Colonel Tecumseh (Tee) Hooper
Background
Colonel Hooper is president of Sign Crafters, a sign manufacturing company, located in Greenville, S.C., and also chair of Find Great People, a staffing company also headquartered in Greenville. Previously, he was a partner in a venture capital firm, president of an office products distribution company (Canon copiers and Apple computers), president of a telecom expense management company (software products), and president of an independent Trane HVAC distributor. Colonel Hooper's broad range of financial, operational, and strategic business opportunities gives him a good perspective from which to contribute to the Board at The Citadel.
Board Service
Elected to the Board in 2011; current term, 2011 to 2017
Citadel Committees
- Communications and Community Relations
- Operations and Risk Management
- Strategy, Risk and Governance
Citadel Affiliations and Activities
- Citadel Alumni Association, Life Member
- Brigadier Club
- Greenville Citadel Club
- Order of the Tartan
- The Citadel Football Association and Citadel Basketball Association, Member
- The Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame, Member, Inducted in 1982
Board Affiliations
- South Carolina Department of Transportation, Chairman, 2003 to 2009
- Greenville Urban League, Board, Chairman, 2003 to 2004
- Greenville Chamber of Commerce, Board, 1980’s
- Greenville YMCA Metropolitan, Board Member
- Leadership Greenville and Leadership South Carolina, Board Member
- Greenville Entrepreneur Forum, Member, 2008 to present
- South Carolina Order of the Palmetto recipient, 2009
Education
- B.S. degree in Business Administration, The Citadel, 1969
- MBA, University of South Carolina, 1971
Personal
- Married to Sherry for 44 years, 2 children, 5 grandchildren
- First Presbyterian Church in Greenville, Member