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Iris Griffin Highlight
You own your career and you own that development. If what you’re doing right now doesn’t work for you, take it upon yourself to say, ‘Okay, what am I going to do about it?
About Iris
- I grew up in Bennettsville, a small, rural town in South Carolina.
- I earned my bachelor’s degree in accounting through the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina with a goal of ultimately becoming a partner in a large accounting firm.
- After graduating, I spent a couple of years working for a large accounting firm.
- As I gained experience, I realized public accounting wasn’t a great fit for me, so I got a job in internal audit for SCANA Corporation, a utility company in Columbia, South Carolina.
- I initially thought that working in utilities might be boring, but I ended up loving it—I stayed with the company and have moved up through the ranks, working in spaces like audit and treasury.
- SCANA was eventually acquired by Dominion Energy, through which I stayed on and worked as the vice president of finance and integration.
- I’ve since moved into operations and now work as the vice president of power generation in South Carolina—I’m actually the first woman to hold this position for the company!
