SFLC President Denika Richardson, is a Community Engagement Specialist for the South Carolina Department of Public Health (formerly DHEC) in the Lowcountry Region. Her work focus on the prevention of chronic diseases in Berkeley and Bamberg County. She is known for her love of work on promoting health. Denika is a certified tobacco treatment specialist. Denika has been working on tobacco and substance use prevention for 3 years. She joined Smoke-Free Lowcountry in 2022 and served as the Secretary. Denika enjoys her free time with watching variety of movies, trying new restaurants, and spending time with family and friends.
Wehme Hutto, MPA, CSPS, ICPS Treasurer
Hutto is the Director of Prevention & Community Services at the Ernest E. Kennedy Center in Berkeley County, a position she has held since 1995. She holds a Master of Public Administration with an emphasis in non-profit and local government administration from the College of Charleston. She completed her BA from Clemson University majoring in Political Science. She is a Certified Senior Prevention Specialist (CSPS) through SCAPPA (South Carolina Association of Prevention Professionals & Advocates) and an Internationally Certified Prevention Specialist (ICPS) through IC&RC (International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium).
Hutto currently serves as the Treasurer of the Smoke-Free Lowcountry Coalition. She has previously served as President and has been a member of the coalition for 25 years. She and her family are multigenerational Lowcountry residents and are passionate about historic and coastal preservation.