For Immediate Release SCANA Elects Two for Board of Directors

Micali is a guest lecturer at Furman University and previously served on the board of directors
for St. Francis Hospital in Greenville, S.C. He has also received the Order of Merit from the
French government.
James W. Roquemore
Roquemore is CEO and Chairman of the Board of Patten Seed Company, the nation’s top
producer of warm-season turfgrass sod and seed. Under the direction of Roquemore and his
late father, W. A. Roquemore, before him, Patten Seed has grown from a small business in
Lakeland, Georgia to having farms located throughout Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina
and Virginia.
With more than 19,000 acres under cultivation, including an extensive pecan operation for
wholesale nut production and nursery tree stock, Patten Seed Company is today one of the
largest and most diversified agricultural businesses in the South, and one of the largest
turfgrass producers in the world. In addition to its farm offices, Patten Seed Company has 15
sod sales offices strategically located in the southeast.
Roquemore serves on the Southeast Region and National Boards of the Boy Scouts of America.
He also serves on the Board of SC Bank and Trust. He is currently the Agribusiness Co-
Chairman for “New Carolina” – South Carolina’s Council on Competitiveness – and is the Past
President and Current Board Member of the Palmetto Agribusiness Council.
Roquemore has received many awards and honors throughout his career, including the
Governor’s Order of the Palmetto, Orangeburg Citizen of the Year, the Silver Beaver Award for
the Boy Scouts of America and a SC Ambassador for Economic Development, 2001.
SCANA Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Columbia, SC, is an energybased
holding company principally engaged, through subsidiaries, in electric and natural gas
utility operations and other energy-related businesses. The Company serves approximately
636,000 electric customers in South Carolina and more than 1.2 million natural gas customers
in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. Information about SCANA and its businesses is
available on the Company’s website at www.scana.com .
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