Paula Harper Bethea, Executive Director

In July 2009, Paula Harper Bethea was asked to serve as Interim Director of the South Carolina Education Lottery.  In September 2009, she became the second Executive Director in the Lottery’s history.  Mrs. Bethea had previously served as one of nine South Carolinians chosen to establish the Lottery in 2001.

Prior to joining the lottery, Bethea was Director of External Relations for the McNair Law Firm, with nine offices in North and South Carolina.  Active in numerous local, state and national organizations, she chairs the Caring Coins Foundation on Hilton Head Island, is chairman of the board of First Financial Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary, First Federal of Charleston, is vice-chair of the board of Presbyterian College and serves on the board of the MCI Heritage Classic Foundation.  In 2006, Paula and her husband, William L. Bethea, Jr., were named South Carolina’s Business Leaders of the Year.

 A native of Hampton County, South Carolina, Bethea graduated with honors from the University of South Carolina. She and her husband reside in Bluffton and Columbia, South Carolina.

Other key staff:
Anthony S. Cooper, Chief Operating Officer
Hogan Brown, Director of Legal Affairs
Carl Stent, Deputy Director of Legal Affairs
Jay Johnson,Director of Marketing and Product Development
Leah Kososki, Deputy Director of Marketing and Product Development
Dale M. Rhodes, Director of Finance
Mary Margaret Hopkins, Director of Internal Operations/Human Resources
Ann Scott, Director of Sales
Leslie Vang, Director of Information Technology
Johnny Genwright, Deputy Director, IT, Gaming
Del Collins, Deputy Director of IT, Infrastructure
Tom Marsh, Director of Security
Leroy Bailey, Deputy Director of Security
Bethany Parler, Internal Auditor
Faris Keller, Executive Assistant

Games Offered: Instant, 3-Digit, 4-Digit, 5-Digit, Powerball, Mega Millions

Year established: 2001

First sales: January 7, 2002

Total FY '08 Sales: $992,492,764
Total FY '08 Revenues to State: $266,128,271

Total FY '07 Sales: $988,158,152
Total FY '07 Revenues to State: $273,416,933

Total FY '06 Sales: $1,144,606,250
Total FY '06 Revenues to State: $322,166,426
Total FY '05 Sales: $956,952,018
Total FY '05 Revenues to State: $280,257,005
Total FY '04 Sales: $950,007,671
Total FY '04 Revenues to State: $287,023,130
Total FY '03 Sales: $724,313,275
Total FY '03 Revenues to State: $220,561,823
Total FY '02 Sales: $335,488,770
Total FY '02 Revenues to State: $80,400,000

Fiscal year ends: June 30th

Beneficiary: Education

Board members:

Tim Madden, Chairman
James J. Bailey, Jr., Vice Chairman
T. Moffatt Burriss, Treasurer
A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., Secretary
Lisa Stevens
Dr. Edward Keith
B. Boykin Rose
Nathaniel "Nate" Spells, Sr.