State Office:
South Carolina USDA Rural Development
1835 Assembly Street, Suite 1007
Columbia, SC 29201
Main Line: (803) 765-5163
Acting State Director/ Deputy State Director: Mr. George W. Hicks, Jr.
Email: George.Hicks@usda.gov
Administrative Officer: Janice Allen
Email: Janice.Allen@usda.gov
Community Programs Director: Michele J. Cardwell
Email: Michele.Cardwell@usda.gov
Office: (803) 253-3645 Fax: (855) 565-9482
Business and Cooperative Programs Director: Tim Ellis
Email: Tim.Ellis@usda.gov
Office: (803) 765-5881 Fax: (855) 565-9482
Single Family Housing Programs Director: Cathy Seawright
Email: Cathy.Seawright@usda.gov
Office: (803) 253-3093 Fax: (855) 565-9482
*Guarantee Housing Lender questions may be emailed to: SFHGLPTHREE@usda.gov
Link: Map of South Carolina Area Offices
Area One Offices:
Area One Director: Susana Villescas
Email: Susana.Villescas@usda.gov
Office: (803) 354-1475 Fax: (855) 563-9301
Anderson Area Office
1521 N. Pearman Dairy Road
Anderson, SC 29625
Office: (864) 224-2126 (ext. 4) Fax: (855) 551-0109
Serves counties: Anderson, Oconee, Pickens, Abbeville, and Greenwood
Spartanburg Area Office
105 Corporate Drive, Suite G
Spartanburg, SC 29303
Office: (864) 814-2471 (ext. 4) Fax: (855) 674-0555
Serves counties: Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg and Union
Area Two Offices:
Area Two Director: April Salters
Email: April.Salters@usda.gov
Office: (843) 992-1008 Fax: (855) 563-9301
Chester Area Office
744 A. Wilson Street
Chester, SC 29706
Office: (803) 581-1906 (ext. 4) Fax: (855) 563-9301
Serves counties: Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Newberry, Lancaster and York
Florence Area Office
215 Third Loop Road, Suite 100
Florence, SC 29505
Office: (843) 669-9686 (ext. 4) Fax: (855) 568-8789
Serves counties: Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Darlington and Lee
Area Three Offices:
Area Three Director: Rusty Craven
Email: Rusty.Craven@usda.gov
Office: 803-765-5870 Fax: (855) 563-9301
Aiken Area Office
1555 E. Richland Avenue, Room 100
Aiken, SC 29801
Office: (803) 262-4489 (ext. 4) Fax: (855) 551-0105
Serves counties: Aiken, Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Richland and Saluda
Orangeburg Area Office
1550 Henley Street, Room 100
Orangeburg, SC 29115
Office: (803) 928-8934 (ext. 4) Fax: (866) 538-6439
Serves counties: Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun and Orangeburg
Area Four Offices:
Area Four Director: Nickie Toomes
Email: Nickie.Toomes@usda.gov
Office: (843) 549-1822 (ext. 123( Fax: (855) 589-9003
Kingstree Area Office
502 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave.
Kingstree, SC 29556
Office: (843) 354-9613 (ext. 4) Fax: (855) 589-9003
Serves counties: Berkeley, Upper Charleston, Clarendon, Georgetown, Horry, Sumter and Williamsburg
Walterboro Area Office
531 Robertson Boulevard, Suite A
Walterboro, SC 29488
Office: (843) 549-1822 (ext. 4) Fax: (855) 789-1155
Serves counties: Beaufort, Colleton, Lower Charleston, Dorchester, Hampton and Jasper