Chapman

Her songs have been recorded by Emmylou Harris, Joe Cocker, Tanya Tucker, Conway Twitty, Crystal Gayle, and Ronnie Milsap.

Pro Golfer Lucas Glover

This Wade Hampton High graduate and Clemson University All-American talks about competing on the PGA Tour, cheering for his beloved Tigers, and some of his favorite local courses for chasing the little white ball.

Mayor Knox White

He has guided the city through an historic and transformational decade, and he talks to G about the changes he’s championed, childhood ambitions, the next big ideas for downtown, and his Segway-driving skills.

Jesse Jackson

1 Thirty years ago, the biggest challenge was getting America to admit that gradualism as a strategy was not working.