New SC DEW leader announced

Gov. Haley taps Major General Abraham J. Turner to be Director of DEW

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Nikki Haley today announced that she will appoint Major General Abraham J. Turner to serve as the Director of the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce.

Video of the governor’s press conference announcing the appointment is available here.

“Major General Turner has long-served our country with great distinction, and we couldn’t be more excited that he is coming home to serve our state,” Gov. Haley said. “General Finan has done a fantastic job getting DEW up-and-running, and Major General Turner is the right person to take the agency to the next level, with a focus on training South Carolinians and pairing them up with the jobs we’re working to create day-in, day-out.”

Major General Turner, a South Carolina native and graduate of South Carolina State University, currently serves as Chief of Staff of United States Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, in Omaha, Nebraska. Previously, he served as the Commanding General at Fort Jackson (2004-05), the largest Initial Entry Training Center in the United States Army, responsible for training 50 percent of all Soldiers entering the Army each year. He is scheduled to retire from active duty at the end of this month.

Major General Turner’s experience also includes serving as: Chief Operations Officer, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, Ft. Monroe, Virginia; Assistant Division Commander for Operations, 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina; Chief/Head, Army Liaison Element for U.S. House of Representatives; and Advisor/Special Assistant to United States Secretary of State, Washington, D.C.

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Rob Godfrey
Press Secretary | Office of Governor Nikki Haley
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