Leadership
Patrick Nelson
State Director • scso.director@gmail.com
Patrick is a graduate student pursuing an M.S. in Epidemiology from the University of South Carolina. He is an SCSO alum and got his B.S. in Mathematics from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where he founded and ran the Centre College Science Olympiad Invitational in 2023. He has written and run events at the state level in South Carolina and Kentucky. He is in first year as South Carolina's fifth State Director.
More information about SCSO’s other board members will be coming soon!
Leni Patterson
Leni is the Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives at Presbyterian College, a role she has held since 2021. Previously, she served as PC’s Dean of Enrollment, Dean of Community Life, Executive Director of Alumni Relations, Interim Vice President of Enrollment, and Interim Director of Marketing and Communications. She has also had leadership roles with the South Carolina and National School Boards Associations and is a 1983 graduate of PC.
Katherine Reid
Katherine has been the Executive Administrative Assistant at Laurens County School District 56 since 2021. Previously, she worked as an Administrative Assistant in the Office of the Provost at Presbyterian College from 2010 to 2021. She is a 1998 graduate of PC.