Personal Information
- Educator & Executive Director, Olde English Consortium
- Residing at 7825 Camp Welfare Road, Great Falls
- Born April 4, 1967 in Columbia
- Son of Joseph W. & Janet L. Fanning
- Wofford College, B.A., 1991
- Benedict College, Teacher Education Certification, 1992
- University of South Carolina, M.S., 1996, Ed.S., 1997, Ph.D., 2008
- July 21, 2007 married Stephanie Locus, 1 child, Markell
- Teacher, Estill High School, 1992 - 1994
- Teacher, Columbia High School, 1994 - 1998
- South Carolina NAACP, 1996-
- Fairfield NAACP, 2010-
- Fairfield United, 2015-, Chairman, 2015 - 2016
- Chester Chamber of Commerce, 2015
- Fairfield Chamber of Commerce, 2015
- Rock Hill/York County Regional Chamber of Commerce, 2015-
- Greater York Chamber of Commerce, 2015-
- First Year Teacher of the Year, Hampton County School District Two, Estill High School, 1993
- Sallie Mae First Year Teacher of the Year Award. State Winner, National Representative, 1993
- Westinghouse STAR Teacher of the Year, 1993
- Key Club Teacher of the Year, Columbia High School, Richland County School District One, 1996
- Estelle Parrott Teacher of the Year, Columbia High School, Richland County School District One, 1996
- Richard W. Riley South Carolina Diversity Leadership Initiative Fellow, Furman University, 2010 - 2011
- Former Sunday School Teacher & Men's Council President, Lebanon Presbyterian Church, 2005 - 2008
- Military Service E-4 Forward Observer, 3rd of 11th Field Artillery, Ft. Lewis, Washington
- Active Duty USA 1987 - 1989
- S.C. School Improvement Councils State Advocate of the Year, 2006
- Fairfield Schools Hall of Fame, Inducted, 2016
- S.C. Career & Technology Education Legislator of the Year, 2018
- S.C. Adult Education Legislator of the Year, 2019-20
- Omega Psi Phi, Kappa Alpha Chapter, Citizen of the Year, 2020
- S.C. Alliance of Black School Educators. 1995 -00)
- S.C. Farm Bureau, 2016 -
- S.C. Legislative Black Caucus, Member, 2017 -
- Fairfield County Legislative Delegation Chair, 2017 -
- Chester County Legislative Delegation Chair, 2019 -
- Carolina Community Actions Board Member, 2020 -
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