Community Service
Erwin is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner, was inducted into Greenville Tech's Entrepreneurs Forum in 2000 and is a member of the Clemson University Entrepreneurs’ Roundtable. He served on the Executive Committee of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, and was a member of South Carolina Governor Jim Hodges’ Commission on Teacher Quality.
In September 2008 Erwin was elected to the national board of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. He also serves on the Boards of the Upstate Alliance and the BI-LO Charity Classic, and served as 2008 upstate campaign co-chair for the United Negro College Fund. He is a graduate of the Diversity Leadership Academy at Furman University.
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