 Gwendolyn Fuller McGriff Acting Director |
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Gwendolyn Fuller McGriff was appointed Acting Director for the South Carolina Department of Insurance by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley Dec. 28, 2011. She will serve until a successor is appointed and confirmed by the South Carolina General Assembly.
McGriff has been an insurance regulator with the South Carolina Department of Insurance since 1995, serving in various capacities: Acting Director (Dec. 28, 2011–present; August 2004–February 2005); deputy director for Financial Services (2000–2005; 2007–present); deputy director for Consumer and Individual Licensing Services (2005–2007); and general counsel (1995–present). Prior to joining the Department of Insurance, she served in various capacities as in-house counsel, including associate general counsel at the University of South Carolina, legal counsel at South Carolina State University, and as a staff attorney with the appellate division (criminal appeals) of the South Carolina Office of Attorney General. She is a member of the South Carolina Bar Association and has served as a member of its board of governors, and is a past president of the South Carolina Black Lawyers Association. She has been a frequent speaker for the Bar on insurance regulatory issues.
McGriff earned a bachelor’s degree in political science, graduating magna cum laude, from South Carolina State College and her J.D. from the George C. Taylor College of Law at the University of Tennessee.